CCLE 2023 – Questions With Complete Answers
What safeguards must be in place to protect patient's electronic files?
✔️Ans -*1) Offsite backup storage system*
*2) Image mechanism that is able to copy signature documents*
*3) Mechanism to ensure that once a record is input, it is unalterable.*
Original hard copies of patient records may be destroyed once the record has
been electronically stored.
You are treating your friend's child and notice signs of child abuse but you
brush them off. What are you now liable for as a penalty for not reporting
child abuse? ✔️Ans -Misdemeanor, $1,000 fine and/or up to 6
months confinement in county jail.
A mandated reporter who fails to report an incident of known or reasonably
suspected child abuse or neglect as required by this section is guilty of a
*misdemeanor* punishable by up to *six months confinement in a county jail*
or by a *fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000)* or by *both* imprisonment and
a fine.
How is child abuse defined? ✔️Ans -Endangering a child or the
health of a child.
When is a patient considered inactive? ✔️Ans -Chiropractic patient
records shall be classified as inactive when there has elapsed a period of
*more than 12 months since the date of the last patient treatment*.
A DC recently got engaged and was celebrating. He got pulled over and
charged w/DUI. What action may the board take? ✔️Ans -Board
may charge DC w unprofessional conduct
A homeless child is NOT considered child abuse because? ✔️Ans -
For the purposes of this article, the fact that a child is homeless or is classified
as an unaccompanied youth, is not, in and of itself, a sufficient basis for
reporting child abuse or neglect.
,You have a current patient who had a box fall on them at work. They are filing
this as a Worker's Comp case with work, but you adjust and collect your fee as
normal...what potential consequence is the doctor facing? ✔️Ans -A
fine up to 3X the amount unlawfully collected.
In what instances can a chiropractor's license be automatically suspended?
✔️Ans -It shall constitute cause for automatic suspension of a license if a
licensee has been convicted of any *felony* involving *fraud* in conjunction
with providing benefits covered by *worker's compensation insurance*, or
has been convicted of any felony involving *Medi-Cal* fraud.
What must be included in the naming of chiropractic corporations?
✔️Ans -The name of a chiropractic corporation shall contain the *name or the
last name* of one or more of the *present, prospective, or former
shareholders*, and shall include the word *"chiropractic"* and the word
*"corporation"* or wording or abbreviations denoting corporate existence.
How many hours of CE are required annually and in what categories?
✔️Ans -*24 hours per year*
*2* hours in *Ethics & Law*
Minimum of *4 hours* in any one of or a combination of: *History Taking &
Physical Examination Procedures, Chiropractic Adjusting Techniques or
Chiropractic Manipulation Techniques, Proper and Ethical Billing and Coding.*
How is a citation issued? ✔️Ans -Citation must be served in person,
signed by the executive officer, and reference the law or code being violated.
You want to advertise that you are the best DC in town! Why is this not
allowed and what are the legal consequences? ✔️Ans -Constitutes
a fraudulent claim and is grounds for a license being revoked/suspended.
A fraudulent claim:
Makes a scientific claim that *cannot be substantiated by reliable, peer
reviewed, published scientific studies.*
Makes a claim either of *professional superiority* or of *performing services
in a superior manner*, allowable only if that claim is relevant to the service
being performed and can be substantiated with objective scientific evidence.
, A chiropractor is found guilty of false advertisement. What is the penalty?
✔️Ans -Section 17500 "False advertising in general" - Any violation of the
provisions of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by *imprisonment* in
the county jail not exceeding *six months*, or by a fine not exceeding *two
thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500)*, or by both that imprisonment and
fine.
A chiropractor makes sensational or fabulous statements - what is the
consequence? ✔️Ans -Chiro Regulations: 311 "Advertisements" -
False advertising is punishable by:
(a) *Suspension* of said licensee's right to practice in this State for a period
not exceeding *one (1) year. *
(b) Placing said licensee upon *probation.*
(c) Taking such *other action*, excepting the revocation of said licensee's
license, in relation to disciplining said licensee as the board in its discretion
may *deem proper. *
You send out lab work for a patient and their results come back as HIV
positive. How must you respond? Tell them verbally? Give them written copy
of lab results? ✔️Ans -Health care professionals must provide
results in oral or written form if requested by the patient. Results may be
disclosed in electronic form if requested by patient or deemed most
appropriate by doctor ordering labs. Telephone is not considered an
electronic form of disclosing lab results.
These conditions must be disclosed in oral or written form: HIV, hepatitis,
drug abuse, skin biopsies, pap smear tests, products of conception, and bone
marrow aspirations
You are doing a screening and offer a promotional deal of free exam. When
you assess the patient in the office, you determine they need x-rays. This was
not included in the promotional deal they agreed to. Can you still take x-rays?
Yes? No? Under what conditions? ✔️Ans -Yes, as long as the patient
is informed before taking the x-rays.
Licensees may advertise that they will perform certain designated routine
professional services free or at a discount if such advertising claims are
truthful. However, no charge shall be made for any other professional services
rendered or commodities provided to a patient during any office visit in which
What safeguards must be in place to protect patient's electronic files?
✔️Ans -*1) Offsite backup storage system*
*2) Image mechanism that is able to copy signature documents*
*3) Mechanism to ensure that once a record is input, it is unalterable.*
Original hard copies of patient records may be destroyed once the record has
been electronically stored.
You are treating your friend's child and notice signs of child abuse but you
brush them off. What are you now liable for as a penalty for not reporting
child abuse? ✔️Ans -Misdemeanor, $1,000 fine and/or up to 6
months confinement in county jail.
A mandated reporter who fails to report an incident of known or reasonably
suspected child abuse or neglect as required by this section is guilty of a
*misdemeanor* punishable by up to *six months confinement in a county jail*
or by a *fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000)* or by *both* imprisonment and
a fine.
How is child abuse defined? ✔️Ans -Endangering a child or the
health of a child.
When is a patient considered inactive? ✔️Ans -Chiropractic patient
records shall be classified as inactive when there has elapsed a period of
*more than 12 months since the date of the last patient treatment*.
A DC recently got engaged and was celebrating. He got pulled over and
charged w/DUI. What action may the board take? ✔️Ans -Board
may charge DC w unprofessional conduct
A homeless child is NOT considered child abuse because? ✔️Ans -
For the purposes of this article, the fact that a child is homeless or is classified
as an unaccompanied youth, is not, in and of itself, a sufficient basis for
reporting child abuse or neglect.
,You have a current patient who had a box fall on them at work. They are filing
this as a Worker's Comp case with work, but you adjust and collect your fee as
normal...what potential consequence is the doctor facing? ✔️Ans -A
fine up to 3X the amount unlawfully collected.
In what instances can a chiropractor's license be automatically suspended?
✔️Ans -It shall constitute cause for automatic suspension of a license if a
licensee has been convicted of any *felony* involving *fraud* in conjunction
with providing benefits covered by *worker's compensation insurance*, or
has been convicted of any felony involving *Medi-Cal* fraud.
What must be included in the naming of chiropractic corporations?
✔️Ans -The name of a chiropractic corporation shall contain the *name or the
last name* of one or more of the *present, prospective, or former
shareholders*, and shall include the word *"chiropractic"* and the word
*"corporation"* or wording or abbreviations denoting corporate existence.
How many hours of CE are required annually and in what categories?
✔️Ans -*24 hours per year*
*2* hours in *Ethics & Law*
Minimum of *4 hours* in any one of or a combination of: *History Taking &
Physical Examination Procedures, Chiropractic Adjusting Techniques or
Chiropractic Manipulation Techniques, Proper and Ethical Billing and Coding.*
How is a citation issued? ✔️Ans -Citation must be served in person,
signed by the executive officer, and reference the law or code being violated.
You want to advertise that you are the best DC in town! Why is this not
allowed and what are the legal consequences? ✔️Ans -Constitutes
a fraudulent claim and is grounds for a license being revoked/suspended.
A fraudulent claim:
Makes a scientific claim that *cannot be substantiated by reliable, peer
reviewed, published scientific studies.*
Makes a claim either of *professional superiority* or of *performing services
in a superior manner*, allowable only if that claim is relevant to the service
being performed and can be substantiated with objective scientific evidence.
, A chiropractor is found guilty of false advertisement. What is the penalty?
✔️Ans -Section 17500 "False advertising in general" - Any violation of the
provisions of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by *imprisonment* in
the county jail not exceeding *six months*, or by a fine not exceeding *two
thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500)*, or by both that imprisonment and
fine.
A chiropractor makes sensational or fabulous statements - what is the
consequence? ✔️Ans -Chiro Regulations: 311 "Advertisements" -
False advertising is punishable by:
(a) *Suspension* of said licensee's right to practice in this State for a period
not exceeding *one (1) year. *
(b) Placing said licensee upon *probation.*
(c) Taking such *other action*, excepting the revocation of said licensee's
license, in relation to disciplining said licensee as the board in its discretion
may *deem proper. *
You send out lab work for a patient and their results come back as HIV
positive. How must you respond? Tell them verbally? Give them written copy
of lab results? ✔️Ans -Health care professionals must provide
results in oral or written form if requested by the patient. Results may be
disclosed in electronic form if requested by patient or deemed most
appropriate by doctor ordering labs. Telephone is not considered an
electronic form of disclosing lab results.
These conditions must be disclosed in oral or written form: HIV, hepatitis,
drug abuse, skin biopsies, pap smear tests, products of conception, and bone
marrow aspirations
You are doing a screening and offer a promotional deal of free exam. When
you assess the patient in the office, you determine they need x-rays. This was
not included in the promotional deal they agreed to. Can you still take x-rays?
Yes? No? Under what conditions? ✔️Ans -Yes, as long as the patient
is informed before taking the x-rays.
Licensees may advertise that they will perform certain designated routine
professional services free or at a discount if such advertising claims are
truthful. However, no charge shall be made for any other professional services
rendered or commodities provided to a patient during any office visit in which
