Law & Ethics Ch 9 Review

A medical facility must keep records concerning the administering or dispensing of a controlled drug in file for

2 years

Match each definition

22) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 23) Controlled Substances Act 24) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) 25) Public Health Statutes 26) Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974 27) Smallpox Emergency Personnel Protection Act of 2003 28) Unborn Victims of Violence Act

Which of the following best defines a coroner?

A public official who investigates and holds inquest over those who did from unknown or violent causes

Which of the following injuries are reported to law enforcement or to the health department?

A woman tells her physician that her broken ribs occurred when her husband beat her

A coroner or medical examines signs a death certificate if

All of these

Which of the following is NOT the responsibility of the medical assistant working in a facility where physicians prescribe and administer controlled substances?

Checking with the patient's pharmacist to be sure prescriptions have been filled

Physicians may NOT sign a death certificate in which of the following situations?

Death is suspicious

Which of the following should be reported to the health department?

Human immunodeficiency virus

If the above, the physician should be concerned with documenting

Live births

Four vital statistics that the government collects are

Live births Deaths Fetal deaths Marriages

Which of the following falls within the supervision of a states public health department?

Mandatory vaccinating of schoolchildren

Which of the following is NOT included on a death certificate?

Name of attending physician, if any

Which no-fault federal law compensated for childhood vaccine injury?

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP)

Which of the following will most likely require notification of the appropriate health agencies?

Phenylketonuria (PKU)

Which of the following is NOT a requirement for physicians who prescribe, dispense, and administer controlled substances?

Renew permits for prescribing and dispensing controlled substances every six months

With one exception, drugs in this category have no accepted medical use and are used for research purposes only

Schedule I

Prescriptions for which of the following categories of drugs may NOT be renewed?

Schedule II

Briefly define the term federalism

Sharing of power among national, state, and local governments

Who must be notified of controlled substances are stolen from a medical facility?

The nearest DEA office and the local police

State public health laws derive indirectly from

The tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Which of the following vaccination information is NOT documented in a patient's medical record?

The vaccine lot number

Which of the following is NOT recommended for completing birth and death certificates?

Use rubber stamps for all signatures