RR 1.1 (all)

If prosecuted by the US Department of Justice, what is the criminal penalty for knowingly disclosing a patient's protected health information (PHI)?

$50,000 fine and up to 1 year imprisonment

Radiographs are the property of the

(C) health-care institution.

Forms of intentional misconduct include 1. slander. 2. invasion of privacy. 3. negligence.

1 and 2 only

The legal document or individual authorized to make an individual's health care decisions, should the individual be unable to make them for himself or herself, is the

1, 2, & 3 1. Advanced health care directive 2. Living will 3. Health care proxy

Which if the following is/are requirements regarding patient demographic information?

1, 3, 4

Which of the following must be included in the patient's medical record or chart? 1. Diagnostic and therapeutic orders 2. Medical history 3. Informed consent

1,2,&3

A radiologic technologist can be found guilty of a tort in which of the following situations?

1,2,&3 failure to shield a patient of childbearing age from unnecessary radiation imaging the wrong patient Doing exam on patient who refused the exam

Which of the following must be included in a patients medical record or chart?

1. Diagnostic and therapeutic orders 2. Medical history 3. Informed consent

Patients rights include which of the following?

1. The right to refuse treatment 2. The right to confidentiality

Facsimile transmission of health information is : 1. Not permitted 2. Permitted for urgently needed patient care 3. Permitted for third-party payer hospitalization certification

2 and 3 only

Honor Code violations that can prevent a radiography student from meeting ARRT certification requirements include 1 failing one or more courses in the radiography program 2 being suspended from the radiography program 3 being dismissed/expelled from a radiography program

2 and 3 only

The ARRT Rules of Ethics are 1. aspirational. 2. mandatory. 3. minimally acceptable standards.

2 and 3 only

Which if the following patient rights is violated by discussing privileged patient info with an individual who is not involved with the patients care?

2 only...The right to privacy

Which of the following are aspects of informed consent?

A, B, & D

Which of the following apply to informed consent?

A, B, D

According to the AHA's patient care partnership, a patient considering options for treatment should be provided which 3 of the following 6 pieces of information:

A, D, E

A device used to restrict the free movement of a patient or a body part during the performance of a medical imaging exam is: A Classified as immobilization, is meant to be temporary, and does not require a separate physician's order. B Classified as a restraint, can remain in place after the exam is over, and does not require a physician's order. C Not recommended for use with pediatric patients. D Can be utilized in place of effective communication with the patient to reduce total exam time.

A. Classified as immobilization, is meant to be temporary, and does not require a separate physician's order.

For medicolegal reasons, radiographic images are required to include all the following information except A. the patient's name and/or identification number. B. the patient's birth date. C. a right- or left-side marker. D. the date of the examination.

B. the patient's birth date.

As health care professionals aspire to design their actions to always benefit their patients, to only bring about good for their patients, they are aspiring to what moral principle?

Beneficence

The supervisor is guilty of

Breaking the ARRT rules of ethics

A consent form, signed by the patient and the physician, is necessary prior to performing all of the following procedures EXCEPT A myelogram B cardiac catheterization C upper GI series D interventional vascular procedure

C. Upper GI series

You are working in the outpatient department and receive a patient who is complaining of pain in the right hip joint; however, the requisition asks for a left femur exam. What should you do?

Check with the referring physician.

You receive a patient who is complaining of pain in the area of the left fourth and fifth metatarsals; however, the requisition asks for a left ankle exam. What should you do? (A) Perform a left foot exam. (B) Perform a left ankle exam. (C) Perform both a left foot and a left ankle exam. (D) Check with the referring physician.

Check with the referring physician.

Which of the following legal phrases defines a circumstance in which both the health care provider's and the patient's actions contributed to an injurious outcome?

Contributory negligence

Which of the following situations would be considered an act if health care fraud?

Erasing a CR image plate to cover up a mistake of performing an x ray procedure on the wrong body part

The patient is nervous about the MR procedure and wants to know what it's like, having never had one before. The technologist should do which of the following?

Explain that while there is a strong magnetic field in the MR exam, the staff carefully screens patients as part of a strict safety protocol and that the most troubling part is typically the noise, as the machine makes a jackhammer sound during imaging

What is the most appropriate immediate action for Joseph to take?

Explain the clinical history to the technologist and stress that he is uncomfortable sending a suboptimal study.

What is the appropriate action if a patient has signed consent for a procedure but, once on the radiographic table, refuses the procedure?

Immediately stop the procedure and inform the radiologist and the referring physician of the patient's request.

The legal document respondent superior relates to which if the following?

Let the master answer

To "excuse" suboptimal images, a radiographer makes a note on the exam requisition claiming that the patient "was uncooperative." That radiographer can legally be found guilty of

Libel

The moral principle of preventing harm to a patient is called

Nonmaleficence

The moral principle that describes the radiographer's aspiration to do no harm or to allow no act that might harm the patient is termed

Nonmaleficence

The term "health care proxy" is synonymous with

Power of Attorney

Your supervisor replies that he knows but made an exception "because we are so short staffed." You should...

Report this directly to the ARRT

All the following are part of the patient care partnership except the right to

Review any hospital/institutional records

An Advanced Health Care Directive, or living will, is in effect when:

The patient's condition complies with the state's living will law

All the following are part of the Patient Care Partnership except

The right to order an x ray procedure

The legal doctrine res ipsa locquitor means which of the following?

The thing speaks for itself

Which ethical principle is related to sincerity and truthfulness?

Veracity

A radiographer who tells the patient that he or she will have to repeat this uncomfortable examination if the patient does not try harder to cooperate can be accused of

assault

Imaging the incorrect patient qualifies as

battery

unlawful touching of another person without consent

battery

A radiographer who discloses confidential information to unauthorized individuals may be found guilty of (A) invasion of privacy. (B) slander. (C) libel. (D) defamation.

invasion of privacy

Which of the following patient identifiers is not considered protected information:

medical record number

The ethical principle that aspires never to, above all, do harm describes

nonmalficence

Verbal disclosure of confidential information that is detrimental to the patient is referred to as

slander

A signed consent form is necessary prior to performing all the following procedures except

upper GI series's