ANSWERS 2025/2026 SCORED A+
Medical Practice Acts Answer - - Establish the baseline for the practice of
medicine in that state
-Determine the prerequisites for licensure
-forbid the practice of medicine without a license
-specify the conditions for license renewal, suspension, and revocation
Complaints about physicians can be received from Answer - other physicians
patients
insurance companies
hospital employees
the media
Reciprocity Answer - the cooperation of one state in granting a license to
practice medicine to a physician already licensed in another state.
registration Answer - physician must pay a fee to renew license either annually
or biannually.
Physicians are required to complete 75 hours of continuing education (CME)
units in a 3 yr. period.
, Revocation Answer - a state can revoke or suspend a physician's license for
cases of severe misconduct
Certification Answer - indicates that an allied health professional has met
certain standards, but is not licensed.
Licensure Answer - indicates that a medical professional has met a mandatory
credentialing process that is required by law. Depending on profession, must
get so many CME's in a two year period
A state may revoke a physician's license for Answer - unprofessional conduct:
use of drugs or alcohol, gross immorality, falsifying records
Commission of a crime: medicare, medicaid fraud, rape, murder, larceny,
narcotics conviction
Personal incapacity to perform one's duties : Physical or mental incompetence,
malpractice, or negligence
Accreditation Answer - a voluntary process in which an agency is requested to
officially review healthcare institutions, such as hospitals, nursing homes, and
educational institutions, to determine compliance.
JCAHO Answer - Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations
- objective third party that examines policies and procedures of the
organization being accredited.
-if institution loses JCAHO accreditation, it also loses medicare funding.