CCLE EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What safeguards must be in place to protect patient's electronic files? - Answer -1)
Offsite backup storage system
2) Image mechanism that is able to copy signature documents
3) Mechanism to ensure that once a record is input, it is unalterable.
Original hard copies of patient records may be destroyed once the record has been
electronically stored.
You are treating your friend's child and notice signs of child abuse but you brush them
off. What are you now liable for as a penalty for not reporting child abuse? - Answer -
Misdemeanor, $1,000 fine and/or up to 6 months confinement in county jail.
A mandated reporter who fails to report an incident of known or reasonably suspected
child abuse or neglect as required by this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable
by up to 6 months confinement in a county jail or by a fine of $1,000 or by both
imprisonment & a fine.
How is child abuse defined? - Answer -Endangering a child or the health of a child.
When is a patient considered inactive? - Answer -Chiropractic patient records shall be
classified as inactive when there has elapsed a period of more than 12 months since
the date of the last patient treatment.
DC recently got engaged and was celebrating. He got pulled over & charged w/DUI.
What action may the board take? - Answer -Board may charge DC w/ unprofessional
conduct
A homeless child is NOT considered child abuse because? - Answer -For the purposes
of this article, the fact that a child is homeless or is classified as an unaccompanied
youth, is not, in and of itself, a sufficient basis for reporting child abuse or neglect.
You have a current patient who had a box fall on them at work. They are filing this as a
Worker's Comp case with work, but you adjust and collect your fee as normal...what
potential consequence is the doctor facing? - Answer -A fine up to 3X the amount
unlawfully collected.
In what instances can a chiropractor's license be automatically suspended? - Answer -It
shall constitute cause for automatic suspension of a license if a licensee has been
convicted of any felony involving fraud in conjunction with providing benefits covered by
worker's compensation insurance, or has been convicted of any felony involving Medi-
Cal fraud.
, What must be included in the naming of chiropractic corporations? - Answer -The name
of a chiropractic corporation shall contain name or last name of one or more of the
present, prospective, or former shareholders, and shall include the word "chiropractic" &
word "corporation" or wording or abbreviations denoting corporate existence.
How must you respond? Tell them verbally? Give them written copy of lab results? -
Answer -Health care professionals must provide results in oral or written form if
requested by the patient. Results may be disclosed in electronic form if requested by
patient or deemed most appropriate by doctor ordering labs. Telephone is not
considered an electronic form of disclosing lab results.
These conditions must be disclosed in oral or written form: HIV, hepatitis, drug abuse,
skin biopsies, pap smear tests, products of conception, & bone marrow aspirations
You are doing a screening and offer a promotional deal of free exam. When you assess
the patient in the office, you determine they need x-rays. This was not included in the
promotional deal they agreed to.
Can you still take x-rays? Yes? No? Under what conditions? - Answer -Yes, as long as
the patient is informed before taking the x-rays.
Licensees may advertise that they will perform certain designated routine professional
services free or at a discount if such advertising claims are truthful. However, no charge
shall be made for any other professional services rendered or commodities provided to
a patient during any office visit in which free or discounted services are offered or
provided unless, prior to the accrual of any charges, the patient shall have been
informed of the cost of such additional services and/or commodities and shall have
agreed to pay for them.
You hire a referral service. Is this legal?
If so, how must they comply with the board to be legal? - Answer -In order to be
compliant:
The service registers with the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, providing its name
& address.
The service files with the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners a copy of standard
form contract that regulates its relationship with member chiropractors, which contract
shall be confidential & not open to public inspection.
It is unlawful and shall constitute a misdemeanor for a person to operate a group
advertising and referral service for chiropractors without providing its name and address
to the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
What safeguards must be in place to protect patient's electronic files? - Answer -1)
Offsite backup storage system
2) Image mechanism that is able to copy signature documents
3) Mechanism to ensure that once a record is input, it is unalterable.
Original hard copies of patient records may be destroyed once the record has been
electronically stored.
You are treating your friend's child and notice signs of child abuse but you brush them
off. What are you now liable for as a penalty for not reporting child abuse? - Answer -
Misdemeanor, $1,000 fine and/or up to 6 months confinement in county jail.
A mandated reporter who fails to report an incident of known or reasonably suspected
child abuse or neglect as required by this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable
by up to 6 months confinement in a county jail or by a fine of $1,000 or by both
imprisonment & a fine.
How is child abuse defined? - Answer -Endangering a child or the health of a child.
When is a patient considered inactive? - Answer -Chiropractic patient records shall be
classified as inactive when there has elapsed a period of more than 12 months since
the date of the last patient treatment.
DC recently got engaged and was celebrating. He got pulled over & charged w/DUI.
What action may the board take? - Answer -Board may charge DC w/ unprofessional
conduct
A homeless child is NOT considered child abuse because? - Answer -For the purposes
of this article, the fact that a child is homeless or is classified as an unaccompanied
youth, is not, in and of itself, a sufficient basis for reporting child abuse or neglect.
You have a current patient who had a box fall on them at work. They are filing this as a
Worker's Comp case with work, but you adjust and collect your fee as normal...what
potential consequence is the doctor facing? - Answer -A fine up to 3X the amount
unlawfully collected.
In what instances can a chiropractor's license be automatically suspended? - Answer -It
shall constitute cause for automatic suspension of a license if a licensee has been
convicted of any felony involving fraud in conjunction with providing benefits covered by
worker's compensation insurance, or has been convicted of any felony involving Medi-
Cal fraud.
, What must be included in the naming of chiropractic corporations? - Answer -The name
of a chiropractic corporation shall contain name or last name of one or more of the
present, prospective, or former shareholders, and shall include the word "chiropractic" &
word "corporation" or wording or abbreviations denoting corporate existence.
How must you respond? Tell them verbally? Give them written copy of lab results? -
Answer -Health care professionals must provide results in oral or written form if
requested by the patient. Results may be disclosed in electronic form if requested by
patient or deemed most appropriate by doctor ordering labs. Telephone is not
considered an electronic form of disclosing lab results.
These conditions must be disclosed in oral or written form: HIV, hepatitis, drug abuse,
skin biopsies, pap smear tests, products of conception, & bone marrow aspirations
You are doing a screening and offer a promotional deal of free exam. When you assess
the patient in the office, you determine they need x-rays. This was not included in the
promotional deal they agreed to.
Can you still take x-rays? Yes? No? Under what conditions? - Answer -Yes, as long as
the patient is informed before taking the x-rays.
Licensees may advertise that they will perform certain designated routine professional
services free or at a discount if such advertising claims are truthful. However, no charge
shall be made for any other professional services rendered or commodities provided to
a patient during any office visit in which free or discounted services are offered or
provided unless, prior to the accrual of any charges, the patient shall have been
informed of the cost of such additional services and/or commodities and shall have
agreed to pay for them.
You hire a referral service. Is this legal?
If so, how must they comply with the board to be legal? - Answer -In order to be
compliant:
The service registers with the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, providing its name
& address.
The service files with the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners a copy of standard
form contract that regulates its relationship with member chiropractors, which contract
shall be confidential & not open to public inspection.
It is unlawful and shall constitute a misdemeanor for a person to operate a group
advertising and referral service for chiropractors without providing its name and address
to the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
