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TEXAS MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE EXAMINATION
COMPLETE VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR JUST
RELEASED
What criteria is needed for licensure? - Answer-- Complete
college (60 credit hours) - Have an MD or DO - Pass the
USMLE Steps 1-3 (within the past 7 years) and the Texas
JP exam - Complete your intern (PGY1) year So, any US-
trained grad finished with the Step exams can apply for
their full Texas medical license after completing their
internship.
Ben White. The Texas Medical Jurisprudence Exam - A
Concise Review (Kindle Locations 77-81). Kindle Edition.
What is the renewal schedule for your texas medical
license? Overdue fines? Expiration? - Answer-For starters,
you renew it every two years (after the initial licensing
period, which ranges from 12 to 24 months). If you're late:
- No fine if expired < 30 days
- $75 if expired < 90 days
- $145 if expired < 365 days
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*- Canceled entirely after 1 year.
Must reapply and fork over entire processing fee etc.
(ouch!)*
*- If you wait longer than 2 years, then you not only have
to apply for a new license from scratch but must also
retake the JP exam* If you continue practicing with an
expired license after 30 days, you are now practicing
medicine without a license, which is a third degree felony.
Ben White. The Texas Medical Jurisprudence Exam - A
Concise Review (Kindle Locations 87-96). Kindle Edition.
How much Continuing medical education CME must you
have to renew your license? - Answer-48 hours of CME.
1/2 formal
1/2 informal (self reported, volunteering, peer review
and 2 hours of medical ethics/professional responsibility
When must you inform the TMB of any name / practice
address changes? - Answer-30 days.
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You do not need to notify texas about changing medical
malpractice insurance.
When do you have to notify the TMB when you receive a
lawsuit? - Answer-insurance will do it for you, but if you
don't have insurance you have to tell the TMB in 30 days.
When must the TMB be notified if a hospital takes
disciplinary action against a physician (affecting
privileges)? - Answer-If the restriction lasts more than 30
days.
What do you need to practice telemedicine in Texas? -
Answer-A special texas telemedicine license (required JP
exam).
A full medical license in good standing in another state.
Board certified in speciality.
NOT practicing medicine PHYSICALLY in texas.
What states are contiguous with Texas? and what can
these doctors order? - Answer-OK, AR, LA, NM
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Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico
They can order home health and hospice services for
patients in texas.
When to report child abuse / neglect? - Answer-Within 48
hours
When to report birth certificate? - Answer-5 days
When to report death certificate? - Answer-10 days
Reporting most communicable diseases? - Answer-7 days
(1 day for TB and pertussis)
When supplying medical records by? - Answer-15 days
How many people compose the texas medical board? how
many MDs? DOs? laypersons? how long is the term? -
Answer-12 are physicians (9 MD, 3 DO). 7 are laypersons.
All are appointed by the governor for 6-year terms.
TEXAS MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE EXAMINATION
COMPLETE VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR JUST
RELEASED
What criteria is needed for licensure? - Answer-- Complete
college (60 credit hours) - Have an MD or DO - Pass the
USMLE Steps 1-3 (within the past 7 years) and the Texas
JP exam - Complete your intern (PGY1) year So, any US-
trained grad finished with the Step exams can apply for
their full Texas medical license after completing their
internship.
Ben White. The Texas Medical Jurisprudence Exam - A
Concise Review (Kindle Locations 77-81). Kindle Edition.
What is the renewal schedule for your texas medical
license? Overdue fines? Expiration? - Answer-For starters,
you renew it every two years (after the initial licensing
period, which ranges from 12 to 24 months). If you're late:
- No fine if expired < 30 days
- $75 if expired < 90 days
- $145 if expired < 365 days
,2|Page
*- Canceled entirely after 1 year.
Must reapply and fork over entire processing fee etc.
(ouch!)*
*- If you wait longer than 2 years, then you not only have
to apply for a new license from scratch but must also
retake the JP exam* If you continue practicing with an
expired license after 30 days, you are now practicing
medicine without a license, which is a third degree felony.
Ben White. The Texas Medical Jurisprudence Exam - A
Concise Review (Kindle Locations 87-96). Kindle Edition.
How much Continuing medical education CME must you
have to renew your license? - Answer-48 hours of CME.
1/2 formal
1/2 informal (self reported, volunteering, peer review
and 2 hours of medical ethics/professional responsibility
When must you inform the TMB of any name / practice
address changes? - Answer-30 days.
,3|Page
You do not need to notify texas about changing medical
malpractice insurance.
When do you have to notify the TMB when you receive a
lawsuit? - Answer-insurance will do it for you, but if you
don't have insurance you have to tell the TMB in 30 days.
When must the TMB be notified if a hospital takes
disciplinary action against a physician (affecting
privileges)? - Answer-If the restriction lasts more than 30
days.
What do you need to practice telemedicine in Texas? -
Answer-A special texas telemedicine license (required JP
exam).
A full medical license in good standing in another state.
Board certified in speciality.
NOT practicing medicine PHYSICALLY in texas.
What states are contiguous with Texas? and what can
these doctors order? - Answer-OK, AR, LA, NM
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Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico
They can order home health and hospice services for
patients in texas.
When to report child abuse / neglect? - Answer-Within 48
hours
When to report birth certificate? - Answer-5 days
When to report death certificate? - Answer-10 days
Reporting most communicable diseases? - Answer-7 days
(1 day for TB and pertussis)
When supplying medical records by? - Answer-15 days
How many people compose the texas medical board? how
many MDs? DOs? laypersons? how long is the term? -
Answer-12 are physicians (9 MD, 3 DO). 7 are laypersons.
All are appointed by the governor for 6-year terms.
