CMTBC ETHICS EXAM 2026/2027 | PRACTICE QUESTIONS, ANSWERS &
COMPREHENSIVE ETHICS REVIEW
Who is the executive branch run by - correct answer ✔✔Premier of BC
The premier appoints - correct answer ✔✔MINISTERS to head specific MINISTRIES
There are two main ways in which the Province could regulate a health profession: - correct answer
✔✔direct regulation and self-regulation.
direct regulation - correct answer ✔✔refers to direct actions by the government to control the amount
of a certain activity
self-regulation - correct answer ✔✔Province delegates its power and duty to regulate the profession in
the public interest to the members of the profession.
social contract - correct answer ✔✔Province agrees to allow a profession to regulate its own members
instead of regulating them directly.
Used to describe the relationship between a government and the citizens of a society. - correct answer
✔✔Social contract"
Benefits of self regulation - correct answer ✔✔The right to elect board member, The right to participate
in governance, Right to determine membership competency, Right to determine practice standards and
code of ethics, Insulation from politics, Right to discipline members
The Responsibilities of Self-Regulation - correct answer ✔✔Duty to regulate the profession in the public
interesT, Duty to follow the law and abide by the charter, Duty to enforce standards and discipline
members
The College is run by a Board of Directors - correct answer ✔✔6 are registrants, no less than 3 members
of the Board are appointed by the Provincial Government.
Currently there are 5 members.
In BC, two separate private organizations exist to promote the interests of the profession. - correct
answer ✔✔the Registered Massage Therapists Association of BC ("RMTBC") and the Natural Health
Practitioners of Canada (NHPC)
main law that governs the regulation of RMTs in BC is the - correct answer ✔✔Health Professions Act -
this law is passed by the legislature.
it sets out the powers and duties of all self-governing health professions in BC.
It also outlines the procedures that the governing bodies such as the College must follow in carrying out
their duties.
The Health Professions Act authorizes the _____________ to create regulations. - correct answer
✔✔executive branch
, Current regulations that are important for RMTs are the: - correct answer ✔✔Health Professions General
Regulation and the Massage Therapists Regulation.
The _______ Act allows the College to pass bylaws. - correct answer ✔✔Health Professions
The Standards of Practice are part of the College's______ - correct answer ✔✔Bylaws
The Code of Ethics is not part of the colleges _____ - correct answer ✔✔Bylaws, but registrants are
required to comply with it under section 75 of the Bylaws.
The Standards of Practice - correct answer ✔✔Focus on patient care in providing treatment.
They deal with matters such as assessing patient needs, obtaining informed consent during treatment,
patient privacy, and professionalism.
Code of Ethic - correct answer ✔✔Ensuring the integrity of the profession and protecting patients in
vulnerable situations.
It provides that a registrant must always act in the best interests of the patient, and deals with matters
such as termination of the therapeutic relationship, sexual misconduct, and conflicts of interest.
The Code of Ethics requires all registrants - correct answer ✔✔not to facilitate or engage in fraudulent
billing activities and comply with all applicable laws and regulations relating to the practice of massage
therapy
Committing any kind of fraud is professional misconduct
Criminal Records Review Act - correct answer ✔✔Requires all professionals regulated by the Health
Professions Act to have a criminal record check done and to provide a verification to their college at the
time they first register and every five years after being registered.
CMTBC registrants must obtain continuing education credits every ____ years. - correct answer ✔✔2
Health Professions Act defines "professional misconduct" to include: - correct answer ✔✔sexual
misconduct;
unethical conduct (including breaches of the Code of Ethics);
infamous conduct; and
conduct unbecoming a member of the health profession.
The College can find that a registrant is ________ when there is a series or pattern of minor breaches of
the Code of Ethics, Standards of Practice, disciplinary orders, or other requirements. - correct answer
✔✔ungovernable
A registrant is also required to report other healthcare professionals in some circumstances. These
include: - correct answer ✔✔where the registrant believes that the other health care professional's
continued practice could be a danger to the public; and where the registrant believes that the other
health care professional has engaged in sexual misconduct.
In these cases, the registrant is required to report the circumstances to the college of the other health
care practitioner in writing.
COMPREHENSIVE ETHICS REVIEW
Who is the executive branch run by - correct answer ✔✔Premier of BC
The premier appoints - correct answer ✔✔MINISTERS to head specific MINISTRIES
There are two main ways in which the Province could regulate a health profession: - correct answer
✔✔direct regulation and self-regulation.
direct regulation - correct answer ✔✔refers to direct actions by the government to control the amount
of a certain activity
self-regulation - correct answer ✔✔Province delegates its power and duty to regulate the profession in
the public interest to the members of the profession.
social contract - correct answer ✔✔Province agrees to allow a profession to regulate its own members
instead of regulating them directly.
Used to describe the relationship between a government and the citizens of a society. - correct answer
✔✔Social contract"
Benefits of self regulation - correct answer ✔✔The right to elect board member, The right to participate
in governance, Right to determine membership competency, Right to determine practice standards and
code of ethics, Insulation from politics, Right to discipline members
The Responsibilities of Self-Regulation - correct answer ✔✔Duty to regulate the profession in the public
interesT, Duty to follow the law and abide by the charter, Duty to enforce standards and discipline
members
The College is run by a Board of Directors - correct answer ✔✔6 are registrants, no less than 3 members
of the Board are appointed by the Provincial Government.
Currently there are 5 members.
In BC, two separate private organizations exist to promote the interests of the profession. - correct
answer ✔✔the Registered Massage Therapists Association of BC ("RMTBC") and the Natural Health
Practitioners of Canada (NHPC)
main law that governs the regulation of RMTs in BC is the - correct answer ✔✔Health Professions Act -
this law is passed by the legislature.
it sets out the powers and duties of all self-governing health professions in BC.
It also outlines the procedures that the governing bodies such as the College must follow in carrying out
their duties.
The Health Professions Act authorizes the _____________ to create regulations. - correct answer
✔✔executive branch
, Current regulations that are important for RMTs are the: - correct answer ✔✔Health Professions General
Regulation and the Massage Therapists Regulation.
The _______ Act allows the College to pass bylaws. - correct answer ✔✔Health Professions
The Standards of Practice are part of the College's______ - correct answer ✔✔Bylaws
The Code of Ethics is not part of the colleges _____ - correct answer ✔✔Bylaws, but registrants are
required to comply with it under section 75 of the Bylaws.
The Standards of Practice - correct answer ✔✔Focus on patient care in providing treatment.
They deal with matters such as assessing patient needs, obtaining informed consent during treatment,
patient privacy, and professionalism.
Code of Ethic - correct answer ✔✔Ensuring the integrity of the profession and protecting patients in
vulnerable situations.
It provides that a registrant must always act in the best interests of the patient, and deals with matters
such as termination of the therapeutic relationship, sexual misconduct, and conflicts of interest.
The Code of Ethics requires all registrants - correct answer ✔✔not to facilitate or engage in fraudulent
billing activities and comply with all applicable laws and regulations relating to the practice of massage
therapy
Committing any kind of fraud is professional misconduct
Criminal Records Review Act - correct answer ✔✔Requires all professionals regulated by the Health
Professions Act to have a criminal record check done and to provide a verification to their college at the
time they first register and every five years after being registered.
CMTBC registrants must obtain continuing education credits every ____ years. - correct answer ✔✔2
Health Professions Act defines "professional misconduct" to include: - correct answer ✔✔sexual
misconduct;
unethical conduct (including breaches of the Code of Ethics);
infamous conduct; and
conduct unbecoming a member of the health profession.
The College can find that a registrant is ________ when there is a series or pattern of minor breaches of
the Code of Ethics, Standards of Practice, disciplinary orders, or other requirements. - correct answer
✔✔ungovernable
A registrant is also required to report other healthcare professionals in some circumstances. These
include: - correct answer ✔✔where the registrant believes that the other health care professional's
continued practice could be a danger to the public; and where the registrant believes that the other
health care professional has engaged in sexual misconduct.
In these cases, the registrant is required to report the circumstances to the college of the other health
care practitioner in writing.
