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Texas Jurisprudence Exam: Questions and Answers for JP Candidates 2024-2025, Exams of Nursing

Answers to various questions related to the role and responsibilities of a justice of the peace (jp) in texas. Topics covered include reporting requirements for child abuse, birth and death certificates, medical licensing, telemedicine, credentialing, delegated medical acts, malpractice, and consent. The document also includes information on various laws and regulations relevant to jps in texas.

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Available from 03/10/2024

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Download Texas Jurisprudence Exam: Questions and Answers for JP Candidates 2024-2025 and more Exams Nursing in PDF only on Docsity! Texas JP Exam Texas Jurisprudence Exam Challenge Containing 122 Terms with Certified Solutions 2024-2025. Time to report child abuse to TMB - Answer: 48hrs Time to issue birth certificate - Answer: 5 days Time to issue death certificate - Answer: 10 days Texas JP Exam Time to report communicable diseases - Answer: 7 days Time to supply requested medical records - Answer: 15 days TMB is ___ people appointed for ____ terms by ___ - Answer: 19 people (12 docs, 7 non-doc); 6-year terms; governor. Docs must have been in practice 5 years MPA covers which providers - Answer: Doctors only; TMB only licenses docs too For a texas license ___ hrs college, ___ degree, passed USMLE within ____ years, completed ___ post-grad years - Answer: 60; MD/DO, 7 years, intern year (PGY1). also must be at least 21 years old. License renewal is due every _____ - Answer: 2 years Late license renewal fines are ___ for <30 days, ___ for <90 days, ___ for < 365 days. After 1 year you must ____, and if it has been > ___ years you must start over! - Answer: $0; $75; $145. Pay complete reprocessing fee. 3 years Practice on a license expired for >___ days is a ____ ____ ___ - Answer: 30 days; third degree felony Texas JP Exam Medical practice without a license is this type of offence - Answer: 3rd degree felony Things that can licensing denial, reprimand, suspension - Answer: lying, drugs/EtOH, felony conviction, metal health issues, false advertising, malpractice, dangerous rising, unprofessional conduct, MPA violation _____ ____: guilty plea/verdict that is only on record temporarily - Answer: Deferred adjudication. You still have to report to TMB but can petition to have documentation removed from website onced adjudication complete Rehab for self-reported drug/EtOH issues is ______ - Answer: confidential. Unless it endangerd/hurt someone Crimes that need reporting to TMB in 30 days - Answer: Felony convictions, drug violations, insurance fraud, misdemeanors involving moral turpitude Automatic review of license if ___ lawsuits in 5 years - Answer: 3 or more You must report colleagues who pose a _______ - Answer: continuing threat to public welfare (if in good faith, you are immune from civil liability for reporting) TMB notifys hospitals in ___ days if your license is restricted or suspended - Answer: 1 day Texas JP Exam Your license may be suspended withOUT notice or hearing if ____ - Answer: concern for immediate danger to public welfare. Formal hearing must follow. You have 30 days to appeal tickets, jay-walking, speeding are ________ - Answer: infractions _____: less than 1 year jail-time, no effect on civil liberties. - Answer: misdemeanors. A is worst (up to 1 year prison at $4000), then B (up to 180 days and $2000), then C (no time, $500) Severity of felonies - Answer: Capital (life in prison) > 1st degree (5-99 years; $10 000) > 2nd degree (2-20 years) > 3rd degree (2-10 years) > state jail felony (180 days- 2 years;10 if deadly weapon or prior felony. Served in state jail instead of prison). Medical practice without a license: _________ felony - Answer: third degree felony Selling a child: ____ felony - Answer: third degree felony Sexual abuse of a nursing home patient: ____ felony - Answer: second degree felony Texas JP Exam Failure to report elder abuse: _____ misdemeanor - Answer: Class A misdemeanor Failure to report child abuse: ____ misdemeanor - Answer: Class B misdemeanor Violating the MPA (i.e. dangerous rx'ing): ____ misdemeanor - Answer: Class A misdemeanor Soliciting/recieving kickbacks: ____ misdemeanor - Answer: Class A misdemeanor Promoting a suicide: ____ offence - Answer: State jail felony if patient morbidity/mortality, class C misdemeanor if no harm to patient 4 components for malpractice claim - Answer: 1. Duty existed, 2. Duty breached, 3. Pt harmed, 4. Breach caused harm (foreseeable and causal=proximate cause; cause in fact) Exceptions to good Samaritan law - Answer: compensation received, gross negligence, cause of emergency, within scope of practice (i.e. at the hospital) You must provide at least ____ of written notice to terminate doc-pt relationship, otherwise it is termed ________. - Answer: 30 days; abandonment. Must provide written notification, set termination date, help finding new doc, offer to transfer records. Texas JP Exam Adult surrogate consent hierarchy - Answer: spouse > adult child > majority adult child > parents > adult sib > designee > nearest relative > clergy Docs infected with HIV, HepB, Hep C can only perform exposure prone (i.e. surgery) procedures if approved by ____ and ______ - Answer: expert review panel and patient consents. No restriction/obligation for non-exposure procedures if use universal precautions Exceptions to consent for HIV testing - Answer: needle stick, suspected rapist, surgery, patient needle stick risk with high risk behavior All needle sticks impose required testing for _______ - Answer: HIV, Hep B, Hep C (no consent required) Guardians can "volunteer" their wards for psych admit until age ____ - Answer: 16. 16-18 years need both child and guardian to agree Involuntary psych admit requirements - Answer: OPC (order of protective custody, requested by doc) or APOWW (Apprehension by a Peace Officer Without Warrant, per police, doc must examine w/in 48 hrs)) Order of protective Custody (OPC) duration: ____. Patient can request probably cause hearing within ____ hrs. - Answer: 30 days. Afterward may file for 90 day temporary commitment. After 60 days may file for indefinite commitment Texas JP Exam ECT may not be used in patients < ____ years. Consent must be obtained _____. - Answer: 16 years. Consent of patient before every session. ONLY acception is court appointed guardian. In Texas there is no duty to warn third parties of potential harm because is not a "______ _____" - Answer: Tarsoff State. Breach of confidentiality to tell directly although may inform police Application for court ordered substance abuse treatment can be filed by _____. Prior to hearing, patient must be evaluated by ______. - Answer: Any adult. Two docs STDs that must be tested for at first PNC visit and at delivery - Answer: HIV, syphilis, Hep B Parents may opt out of NBS iff - Answer: religious objection and paperwork complete Parents of minors <17 years seeking abortion must be notified >____ prior and must consent. Exceptions include ______ and ______. Patients must wait at least ___ hrs after receiving state info. - Answer: 48 hours. Judge says you don't have to; they only have until 5pm the following day to say no. Imminent emergency. Fathers names appear on birth certificate iff - Answer: married to mother, father agrees to fatherhood, paternity established by court order Texas JP Exam Pregnancy that occurs after ineffective sterilization is called ___ _____. Child born with birth defects in the event that genetic counseling that could have prompted termination is called ____ _____. - Answer: Wrongful pregnancy; wrongful birth. All deaths under ____ years must be reported - Answer: 6 years Patient privacy is waived in cases of ______ - Answer: criminal proceedings (with exception of mental health) HIV positive results may be shared with: - Answer: spouse, partner notification program, potentially exposed personnel, local/state heath depts Medical records can only be withheld in cases of ___ ____ - Answer: therapeutic privilege (doc feels that info is harmful to pt_ Outpatient medical records must be kept for _____years for adults; ___ for minors - Answer: 7; 7 or up until age 21 years (whichever is longer). Inpatient medical records must be kept for _____years for adults; ___ for minors - Answer: 10; 10 or up to age 20 years (whichever is longer). Advance directives (including DNR and MPOA) require _______. - Answer: two witnesses. One that is neither treating nor family. OK for verbal, no expiry. Can revoke even if crazy Texas JP Exam Methadone and buprenorphine require ______ for rx - Answer: special permit Docs may not function as pharmacies unless - Answer: rural setting (pop <5K, nearest pharmacy >15 miles) Sole proprietors, parterships and professional associations that employ docs have this requirement - Answer: all owners must be docs (Corporate Practice of Med Act that prohibits non-doc owned businesses from profiting). Non-profits an be owned by majority docs and non- docs Laws against self referral are known as ___ laws - Answer: Starke (1 for labs, 2 for everyone else). Refers to having a financial interest in referral You can't call patients to ask if they want your services. This is called _______ - Answer: Barratry No telemedicine/special licence required if consulting doc is in the same _____ - Answer: State TMB must provide written renewal notification ____ days before licence expiry - Answer: 30 days Texas JP Exam Convictions may be reported at time of renewal to TMB unless they are felony convictions, or ________. These must be reported within _____. - Answer: Class A, B, C misdemeanors with moral turpitude; 30 days No reinvoked licence re-instatement before ___ year(s) - Answer: 1 year The deceptive trade practices-consumer protection act enables patient to recover ____ and ___ resulting from deception. - Answer: attorney fees and court costs. Damages from failure to provide a guaranteed service constitutes a _____ of ____ - Answer: Breach of warranty (under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act Plantiff must file intent to sue letters at least ___ days prior to suit - Answer: 60 Civil cases require this level of evidenlce - Answer: preponderance of evidence (vs. beyond reasonable doubt in criminal cases_ Plaintifs have ____ days to identify expert witnesses and file their reports - Answer: 120 days. Standard of care in lawsuit claims established by expert in same _____ and same ______ - Answer: specialty and locality Past/future physical pain, disability, medical expenses and loss of earnings = _____ damages - Answer: actual or compensatory