TEXAS PODIATRY JURISPRUDENCE EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔How often does a licensed podiatrist who prescribed opioids have to attend a course
covering best practices, alternative treatment options, and multi-modal approaches to
pain management per CME period? How long does each session have to be? - ✔✔2
times, once annually
1 hour course
✔✔What qualifies as appropriate CME crediting events? - ✔✔-hospital Podiatric
medical grand rounds
-APMA/APMA affiliated organizations
-TPMA
-state
-county or regional Podiatric medical association
-university sponsored pod medical meetings
-hospital Podiatric medical meetings
✔✔How many hours of home study and self-study programs will be accepted for CME
credit hours? - ✔✔up to 20 hrs
✔✔How many credits of CME is CPR training worth? How many CME hours is ACLS
worth? Can you get credit for both? - ✔✔1) 3 hours
2) 6 hours
3) no
✔✔How many CME credit hours can a practitioner receive for a published article? -
✔✔1 hr
✔✔How many hours can carry over to the next CME period if there is an excess of 50
hours completed biannually? - ✔✔10 credit hours
✔✔When do CME hours need to be sent to the department for review? - ✔✔if audited
✔✔How does the audit process look like? - ✔✔1) random selection of sample license
holders
2) if selected, the license holder shall submit copies of certificates, transcripts, or other
documentation satisfactory to the department, verifying the license holder's attendance
and participation and completion of the continuing education
3) failure to timely furnish this information w/in 30 days or providing false info can be
grounds for disciplinary action
, 4) if selected for continued education during renewal period, license holder may submit
renewal fees at that time for permanent licensure
✔✔Can CME required for disciplinary action be counted towards biannual CME
requirements? - ✔✔No
✔✔what was the Texas legislature that allowed authority to establish a 1 or 2 year
license term for licensees? - ✔✔Texas Legislature 85 in chapter 202
✔✔When can CME be exempted? - ✔✔-hardships for the practitioner which the
executive director can clear
✔✔How much time does a provider have to complete delinquent hours? - ✔✔3 years
✔✔Which agency published the recommendations for HBOT care? - ✔✔Undersea and
Hyperbaric medical society (UHMS)
✔✔Where can HBOT be done? - ✔✔In a hospital setting
✔✔What is the document that determines the scope of HBOT practice of a podiatrist? -
✔✔Podiatric Medical Practice Act
✔✔How long is the HBOT certificate active and what is the cost for the certificate? -
✔✔1) $25
2) 1 year
✔✔How long do certificate holders have to inform the department of any address
change or change of hospital setting no later than ___ days? - ✔✔10 days
✔✔Define Conscious sedation? - ✔✔the production, by pharmacological or non-
pharmalogical methods, or a combination thereof, of an altered level of consciousness
in a patient
✔✔What are the requirements of the didactic and clinical course which includes aspects
of monitoring patients and the hands-on use of the gas machine? - ✔✔1) directed by a
licensed and certified MD, DO, DDS, or DPM in the state of Texas with advanced
educational and clinical experience in NO/O2
2) minimum of 4 hours didactic work
3) minimum of 6 hours clinical works
✔✔What certifications are required to practice conscious sedation with NO/O2? - ✔✔-
basic CPR
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔How often does a licensed podiatrist who prescribed opioids have to attend a course
covering best practices, alternative treatment options, and multi-modal approaches to
pain management per CME period? How long does each session have to be? - ✔✔2
times, once annually
1 hour course
✔✔What qualifies as appropriate CME crediting events? - ✔✔-hospital Podiatric
medical grand rounds
-APMA/APMA affiliated organizations
-TPMA
-state
-county or regional Podiatric medical association
-university sponsored pod medical meetings
-hospital Podiatric medical meetings
✔✔How many hours of home study and self-study programs will be accepted for CME
credit hours? - ✔✔up to 20 hrs
✔✔How many credits of CME is CPR training worth? How many CME hours is ACLS
worth? Can you get credit for both? - ✔✔1) 3 hours
2) 6 hours
3) no
✔✔How many CME credit hours can a practitioner receive for a published article? -
✔✔1 hr
✔✔How many hours can carry over to the next CME period if there is an excess of 50
hours completed biannually? - ✔✔10 credit hours
✔✔When do CME hours need to be sent to the department for review? - ✔✔if audited
✔✔How does the audit process look like? - ✔✔1) random selection of sample license
holders
2) if selected, the license holder shall submit copies of certificates, transcripts, or other
documentation satisfactory to the department, verifying the license holder's attendance
and participation and completion of the continuing education
3) failure to timely furnish this information w/in 30 days or providing false info can be
grounds for disciplinary action
, 4) if selected for continued education during renewal period, license holder may submit
renewal fees at that time for permanent licensure
✔✔Can CME required for disciplinary action be counted towards biannual CME
requirements? - ✔✔No
✔✔what was the Texas legislature that allowed authority to establish a 1 or 2 year
license term for licensees? - ✔✔Texas Legislature 85 in chapter 202
✔✔When can CME be exempted? - ✔✔-hardships for the practitioner which the
executive director can clear
✔✔How much time does a provider have to complete delinquent hours? - ✔✔3 years
✔✔Which agency published the recommendations for HBOT care? - ✔✔Undersea and
Hyperbaric medical society (UHMS)
✔✔Where can HBOT be done? - ✔✔In a hospital setting
✔✔What is the document that determines the scope of HBOT practice of a podiatrist? -
✔✔Podiatric Medical Practice Act
✔✔How long is the HBOT certificate active and what is the cost for the certificate? -
✔✔1) $25
2) 1 year
✔✔How long do certificate holders have to inform the department of any address
change or change of hospital setting no later than ___ days? - ✔✔10 days
✔✔Define Conscious sedation? - ✔✔the production, by pharmacological or non-
pharmalogical methods, or a combination thereof, of an altered level of consciousness
in a patient
✔✔What are the requirements of the didactic and clinical course which includes aspects
of monitoring patients and the hands-on use of the gas machine? - ✔✔1) directed by a
licensed and certified MD, DO, DDS, or DPM in the state of Texas with advanced
educational and clinical experience in NO/O2
2) minimum of 4 hours didactic work
3) minimum of 6 hours clinical works
✔✔What certifications are required to practice conscious sedation with NO/O2? - ✔✔-
basic CPR
