Flashcards in Texas Jurisprudence Exam - Concise Review Book Deck (169)
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How long do you have to report child abuse/neglect?
48 hours
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How long do you have to issue a birth certificate?
5 days
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How long do you have to issue a death certificate?
10 days
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How long do you have to report (most) communicable diseases?
7 days
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How long do you have to report TB or pertussis?
1 day
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How long do you have to supply medical records?
15 days
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How many people are on the Texas Medical Board?
19 people (12 physicians = 9 MD, 3 DO, 7 lay-persons)
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Who appoints people to the Texas Medical Board?
The governor
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How long is the term of someone on the Texas Medical Board?
6 years
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How often must you renew your TML?
every 2 years
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Fine if 30-90 days late on renewing your TML?
$75
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Fine if 90 days to 1 year late on renewing your TML?
$145
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If you are >1 year late on renewing your TML, what must you do?
reapply for whole license again (and pay)
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If you are >2 years late on renewing your TML, what additional step must be taken?
retake the JP exam
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If you are practicing with an expired license (>30 days), what lawful implication?
= practicing medicine without a license = third degree felony
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How much CME is required in each 24-month registration period?
48 hours (2 hours of medical ethics/professional responsibility)
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How long do you have to tell TMB of name or practice address change?
30 days
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Does Texas require malpractice insurance?
no
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How long do you have to tell TMB you've been named in a malpractice suit?
30 days (your insurance does it for you if you're insured)
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Do you need a "full" TML to practice telemedicine?
no (special TX telemedical license)
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If you're producing, using or transporting radioactive materials (nuclear medicine, rad onc, IR onc), can you use a standard TML?
no; need an additional license for this
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Doctors need to be on what list to evaluate worker's comp visits?
Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) list
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Physician-in-Training license for residents is specific to what?
Each institution (prelim year/residency year = two different PIT if at different institutions)
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Can podiatrists admit patients to hospitals?
no; must be admitted under MD/DO
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Vicarious liability means midlevel provider medical acts are the responsibility of who?
the supervising physician
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Doctors can delegate outpatient prescriptive authority to how many full-time midlevels?
7
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Doctors can delegate inpatient prescriptive authority (or if they work in a medically undeserved area) to how many full-time midlevels?
no limit
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If a doctor supervises a midlevel practicing in a rural area, the doctor must visit every how often?
every 10 days (10% of the time)
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Midlevels can prescribe what schedule medications?
schedule III & IV; only schedule II inpatient (anticipated LOS >24H), hospital-based ER or to hospice patients
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