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Board confirms reduction in RDA written exam scoreable items from 125 to 100, effective Nov. 1

5591070 · August 15, 2025

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Summary

Office of Professional Examination Services and board staff reported a regulatory change approved in November 2023 will take effect Nov. 1, 2025, reducing the RDA written examination to 100 scoreable items while retaining a three‑hour testing window. OPES clarified 25 pretest items will remain in the test form.

The Dental Assisting Council received an update Aug. 14 on reforms to the Registered Dental Assistant (RDA) general written law and ethics examination.

What the council was told

- Christy Bell and the Office of Professional Examination Services (OPES) summarized a 2023 occupational…

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