BC PSYCHOLOGIST JURISPRUDENCE PRACTICE
TEST PAPER 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● A registrant is responsible and accountable for the actions of any non-
registrant who is... Answer: providing psychological services under their
supervision
● CFCSA Answer: Child, Family and community service act
● FOIPPA Answer: Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy
Act
● PIPA Answer: Personal Information Protection Act
● What does self regulation mean? Answer: government has made a
statute (act) giving duty to regulate the profession to a separate body
(college), the majority of whose board is elected by the profession
● the college has a duty to serve and protect the public under what act?
Answer: The Health Professions Act
,● Define practice standards Answer: describe the way in which
practitioners practice their profession
● Define professional misconduct Answer: conduct that falls below the
minimum expectations of a safe and ethical practitioner
● Define incompetence Answer: where a practitioner demonstrates a
lack of knowledge, skill or judgement when assessing or treating a
patient
● Define incapable Answer: they have a health condition that prevents
them from practicing safely
● What act prohibits any practitioner from providing care without
consent? Answer: HCCCFAA (Health care consent and care facility
admission act)
● List the sources of law and explain the differences between them
Answer: 1. Statutes (Acts): Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Human
Rights Code, HPA, HCCFAA
2. Regulations: made by the minister of health services; The TCMP and
Acupuncturists Regulation
3. Bylaws: proposed by the college board and require the approval of the
health minister; deal with the internal operations of the college and
obligations of practitioners; professional liability insurance, info
practitioners must provide etc.
,4. Case Law: important in guiding the procedure of college committees;
court decisions are used as a guide by lawyers and judges when similar
issues arise in the future.
5. Guiding Documents: college publishes official documents; practice
standards; help practitioners interpret the law
● What is the HPA? Answer: Health professions Act
-sets out the duties and responsibilities of the minister of health services
and the colleges.
-reporting obligations of practitioners
-lists the bylaws the colleges have the authority to make
-processes for reviewing decisions
● Define scope of practice Answer: what each professions does and how
they do it
● The HPA requires that the public have access to certain info about
practitioners (6): Answer: 1. name
2. business address and telephone number
3. name, business address and telephone # of each professional corp
4. class of registration
5. any limits or conditions on registration
6. Cancellations or suspensions of registration
, ● Bylaw vs regulation Answer: bylaw: made directly by the board of the
college; relate to administration and internal affairs
regulation: is made by the Cabinet or a minister of the provincial gov't;
deal with issues of broader public concern
● What is the Labor Motility Act? Answer: allow for out-of-province
registrants from elsewhere in canada to transfer to BC with recognition
of their qualifications
● Amount registrants must be insured for (liability for negligence)
Answer: $1,000,000 per occurrence
● failure to have professional liability insurance would constitute...
Answer: professional misconduct
● Failure to make and keep adequate records is a failure to maintain
_____________ and is ___________? Answer: 1. minimum professional
standards
2. professional misconduct
● How do you get rid of px records properly? Answer: shredding
electronic destruction
● How do you properly protect patient records? Answer: Lock and key
TEST PAPER 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● A registrant is responsible and accountable for the actions of any non-
registrant who is... Answer: providing psychological services under their
supervision
● CFCSA Answer: Child, Family and community service act
● FOIPPA Answer: Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy
Act
● PIPA Answer: Personal Information Protection Act
● What does self regulation mean? Answer: government has made a
statute (act) giving duty to regulate the profession to a separate body
(college), the majority of whose board is elected by the profession
● the college has a duty to serve and protect the public under what act?
Answer: The Health Professions Act
,● Define practice standards Answer: describe the way in which
practitioners practice their profession
● Define professional misconduct Answer: conduct that falls below the
minimum expectations of a safe and ethical practitioner
● Define incompetence Answer: where a practitioner demonstrates a
lack of knowledge, skill or judgement when assessing or treating a
patient
● Define incapable Answer: they have a health condition that prevents
them from practicing safely
● What act prohibits any practitioner from providing care without
consent? Answer: HCCCFAA (Health care consent and care facility
admission act)
● List the sources of law and explain the differences between them
Answer: 1. Statutes (Acts): Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Human
Rights Code, HPA, HCCFAA
2. Regulations: made by the minister of health services; The TCMP and
Acupuncturists Regulation
3. Bylaws: proposed by the college board and require the approval of the
health minister; deal with the internal operations of the college and
obligations of practitioners; professional liability insurance, info
practitioners must provide etc.
,4. Case Law: important in guiding the procedure of college committees;
court decisions are used as a guide by lawyers and judges when similar
issues arise in the future.
5. Guiding Documents: college publishes official documents; practice
standards; help practitioners interpret the law
● What is the HPA? Answer: Health professions Act
-sets out the duties and responsibilities of the minister of health services
and the colleges.
-reporting obligations of practitioners
-lists the bylaws the colleges have the authority to make
-processes for reviewing decisions
● Define scope of practice Answer: what each professions does and how
they do it
● The HPA requires that the public have access to certain info about
practitioners (6): Answer: 1. name
2. business address and telephone number
3. name, business address and telephone # of each professional corp
4. class of registration
5. any limits or conditions on registration
6. Cancellations or suspensions of registration
, ● Bylaw vs regulation Answer: bylaw: made directly by the board of the
college; relate to administration and internal affairs
regulation: is made by the Cabinet or a minister of the provincial gov't;
deal with issues of broader public concern
● What is the Labor Motility Act? Answer: allow for out-of-province
registrants from elsewhere in canada to transfer to BC with recognition
of their qualifications
● Amount registrants must be insured for (liability for negligence)
Answer: $1,000,000 per occurrence
● failure to have professional liability insurance would constitute...
Answer: professional misconduct
● Failure to make and keep adequate records is a failure to maintain
_____________ and is ___________? Answer: 1. minimum professional
standards
2. professional misconduct
● How do you get rid of px records properly? Answer: shredding
electronic destruction
● How do you properly protect patient records? Answer: Lock and key
