Medical Law & Ethics Final Exam Review

Question 1

Which HIPAA standard requires providers to protect electronically transmitted and otherwise stored personal health info?

Accepted Answer

Standard 3

Question 2

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 covers which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Makes discrimination in the workplace illegal

Question 3

Which of the following correctly describes an aspect of hospice care?

Accepted Answer

Most in-home hospice programs are independently run.

Question 4

The law that mandated electronic health records and provides the rules for patient access to their records is

Accepted Answer

HIPAA

Question 5

Which federal law made substantive changes to HIPAA?

Accepted Answer

HITECH Act

Question 6

What is the term for those individuals who have a vested interest in the health care industry?

Accepted Answer

Stakeholders

Question 7

Medical records are:

Accepted Answer

legal documents.

Question 8

How many chromosomes are normally found inside the nucleus of every human cell except egg and sperm cells?

Accepted Answer

46

Question 9

A permission is defined as

Accepted Answer

a reason under HIPAA for disclosing patient information.

Question 10

A written request from an attorney for patient record is received. What must accompany the request to provide copies?

Accepted Answer

A subpoena must be provided.

Question 11

Transplanting animal tissues and organs into humans is called

Accepted Answer

xenotransplantation.

Question 12

Who is responsible for gathering & filing vital statistics collected by the states and the federal government?

Accepted Answer

Health care practitioners

Question 13

In 2008, what federal law was passed that prohibits discrimination in employment based on genetic information?

Accepted Answer

GINA

Question 14

Which of the following organizations reimburse health care providers with a focus on making a profit?

Accepted Answer

Insurance Companies

Question 15

The 5 Cs of Documentation. Which of the following is NOT one of them

Accepted Answer

Clean

Question 16

The children in a family all have blue eyes. The biological parents also have blue eyes. The similarities are caused by

Accepted Answer

genetics.

Question 17

Safety Data Sheets (SDS) are

Accepted Answer

required in any business that has any hazardous material.

Question 18

How are the chromosomes that make up the human genome inherited from parents?

Accepted Answer

Half from the mother and half from the father.

Question 19

According to the Palliative Care Journal (November 2018) palliative care is becoming a critical component for treating:

Accepted Answer

cancer

Question 20

Passed in 1984, what does the National Organ Transplant Act address?

Accepted Answer

Shortage of organs

Question 21

In most states, which of the following cases is not mandated as a reportable injury?

Accepted Answer

A physician suspects spousal abuse, but the patient doesn't admit it.

Question 22

How many HIPAA-defined permissions exist?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 23

Which of the following may be traded on the nation's stock market?

Accepted Answer

Pharmaceutical companies

Question 24

A person dies as a result of a carjacking. Who is responsible for signing the death certificate for this individual?

Accepted Answer

The coroner

Question 25

Which of the following is an example of a privileged communication?

Accepted Answer

A patient tells her physician that she uses illegal drugs.

Question 26

The CDC publishes an online guide for preventing transmissions of infectious agents. This guide is intended for

Accepted Answer

all of these

Question 27

What federal statute protects patients with history of substance abuse regarding the release of info about treatment?

Accepted Answer

Confidentiality of Alcoholic and Drug Abuse Patient Records

Question 28

An obstetrician who delivers babies, which of the following agencies should these births be reported

Accepted Answer

State registrar

Question 29

How many months at a time are patients typically certified for hospice?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 30

The Bloodborne Pathogen Standard is designed to protect health care workers against which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Contagious diseases like HBV

Question 31

Technically, it can be said that death results from a lack of

Accepted Answer

oxygen.

Question 32

According to the 2017 AHRQ report on quality and disparities, patient safety improved to include

Accepted Answer

two-thirds of patient safety measures were improving overall.

Question 33

Which of these ARE true about living wills?

Accepted Answer

All of these are correct.

Question 34

Which of the following are considered covered entities?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 35

Assuming that old paper med. records may be destroyed which of the following isn't an appropriate way to destroy them?

Accepted Answer

Tear each pages into quarters & put in the trash

Question 36

What must a nonprofit health insurance organization do if at the end of the budget year, they have made a profit?

Accepted Answer

Put the profit back into services for those covered under their insurance.

Question 37

The public official who investigates and holds inquests concerning those who die from unknown or violent causes is the

Accepted Answer

coroner

Question 38

OSHA standards for medical settings & hlth care workers are often influenced by or associated with, guidelines issued by

Accepted Answer

CDC

Question 39

How many priorities does the National Quality Strategy have?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 40

The FDA requires research records pertaining to cancer patients be maintained for _________blank years.

Accepted Answer

30

Question 41

A provider may release info about a victim of abuse, neglect, or domestic violence under which permission of HIPAA?

Accepted Answer

Public interest and benefit activities.

Question 42

Which of the following is not required on a death certificate?

Accepted Answer

Decedent's complete medical history

Question 43

Which of the following is an objective of cloning farm animals?

Accepted Answer

To produce medically useful substances.

Question 44

In a physician's office, a sign-in sheet is permissible to use as long as

Accepted Answer

you do not ask for the reason for the visit.

Question 45

Generally, birth and death certificates are not required for fetal deaths occurring prior to what week of gestation?

Accepted Answer

Week 20

Question 46

Which HIPAA standard requires that all providers secure a unique provider identity number?

Accepted Answer

Standard 4

Question 47

The process by which traits are passed on to offspring is known as

Accepted Answer

heredity.

Question 48

The combination of proteins called nucleotides that are arranged to make up each human is known as?

Accepted Answer

DNA

Question 49

Which of the following is not a violation of patient confidentiality?

Accepted Answer

An office clerk calls a patient by name at the checkout desk.

Question 50

Which of the following wage and hour laws provides for overtime pay and a minimum wage?

Accepted Answer

Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

Question 51

Which of the following specifically states that any equipment that may pose a health risk is included as a hazard?

Accepted Answer

General Duty Clause

Question 52

A hospital maintains medical records on all patients in the hospital. Who owns the information in the hospital records?

Accepted Answer

The patient

Question 53

The National Quality Strategy set forth three broad aims for the improvement of heal

Accepted Answer

better care, healthy people and communities, and affordable care.

Question 54

The primary source of information for OSHA standards is

Accepted Answer

OSHA Web site.

Question 55

Which of the following stakeholders are considered to be at the head of the list?

Accepted Answer

The public

Question 56

Examples of public data collected by law from physicians include

Accepted Answer

births, deaths, rapes, and assaults.

Question 57

The Human Genome Project, funded by the U.S. government, was started in 1990. What was the purpose of this project?

Accepted Answer

To locate and map the genes in the 23 pairs of chromosomes.

Question 58

Which of the following statements is true about HIPAA Standard 2?

Accepted Answer

Protected Health Information is any written, spoken or electronic form.

Question 59

In which of the following cases would it be legal for a physician to sign a death certificate?

Accepted Answer

If the physician attended to the deceased before the death.

Question 60

A patient dies under suspicious conditions. Which of the following might occur to determine cause of patient's death?

Accepted Answer

Autopsy

Question 61

What organization maintains a national waiting list for available organs?

Accepted Answer

Organ Procurement and Transplant Network

Question 62

OSHA created a new name for Material Safety Data Sheets. What is the new acronym ?

Accepted Answer

SDS

Question 63

An addendum to an electronic health record (EHR) is a

Accepted Answer

significant change or addition to the EHR.

Question 64

A doc determines a patient being treated for a mental condition may not see his medical records. This is known as the

Accepted Answer

doctrine of professional discretion

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