Health Law Exam 5 Questions With
Correct Answers
The "Florida Patient Bill of Rights" provides Floridians a cause of action
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against a hospital administrator for refusal to provide emergency
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medical services. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-false
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A hospital administrator may be sued, personally, for directing or
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allowing a physician or nurse to refuse to provide emergency medical
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services to a person. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-true
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A provider of medical services may be criminally prosecuted for failure
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to act in accordance with the "Florida Patient Bill of Rights". - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-false
A Durable Power of Attorney remains valid for "a reasonable time" after
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the death of the principal. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-false
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A Durable Power of Attorney with specific provisions for health care
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allows an Attorney-In-Fact to decide to discontinue life sustaining
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treatment of the principal in spite of the fact that the document states
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the principal's instructions to continue to maintain life support. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-false |
, Before exercising the incapacitated patient's rights regarding health
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care, the proxy must comply with the provisions of the statute that sets
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out what a Surrogate must do in making decisions for the principal. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-true |
A health care proxy is a person expressly designated by the patient,
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either verbally or in writing, to make health care decisions for the
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patient in the event of the patient's incompetence. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-True
In Florida, a married patient's spouse is always first in order of priority
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to act as health care proxy when the patient has not designated a
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surrogate. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-false | | |
The signatures required for a Power of Attorney to be valid and
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enforceable are: the principals' signature, a notary public's signature,
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and the signature of a witness - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-false
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Only three signatures are all that are required for a Power of Attorney to
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be valid. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-false
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A "surrogate" is the term that describes a person who is expressly
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designated to make decisions on behalf of the principal when the
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Correct Answers
The "Florida Patient Bill of Rights" provides Floridians a cause of action
| | | | | | | | | | | |
against a hospital administrator for refusal to provide emergency
| | | | | | | | |
medical services. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-false
| | | |
A hospital administrator may be sued, personally, for directing or
| | | | | | | | | |
allowing a physician or nurse to refuse to provide emergency medical
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services to a person. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-true
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A provider of medical services may be criminally prosecuted for failure
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to act in accordance with the "Florida Patient Bill of Rights". - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-false
A Durable Power of Attorney remains valid for "a reasonable time" after
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the death of the principal. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-false
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A Durable Power of Attorney with specific provisions for health care
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allows an Attorney-In-Fact to decide to discontinue life sustaining
| | | | | | | | |
treatment of the principal in spite of the fact that the document states
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
the principal's instructions to continue to maintain life support. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-false |
, Before exercising the incapacitated patient's rights regarding health
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care, the proxy must comply with the provisions of the statute that sets
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out what a Surrogate must do in making decisions for the principal. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-true |
A health care proxy is a person expressly designated by the patient,
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either verbally or in writing, to make health care decisions for the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
patient in the event of the patient's incompetence. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-True
In Florida, a married patient's spouse is always first in order of priority
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to act as health care proxy when the patient has not designated a
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surrogate. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-false | | |
The signatures required for a Power of Attorney to be valid and
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enforceable are: the principals' signature, a notary public's signature,
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and the signature of a witness - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-false
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Only three signatures are all that are required for a Power of Attorney to
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be valid. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-false
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A "surrogate" is the term that describes a person who is expressly
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designated to make decisions on behalf of the principal when the
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