Can you *barter/sell degrees* ✔️Ans - *NO* = *FELONY*
RULE 580
No person, company, or association shall sell or barter or offer to sell or barter
any medical degree, podiatric degree, or osteopathic degree, or chiropractic
degree, or any other degree which is required for licensure, certification, or
registration under this division, or any degree, certificate, transcript, or any
other writing, made or purporting to be made pursuant to any laws regulating
the licensing and registration or issuing of a certificate to physicians and
surgeons, podiatrists, osteopathic physicians, chiropractors, persons lawfully
engaged in any other system or mode of treating the sick or afflicted, or to any
other person licensed, certified, or registered under this division.
Can you *barter/sell/ buy diplomas* ✔️Ans - *NO* = *FELONY*
Rule 581/582
Is it ok to make a *willfully false statement* ✔️Ans - *NO* = *FELONY*
Rule 583
No person shall in any document or writing required of an applicant for
examination, license, certificate, or registration under this division, the
Osteopathic Initiative Act, or the Chiropractic Initiative Act, willfully make a
false statement in a material regard.
Is *impersonation of examination/examiner* allowed ✔️Ans - *NO* =
*FELONY*
Rule 584
o person shall violate the security of any examination, as defined in
subdivision (a) of Section 123, or impersonate, attempt to impersonate, or
solicit the impersonation of, another in any examination for a license,
certificate, or registration to practice as provided in this division, the
,Osteopathic Initiative Act, or the Chiropractic Initiative Act, or under any
other law providing for the regulation of any other system or method of
treating the sick or afflicted in this state.
580 rules are punishable by _____ ✔️Ans - 6k and up to 1 year in prison
the offer, delivery, receipt, or acceptance by any person licensed under this
division or the Chiropractic Initiative Act of any rebate, refund, commission,
preference, patronage dividend, discount, or other consideration, whether in
the form of money or otherwise, as compensation or inducement for referring
patients, clients, or customers to any person, irrespective of any membership,
proprietary interest, or coownership in or with any person to whom these
patients, clients, or customers are referred is ______________ ✔️Ans -
*unlawful*
650a
The payment or receipt of consideration for services other than the referral of
patients which is based on a percentage of gross revenue or similar type of
contractual arrangement shall be lawful if____________ ✔️Ans - *the
consideration is commensurate with the value of the services furnished or
with the fair rental value of any premises or equipment leased or provided by
the recipient to the payer.*
650b
Are different/preferential payment plans allowed for certain patients at your
discretion ✔️Ans - *YES if not involving insurance*
650c
Are you allowed to *refer out* ✔️Ans - *YES*
650d
Is *remuneration* (payment for work allowed in the form of *hardware,
software, information technologym and training services* ✔️Ans - *YES*
650e
, what constitutes a *Health Care Facility* ✔️Ans - 1) Acute General
Hospital
2) Acute Psychiatric Hospital
3) Skilled Nursing Facility
4) Immediate Care
5) Any other licensed facility by the state
650f
Is *3rd party Advertisment allowed* ✔️Ans - *YES* if you are paying the
other company directly. Inducement is not allowed.
1) *Refund must be allowed if misleading ad*
2) *Must involve consultation*
650g
650 rules are punishable by _____ ✔️Ans - 50k and up to 1 year
Is it unlawful to refer to an organization that you have financial interenst in?
✔️Ans - *YES* if you or your immediate family have financial impact in it
650.01
There is 1 exception:
if the practice in question is the only practice within *25 miles and 40
minutes* of driving, then it is allowed