QME Exam Test Bank (Latest 2025/2026 Update) 500 Questions with Verified Answers | 100% Correct| Graded A.

QME Exam Test Bank (Latest 2025/2026
Update) 500 Questions with Verified
Answers | 100% Correct| Graded A.

Question:
A minimum of ⅓ of a QME's time must involve direct medical treatment;
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what are two exceptions??
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Answer:

- The QME served as an AME 8 or more times in the past year.
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- The QME is disabled, retired, or is a teaching physician.
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Question:

Name the 3 distinct ways a physician can list a specialty.?
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Answer:
- Board certification in that specialty.
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- Completed postgraduate specialty training (certificate of completion).
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- Grandfathered in: held an appointment as a QME in that specialty on
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June 30, 2000.
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,Question:
Besides meeting the original 3 requirements to become a QME, after 2-
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years, what are the 4 additional requirements for QME reappointment??
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Answer:

- Compliance with all applicable regulations and evaluation guidelines.
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- Completion of at least 12 hours of continuing education.
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- No more than 5 rejected reports by a Workers' Compensation Judge.
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- No termination, suspension, or probation by any licensing board.
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Question:
What are the 2 ways a QME can be terminated or suspended??
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Answer:

- The QME's license to practice has been suspended or revoked or
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terminated by their licensing board.
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- The QME failed to pay the required fee for reappointment.
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Question:

How many locations can a QME list for QME work??
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Answer:
10

,Question:

Can a QME provide medical treatment to an injured worker??
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Answer:

No




Question:

During an evaluation, can the QME solicit the injured worker to become
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their patient in the QME's private practice??
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Answer:
No




Question:
In what two circumstances can a QME provide medical treatment to an
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injured worker?? i,-




Answer:
- The injured worker requests it. (For instance, a QME sees an injured
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worker. The injured worker then freely chooses the QME as their primary
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treating provider (PTP). The QME must then excuse themself from future
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QME evaluations with that injured worker).
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- Under emergency situations.
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, Question:

Define: M.T.U.S.? i,-




Answer:

Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule
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Question:

What is the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule (MTUS)??
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Answer:
The treatments adopted by the DWC's Administrative Director.
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Question:
If a QME must render emergency treatment, then does it need to follow
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the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule (MTUS) or American College of
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Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) guidelines??
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Answer:
No. The QME can administer any necessary emergency treatment.
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Question:

A QME generates a medical-legal report. In general, for what is this
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reported used?? i,-