CCHP MH CORRECT EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What type of license is not in compliance with NCCHC credentialing standards? -
✔✔Restricted license that limits practice to correctional institutions
✔✔Amount of required continuing education for NCCHC re-certification for an indvidual
- ✔✔18 hours per year, 6 related to correctional health care
✔✔Licensing requirements for staff if an institution wishes to be accredited by NCCHC -
✔✔12 hours per year of continuing ed, or a current license that meets basic
requirements for that state
✔✔Factors for the amount and type of qualified health care professionals in a facility -
✔✔Size of facility, types and scope of health services delivered, needs of the inmate
population, organizational structure
✔✔Dispensing - ✔✔Placing of one or more doses of a prescribed medication into
containers that are correctly labeled to indicate the name of the patient, the contents,
and all other vital information
✔✔Who maintains documentation that onsite diagnostic services are certified and
licensed? - ✔✔RHA
✔✔Waiting times - ✔✔Should not exceed average waiting times in the community
✔✔Communication with local hospitals or offsite specialty services - ✔✔Written
agreement outlining terms of care to be provided, summary from offsite providers
should include assessment/testing and treatment
provided/diagnosis/findings/recommended treatment plan
, ✔✔Information about availability of and access to health care services communicated
orally and in writing - ✔✔To inmates on their arrival at the facility, within 24 hours
regarding access of emergency and routine medical, dental, MH, fees, and grievance
process
✔✔Medical Clearance - ✔✔Clinical assessment of physical and mental status before an
individual is admitted into a facility
✔✔Sufficient escorting staff - ✔✔Provided by facility to ensure that patients can attend
scheduled health care appointments
✔✔Discharge planning - ✔✔Linkages between facility and community based
organizations, discussions with the inmate regarding the importance of aftercare,
appointments and discharge medications, timely exchange of information and
medication
✔✔Health hazards of tobacco - ✔✔Information should be available to inmates
✔✔Minimum frequency of contacts for outpatients receiving MH services - ✔✔No less
than every 90 days
✔✔Treatment for patients with substance use problems - ✔✔Assessed and properly
managed by a physician or other qualified health care professional
✔✔Emergency contraception - ✔✔Will be made available, as well as continued
contraception
✔✔Use of restraints for pregnant inmates - ✔✔Potentially harmful to inmate and fetus,
especially in 3rd trimester, labor, and delivery
✔✔Aids to impairment, such as prostheses and hearing aids for elderly inmates -
✔✔Not a requirement, but must be supplied when health would be adversely affected
✔✔Storage of health care records - ✔✔Secure conditions separate from correctional
records
✔✔Qualified health care professionals have access to information in the inmate's
custody record when? - ✔✔RHA determines that such information may be relevant to
the inmate's health and course of treatment
✔✔Executions - ✔✔Health staff do not assist, supervise, contribute, or pronounce death
✔✔Table top drills - ✔✔Not sufficient to meet drill standards
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What type of license is not in compliance with NCCHC credentialing standards? -
✔✔Restricted license that limits practice to correctional institutions
✔✔Amount of required continuing education for NCCHC re-certification for an indvidual
- ✔✔18 hours per year, 6 related to correctional health care
✔✔Licensing requirements for staff if an institution wishes to be accredited by NCCHC -
✔✔12 hours per year of continuing ed, or a current license that meets basic
requirements for that state
✔✔Factors for the amount and type of qualified health care professionals in a facility -
✔✔Size of facility, types and scope of health services delivered, needs of the inmate
population, organizational structure
✔✔Dispensing - ✔✔Placing of one or more doses of a prescribed medication into
containers that are correctly labeled to indicate the name of the patient, the contents,
and all other vital information
✔✔Who maintains documentation that onsite diagnostic services are certified and
licensed? - ✔✔RHA
✔✔Waiting times - ✔✔Should not exceed average waiting times in the community
✔✔Communication with local hospitals or offsite specialty services - ✔✔Written
agreement outlining terms of care to be provided, summary from offsite providers
should include assessment/testing and treatment
provided/diagnosis/findings/recommended treatment plan
, ✔✔Information about availability of and access to health care services communicated
orally and in writing - ✔✔To inmates on their arrival at the facility, within 24 hours
regarding access of emergency and routine medical, dental, MH, fees, and grievance
process
✔✔Medical Clearance - ✔✔Clinical assessment of physical and mental status before an
individual is admitted into a facility
✔✔Sufficient escorting staff - ✔✔Provided by facility to ensure that patients can attend
scheduled health care appointments
✔✔Discharge planning - ✔✔Linkages between facility and community based
organizations, discussions with the inmate regarding the importance of aftercare,
appointments and discharge medications, timely exchange of information and
medication
✔✔Health hazards of tobacco - ✔✔Information should be available to inmates
✔✔Minimum frequency of contacts for outpatients receiving MH services - ✔✔No less
than every 90 days
✔✔Treatment for patients with substance use problems - ✔✔Assessed and properly
managed by a physician or other qualified health care professional
✔✔Emergency contraception - ✔✔Will be made available, as well as continued
contraception
✔✔Use of restraints for pregnant inmates - ✔✔Potentially harmful to inmate and fetus,
especially in 3rd trimester, labor, and delivery
✔✔Aids to impairment, such as prostheses and hearing aids for elderly inmates -
✔✔Not a requirement, but must be supplied when health would be adversely affected
✔✔Storage of health care records - ✔✔Secure conditions separate from correctional
records
✔✔Qualified health care professionals have access to information in the inmate's
custody record when? - ✔✔RHA determines that such information may be relevant to
the inmate's health and course of treatment
✔✔Executions - ✔✔Health staff do not assist, supervise, contribute, or pronounce death
✔✔Table top drills - ✔✔Not sufficient to meet drill standards
