LEGL 4332 FINAL CHAPTERS 9-15-
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS VERIFIED
100% CORRECT
A surgeon practices at Community Hospital on the private patients he admits there. He makes
rounds every day after
surgery and makes notes in his patients' "charts" (paper records kept at the nursing station).
Who owns these medical
records?
a. The patient
b. The physician
c. The nurse
d. The hospital - ✔✔The hospital
Special confidentiality laws apply to which of the following types of records?
a. HIV/AIDS
b. Drunk driving cases
c. Abortion
d. Sterilization - ✔✔HIV/AIDS
Who may have a right to access the information in a hospital patient's "charts" (paper records
kept at the nursing station)?
a. The physician and the nurse
b. The physician and the hospital
,c. Only the physician
d. All of the above - ✔✔d. All of the above
Testimonial privilege statutes typically provide which of the following?
a. Immunity from prosecution for perjury
b. The right to prevent a physician from disclosing confidential
information c. Waiver of the defamation laws
d. The privilege to confront witnesses testifying for the prosecution - ✔✔The right to
prevent a physician from disclosing confidential information
Under HIPAA, a patient has a right to an "accounting." This means that he
a. can get a copy of the bill.
b. must file suit to get a copy of the record.
c. can learn to whom his health information was disclosed.
d. should hire a CPA to request an audit. - ✔✔can learn to whom his health information
was disclosed.
Which is the most likely type of litigation involving photography of a patient without
valid consent?
a. Assault and battery
,b. Invasion of privacy
c. Slander
d. Libel - ✔✔. Invasion of privacy
Under common law, which of the following relationships was not considered privileged?
a. Doctor-patient
b. Attorney-client
c. Priest-penitent
d. Husband-wife - ✔✔Doctor-patient
When might it be permissible to release information about a psychiatric patient to a third
person without the patient's
consent?
a. When the third party was in an automobile with the patient
b. When the patient has made threats against the third party
c. When the patient is insane and threatens everybody
d. When the psychiatrist is afraid of the patient - ✔✔When the patient has made threats
against the third party
Special confidentiality laws apply to which of the following types of records?
a. HIV/AIDS
b. Drunk driving cases
c. Abortion
d. Sterilization - ✔✔HIV/AIDS
, The federal law that requires evaluation of persons who come to a hospital emergency room is
called what?
a. OSHA
b. EMTALA
c. ERISA
d. EXCULPA - ✔✔EMTALA
Historically, a physician's duty to treat someone was founded upon what principle?
a. The doctor-patient relationship
b. Medicare Conditions of Participation
c. Joint Commission standards
d. Res ipsa loquitur - ✔✔a. The doctor-patient relationship
A man is seriously injured in a midnight automobile accident. His life appears to be in jeopardy.
Paramedics take him to the
nearest hospital, a small facility in a rural area that does not have a true
emergency department. There is no physician on
duty. Which of the following best describes what the hospital's staff should do?
a. Determine whether the man has insurance.
b. Ask the paramedics to take him straight to the nearest trauma center.
c. Call a physician for advice.
d. Examine the patient and stabilize his condition the best they can. - ✔✔d. Examine
the patient and stabilize his condition the best they can.
When can a patient who appears at a hospital and asks for emergency treatment be
transferred to another facility?
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS VERIFIED
100% CORRECT
A surgeon practices at Community Hospital on the private patients he admits there. He makes
rounds every day after
surgery and makes notes in his patients' "charts" (paper records kept at the nursing station).
Who owns these medical
records?
a. The patient
b. The physician
c. The nurse
d. The hospital - ✔✔The hospital
Special confidentiality laws apply to which of the following types of records?
a. HIV/AIDS
b. Drunk driving cases
c. Abortion
d. Sterilization - ✔✔HIV/AIDS
Who may have a right to access the information in a hospital patient's "charts" (paper records
kept at the nursing station)?
a. The physician and the nurse
b. The physician and the hospital
,c. Only the physician
d. All of the above - ✔✔d. All of the above
Testimonial privilege statutes typically provide which of the following?
a. Immunity from prosecution for perjury
b. The right to prevent a physician from disclosing confidential
information c. Waiver of the defamation laws
d. The privilege to confront witnesses testifying for the prosecution - ✔✔The right to
prevent a physician from disclosing confidential information
Under HIPAA, a patient has a right to an "accounting." This means that he
a. can get a copy of the bill.
b. must file suit to get a copy of the record.
c. can learn to whom his health information was disclosed.
d. should hire a CPA to request an audit. - ✔✔can learn to whom his health information
was disclosed.
Which is the most likely type of litigation involving photography of a patient without
valid consent?
a. Assault and battery
,b. Invasion of privacy
c. Slander
d. Libel - ✔✔. Invasion of privacy
Under common law, which of the following relationships was not considered privileged?
a. Doctor-patient
b. Attorney-client
c. Priest-penitent
d. Husband-wife - ✔✔Doctor-patient
When might it be permissible to release information about a psychiatric patient to a third
person without the patient's
consent?
a. When the third party was in an automobile with the patient
b. When the patient has made threats against the third party
c. When the patient is insane and threatens everybody
d. When the psychiatrist is afraid of the patient - ✔✔When the patient has made threats
against the third party
Special confidentiality laws apply to which of the following types of records?
a. HIV/AIDS
b. Drunk driving cases
c. Abortion
d. Sterilization - ✔✔HIV/AIDS
, The federal law that requires evaluation of persons who come to a hospital emergency room is
called what?
a. OSHA
b. EMTALA
c. ERISA
d. EXCULPA - ✔✔EMTALA
Historically, a physician's duty to treat someone was founded upon what principle?
a. The doctor-patient relationship
b. Medicare Conditions of Participation
c. Joint Commission standards
d. Res ipsa loquitur - ✔✔a. The doctor-patient relationship
A man is seriously injured in a midnight automobile accident. His life appears to be in jeopardy.
Paramedics take him to the
nearest hospital, a small facility in a rural area that does not have a true
emergency department. There is no physician on
duty. Which of the following best describes what the hospital's staff should do?
a. Determine whether the man has insurance.
b. Ask the paramedics to take him straight to the nearest trauma center.
c. Call a physician for advice.
d. Examine the patient and stabilize his condition the best they can. - ✔✔d. Examine
the patient and stabilize his condition the best they can.
When can a patient who appears at a hospital and asks for emergency treatment be
transferred to another facility?
