Texas Jurisprudence Exam 2025 – Complete
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1. how many days does patient have to pay fees for requested records? - 10 days.
2. what are the fees for copied records? postage or not? - $25 for first 20 pages, then 15¢ per page
plus postage.
3. how many years must a physician keep records for adults? for minors? from what age? - 7 years;
7 years or age 21.
4. how many years must hospitals keep records for adults? for minors? from what age? - 10 years;
10 years or 20th birthday.
5. how many days does a hospital have to send itemized bill if requested? - 30 business days.
6. what is the economic cap on noneconomic damages in texas per defendant/claimant? -
$250,000
7. how long is the statute of limitations for adults? minors? - 2 years; 2 years from age 18.
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8. when must a claimant send a letter, and by how long can he/she extend the statute of
limitations? - within 60 days; extends by 75 days.
9. how many yards from er is considered campus? - 250 yards.
10. how many years must you keep records of transferred patients? - 5 years.
11. what is the maximum monetary penalty for a hospital violating emtala? -
$50,000, $25,000 if < 100 beds.
12. how long do physicians have to keep screening test records from the first visit of a pregnant
woman? - 9 months.
13. how many days does a physician have to notify the dps of a third trimester abortion? - 30 days.
14. what is the cut-off gestational age for office-based abortions? - 16 weeks.
15. how long prior to abortion must you give the woman information on abortion (verbal/written)?
- 24 hours.
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16. how much time prior to abortion must parents of a minor be notified? - 48 hours.
17. how many abortions per year make you an abortion facility that must be licensed?
- 50.
18. how often does licensed abortion facility submit records to tsdhs? - yearly.
19. how many times must you check newborn for genetic disorders? - 2.
20. how long can a mother + newborn stay in the hospital paid by insurance after birth with vaginal
delivery/cesarean section? - 48 hrs/96 hrs
21. until when must an insurance pay for hearing screening? follow-up hearing screening? - 30 days;
2 years
22. how many days do you have to submit birth certificate? - 5 days.
23. after what age can you take possession of an abandoned baby? - 60 days or less
24. how many days does the funeral director have to file death certificate? - 10 days
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25. how many days does the physician have to fill out death certificate? - 5 days.
26. over what weight must a death certificate be filled out for a fetus? - 350 grams.
27. if weight is not known, over what gestational age? - 20 weeks.
28. sids is for children of less than what age? - 12 months.
29. when do you have to report sids? - immediately.
30. death of a child of what age or younger must be reported to the medical examiner? within what
time frame? - 6 years; immediately
31. how many days after catastrophe to get "certificate of death by catastrophe"? xlibris. kindle
edition. - 10 days.
32. if a patient dies within how many hours of admission must an inquest be ordered?
- 24 hours.
33. a mentally retarded person of what age can donate a kidney if the guardian petitions the court?
- 12 years.
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