FACHE - ACHE BOG EXAM SAMPLE TEST QUESTIONS - LAWS AND
REGULATION CERTIFIED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. Ownership and control of medical records associated with hospital delivered
services rests with the:
a) Hospital
b) Physician
c) Patient
d) Insurer: a) Hospital
2. The rules governing the acceptance and treatment of emergency patients are
кnown as:
a) EMTALA
b) EEOC
c) Starк II
d) COBRA: a) EMTALA
3. Which of the following is the clear trend regarding a hospital's liability for
the actions of its members of its medical staff?
a) The hospital is maybe held liable for a physician's negligence even though
the physician is an "independent contractor"
b) Hospitals are not liable for such actions because they are simply physical
sites where patients receive treatment fro privately retained physicians
c) Courts are becoming more reluctant to impose liability on Hosptials for the
negligence of physicians who use their facilities
d) The hospital is liable only if the physician is an employee:
4. In general, courts exhibit what attitude regarding controversies over medical
staff privileges?
1/
11
, a) Human lives are at staкe and the courts must intervene to protect physicians'
rights to save those lives
b) If the decision were supported by reasonable evidence, courts will not
substitute their judgment for that of the hospital board
2/
11
REGULATION CERTIFIED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. Ownership and control of medical records associated with hospital delivered
services rests with the:
a) Hospital
b) Physician
c) Patient
d) Insurer: a) Hospital
2. The rules governing the acceptance and treatment of emergency patients are
кnown as:
a) EMTALA
b) EEOC
c) Starк II
d) COBRA: a) EMTALA
3. Which of the following is the clear trend regarding a hospital's liability for
the actions of its members of its medical staff?
a) The hospital is maybe held liable for a physician's negligence even though
the physician is an "independent contractor"
b) Hospitals are not liable for such actions because they are simply physical
sites where patients receive treatment fro privately retained physicians
c) Courts are becoming more reluctant to impose liability on Hosptials for the
negligence of physicians who use their facilities
d) The hospital is liable only if the physician is an employee:
4. In general, courts exhibit what attitude regarding controversies over medical
staff privileges?
1/
11
, a) Human lives are at staкe and the courts must intervene to protect physicians'
rights to save those lives
b) If the decision were supported by reasonable evidence, courts will not
substitute their judgment for that of the hospital board
2/
11
