CHIROPRACTIC LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS
(307 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS)
*********Each licensee shall provide written notification by mail or by electronic means
with confirmation to the Department of a change of address within ______ days -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..30
After 22 months, How many times would you advertise in local paper before you destroy
deceased chiro records? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..1x/wk./4 wks
Fees due chiro for services rendered held in trust account under which of the following
conditions? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Pt. disagrees with the Dr. over the fees for the services
rendered
How long must you keep reconciled records for your Pts. trust account? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..6 years
What Legend Drug can be stocked and dispersed in an emergency?
Legend Drug= Prescription Drug - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..02/ 25%
***************Can use abbreviations on Pts. records when you provide: -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..A key
What % of pro-bono work can go toward CE credits? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..15-25%
*************How many hrs. of video can be used for CE credit - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..5
*************You can lose your License if you do not: - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Pay back your
student Loans
Board cannot ___. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Imprisonment not to exceed 1 yr.
,********************You can refer a pt. to a facility you have a vested interest in if ___. -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..You offer them a location that provides them similar services
CPA cannot perform ____. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..PT alone
What does not have to be in the Patients records? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Referrals
****************What can a Registered CA do? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..•Pt. Prep
•take vitals
•report pt. signs symptoms
• provide basic 1st aid
***********T/F. Can a chiro Administer 1 dose of Proprietary drug (OTC)? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..TRUE
T/F. Can Board can suspend License Immediately if there is a Failure to have 10 hrs. of
transcript course work - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..TRUE
T/F. Lab diagnosis an approved CEU class? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..TRUE
T/F. Balance patient fiances is a purpose of medical records? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..FALSE
**********The Board can refuse a license on the following: - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..•Sexual
abuse in another state
• Lic. inactive for over 5 yrs.
• Different Health care Lic.
• Retired over 5 yrs
Pt. requests medical records, who can you give to without signature? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..•
Supoena
• person that procures treatment
• Spouse in custody case
To obtain Medical Malpractice Insurance working as an associate in an office, what
must you do so it is valid? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Medical malpractice Dec. sheet
What does not have to be in Pts. Records? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Prognosis
T/F. You need to go get Alcohol/Drug tests to renew your license? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..FALSE
T/F. Minor surgical procedures are allowed for CE credit? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..FALSE
,********T/F. Patient wants copies of their records. Is it free to the patient? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..FALSE-
the cost is actual cost to print out records
**********T/F. You do not have to accept Medicare pt? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..TRUE-
unless an emergency
If you are a volunteer expert witness you can: - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Receive 5 CE credits for
up to 10 hrs. of reviewing cases.
**********X-Rays/Files to a Pt. or their Legal rep and cannot condition on their payment: -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Must give to their legal rep.provided you have signed consent from Pt.
**********DC cannot perform: - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Iontophoresis with a legend drug,
Injections of Nutrients
The application fee shall be _____ which shall be nonrefundable - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..$100
**********A license must be renewed every ___ years? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..2
The fee for biennial renewal of a chiropractic license is _______? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..$350
The initial licensure fee is? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..$350
The fee for inactive status is?
The fee for renewal of an inactive license? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..$250 & $250 ($500 total if
you let is lapse)
You have to be over the age of ____ to apply for a license? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..18
If graduated before July 1, 2000 graduate must have completed ____ years of college
work, after July 1, 2000, graduate must have _________? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..•3 years (90
credits)
•bachelor's degree
Must pass which NBCE boards?
What is the minimum passing score? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..•I, II, III, IV, PT & FL Laws &
Rules
• 375/800
If it's 10 years since graduation before application, applicant must sit for which exam? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..National Board of Chiropractic Examiners Special Purposes Examination
for Chiropractic
, Applicant will receive notification within ______ working days to applicants who have
successfully completed the requirements. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..5 (Can use written
notification shall act as evidence of licensure entitling the chiropractic physician to
practice for a maximum period of 45 days or until the licensing fee is received by the
department whichever is sooner)
T/F Renewal of license requires a new set of fingerprints. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..True
(Unless it is the first time renewing)
If renewal applicant does not submit documentation and fingerprints after the 30 days
since non-compliance was issued, the fine is ____ per day. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..$50
What type of maintained malpractice coverage must a licensee applying for reactivation
show coverage (unless granted an exemption by the board/dept)? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Tail
coverage (which provided liability coverage as of the initial date of state licensure and
incidents occurring before the date the license became inactive)
********Medical Malpractice is known as what in the state of Florida? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Financial Responsibility
What amount of financial responsibility is a health care practitioner required to carry? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..An amount sufficient to cover claims that arise out of rendering or failure
to render professional care and services
Who must maintain financial responsibility in the state of Florida? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Actively licensed chiropractors among other health care professionals
(not Certified CA's or Registered CA's)
How often must a licensee complete a 2hr CE course on domestic violence? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Every 3rd biennial re-licensure or recertification
******When must a health care provider complete at least 3 hr CE course on HIV/AIDS
as part of the biennial re-licensure or recertification? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..No later than the
1st (first) renewal
What CE requirements does a licensee need to meet if their license becomes inactive
or retired? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..They must meet the same CE requirements as an active
licensee for ALL biennial licensure periods in which the license was inactive/delinquent
or retired.
What may be the penalty if a licensee does not meet the CE requirements for the first
time? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..May be a Citation, a Fine, and in a addition a requirement to take
(1) one additional hour of CE for each hour not completed or completed late.
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