FLORIDA 2-15 FINAL CERTIFICATION
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Who must review immunization history?.
Answer: Every physician
◍ Until when must insurance pay for immunizations?.
Answer: Up to age 6
◍ Who must submit the birth certificate?.
Answer: Physician, midwife, or person attending birth
◍ How many days do you have to submit the birth certificate?.
Answer: 5 days
◍ What kind of crime is it if you don't submit a birth certificate?.
Answer: Misdemeanor
◍ What kind of crime is it if you submit false data on a birth certificate?.
Answer: Felony 3rd degree
◍ How old or young must a baby be in order for a care provider to be able to
take possession of an abandoned baby?.
Answer: 60 days
◍ Can any money transaction be done during an adoption?.
Answer: Yes; only to cover expenses
◍ When is a person considered dead?.
Answer: Cardiac and respiratory functions cease to exist
◍ When is a ventilated person considered dead?.
Answer: Irreversible cessation of brain function
,◍ What is the time of death for ventilated people?.
Answer: At time of determined brain death
◍ For your ventilated person, do you pronounce death before or after you turn
off ventilator?.
Answer: Before
◍ Who can pronounce somebody dead?.
Answer: MD, PA, NP, RN
◍ Who must file the death certificate?.
Answer: Person in charge of interment
◍ How many days does the physician have to fill it out once it is given to
him/her?.
Answer: 5 days for MD to fill out medical portion, 10 days to send in death
certificate
◍ Do fetuses require death certificates?.
Answer: If 350 grams or more or 20 weeks or older
◍ Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) applies to children ages or younger.
Answer: 1 year
◍ In SIDS, is an autopsy required?.
Answer: Yes
◍ To whom and how fast must you report SIDS?.
Answer: To a justice of the peace, medical examiner, or other proper official
immediately
◍ Who pays for autopsy in SIDS?.
Answer: State
◍ If at the time of death the physician knows that the patient had a
communicable disease, what must be done to the body?.
Answer: Report to TDSHS and tag body to indicate caution required due to
communicable disease
,◍ The death of a child under ____ years must be reported..
Answer: 6 years
◍ Whom do you report it to?.
Answer: Medical examiner or justice of the peace
◍ What must the medical examiner do for the death of a child under 6 years?.
Answer: Hold inquest
◍ How many days must have passed since the person was last seen in order to
issue a "certificate of death by catastrophe"?.
Answer: 10 days
◍ Can you issue a certificate of death by catastrophe for a minor?.
Answer: Yes, with affidavit
◍ What is the difference between an inquest and an autopsy?.
Answer: Inquest is investigation only into causes of death, autopsy is
postmortem body examination
◍ Who does the inquest after the death of a child under 6 years old?.
Answer: Medical examiner or justice of the peace
◍ Who has rights to consent to autopsy? In what order?.
Answer: Spouse, child, court or guardian, parent, next of kin, any person
assuming custody
◍ If a person higher in hierarchy is not available, can the next person down
consent to autopsy?.
Answer: No
◍ If a member of a class (1 out of 4 children) consents to autopsy but the other
3 do not agree, can they still do the autopsy?.
Answer: Yes, only one needs to consent
◍ What kind of crime is it if you assist in suicide and patient does not die?
What if patient dies?.
Answer: Class C misdemeanor, if patient dies felony
, ◍ How many witnesses do you need to donate an organ if there is no will?.
Answer: 2 witnesses, signed
◍ Who has the power to donate the organ of a dead person?.
Answer: Spouse, child, parent, siblings, guardian, any authorized person
◍ How can you revoke an organ gift? Do you have to tell the donee?.
Answer: Yes; no
◍ Can you pronounce the death and transplant an organ in the same patient?.
Answer: Physician who determines death CANNOT participate in
transplantation
◍ At what age and how can a mentally retarded person donate a kidney?.
Answer: Age 12, by petitioning the district court
◍ Can a blood bank pay for blood? How? After how many days?.
Answer: Yes, by mailed check, 15 days after donation
◍ What is the duty of a medical professional when treating an adult with
family violence? What languages to use?.
Answer: Duty to treat and provide information (and document that
information was provided) in English and Spanish; no need to report
◍ Does the physician have to call the police in cases of adult family violence?.
Answer: No, just inform victim of options
◍ What is the difference between a professional and a medical professional?.
Answer: Medical professional = MD; professional = anybody else, e.g.,
teacher
◍ Reporting of child abuse? By whom? How fast? Can it be delayed? To
whom (3 entities)?.
Answer: Report immediately but MUST be within 48 hours, cannot be
delegated; to Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, any
law enforcement, Texas Youth Commission
◍ Will the TDPRS act on anonymous calls regarding child abuse? Does it
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Who must review immunization history?.
Answer: Every physician
◍ Until when must insurance pay for immunizations?.
Answer: Up to age 6
◍ Who must submit the birth certificate?.
Answer: Physician, midwife, or person attending birth
◍ How many days do you have to submit the birth certificate?.
Answer: 5 days
◍ What kind of crime is it if you don't submit a birth certificate?.
Answer: Misdemeanor
◍ What kind of crime is it if you submit false data on a birth certificate?.
Answer: Felony 3rd degree
◍ How old or young must a baby be in order for a care provider to be able to
take possession of an abandoned baby?.
Answer: 60 days
◍ Can any money transaction be done during an adoption?.
Answer: Yes; only to cover expenses
◍ When is a person considered dead?.
Answer: Cardiac and respiratory functions cease to exist
◍ When is a ventilated person considered dead?.
Answer: Irreversible cessation of brain function
,◍ What is the time of death for ventilated people?.
Answer: At time of determined brain death
◍ For your ventilated person, do you pronounce death before or after you turn
off ventilator?.
Answer: Before
◍ Who can pronounce somebody dead?.
Answer: MD, PA, NP, RN
◍ Who must file the death certificate?.
Answer: Person in charge of interment
◍ How many days does the physician have to fill it out once it is given to
him/her?.
Answer: 5 days for MD to fill out medical portion, 10 days to send in death
certificate
◍ Do fetuses require death certificates?.
Answer: If 350 grams or more or 20 weeks or older
◍ Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) applies to children ages or younger.
Answer: 1 year
◍ In SIDS, is an autopsy required?.
Answer: Yes
◍ To whom and how fast must you report SIDS?.
Answer: To a justice of the peace, medical examiner, or other proper official
immediately
◍ Who pays for autopsy in SIDS?.
Answer: State
◍ If at the time of death the physician knows that the patient had a
communicable disease, what must be done to the body?.
Answer: Report to TDSHS and tag body to indicate caution required due to
communicable disease
,◍ The death of a child under ____ years must be reported..
Answer: 6 years
◍ Whom do you report it to?.
Answer: Medical examiner or justice of the peace
◍ What must the medical examiner do for the death of a child under 6 years?.
Answer: Hold inquest
◍ How many days must have passed since the person was last seen in order to
issue a "certificate of death by catastrophe"?.
Answer: 10 days
◍ Can you issue a certificate of death by catastrophe for a minor?.
Answer: Yes, with affidavit
◍ What is the difference between an inquest and an autopsy?.
Answer: Inquest is investigation only into causes of death, autopsy is
postmortem body examination
◍ Who does the inquest after the death of a child under 6 years old?.
Answer: Medical examiner or justice of the peace
◍ Who has rights to consent to autopsy? In what order?.
Answer: Spouse, child, court or guardian, parent, next of kin, any person
assuming custody
◍ If a person higher in hierarchy is not available, can the next person down
consent to autopsy?.
Answer: No
◍ If a member of a class (1 out of 4 children) consents to autopsy but the other
3 do not agree, can they still do the autopsy?.
Answer: Yes, only one needs to consent
◍ What kind of crime is it if you assist in suicide and patient does not die?
What if patient dies?.
Answer: Class C misdemeanor, if patient dies felony
, ◍ How many witnesses do you need to donate an organ if there is no will?.
Answer: 2 witnesses, signed
◍ Who has the power to donate the organ of a dead person?.
Answer: Spouse, child, parent, siblings, guardian, any authorized person
◍ How can you revoke an organ gift? Do you have to tell the donee?.
Answer: Yes; no
◍ Can you pronounce the death and transplant an organ in the same patient?.
Answer: Physician who determines death CANNOT participate in
transplantation
◍ At what age and how can a mentally retarded person donate a kidney?.
Answer: Age 12, by petitioning the district court
◍ Can a blood bank pay for blood? How? After how many days?.
Answer: Yes, by mailed check, 15 days after donation
◍ What is the duty of a medical professional when treating an adult with
family violence? What languages to use?.
Answer: Duty to treat and provide information (and document that
information was provided) in English and Spanish; no need to report
◍ Does the physician have to call the police in cases of adult family violence?.
Answer: No, just inform victim of options
◍ What is the difference between a professional and a medical professional?.
Answer: Medical professional = MD; professional = anybody else, e.g.,
teacher
◍ Reporting of child abuse? By whom? How fast? Can it be delayed? To
whom (3 entities)?.
Answer: Report immediately but MUST be within 48 hours, cannot be
delegated; to Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, any
law enforcement, Texas Youth Commission
◍ Will the TDPRS act on anonymous calls regarding child abuse? Does it
