MI Dental Jurisprudence study plan

Map the structure of the Michigan Public Health Code as it applies to dentistry, listing which articles and parts govern licensing, practice, and discipline

Define the statutory terms that recur across the exam (health profession, licensee, practice of dentistry, delegation, supervision) in your own words with a citation for each

Identify which statutory provisions are implemented by administrative rules versus standing alone, so you know where to look for detail later

Build a one-page citation index of Public Health Code sections you will reuse in Domains 2 through 4

Trace the statutory definition of practicing dentistry and distinguish it from acts that may be delegated to allied dental personnel

Outline the statutory grounds for license denial, suspension, revocation, and reprimand, grouping them by theme (competence, conduct, substance use, fraud)

Describe the disciplinary process from complaint through administrative hearing to final order, naming each actor involved

Compare the statutory reporting duties that apply to licensees, employers, and health care institutions

Draft short answer outlines for the most likely statutory-application scenarios (unlicensed practice, scope violations, failure to report)

Locate and organize the administrative rules governing dentistry into a table of contents you create yourself

Summarize the rules on dental office equipment, sterilization, and infection control in checklist form

Explain the supervision categories the rules establish and which procedures fall under each

Identify recordkeeping and radiography rule requirements and the retention expectations they create

Contrast the administrative rule requirements with the statutory provisions from weeks 1 and 2, flagging every place the rules add specificity

Work through the rules on patient records, informed consent documentation, and advertising to identify what a compliance reviewer would look for

Practice applying the rules to three short fact patterns involving delegation and supervision

Review weeks 1 through 3 notes and rewrite any summary that relied on memory rather than the source text

Outline every licensing pathway available to a dental candidate in Michigan, including examination-based and credential-based routes

List the examination components, sequencing, and eligibility prerequisites in the order a candidate encounters them

Summarize the renewal cycle, continuing education hour requirements, and any subject-matter mandates within those hours

Identify the consequences of lapsed licensure and the process for reinstatement or reactivation

Build a continuing education tracking worksheet that a licensee could use for a full renewal cycle, including audit documentation

Explain how the state prescription monitoring system must be queried and what documentation obligations accompany prescribing

Summarize the controlled substance schedules and the registration, storage, and inventory duties that attach to a dental practice

Distinguish the professional practice standards that apply to prescribing from those that apply to recordkeeping and patient communication

Work through fact patterns on prescribing limits, delegation of prescribing-adjacent tasks, and impaired-practitioner obligations

Identify the reporting and self-reporting duties that arise when a licensee faces substance-use or impairment issues

Compare professional practice standards on informed consent, termination of the dentist-patient relationship, and referral

Write short model answers to five scenario questions and grade them against the source text

Re-drill every missed item from weeks 1 through 7 and confirm each correction traces to source text

Take two full-length timed practice exams under exam conditions and record domain-level accuracy

Rebuild the citation index into a single condensed review sheet organized by domain weight

Rehearse the highest-risk recall items (deadlines, hour requirements, supervision categories, disciplinary grounds) until retrieval is automatic