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Texas Jurisprudence Exam questions and answers latest top score 2024/2025 How many days do you have to inform the TMB of a case of child abuse/neglect - CORRECT ANSWER 48 hours How many days do you have to inform the TMB in issuing a birth certificate - CORRECT ANSWER 5 days How many days d...

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How many days do you have to inform the TMB of a case of child abuse/neglect -
CORRECT ANSWER 48 hours


How many days do you have to inform the TMB in issuing a birth certificate -
CORRECT ANSWER 5 days


How many days do you have to inform the TMB of issuing a death certificate? -
CORRECT ANSWER 10 days


How many days do you have to report to the TMB in the case of most
communicable diseases? - CORRECT ANSWER 7 days ( 1 day for TB or pertussis)

How many days do you have to inform the TMB about supplying medical records?
- CORRECT ANSWER 15 days

How many people compose the Texas Medical Board? - CORRECT ANSWER 19 ( 12
physicians, 9 MD, 3 DO) 7 are laypersons for 6 year terms

The Texas Medical Board is responsible for - CORRECT ANSWER Issuing licenses
and all the of the disciplinary actions associated with taking them away

What is the Texas Medical Practice Act? - CORRECT ANSWER Everything doctors
must adhere to hen practicing medicine in Texas. And all laws only apply to
Texas licensed physicians while practicing in Texas, or outsiders providing
telemedicine services to patients in Texas

What doctors are excluded from the Texas Medical Practice Act - CORRECT
ANSWER Podiatrists, dentists, optometrists, nurses, or medical students. Non-
compensated emergency care is also exempt (covered by the Good Samaritan
Law)

What is the license criteria? - CORRECT ANSWER Complete college (60 credits),
have an MD or DO, Pass the USMLE steps 1-3 (within the past 7 yrs) and the JP
exam, complete your intern year

,Any U.S. trained graduate finished with the steps an apply for a full Texas
medical license after completing their - CORRECT ANSWER Internship

Corollary - CORRECT ANSWER If you quit your residency after internship, you can
still practice s a fully licensed physician in Texas (though not board certified in a
specialty)

Corollary 2 - CORRECT ANSWER Naturopathic doctors, podiatrists, optometrists,
chiropractors, dentists, are not licensed by the TMB and have their own
governing bodies and rules

2 years - CORRECT ANSWER After how many years do you renew your license?

No fine - CORRECT ANSWER What happens if you ware late by less than 30 days?

What happens if your license is expired for more than 30 days? - CORRECT ANSWER
$75 fee

What happens if your license expires after 365 days? - CORRECT ANSWER $145

You must reapply and pay the fees again - CORRECT ANSWER What happens if your
license is expired for more than a year?

You have to reapply for the license and retake the JP exam - CORRECT ANSWER
What happens if your license is expired for more than 2 years or longer?

You are practicing medicine without a license and committing a third degree
felony - CORRECT ANSWER What if you still continue practicing 30 days after?

Continuing Medical Education (CME) - CORRECT ANSWER Every 24 month period,
out need 48 hours of CME's

What do these CME's consist of? - CORRECT ANSWER 1/2 formal, 1/2 informal ( self
reported like " i read a journal,volunteering at an underserved area, must also
include 2 hours of education ethics/ professional responsibility

30 days - CORRECT ANSWER How many days do you have to let the board know of
any name and practice changes?

The ability to take care of patients - CORRECT ANSWER What is physician
competency measured by?

,By a hospital - CORRECT ANSWER How can competency be relevant to
credentialing ?

DO's not being MD's, punishing a physician for working at other hospitals, only
accepting certain insurances, ONLY COMPETENCY - CORRECT ANSWER A hospital
cannot discriminate against

Mid levels (PA's, NP's) - CORRECT ANSWER Hospitals require credentials from DO's
and MD's, but hospitals are not required to accept/hire

The TMB - CORRECT ANSWER If the governing body of a hospital is forced to take
action against a physician that affects the privileges or longer than 30 days, who
must be notified?

No, but you do need a special Texas telemedicine license - CORRECT ANSWER Do
you need a full Texas Medical license to practice telemedicine in Texas?

Taking the JP exam, license is in good standing in another state, board certified
in your specialty, not actually physically or acting in the state of Texas - CORRECT
ANSWER What does the Texas telemedicine license include?


OK,AR, LA, NM can order home health me hospice services for patients in Texas
without a special telemedicine license - CORRECT ANSWER What are some
contiguous states for telemedicine?

Yes (usually applies to radiologists) - CORRECT ANSWER Do you need an additional
license to transport, produce, use radioactive materials?
Can a patient successfully sue a doctor if there is no physician-patient
relationship? - CORRECT ANSWER No

If there is no prior physician-patient relationship, are you legally obliged to
respond to a call from a patient for treatment? - CORRECT ANSWER No

Does being on call give rise to a physician-patient relationship? - CORRECT ANSWER
No

How can one terminate a physician-patient relationship, without abandonment if
there is ongoing treatment? - CORRECT ANSWER 30 days written notice; must
provide for emergency

Does a physician's duty extend to the unborn child or potential victims of an ill
patient? - CORRECT ANSWER Yes

, What is "proximate cause"? - CORRECT ANSWER Prove that negligence caused
harm and that the cause was not too remote; what is required to hold a defendant
liable in a civil lawsuit

What are the two components of proximate cause? - CORRECT ANSWER Cause-in-
fact (but-for test) and foreseeability

Does an expert witness have to be actively practicing medicine? - CORRECT
ANSWER Yes


Does an expert witness have to know standards of care? - CORRECT ANSWER Yes

Does an expert witness have to have enough training to express an opinion on
whether standard of care was provided? - CORRECT ANSWER Yes

Does an expert witness have to be board certified? - CORRECT ANSWER No, board
certified or eqivalent

In a medical malpractice case, are expert witnesses required? - CORRECT ANSWER
Yes, with two exceptions

In a medical malpractice setting, what 2 instances do not need expert testimony?
- CORRECT ANSWER Res ipsa loquitur (e.g., amputation of wrong leg) and
negligence per se (a law was broken)

What are "exemplary damages"? - CORRECT ANSWER Damages above
compensatory designed to punish the defendant and deter the behavior

Is there a cap to noneconomic damages? How much? - CORRECT ANSWER
$250,000 for physicians, $500,000 for hospitals

Does the cap on noneconomic damage depend on the number of defendants or
claimants? - CORRECT ANSWER No

What is "proportional responsibility"? - CORRECT ANSWER Percentage of liability
apportioned according to percentage of fault

Can the claimant have part of the proportional responsibility? - CORRECT ANSWER
Yes

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