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Holds authority to appoint physicians as QME evaluators - Administrative Director (AD) (LC 139.2) Term of appointment as QME evaluator - 2 years (LC 139.2) 3 requirements when seeking appointment as QME - (1) Pass the QME competency exam; (2) Complete a 12-hour course in disability eval repo...

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QME EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 350 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
Holds authority to appoint physicians as QME evaluators - Administrative Director (AD)
(LC 139.2)

Term of appointment as QME evaluator - 2 years (LC 139.2)

3 requirements when seeking appointment as QME - (1) Pass the QME competency
exam;
(2) Complete a 12-hour course in disability eval report writing;
(3) Devote at least 1/3rd of total practice time to providing direct medical treatment (or
have served as a AME on 8+ occasions in past 12 mos prior to application)

2 reasons for termination/suspension of a QME w/o a hearing - (1) Licensing board
suspends/revokes/terminates license to practice
(2) Failure to pay required fee (upon appointment and yearly thereafter)

6 reasons for discipline (suspension/termination) of QMEs after a hearing - (1) Violation
of material statutory or administrative duty;
(2) Failure to follow medical procedures or qualifications;
(3) Failure to comply with the timeframe standards;
(4) Failure to meet licensing/certification requirements;
(5) Preparation of medical-legal evaluations that fail to meet the minimum standards for
those reports as established by the administrative director or the appeals board;
(6) Making material misrepresentations or false statements in an application for
appointment or reappointment as a qualified medical evaluator.

3 types of substantive medical disputes resolved by QMEs - (1) Compensability of the
claim;
(2) Permanent disability;
(3) "Catch-all" (temporary disability, work restrictions, new and further disabilities after
permanent disability (detereoration of original injury), compensability of new body part
added to claim)

Definition of *injury* in compensability claims - (1) An injury or disease arising out of
employment;
(2) A *derivative* injury caused by treatment of an injury arising out of employment;
(3) Any reaction to or side effect from preventative health care the employer provides to
health care workers

*Specific injury* - Occurs as the result of a single incident or exposure

*Cumulative injury* - Results from repetitive trauma (mental or physical) over a period of
time

, QME EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 350 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+

2 requirements for a condition to be considered an injury - (1) Cause disability; or
(2) Result in a need for medical treatment

Occupational disease - Disease that in whole or part is caused by work

7 types of excluded injuries - (1) Caused by employee's use of alcohol or illegal
controlled substances;
(2) Intentionally self-inflicted injuries;
(3) Suicide;
(4) Resulting from altercations, in which the injured employee is the *initial physical
aggressor*;
(5) Resulting from the employee's commission of a felony, for which the employee has
been convicted (including "wobbly felonies," which are crimes that may be prosecuted
as misdemeanors or felonies)
(6) Resulting from off-duty recreational activities, in which participation in the activities
does not constitute part of the employee's work-related duties and the activity is not an
expressed or implicit condition of employment;
(7) Psychiatric injuries claimed after notice of termination/layoff unless certain conditions
exist

4 basic conditions to establish a workers' compensation claim - (1) *Injury*
(physiological or psychological harm);
(2) Employment relationship;
(3) Injury caused by the employment (This is also referred to as arising out of
employment [AOE].);
(4) Occurred in the course of the employment (COE)

Aggravation of a pre-existing, non-industrial condition - (1) Causes a temporary or
permanent increase in disability;
(2) Creates a new need for medical treatment; or
(3) Requires a change in the existing course of treatment

Symptoms that don't constitute a new injury - *Flare-ups* or *recurrence* of a previous
industrial injury or illness; not been caused by the current employment

Date of injury (DOI)-specific injury - Date on which the incident or exposure occurred

Date of injury (DOI)-cumulative injury - Date when the employee first suffered disability
from the exposure, and either knew, or should have known, that the disability was
caused by present or previous employment

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