NCRT Practice Test Questions and Answers. Scored 100%

1. The fee required to maintain your registration must be paid every _________ year. - 2 2. You must re-apply if your registration has expired for more than __________. - 1 year 3. Once your registration expires, you have a thirty 30-day grace period to renew your registration without penalty. - False- There is no 30-day grace period 4. Your arrest record is made public by the Medical Board. - False 5. Each time you are arrested, you must immediately report the arrest to the Board. - False 6. A professional review action taken by a medical peer review committee that results in a report must then be reported to the Board by the healthcare entity. - True 7. An MRT student gets arrested for driving while intoxicated while he is in the last month of his program. When filling out his application, he lies on the application form and states that he has never been arrested. The Board later learns of the arrest. Which of the following may occur? - The board may refuse to issue the registration or certificate. Or if it was already issued, the Board may take disciplinary action up to and including suspension. 8. 'A registrant cannot be disciplined for having a romantic relationship with a patient if they start their romantic relationship after running into each other in a non-medical setting and the relationship is consensual and respectful. - False-The registrant's initiating the relationship in a non-medical setting and engaging in a consensual and respectful romantic relationship will not change the fact that the registrant engaged in the sexual conduct withe the person while he or she was a patient. 9. You must report an impaired physician to the Board if you believe they present a continuing threat to patient welfare or the public. - True 10. Which of the following is true regarding a physician who delegates medical responsibility to a person whom they have reason to know is not qualified not properly trained to perform the delegated act: - The delegation is not permissible: The physician knew or should have known the delegate was not properly trained or qualified and the physician and NCT may be subject to discipline by the Board. 11. If a designated agent under a properly delegated Medical Power of Attorney finds it difficult to make decisions on the patient's behalf, the agent may appoint someone else to serve as teh designated agent. - False-The agent's authority is limited under the statue to making "any health care decision on the patient's behalf that the patient could make if the patient were competent." 12. You have a colleague whom you suspect may be struggling with alcohol or drug addiction which, in your opinion poses a threat to the public welfare. You leave a brochure about the Texas Physician Health Program in his mailbox. Are you required to take any further action? - YesTexas Medical practitioners are required to report to the Board any medical practitioners who pose a continuing threat to public welfare. 13. A certificate holder or registrant who suffers from an impairment that affects their ability to actively practice as a radiologic technician must report this impairment to the Board at the time they renew their certificate or registration. - True 14. In the event someone has an impairment that affects their ability to practice, he or she should self-refer to which of the following: - Texas Physicians Health Program 15. A non-certified technician (NCT) may perform interventional radiographic procedures. - False 16. Angiography, a type of interventional radiographic procedure, may be performed by an NCT - False 17. An NCT may perform nuclear medicine studies including positron emission tomography (PET). - False 18. An NCT may administer radio-pharmaceutical. - False