Kansas Dental Ethics & Professional Responsibility
2 CE Credits Course EDPKS
Course Description:
This Kansas-specific course reviews the fundamental principles of dental ethics and their application to everyday dental practice. Topics include patient autonomy, informed decision-making, professional responsibility, recordkeeping, confidentiality, ethical decision-making, scope of practice, supervision and delegation, advertising, billing practices, and professional conduct under Kansas dental law.
Course Objectives:
- Identify the five fundamental principles of dental ethics.
- Apply ethical principles to common clinical situations.
- Explain the relationship between ethics and Kansas dental law.
- Recognize conduct that may result in disciplinary action under the Kansas Dental Practices Act.
- Identify Kansas dental recordkeeping requirements.
- State the required retention period for Kansas dental records.
- Apply ethical principles to informed consent and informed refusal.
- Distinguish direct supervision from general supervision for Kansas dental hygienists.
- Recognize important Kansas restrictions involving delegation to nonlicensed dental personnel.
- Identify ethical and legal requirements related to advertising, billing, and truthful representation of dental services.
Author: Graham S. Bell, DDS
Released: September 2026
$30.00
2 CE credits · online, self-paced · certificate on completion
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AGD PACE & ADA CERP approved. Take the test online and print your certificate as soon as you pass.
