The Florida Dental Hygiene Laws and Rules Exam, in plain terms.

Up to 64 multiple-choice items — including up to 5 unscored field-test items — in 90 minutes, computer-based at Prometric test centers. The exam is closed book: no statute or rule text is provided or permitted.

No. The Florida Dental Hygiene Laws and Rules Exam is a separate examination under its own rule, 64B5-2.0135, F.A.C., with its own item count (up to 64 vs up to 67) and its own fee ($105 vs $135). Dentovio's FHLR path filters out dentist-only assessment items and foregrounds the hygienist-role rules; Florida publishes no narrower per-topic weights.

75% or higher. Results are pass/fail only — a provisional result on screen at completion, with the official result posted in 2-3 business days. No numeric score breakdown is published.

Chapter 466, Florida Statutes (the Dental Practice Act) and Division 64B5 of the Florida Administrative Code, with Chapter 456 content capped at 3% by rule 64B5-2.0135(2)(c). Florida publishes no narrower topic weights; Dentovio organizes the profession-specific material around scope, supervision, delegable and remediable tasks, and recordkeeping duties.

$105 per attempt — the initial sitting and each retake cost the same full fee. Registration credits expire 2 years from payment, and no attempt limit is published in the rules or the Candidate Guide.

Neither rule 64B5-2.0135, F.A.C., nor the 2026 ADEX Candidate Guide publishes an attempt limit for the FHLR. The Candidate Guide does set a 10-day waiting period between the date of failure and any re-attempt, retake registration opens only after the official result posts, and every attempt costs the same full $105 fee.

Florida sets no general interval for how often a patient must see a dentist. The 13-month rule in s. 466.024(2)(f)2., F.S., is narrower: when a dental hygienist removes calculus deposits, accretions, and stains in a health access setting without a prior dentist examination, a dentist must examine that patient within 13 months, and further oral hygiene services under that provision require a clinical examination by a dentist. This provision sits inside the FHLR's published scope (Chapter 466, F.S.), so know its exact boundaries rather than a generalized version of it.

Every pathway to a Florida dental hygiene license includes it — Florida has no general reciprocity, so hygienists relocating from other states sit this exam too. Hygienists are also the larger Florida cohort: 1,767 initial dental hygienist licenses vs 1,380 dentist licenses in FY 2024-25, per the Florida MQA annual report.

Florida does not publish a pass rate for this exam, and any specific figure you see elsewhere is unsourced. Judge difficulty from the structure instead: closed book, a 75% mark, 90 minutes, and delegation rules dense enough that another state's supervision vocabulary will mislead you.

Because the exam is closed book with a 75% mark, preparation should emphasize recall and application of current rule text — not open-book lookup practice.