Texas Jurisprudence Exam Part 11
This deck covers key questions and answers from the Texas Jurisprudence Exam Part 9, focusing on legal aspects of birth certificates, death pronouncements, SIDS, autopsies, and organ donations.
Can on-call physician refuse to show up?
Answer: No, only in circumstances beyond his control
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Can on-call physician refuse to show up?
Answer: No, only in circumstances beyond his control
What are the 3 penalties for hospitals and physicians for violation of EMTALA? What is the maximum damage?
Answer: Civil money penalties, termination of provider agreement, civil action. Up to $50,000 per violation ($25,000 for < 100 beds)
Can a patient initiate his/her own transfer?
Answer: Yes
How many people on the Texas Medical board?
Answer: 19
How many MDs on the TMB?
Answer: 12
How many layperson on the TMB?
Answer: 7
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Can on-call physician refuse to show up? | Answer: No, only in circumstances beyond his control |
What are the 3 penalties for hospitals and physicians for violation of EMTALA? What is the maximum damage? | Answer: Civil money penalties, termination of provider agreement, civil action. Up to $50,000 per violation ($25,000 for < 100 beds) |
Can a patient initiate his/her own transfer? | Answer: Yes |
How many people on the Texas Medical board? | Answer: 19 |
How many MDs on the TMB? | Answer: 12 |
How many layperson on the TMB? | Answer: 7 |
How often does the police run a check on physicians? | Answer: Monthly |
How often does the TMB put out reports on physicians? | Answer: Every 6 months |
How many years of postgraduate training to apply for full license? | Answer: 1 |
If a resident does not show up to begin his training, how many days does the program director have to report that to the board? | Answer: 30 |
Institutional permit: how many months for initial license? How many renewals? How many months for each renewal? | Answer: 14 months; 7; 12 months |
Physician-in-training permit: how many months for initial license? How many renewals? How many months for each renewal? | Answer: 18 months; 6; 18 months |
How often do you register your license with the TMB? | Answer: Every 2 years |
How many days prior to expiration of your license does the board notify you? | Answer: 30 |
How many days after expiration are you considered practicing without a license? | Answer: 30 |
How many days after expiration is license canceled? | Answer: 365 |
How many category 1 CMEs per year? | Answer: 12 |
How many ethics CME credits? | Answer: 1 yearly |
How many CME credits can be from volunteering? | Answer: 6 |
How many CMEs can you carry forward? | Answer: 48 |
How often must the board give update to all participants in a complaint? | Answer: Every 3 months (quarterly) |
How much time do insurances have to report malpractice to the board? | Answer: 30 days |
If disciplinary action is taken by the board, how much time to report to the hospital verbally? In writing? To the NPDB? | Answer: Verbally immediately to hospitals on first working day; in writing to all hospitals and agencies within 30 days. |
How much time to report court reports to the board? | Answer: 30 days |
How many malpractice claims in what time frame to trigger board investigation? | Answer: 3 within 5 years |
How many people from the board to emergency suspend license? | Answer: 3 |
How many days does a physician have to file appeal to a board decision? Which county? | Answer: 30 days; Travis county |
How soon and how often can you file for reinstatement of a license? | Answer: After one year; once a year. |
Maximum administrative penalty by board? By attorney general? | Answer: $5000 per violation; $1000 per violation. |
How much time to pay an administrative penalty by the board? | Answer: 30 days. |
How many days can NPs and PAs prescribe? How many refills? For patients how old? | Answer: 30 days, no refills; older than 2 years. |
How many PA equivalents can an MD supervise? | Answer: 3 full-time employees |
What percentage of random charts of the PA must the physician review? | Answer: 10% |
How far can secondary practice sites be located from primary? | Answer: 60 miles |
How many days does board have to give information to requesting hospitals? | Answer: 15 days |
How many days do you have to correct changes in your TMB profile? | Answer: 30 days |
How many days do you get to review your data the FIRST time the board releases it? | Answer: 15 business days. |
How often does a physician have to resubmit his core data if there were no changes? | Answer: Once a year. |
How many days before hospital hearing must a physician be notified? | Answer: 30 days. |
A suspension in the hospital must be reported if it lasts for how long? Within what time must it be reported? | Answer: More than 30 days; 15 days. |
Until what age is one considered a minor? | Answer: 18 years |
How many witnesses do you need for advanced directive? For verbal directive to physician? For out-of-hospital DNR? | Answer: 2; 2; 2 |
How many witnesses for a mental health directive? | Answer: 2 |
How long until mental health directive expires? How long until medical directives expire? | Answer: 3 years; no limit. |
How many days does a physician have to give records to patient? Hospital? Attorney? | Answer: 15 business days; 15 business days; 45 days. |
How many days does patient have to pay fees for requested records? | Answer: 10 days. |
What are the fees for copied records? Postage or not? | Answer: $25 for first 20 pages, then 15¢ per page plus postage. |
How many years must a physician keep records for adults? For minors? From what age? | Answer: 7 years; 7 years or age 21. |
How many years must hospitals keep records for adults? For minors? From what age? | Answer: 10 years; 10 years or 20th birthday. |
How many days does a hospital have to send itemized bill if requested? | Answer: 30 business days. |
What is the economic cap on noneconomic damages in Texas per defendant/claimant? | Answer: $250,000 |
How long is the statute of limitations for adults? Minors? | Answer: 2 years; 2 years from age 18. |
When must a claimant send a letter, and by how long can he/she extend the statute of limitations? | Answer: Within 60 days; extends by 75 days. |
How many yards from ER is considered campus? | Answer: 250 yards. |
How many years must you keep records of transferred patients? | Answer: 5 years. |
What is the maximum monetary penalty for a hospital violating EMTALA? | Answer: $50,000, $25,000 if < 100 beds. |
How long do physicians have to keep screening test records from the first visit of a pregnant woman? | Answer: 9 months. |
How many days does a physician have to notify the DPS of a third trimester abortion? | Answer: 30 days. |
What is the cut-off gestational age for office-based abortions? | Answer: 16 weeks. |
How long prior to abortion must you give the woman information on abortion (verbal/written)? | Answer: 24 hours. |
How much time prior to abortion must parents of a minor be notified? | Answer: 48 hours. |
How many abortions per year make you an abortion facility that must be licensed? | Answer: 50. |
How often does licensed abortion facility submit records to TSDHS? | Answer: Yearly. |
How many times must you check newborn for genetic disorders? | Answer: 2. |
How long can a mother + newborn stay in the hospital paid by insurance after birth with vaginal delivery/cesarean section? | Answer: 48 hrs/96 hrs |
Until when must an insurance pay for hearing screening? Follow-up hearing screening? | Answer: 30 days; 2 years |
How many days do you have to submit birth certificate? | Answer: 5 days. |
After what age can you take possession of an abandoned baby? | Answer: 60 days or less |
How many days does the funeral director have to file death certificate? | Answer: 10 days |
How many days does the physician have to fill out death certificate? | Answer: 5 days. |
Over what weight must a death certificate be filled out for a fetus? | Answer: 350 grams. |
If weight is not known, over what gestational age? | Answer: 20 weeks. |
SIDS is for children of less than what age? | Answer: 12 months. |
When do you have to report SIDS? | Answer: Immediately. |
Death of a child of what age or younger must be reported to the medical examiner? Within what time frame? | Answer: 6 years; immediately |
How many days after catastrophe to get "certificate of death by catastrophe"?Xlibris. Kindle Edition. | Answer: 10 days. |
If a patient dies within how many hours of admission must an inquest be ordered? | Answer: 24 hours. |
A mentally retarded person of what age can donate a kidney if the guardian petitions the court? | Answer: 12 years. |
After how many days can a blood bank pay for blood donation? | Answer: 15 days. |
A person older than what age can voluntarily commit self to psychiatry? | Answer: 16 years |
How often do private psychiatry hospitals file reports? | Answer: Yearly. |
What age do you have to be to get ECT? | Answer: 16 |
How often do you renew DEA license? DPS license? | Answer: Every 3 years; yearly. |
How many days to you have to inform the DPS of change in information? | Answer: 7. |
How many days of pills can a patient get of schedule 2-5 when discharged from the hospital? | Answer: 7. |
How many days to send written prescription to pharmacy of schedule 2 drug? | Answer: 7. |
How long is a schedule 2 script valid? How many refills? Schedule 3-5 valid? Refills? Dangerous drugs valid? Refills? | Answer: 7 days; no refills; 6 months; 5 refills; unlimited; unlimited. |
How often do you need to do inventory on your drugs? | Answer: Every 2 years. |
How often do you have to register with the board and pay a fee to administer anesthesia? | Answer: Every 2 years. |
How many days do you have to report an office-based anesthesia complication? | Answer: 15 days. |
How much time do you have to report a death from communicable disease? | Answer: Immediately. |
How much time to report a gunshot wound? | Answer: Immediately. |
What is the monetary penalty for violation of anti-kickback laws for physicians? Hospitals? | Answer: $25,000-$250,000 / $50,000-$500,000. |
How much time does a physician have to report child abuse? | Answer: Immediately; 48 hours in writing. |
How much time does a professional (not medical professional) have to report child abuse? | Answer: 48 hours. |
How much time do professionals/physicians have to report death of a child secondary to abuse? | Answer: 48 hours. |
How much time do you have to report nursing home abuse verbally? In writing? | Answer: Immediately; 5 days. |
If a nursing home resident dies after transfer to a hospital, within what time frame must be reported? | Answer: 24 hours. |
How much time does the nursing home have to report elderly death? | Answer: 10 days after the end of the month of death. |
What are the age limits to consider abuse a criminal offense? | Answer: 14 or younger, 65 or older; older than 14 and disabled. |