BC Psychologist Jurisprudence exam with complete solutions

BC Psychologist Jurisprudence exam with complete solutions A registrant must honour... - CORRECT ✔️✔️all commitments they have made to research participants. A registrant is responsible and accountab le for the actions of any non -registrant who is... - CORRECT ✔️✔️providing psychological services under their supervision CCALA - CORRECT ✔️✔️Community Care and Assisted Living Act CFCSA - CORRECT ✔️✔️Child, Family and community service act FOIPPA - CORREC T ✔️✔️Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act HCCCFAA - CORRECT ✔️✔️Health care (consent) and care facility (admission) act HPA - CORRECT ✔️✔️health professions act PIPA - CORRECT ✔️✔️Personal Information Protection Act What does self regulati on mean? - CORRECT ✔️✔️government has made a statute (act) giving duty to regulate the profession to a separate body (college), the majority of whose board is elected by the profession the college has a duty to serve and protect the public under what act? - CORRECT ✔️✔️The Health Professions Act Define practice standards - CORRECT ✔️✔️describe the way in which practitioners practice their profession Define professional misconduct - CORRECT ✔️✔️conduct that falls below the minimum expectations of a safe and ethical practitioner Define incompetence - CORRECT ✔️✔️where a practitioner demonstrates a lack of knowledge, skill or judgement when assessing or treating a patient Define incapable - CORRECT ✔️✔️they have a health condition that prevents them from practicing safely What act prohibits any practitioner from providing care without consent? - CORRECT ✔️✔️HCCCFAA (Health care consent and care facility a dmission act) List the sources of law and explain the differences between them - CORRECT ✔️✔️1. Statutes (Acts): Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Human Rights Code, HPA, HCCFAA 2. Regulations: made by the minister of health services; The TCMP and Acupunctur ists Regulation 3. Bylaws: proposed by the college board and require the approval of the health minister; deal with the internal operations of the college and obligations of practitioners; professional liability insurance, info practitioners must provide e tc. 4. Case Law: important in guiding the procedure of college committees; court decisions are used as a guide by lawyers and judges when similar issues arise in the future. 5. Guiding Documents: college publishes official documents; practice standards; help practitioners interpret the law What is the HPA? - CORRECT ✔️✔️Health professions Act -sets out the duties and responsibilities of the minister of health services and the colleges. -reporting obligations of practitioners -lists the bylaws the college s have the authority to make -processes for reviewing decisions Define scope of practice - CORRECT ✔️✔️what each professions does and how they do it The HPA requires that the public have access to certain info about practitioners (6): - CORRECT ✔️✔️1. nam e 2. business address and telephone number 3. name, business address and telephone # of each professional corp 4. class of registration 5. any limits or conditions on registration 6. Cancellations or suspensions of registration Bylaw vs regulation - CORRECT ✔️✔️bylaw: made directly by the board of the college; relate to administration and internal affairs regulation: is made by the Cabinet or a minister of the provincial gov't; deal with issues of broader public concern What is the Labor Motility Act? - CORRECT ✔️✔️allow for out -of-province registrants from elsewhere in canada to transfer to BC with recognition of their qualifications Amount registrants must be insured for (liability for negligence) - CORRECT ✔️✔️$1,000,000 per occurrence failure to hav e professional liability insurance would constitute... - CORRECT ✔️✔️professional misconduct Failure to make and keep adequate records is a failure to maintain _____________ and is ___________? - CORRECT ✔️✔️1. minimum professional standards 2. profession al misconduct How do you get rid of px records properly? - CORRECT ✔️✔️shredding electronic destruction How do you properly protect patient records? - CORRECT ✔️✔️Lock and key password protected firewall and virus protection backed up regularly What act gives px access to their files and correct any errors? - CORRECT ✔️✔️Personal Info Protection Act (PIPA) If it appears that the applicant does not meet the registration requirements the Registrar will refer the application to the ______ - CORRECT ✔️✔️Registration Committee According to the Adult Guardianship Act... - CORRECT ✔️✔️anyone with information indicating an adult (19 years) is abused or neglected and unable to seek support and assistance may report the circumstances to a designated agency.