CMTBC Law & Ethics Questions With Correct Answers!!
The College is run by a Answer - Board of Directors
Board of Directors - how many are registrants? Answer - Six (6)
Who are the Board of Directors registrants elected by? Answer - Registrants of the College
No less than ___________ members of the Board are appointed by the Provincial Government Answer - Three (3)
Currently there are ___________ elected registrant on the Board of Directors - 2021 Answer - Five (5)
By law there cannot be more Answer - public representatives on the Board than elected representatives
The Board is responsible for Answer - governing, controlling, and administering the affairs of the College
The Board also hires the _______________________ of the College Answer - Registrar & CEO
The Registrar & CEO are responsible for Answer - hiring staff
The Registrar Answer - directs the day-to-day operations of the College staff and answers directly to the Board
-They may designate an officer, employee or agent of the College to exercise any power or perform any duty of the Registrar assigned by the Registrar, and that person has the same authority as the Registrar when acting on behalf of the Registrar
- The Registrar is authorized to establish, by bylaw, forms for the purposes of the bylaws, and to require the use of such forms by Registrants
What is the main difference between the registrant members and the public representatives on the Board of the College? Answer - The registrant members are chosen by registrants and the public representatives are chosen by government.
Fiscal year Answer - The fiscal year of the College commences on January 1 of a year and ends on December 31 of the same year An organization may only disclose personal information about an individual without the consent of the individual, if ... Answer - it is reasonable to expect that the disclosure with the consent of the individual would compromise an investigation or proceeding and the disclosure is reasonable for purposes related to an investigation or a proceeding
The Standards of Practice focus on Answer - standards of patient care in providing treatment. - They deal with matters such as assessing patient needs, obtaining informed consent during treatment, patient privacy, and professionalism.
The Code of Ethics focuses on matters Answer - ensuring the integrity of the profession and protecting patients in vulnerable situations. It provides that a registrant must always act in the best interests of the patient, and deals with matters such as termination of the therapeutic relationship, sexual misconduct, and conflicts of interest.
All active registrants must have liability insurance of at least Answer - $2,000,000 per
claim or occurrence
The Criminal Records Review Act requires Answer - all professionals regulated by the Health Professions Act to have a criminal record check done and to provide a verification to their college at the time they first register
The Criminal Records Review Act requires a criminal record check to be done Answer - every five (5) years after being registered.
In the case of sexual misconduct, if the registrant learns about the misconduct from a
patient of the other health care practitioner, the registrant must Answer - obtain the consent of that patient or their guardian before making the report.
If a registrant is also trained to provide services that fall outside of the massage therapy scope of practice, the registrant must be careful to Answer - separate those services from their massage therapy services.
-Under the College bylaws, services that do not fall under massage therapy Answer -
cannot be advertised or described as part of the registrant's massage therapy practice.
-The registrant must use separate letterhead, business cards, and statements of account for those services, and must bill the patient separately for those services.
*Massage Therapists Regulation* is a Answer - specific list of services that an RMT is not permitted to perform
Massage Therapists Regulation states that Answer - "No registrant may:
1. prescribe or administer drugs or anaesthetics
2. treat a recent fracture of a bone
3. apply any form of medical electricity
The College is run by a Answer - Board of Directors
Board of Directors - how many are registrants? Answer - Six (6)
Who are the Board of Directors registrants elected by? Answer - Registrants of the College
No less than ___________ members of the Board are appointed by the Provincial Government Answer - Three (3)
Currently there are ___________ elected registrant on the Board of Directors - 2021 Answer - Five (5)
By law there cannot be more Answer - public representatives on the Board than elected representatives
The Board is responsible for Answer - governing, controlling, and administering the affairs of the College
The Board also hires the _______________________ of the College Answer - Registrar & CEO
The Registrar & CEO are responsible for Answer - hiring staff
The Registrar Answer - directs the day-to-day operations of the College staff and answers directly to the Board
-They may designate an officer, employee or agent of the College to exercise any power or perform any duty of the Registrar assigned by the Registrar, and that person has the same authority as the Registrar when acting on behalf of the Registrar
- The Registrar is authorized to establish, by bylaw, forms for the purposes of the bylaws, and to require the use of such forms by Registrants
What is the main difference between the registrant members and the public representatives on the Board of the College? Answer - The registrant members are chosen by registrants and the public representatives are chosen by government.
Fiscal year Answer - The fiscal year of the College commences on January 1 of a year and ends on December 31 of the same year An organization may only disclose personal information about an individual without the consent of the individual, if ... Answer - it is reasonable to expect that the disclosure with the consent of the individual would compromise an investigation or proceeding and the disclosure is reasonable for purposes related to an investigation or a proceeding
The Standards of Practice focus on Answer - standards of patient care in providing treatment. - They deal with matters such as assessing patient needs, obtaining informed consent during treatment, patient privacy, and professionalism.
The Code of Ethics focuses on matters Answer - ensuring the integrity of the profession and protecting patients in vulnerable situations. It provides that a registrant must always act in the best interests of the patient, and deals with matters such as termination of the therapeutic relationship, sexual misconduct, and conflicts of interest.
All active registrants must have liability insurance of at least Answer - $2,000,000 per
claim or occurrence
The Criminal Records Review Act requires Answer - all professionals regulated by the Health Professions Act to have a criminal record check done and to provide a verification to their college at the time they first register
The Criminal Records Review Act requires a criminal record check to be done Answer - every five (5) years after being registered.
In the case of sexual misconduct, if the registrant learns about the misconduct from a
patient of the other health care practitioner, the registrant must Answer - obtain the consent of that patient or their guardian before making the report.
If a registrant is also trained to provide services that fall outside of the massage therapy scope of practice, the registrant must be careful to Answer - separate those services from their massage therapy services.
-Under the College bylaws, services that do not fall under massage therapy Answer -
cannot be advertised or described as part of the registrant's massage therapy practice.
-The registrant must use separate letterhead, business cards, and statements of account for those services, and must bill the patient separately for those services.
*Massage Therapists Regulation* is a Answer - specific list of services that an RMT is not permitted to perform
Massage Therapists Regulation states that Answer - "No registrant may:
1. prescribe or administer drugs or anaesthetics
2. treat a recent fracture of a bone
3. apply any form of medical electricity
