What is the cornerstone of dental ethics according to NYSDA?
The practice of dentistry was established as a profession with one overriding principle in mind: the benefit of the patient
NYSDA has the right and the obligation to regulate itself and to discipline its members. Which laws are all NYSDA members bound by?
Laws of the land
Principle of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct of the ADA
Code of ethics of the component society which that clinician is a member or where they practice
What is the condition that a component society may adopt interpretations in its code of ethics?
If the interpretations do not conflict with and are not less stringer than the NYSDA or ADA codes
What are the principles in the NYSDA code of ethics?
I - Service to the Public and Quality of Care (patient selection, patient records, community service, emergency service, consultation and referral, auxiliary personnel, justifiable criticism, expert testimony, rebates and split fees, representation of car
According to NYSDA's Principle 1 "Service to the Public and Quality of Care" what is the dentist's primary professional obligation?
Service to the public
The competent and timely delivery of care with due consideration for the needs and desires of the patient, shall be the most important aspect of that obligation
Under what conditions is it unethical to turn a patient away according to NYSDA?
In serving the public, a dentist may exercise reasonable discretion in selecting patients for their own practice; however, care may not denied to an individual based on...
Race
Creed
Color
Sex
Handicap
Disability
National Origin
What are words to live by according to Dr. Jonke?
Communication
Documentation
T/F: patients are entitled to copies of their records according to NYSDA unless their dentist at the practice left or if the patient owners the practice money
False, patients are always entitled to copies of records even if their dentist at the practice left and if the patient owes the practice money
If a patient requests their records, what does NYSDA consider a "reasonable" timeframe for a patient to receive them from a practice?
Not to exceed 10 days from the date of a patient's request
What is NYSDA ethical guidelines with respect to emergency services?
Dentists shall be obliged to make reasonable arrangements for the emergency care of their patients by a licensed dentist. Dentists are obliged, when consulted i nan emergency by persons who are not their patients, to recommend reasonable arrangements for
What obligation does a referred dentist, consultant, or specialist to the referring dentist according to NYSDA?
Having competed the examination, diagnosis and/or treatment for a referred patient, the specialist, consultant, or other dentist shall communicate the appropriate information to the referring dentist. The dentist, upon completion of such care, must leave
When there is no referring dentist, what is the obligation of the specialist, consultant, or other dentist to tell the patient at the completion of treatment, according to NYSDA?
Inform the patient if there is a need for further care and the recall plan