Texas Jurisprudence Exam (Physician Assistant)
(1) a combined number of four physician assistants or advanced practice nurses or their
full-time equivalents practicing at the physician's primary practice site or at an alternate practice
site;
At an alternative site if the patients with whom the physician has established or will establish a
physician-patient relationship - ANS-A physician's authority to delegate the carrying out or
signing of a prescription drug order at the physician's primary practice site is limited to which of
the following?
(1) a combined number of four physician assistants or advanced practice nurses or their
full-time equivalents practicing at the physician's primary practice site or at an alternate practice
site;
(2) a combined number of five physician assistants or advanced practice nurses or their full-time
equivalents practicing at the physician's primary practice site or at an alternate practice site;
(3) the patients with whom the physician has established or will establish a physician-patient
relationship.
(1) and (2)
1) failure of a caretaker to provide to the elderly or disabled person the goods or services,
including medical services, that are necessary to avoid physical or emotional harm or pain;
(2) failure of the elderly or disabled person to provide for him- or herself the goods or services,
including medical services, that are necessary to avoid physical or emotional harm or pain; -
ANS-"Neglect" of an elderly person (age 65 and older) or a disabled person, as defined by law,
includes which of the following?
(1) failure of a caretaker to provide to the elderly or disabled person the goods or services,
including medical services, that are necessary to avoid physical or emotional harm or pain;
(2) failure of the elderly or disabled person to provide for him- or herself the goods or services,
including medical services, that are necessary to avoid physical or emotional harm or pain;
(3) failure of a caretaker to provide to the elderly or disabled person the goods or services,
excluding medical services, that are necessary to avoid physical or emotional harm or pain.
1 & 2 are correct!
(1) a physician who has an active license and has never been disciplined by the Texas Medical
Board;
(2) a physician who has an active license but was disciplined (required to pay an administrative
penalty of $500) by the Texas Medical Board for failing to timely provide properly requested
,medical records to a patient; - ANS-Which of the following physicians can be the supervising
physician of a physician assistant?
(1) a physician who has an active license and has never been disciplined by the Texas Medical
Board;
(2) a physician who has an active license but was disciplined (required to pay an administrative
penalty of $500) by the Texas Medical Board for failing to timely provide properly requested
medical records to a patient;
(3) a physician who has an active license but was disciplined (required to give up his schedule II
and III prescribing authority) for prescribing controlled substances to several patients who
exhibited drug-seeking behavior;
(4) a physician who has an active license but was disciplined (required to give up his prescribing
authority for all scheduled drugs) for prescribing controlled substances to several patients who
exhibited drug-seeking behavior.
1 & 3 ARE CORRECT
(1) the failure to seek, obtain, or follow through with medical care for a child, with the failure
resulting in or presenting a substantial risk of death, disfigurement, or bodily injury or with the
failure resulting in an observable and material impairment to the growth, development, or
functioning of the child;
(3) the failure to provide a child with food, clothing, or shelter necessary to sustain the life or
health of the child, excluding failure caused primarily by financial inability unless relief services
had been offered and refused. - ANS-"Neglect" of a child, as defined by law, includes which of
the following?
(1) the failure to seek, obtain, or follow through with medical care for a child, with the failure
resulting in or presenting a substantial risk of death, disfigurement, or bodily injury or with the
failure resulting in an observable and material impairment to the growth, development, or
functioning of the child;
(2) the failure to provide a child with food, clothing, or shelter necessary to enable the child to
participate in school and other functions and activities at a level equal to the average of other
children in the lowest economic quartile;
(3) the failure to provide a child with food, clothing, or shelter necessary to sustain the life or
health of the child, excluding failure caused primarily by financial inability unless relief services
had been offered and refused.
1 & 3 are correct!
(1) only as authorized through a physician's order, a standing medical order, a standing
delegation order or another order or protocol as defined by the Medical Board;
(3) only if the physician assistant is acting under continuous physician supervision, but constant
physical presence of the physician is not required; - ANS-At a physician's primary practice site,
, which of the following are true? The physician may delegate prescribing authority to a physician
assistant:
(1) only as authorized through a physician's order, a standing medical order, a standing
delegation order or another order or protocol as defined by the Medical Board;
(2) only if the physician assistant is acting under adequate physician supervision by having the
physician present at the site at all times that the physician assistant is authorized to prescribe;
(3) only if the physician assistant is acting under continuous physician supervision, but constant
physical presence of the physician is not required;
(4) only as specifically authorized for each patient by the treating physician.
1 & 3 are correct!
(1) sites serving certain medically underserved populations as specified by law;
(3) a facility-based practice site, such as a hospital or nursing home, as specified by law. -
ANS-The places a supervising physician may delegate to a physician assistant the authority to
prescribe or supply medication include which of the following?
(1) sites serving certain medically underserved populations as specified by law;
(2) sites serving exclusively chronic pain patients;
(3) a facility-based practice site, such as a hospital or nursing home, as specified by law.
1 & 3 are correct!
(1) may be subject to discipline by the Board of Nurse Examiners if he or she has a nursing
license;
(3) commits a felony of the third degree. - ANS-If a person holds himself or herself out as a
physician assistant, acts as a physician assistant or uses some combination or abbreviation of
the term "physician assistant" without meeting the legal requirements for the use of that term,
which of the following are true? The person:
(1) may be subject to discipline by the Board of Nurse Examiners if he or she has a nursing
license;
(2) commits a misdemeanor punishable by a fine;
(3) commits a felony of the third degree.
1 & 4 ARE TRUE.
(1) if the person using the resources of the elderly or disabled person has received benefits,
profits or gains that are more than "insignificant" as determined by a court of law;
(4) if the person using the resources did not obtain the informed consent of the elderly or
disabled person. - ANS-Using the resources of an elderly person (age 65 and older) or disabled
person, as defined by law, for monetary or personal benefit, profit, or gain constitutes
"exploitation" if which of the following are true?
