Ethics & Jurisprudence $24.00
2 Contact Hours
Learning Objectives
After completing this course, you'll be able to:
1. Enunciate the Principles of Ethics and the Code of Professional Conduct for dentists.
2. Distinguish between ethical and legal obligations of a dentist.
3. Define patient autonomy and describe the dentist's obligation to maintain patient self-governance.
4. Discuss the dentist's responsibility in maintaining confidentiality of patient records.
5. Describe the dentist's ethical obligations with respect to consultation, referral and second opinion.
6. List 5 duties of a dentist to promote the patient's welfare.
7. Describe a dentist's ethical obligation to HIV-positive patients and to patients in an emergency.
8. List 6 types of unprofessional conduct with respect to dental fees charged to patients.
9. Describe the dentist's ethical duties in the marketing or sale of product to dental patients.
10. Provide 4 examples of false or misleading advertising prohibited by the code.
11. Describe the proscriptions against the use of unearned, nonhealth degrees and fellowships in advertising to consumers.
12. Differentiate between not-for-profit and commercial referral services.
13. Provide 3 standards for announcing specialization and limitation of practice.
14. List 3 requirements that a general dentist must follow while announcing certification in an area of dentistry not recognized as specialty area by the ADA.
15. In various disciplinary situations, relate facts with accusations and anticipate possible board action.
Course Outline
 | ADA Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct
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| Patient Autonomy | ||||||
| Patient Involvement | ||||||
| Patient Records | ||||||
| Education | ||||||
| Consultation and Referral | ||||||
| Second Opinions | ||||||
| Use of Auxiliary Personnel | ||||||
| Personal Impairment | ||||||
| Ability to Practice | ||||||
| Patient Abandonment | ||||||
| Beneficence | ||||||
| Community Service | ||||||
| Government of a Profession | ||||||
| Research and Development | ||||||
| Patents and Copyrights | ||||||
| Child Abuse | ||||||
| Justice | ||||||
| Patient Selection | ||||||
| HIV Positive Patients | ||||||
| Emergency Service | ||||||
| Justifiable Criticism | ||||||
| Expert Testimony | ||||||
| Contingent Fees | ||||||
| Rebates and Split Fees | ||||||
| Veracity | ||||||
| Representation of Care | ||||||
| Dental Amalgam | ||||||
| Unsubstantiated Representations | ||||||
| Representation of Fees | ||||||
| Waiver of Copayment | ||||||
| Overbilling | ||||||
| Fee Differential | ||||||
| Treatment Dates | ||||||
| Dental Procedures | ||||||
| Unnecessary Services | ||||||
| Disclosure of Conflict of Interest | ||||||
| Devices and Therapeutic Methods | ||||||
| Reporting Adverse Reactions | ||||||
| Marketing or Sale of Products | ||||||
| Professional Announcement | ||||||
| Advertising | ||||||
| Articles and Newsletters | ||||||
| Examples of "False or Misleading" | ||||||
| Unearned Nonhealth Degrees | ||||||
| Fellowships | ||||||
| Referral Services | ||||||
| HIV Test Results | ||||||
| Name of Practice | ||||||
| Dentist Leaving Practice | ||||||
| Announcement of Specialization and Limitation of practice | ||||||
| General Standards | ||||||
| Standards for Multiple-Specialty Announcements | ||||||
| Dual Degree Dentist | ||||||
| General Practitioner Announcement of Credentials |
Case No. 1: Failure to disclose, failure to provide proper assessment of treatment options, failure to maintain proper patient records, improper diagnosis
Case No. 2: Failure to complete CE requirement
Case No. 3: Prescribing excessive and inappropriate medications; improper documentation
Case No. 4: Improper diagnosis, inappropriate treatment
Case No. 5: Inadequate treatment, excessive billing, refusal to release patient records
Case No. 6: Failure to detect cancerous lesions
Case No. 7: False declaration under penalty of perjury, failure to complete CE requirement
