Legal Aspects of General Dental Practice: Multiple Choice Questions
Legal Aspects of General Dental Practice: Multiple Choice Questions
Legal Aspects of General Dental Practice: Multiple Choice Questions
Practice
General Dental Council regulations now require all registered UK dental professionals to
undertake CPD and to provide evidence of verifiable CPD. The programme consists of 20
questions each with four possible answers, only one of which is correct in the context of
this programme. In line with forthcoming British Dental Association and General Dental
Council initiatives, a 50% pass rate on all CPDs multiple choice questions will now be
required before a certificate will be issued. Practitioners from whom appropriately
completed forms are received will receive a certificate for 3 hours of verifiable CPD
together with a set of answers to the questions.
In accordance with the General Dental Council’s guidance on providing verifiable CPD for
dentists
The aim of the Legal Aspects of General Dental Practice Continuing Professional
Development Programme is to provide the opportunity for dentists and dental care
professionals to learn about key legal and ethical issues in the dental care setting in
relation to their team members and to their patients.
The anticipated outcomes are that dentists and dental care professionals will be better
informed about key legal and ethical issues and that they might apply their learning to
their practices and the care of their patients.
Please use the space on the answer sheet to provide any feedback that you would like us to
consider.
Q1: Which of the following bodies can refer a General Dental Council decision that they
think too lenient to the High Court or the Court of Session (Scotland)?
Q2: One of the following sanctions is not within the power of the General Dental Council,
which is it?
Q3: Which of the following Act(s) define(s) how long records should be kept?
Q4: What is the penalty for altering, erasing or defacing documents requested under the Data
Protection Act?
a. A fine of up to £5,000
b. A custodial sentence
c. It is not a punishable offence
d. A and B
Q5: Before a patient can give valid consent to dental treatment they must be deemed in law
to:
a. Be over 21 years of age
b. Have sufficient financial wherewithal to pay for the treatment
c. Have been coerced to accept treatment
d. Possess the required capacity
Q7: Which of the following classes of information has not traditionally been covered by the
laws of confidences?
Q9: Which of the following does not have to be present and proved in order for a patient to
be successful in a claim of negligence against a dentist?
Q10: If a patient with a failed implant has not followed post-operative instructions or has
otherwise jeopardised the success of the treatment by their own actions or inactions, this
is termed:
a. Contributory negligence
b. A circumstance of special damages
c. A chain of causation
d. A Gillick case
Q13: Which of the following is not a committee in the GDC’s performance procedures
process?
Q14: To which radiographic image quality standard is the following definition applied; ‘No
errors in patient preparation, exposure, positioning, processing or film handling’?
a. Make clear the nature of the contract and whether the treatment is NHS or
private
b. Communicate the charge for initial consultation
c. Provide a written treatment plan and estimate where the treatment is likely to
be extensive
d. All of the above
Q17: Questions asked for the purpose of clarifying an expert’s report should be:
a. This group includes those who are unable to pay for their treatment in full
b. The wishes of the family with regard to treatment are binding on the dentist
c. A dentist is unable to judge what is in their best interests
d. No one has the power to consent to treatment on their behalf
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without all this information being complete
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Feedback : We wish to monitor the quality and value to readers of the CPD Programme so as
to be able to continually improve it. Please use this space to provide any feedback that you
would like us to consider.
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