QME EXAM NEWEST LATEST UPDATE
2025 WITH COMPLETE AND VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ASSURED
SUCCESS
Holds authority to appoint physicians as QME evaluators -correct
answerAdministrative Director (AD) (LC 139.2)
Term of appointment as QME evaluator -correct answer2 years (LC 139.2)
3 requirements when seeking appointment as QME -correct answer(1) Pass the QME
competency exam;
(2) Complete a 12-hour course in disability eval report writing;
(3) Devote at least 1/3rd of total practice time to providing direct medical treatment (or
have served as a AME on 8+ occasions in past 12 mos prior to application)
2 reasons for termination/suspension of a QME w/o a hearing -correct answer(1)
Licensing board suspends/revokes/terminates license to practice
(2) Failure to pay required fee (upon appointment and yearly thereafter)
6 reasons for discipline (suspension/termination) of QMEs after a hearing -correct
answer(1) Violation of material statutory or administrative duty;
, (2) Failure to follow medical procedures or qualifications;
(3) Failure to comply with the timeframe standards;
(4) Failure to meet licensing/certification requirements;
(5) Preparation of medical-legal evaluations that fail to meet the minimum standards for
those reports as established by the administrative director or the appeals board;
(6) Making material misrepresentations or false statements in an application for
appointment or reappointment as a qualified medical evaluator.
3 types of substantive medical disputes resolved by QMEs -correct answer(1)
Compensability of the claim;
(2) Permanent disability;
(3) "Catch-all" (temporary disability, work restrictions, new and further disabilities after
permanent disability (detereoration of original injury), compensability of new body part
added to claim)
Definition of *injury* in compensability claims -correct answer(1) An injury or disease
arising out of employment;
(2) A *derivative* injury caused by treatment of an injury arising out of employment;
(3) Any reaction to or side effect from preventative health care the employer provides to
health care workers
*Specific injury* -correct answerOccurs as the result of a single incident or exposure
*Cumulative injury* -correct answerResults from repetitive trauma (mental or physical)
over a period of time
2 requirements for a condition to be considered an injury -correct answer(1) Cause
disability; or
(2) Result in a need for medical treatment
Occupational disease -correct answerDisease that in whole or part is caused by work
7 types of excluded injuries -correct answer(1) Caused by employee's use of alcohol or
illegal controlled substances;
(2) Intentionally self-inflicted injuries;
(3) Suicide;
(4) Resulting from altercations, in which the injured employee is the *initial physical
aggressor*;
(5) Resulting from the employee's commission of a felony, for which the employee has
been convicted (including "wobbly felonies," which are crimes that may be prosecuted
as misdemeanors or felonies)
(6) Resulting from off-duty recreational activities, in which participation in the activities
does not constitute part of the employee's work-related duties and the activity is not an
expressed or implicit condition of employment;
(7) Psychiatric injuries claimed after notice of termination/layoff unless certain conditions
exist
2025 WITH COMPLETE AND VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ASSURED
SUCCESS
Holds authority to appoint physicians as QME evaluators -correct
answerAdministrative Director (AD) (LC 139.2)
Term of appointment as QME evaluator -correct answer2 years (LC 139.2)
3 requirements when seeking appointment as QME -correct answer(1) Pass the QME
competency exam;
(2) Complete a 12-hour course in disability eval report writing;
(3) Devote at least 1/3rd of total practice time to providing direct medical treatment (or
have served as a AME on 8+ occasions in past 12 mos prior to application)
2 reasons for termination/suspension of a QME w/o a hearing -correct answer(1)
Licensing board suspends/revokes/terminates license to practice
(2) Failure to pay required fee (upon appointment and yearly thereafter)
6 reasons for discipline (suspension/termination) of QMEs after a hearing -correct
answer(1) Violation of material statutory or administrative duty;
, (2) Failure to follow medical procedures or qualifications;
(3) Failure to comply with the timeframe standards;
(4) Failure to meet licensing/certification requirements;
(5) Preparation of medical-legal evaluations that fail to meet the minimum standards for
those reports as established by the administrative director or the appeals board;
(6) Making material misrepresentations or false statements in an application for
appointment or reappointment as a qualified medical evaluator.
3 types of substantive medical disputes resolved by QMEs -correct answer(1)
Compensability of the claim;
(2) Permanent disability;
(3) "Catch-all" (temporary disability, work restrictions, new and further disabilities after
permanent disability (detereoration of original injury), compensability of new body part
added to claim)
Definition of *injury* in compensability claims -correct answer(1) An injury or disease
arising out of employment;
(2) A *derivative* injury caused by treatment of an injury arising out of employment;
(3) Any reaction to or side effect from preventative health care the employer provides to
health care workers
*Specific injury* -correct answerOccurs as the result of a single incident or exposure
*Cumulative injury* -correct answerResults from repetitive trauma (mental or physical)
over a period of time
2 requirements for a condition to be considered an injury -correct answer(1) Cause
disability; or
(2) Result in a need for medical treatment
Occupational disease -correct answerDisease that in whole or part is caused by work
7 types of excluded injuries -correct answer(1) Caused by employee's use of alcohol or
illegal controlled substances;
(2) Intentionally self-inflicted injuries;
(3) Suicide;
(4) Resulting from altercations, in which the injured employee is the *initial physical
aggressor*;
(5) Resulting from the employee's commission of a felony, for which the employee has
been convicted (including "wobbly felonies," which are crimes that may be prosecuted
as misdemeanors or felonies)
(6) Resulting from off-duty recreational activities, in which participation in the activities
does not constitute part of the employee's work-related duties and the activity is not an
expressed or implicit condition of employment;
(7) Psychiatric injuries claimed after notice of termination/layoff unless certain conditions
exist
