Texas MD Jurisprudence Exam Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2025)
When to report child abuse / neglect? - Correct Answers
✅Within 48 hours
When to report birth certificate? - Correct Answers ✅5
days
When to report death certificate? - Correct Answers ✅10
days
Reporting most communicable diseases? - Correct Answers
✅7 days (1 day for TB and pertussis)
When supplying medical records by? - Correct Answers
✅15 days
How many people compose the texas medical board? how
many MDs? DOs? laypersons? how long is the term? -
Correct Answers ✅12 are physicians (9 MD, 3 DO). 7 are
laypersons. All are appointed by the governor for 6-year
terms.
Who does the Texas Medical Practice Act apply to? - Correct
Answers ✅Only texas licensed doctors practicing in texas.
All laws covered by the MPA only apply to Texas-licensed
physicians while practicing in Texas (or outside state
,Texas MD Jurisprudence Exam Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2025)
providers providing telemedicine services to patients in
Texas). All other healthcare providers (nurses, medical
students, and other "doctors" such as
dentists/podiatrist/optometrists) are not included.
What criteria is needed for licensure? - Correct Answers ✅-
Complete college (60 credit hours) - Have an MD or DO - Pass
the USMLE Steps 1-3 (within the past 7 years) and the Texas
JP exam - Complete your intern (PGY1) year So, any US-
trained grad finished with the Step exams can apply for their
full Texas medical license after completing their internship.
Ben White. The Texas Medical Jurisprudence Exam - A Concise
Review (Kindle Locations 77-81). Kindle Edition.
What is the renewal schedule for your texas medical license?
Overdue fines? Expiration? - Correct Answers ✅For
starters, you renew it every two years (after the initial
licensing period, which ranges from 12 to 24 months). If
you're late:
- No fine if expired < 30 days
- $75 if expired < 90 days
- $145 if expired < 365 days
*- Canceled entirely after 1 year.
Must reapply and fork over entire processing fee etc. (ouch!)*
,Texas MD Jurisprudence Exam Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2025)
*- If you wait longer than 2 years, then you not only have to
apply for a new license from scratch but must also retake the
JP exam* If you continue practicing with an expired license
after 30 days, you are now practicing medicine without a
license, which is a third degree felony.
Ben White. The Texas Medical Jurisprudence Exam - A Concise
Review (Kindle Locations 87-96). Kindle Edition.
How much Continuing medical education CME must you have
to renew your license? - Correct Answers ✅48 hours of
CME.
1/2 formal
1/2 informal (self reported, volunteering, peer review
and 2 hours of medical ethics/professional responsibility
When must you inform the TMB of any name / practice
address changes? - Correct Answers ✅30 days.
You do not need to notify texas about changing medical
malpractice insurance.
When do you have to notify the TMB when you recieve a
lawsuit? - Correct Answers ✅insurance will do it for you,
but if you don't have insurance you have to tell the TMB in 30
days.
, Texas MD Jurisprudence Exam Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2025)
When must the TMB be notified if a hospital takes disciplinary
action against a physician (affecting privileges)? - Correct
Answers ✅If the restriction lasts more than 30 days.
What do you need to practice telemedicine in Texas? -
Correct Answers ✅A special texas telemedicine license
(required JP exam).
A full medical license in good standing in another state. Board
certified in speciality.
NOT practicing medicine PHYSICALLY in texas.
What states are contiguous with Texas? and what can these
doctors order? - Correct Answers ✅OK, AR, LA, NM
Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico
They can order home health and hospice services for patients
in texas.
What can physicians from other states provide in texas? Not
telemedicine / contiguous states - Correct Answers ✅They
can provide expert opinion to other physicians or for any
educational services within or across state lines (not direct
patient care).
and Answers (Latest Update 2025)
When to report child abuse / neglect? - Correct Answers
✅Within 48 hours
When to report birth certificate? - Correct Answers ✅5
days
When to report death certificate? - Correct Answers ✅10
days
Reporting most communicable diseases? - Correct Answers
✅7 days (1 day for TB and pertussis)
When supplying medical records by? - Correct Answers
✅15 days
How many people compose the texas medical board? how
many MDs? DOs? laypersons? how long is the term? -
Correct Answers ✅12 are physicians (9 MD, 3 DO). 7 are
laypersons. All are appointed by the governor for 6-year
terms.
Who does the Texas Medical Practice Act apply to? - Correct
Answers ✅Only texas licensed doctors practicing in texas.
All laws covered by the MPA only apply to Texas-licensed
physicians while practicing in Texas (or outside state
,Texas MD Jurisprudence Exam Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2025)
providers providing telemedicine services to patients in
Texas). All other healthcare providers (nurses, medical
students, and other "doctors" such as
dentists/podiatrist/optometrists) are not included.
What criteria is needed for licensure? - Correct Answers ✅-
Complete college (60 credit hours) - Have an MD or DO - Pass
the USMLE Steps 1-3 (within the past 7 years) and the Texas
JP exam - Complete your intern (PGY1) year So, any US-
trained grad finished with the Step exams can apply for their
full Texas medical license after completing their internship.
Ben White. The Texas Medical Jurisprudence Exam - A Concise
Review (Kindle Locations 77-81). Kindle Edition.
What is the renewal schedule for your texas medical license?
Overdue fines? Expiration? - Correct Answers ✅For
starters, you renew it every two years (after the initial
licensing period, which ranges from 12 to 24 months). If
you're late:
- No fine if expired < 30 days
- $75 if expired < 90 days
- $145 if expired < 365 days
*- Canceled entirely after 1 year.
Must reapply and fork over entire processing fee etc. (ouch!)*
,Texas MD Jurisprudence Exam Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2025)
*- If you wait longer than 2 years, then you not only have to
apply for a new license from scratch but must also retake the
JP exam* If you continue practicing with an expired license
after 30 days, you are now practicing medicine without a
license, which is a third degree felony.
Ben White. The Texas Medical Jurisprudence Exam - A Concise
Review (Kindle Locations 87-96). Kindle Edition.
How much Continuing medical education CME must you have
to renew your license? - Correct Answers ✅48 hours of
CME.
1/2 formal
1/2 informal (self reported, volunteering, peer review
and 2 hours of medical ethics/professional responsibility
When must you inform the TMB of any name / practice
address changes? - Correct Answers ✅30 days.
You do not need to notify texas about changing medical
malpractice insurance.
When do you have to notify the TMB when you recieve a
lawsuit? - Correct Answers ✅insurance will do it for you,
but if you don't have insurance you have to tell the TMB in 30
days.
, Texas MD Jurisprudence Exam Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2025)
When must the TMB be notified if a hospital takes disciplinary
action against a physician (affecting privileges)? - Correct
Answers ✅If the restriction lasts more than 30 days.
What do you need to practice telemedicine in Texas? -
Correct Answers ✅A special texas telemedicine license
(required JP exam).
A full medical license in good standing in another state. Board
certified in speciality.
NOT practicing medicine PHYSICALLY in texas.
What states are contiguous with Texas? and what can these
doctors order? - Correct Answers ✅OK, AR, LA, NM
Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico
They can order home health and hospice services for patients
in texas.
What can physicians from other states provide in texas? Not
telemedicine / contiguous states - Correct Answers ✅They
can provide expert opinion to other physicians or for any
educational services within or across state lines (not direct
patient care).
