Florida Boards Chapter 460 Exam questions and answers

Florida Boards Chapter 460 Legislative findings; intent - The sole legislative purpose for enacting this chapter is to ensure that every chiropractic physician practicing in this state meets minimum requirements for safe practice. It is the legislative intent that chiropractic physicians who fall below minimum competency or who otherwise present a danger to the public health be prohibited from practicing in this state. community-based internship - under the direct supervision of a doctor of chiropractic medicine who is credentialed as an adjunct faculty member of a chiropractic college in which the student is enrolled chiropractic college clinical internship - the direct supervision of a doctor of chiropractic medicine who is a full-time, part-time, or adjunct faculty member of a chiropractic college located in this state and accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education and who holds a current, active Florida chiropractor's license Approved program - a program for the education of certified chiropractic physician's assistants, which program has been formally approved by the board Board - the Board of Chiropractic Medicine Certified chiropractic physician's assistant - a person who is a graduate of an approved program or its equivalent and is approved by the department to perform chiropractic services under the indirect supervision of a chiropractic physician or group of physicians certified by the board to supervise such assistant. True - An approved chiropractic physician or group of physicians may indirectly supervise more than one certified chiropractic physician's assistant Chiropractic physician - any person licensed to practice chiropractic medicine pursuant to this chapter. Department - the Department of Health Direct supervision - responsible supervision and control, with the licensed chiropractic physician assuming legal liability for the services rendered by a registered chiropractic assistant or a chiropractic student enrolled in a community-based intern program Indirect supervision - responsible supervision and control, with the licensed chiropractic physician assuming legal liability for the services rendered by a certified chiropractic physician's assistant. Practice of chiropractic medicine - a noncombative principle and practice consisting of the science, philosophy, and art of the adjustment, manipulation, and treatment of the human body in which vertebral subluxations and other malpositioned articulations and structures that are interfering with the normal generation, transmission, and expression of nerve impulse between the brain, organs, and tissue cells of the body, thereby causing disease, are adjusted, manipulated, or treated, thus restoring the normal flow of nerve impulse which produces normal function and consequent health by chiropractic physicians using specific chiropractic adjustment or manipulation techniques taught in chiropractic colleges accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education chiropractic physician - may examine, analyze, and diagnose the human living body and its diseases by the use of any physical, chemical, electrical, or thermal method; use the X ray for diagnosing; phlebotomize; and use any other general method of examination for diagnosis and analysis taught in any school of chiropractic. chiropractic physicians - may order, store, and administer, for emergency purposes only at the chiropractic physician's office or place of business, prescription medical oxygen and may also order, store, and administer the following topical anesthetics in aerosol form: a. Any solution consisting of 25 percent ethylchloride and 75 percent dichlorodifluoromethane. b. Any solution consisting of 15 percent dichlorodifluoromethane and 85 percent trichloromonofluoromethane. Registered chiropractic assistant - a person who is registered by the board to perform chiropractic services under the direct supervision of a chiropractic physician or certified chiropractic physician's assistant Board of Chiropractic Medicine - The Board of Chiropractic Medicine is created within the department and shall consist of seven members to be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. Board of Chiropractic Medicine - Five members of the board must be licensed chiropractic physicians who are residents of the state and who have been licensed chiropractic physicians engaged in the practice of chiropractic medicine for at least 4 years. Board of Chiropractic Medicine - two members must be residents of the state who are not, and have never been, licensed as chiropractic physicians or members of any closely related profession. Board of Chiropractic Medicine - At least one member of the board must be 60 years of age or older Board of Chiropractic Medicine - As the terms of the members expire, the Governor shall appoint successors for terms of 4 years, and such members shall serve until their successors are appointed License by Examination - There shall be an application fee set by the board not to exceed $100 which shall be nonrefundable, an examination fee not to exceed $500 plus the actual per applicant cost to the department for purchase of portions of the examination from the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners or a similar national organization, which may be refundable if the applicant is found ineligible to take the examination License by Examination - bachelor's degree, parts I, II, III, and IV, and the physiotherapy examination of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, a set of fingerprints. License by Examination - An applicant who is notified in writing by the department who has successfully passed the state licensure examination may lawfully practice pending receipt of the certificate of licensure, and the 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. License by Examination - A student in a school or college of chiropractic accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education or its successor in the final year of the program may file an application, take all examinations required for licensure, submit a set of fingerprints, and pay all fees required for licensure. A chiropractic student who successfully completes the licensure examinations and who otherwise meets all requirements for licensure as a chiropractic physician during the student's final year must have graduated before being certified for licensure pursuant to this section. Restricted License - if a disciplinary action against the licensee is not pending before the department and the licensee is not under discipline by the board, become a full licensee upon expiration of the 2-year restricted license if the licensee pays all applicable fees Chiropractic medicine faculty certificate - The department may issue a chiropractic medicine faculty certificate without examination to an individual who remits a nonrefundable application fee, not to exceed $100 as determined by rule of the board, and who demonstrates that he/she is a graduate of an accredited school or college of chiropractic, holds a valid current license to practice chiropractic medicine in another jurisdiction in the United States, is at least 21 years of age and of good moral character, has not committed any act or offense in any jurisdiction which would constitute the basis for discipline under this chapter or chapter 456, or performs research or has been offered and has accepted a full-time or part-time faculty appointment to teach in a program of chiropractic medicine at a publicly funded state university or college or at a college of chiropractic located in the state and accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education. Chiropractic medicine faculty certificate - a chiropractic medicine faculty certificate is renewable every 2 years by a holder who applies to the board on a form prescribed by the board and who continues to satisfy the requirements Renewal of license - upon receipt of the renewal application and the fee set by the board not to exceed $500