CMTBC Law & Ethics Exam Questions and Answers Latest Version 2025 Graded A+
The College is run by a - Answers Board of Directors
Board of Directors - how many are registrants? - Answers Six (6)
Who are the Board of Directors registrants elected by? - Answers Registrants of the College
No less than ___________ members of the Board are appointed by the Provincial Government -
Answers Three (3)
Currently there are ___________ elected registrant on the Board of Directors - 2021 - Answers Five (5)
By law there cannot be more - Answers public representatives on the Board than elected
representatives
The Board is responsible for - Answers governing, controlling, and administering the affairs of the
College
The Board also hires the _______________________ of the College - Answers Registrar & CEO
The Registrar & CEO are responsible for - Answers hiring staff
The Registrar - Answers 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? - Answers The registrant members are chosen by registrants and the public
representatives are chosen by government.
Fiscal year - Answers 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 ... - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers $2,000,000 per claim or
occurrence
The Criminal Records Review Act requires - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers separate those services from their massage therapy
services.
-Under the College bylaws, services that do not fall under massage therapy - Answers 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 - Answers specific list of services that an RMT is not permitted to
perform
Massage Therapists Regulation states that - Answers "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
4. move a joint of the spine beyond the limits the body can voluntarily achieve using a high velocity, low
amplitude thrust."
The College is run by a - Answers Board of Directors
Board of Directors - how many are registrants? - Answers Six (6)
Who are the Board of Directors registrants elected by? - Answers Registrants of the College
No less than ___________ members of the Board are appointed by the Provincial Government -
Answers Three (3)
Currently there are ___________ elected registrant on the Board of Directors - 2021 - Answers Five (5)
By law there cannot be more - Answers public representatives on the Board than elected
representatives
The Board is responsible for - Answers governing, controlling, and administering the affairs of the
College
The Board also hires the _______________________ of the College - Answers Registrar & CEO
The Registrar & CEO are responsible for - Answers hiring staff
The Registrar - Answers 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? - Answers The registrant members are chosen by registrants and the public
representatives are chosen by government.
Fiscal year - Answers 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 ... - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers $2,000,000 per claim or
occurrence
The Criminal Records Review Act requires - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers separate those services from their massage therapy
services.
-Under the College bylaws, services that do not fall under massage therapy - Answers 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 - Answers specific list of services that an RMT is not permitted to
perform
Massage Therapists Regulation states that - Answers "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
4. move a joint of the spine beyond the limits the body can voluntarily achieve using a high velocity, low
amplitude thrust."
