FACHE - ACHE BOG EXAM SAMPLE
TEST QUESTIONS - LAWS AND
REGULATIONS
Ownership and control of medical records
associated with hospital delivered services rests
with the:
a) Hospital
b) Physician
c) Patient
d) Insurer - CORRECT ANSWER-a) Hospital
The rules governing the acceptance and
treatment of emergency patients are known as:
a) EMTALA
b) EEOC
c) Stark II
d) COBRA - CORRECT ANSWER-a) EMTALA
Which of the following is the clear trend regarding
a hospital's liability for the actions of its members
of its medical staff?
, a) The hospital is maybe held liable for a
physician's negligence even though the physician
is an "independent contractor"
b) Hospitals are not liable for such actions
because they are simply physical sites where
patients receive treatment fro privately retained
physicians
c) Courts are becoming more reluctant to impose
liability on Hosptials for the negligence of
physicians who use their facilities
d) The hospital is liable only if the physician is an
employee - CORRECT ANSWER-
In general, courts exhibit what attitude regarding
controversies over medical staff privileges?
a) Human lives are at stake and the courts must
intervene to protect physicians' rights to save
those lives
b) If the decision were supported by reasonable
evidence, courts will not substitute their judgment
for that of the hospital board
c) Hospitals must not be permitted to interfere
with the doctor-patient relationship
d) Courts may not entertain suits regarding
medical staff privileges - CORRECT ANSWER-b)
TEST QUESTIONS - LAWS AND
REGULATIONS
Ownership and control of medical records
associated with hospital delivered services rests
with the:
a) Hospital
b) Physician
c) Patient
d) Insurer - CORRECT ANSWER-a) Hospital
The rules governing the acceptance and
treatment of emergency patients are known as:
a) EMTALA
b) EEOC
c) Stark II
d) COBRA - CORRECT ANSWER-a) EMTALA
Which of the following is the clear trend regarding
a hospital's liability for the actions of its members
of its medical staff?
, a) The hospital is maybe held liable for a
physician's negligence even though the physician
is an "independent contractor"
b) Hospitals are not liable for such actions
because they are simply physical sites where
patients receive treatment fro privately retained
physicians
c) Courts are becoming more reluctant to impose
liability on Hosptials for the negligence of
physicians who use their facilities
d) The hospital is liable only if the physician is an
employee - CORRECT ANSWER-
In general, courts exhibit what attitude regarding
controversies over medical staff privileges?
a) Human lives are at stake and the courts must
intervene to protect physicians' rights to save
those lives
b) If the decision were supported by reasonable
evidence, courts will not substitute their judgment
for that of the hospital board
c) Hospitals must not be permitted to interfere
with the doctor-patient relationship
d) Courts may not entertain suits regarding
medical staff privileges - CORRECT ANSWER-b)
