Jurisprudence Exam

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Welcome to the Jurisprudence exam!

The Jurisprudence exam is required to be taken and passed prior to re certification or obtaining initial EMS certification with the State of Texas. The exam is an open resource exam and a grade of 70% or higher must be achieved. There is no limit to the number of times the exam can be attempted, and it is not a timed exam. Once the exam is passed, the certification will be sent via email. 1 hour of EMS CE will be awarded. RC Health Services awards CE through the State of Texas. Please do not close this window until exam is complete.

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Terms and Conditions:
The exam you are about to take is copyrighted content from the American Heart Association. RC Health Services has obtained special permission to administer the exam this way through the “Interim Guidance: Virtual Training Options during COVID-19 Outbreak” memo from the American Heart Association Training Network. This exam is to be kept confidential. You may not share the content, answers, questions, or any other material to anyone through any means.

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1. Abandonment is:*

Failure to gain patient consent for treatment if patient is alert, conscious, and oriented

Leaving a patient without appropriate medical care once patient contact has been made or turning over the care to an individual of lesser education when advanced treatment has been started.

Failure to show up for a shift that you have been assigned to

Leaving your station or assigned area without permission from a supervisor to do so

2. A certificant is*

A document showing that a student has completed training or continuing education hours

Any person certified to drive a vehicle

Emergency medical services personnel with current certification from the Texas Deptartment of State Health Services

An individual who holds a current paramedic license from the NREMT

3. A continuing education credit awarded for successful completion of a unit of learning activity is a:*

Credit Hour

Candidate

Distance Learning

Current

4. What is the minimum staffing requirement for a Basic Life Support (BLS) with Mobile intensive Care Unit (MICU) capability authorized ambulance when operating at a BLS level?*

One Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and one paramedic

One ECA and one paramedic

Two paramedics

Two Emergency Care Attendants (ECAs)

5. What is the length of time a provider has to provide a completed patient care report to the receiving facility?*

12 hours

24 hours

48 hours

8 hours

6. How long is an EMS provider license effective?*

Two years

Ten years

One year

Four years

7. All EMS vehicles are required to have their provider number prominently displayed on both sides of their ambulance in at least ______ lettering and in contrasting color.*

3 inch

1 inch

2 inch

4 inch

8. Who is responsible for keeping up with EMS Continuing Education hours required for renewal?*

The certified or licensed EMS personnel

Texas Deptartment of State Health Services

EMS provider

Medical Director

9. An individual who serves as a liaison between the employer’s employees who have been or believe they have been exposed to potential lifethreatening disease, through a person who was treated and/or transported by the EMS provider is the:*

State EMS Director

Infection Control Office

Administrator of Record

Medical Director

10. All MICU EMS vehicles must have active 12-lead capability cardiac monitor/defibrillators by January 1st, 2020.*

True

False

11. Which penalty may be assessed when an EMS provider is in violation of the Health and Safety Code 773, 25 TAC 157 or the reasons outlined in subsection (c) and (d) of this subsection?*

Administrative

Emergency Suspension

Plan of Correction

Accountability

12. A Probated Suspension issued by the Texas Deptartment of State Health Services is effective immediately without a hearing or notice to the license holder if the deptartment has reasonable cause to believe that the conduct of any license provider creates an imminent danger to public health or safety*

True

False

13. An initial candidate for certification shall complete all requirements for certification within _____ year(s) after the applicant’s course completion date>=>*

14. EMS personnel must notify the deptartment within ______ days of a change of address.*

15. Within what time frame must you notify the employer, appropriate legal authority, or the Deptartment of the abuse or injury to a patient or the public?*

5 days

24 hours

12 hours

3 days

16. Which of the following responsibilities of EMS personnel is not required by the Deptartment?*

Accurate, complete, and/or clearly written patient care reports

Certified or licensed EMS personnel must carry their deptartment issued certification or license on their person while on duty

Following the approved medical director’s protocol and policies

Taking precautions to prevent the misappropriation of medications, supplies, equipment, personal items, or money belonging to the patient, emplyer or any person or entity

17. During the license period, the EMS personnel responsibilities shall include:*

Maintaining active employment with no more than one licensed EMS provider

Notifying the deptartment of writing within 30 days of intent to enroll with an EMS Education Program for the purpose of upgrading the current certification

Maintaining skill and knowledge to perform the duties or meet the responsibilities required of current level EMS certification

Applying and obtaining category-E State Driver’s License (for EMS Personnel Only)

18. Which statement below is untrue:*

EMS certificants that expire within 90-days or less must pay a non-refundable renewal fee that is equal to 1 1/2 times the normal required application renewal fee for that level

EMS certificants that expire between 91 days and one year must pay a non-refundable fee that is equal to 2 times greater the normally required application renewal fee for that level

Late renewal certificants will be renewed from the date of issuance

EMS certificants that are expired more than one year must follow the late recertification requirements in order to recertify

19. All newly certified applicants and re-certified applicants are required to take a state approved jurisprudence exam each time a certification is up for renewal.*

False

True

20. All certification holders are required to maintain their CE records for:*

4 years following the same certification/renewal cycle

8 years, the state may audit the previous renewal period documentation

6 years, two years beyond the certification/renewal cycle

5 years, 1 year beyond the certification/renewal cycle

21. Which of the following might result in administrative action against your EMS certification?*

The certificant follows medical control (physician) orders that are different than his protocol orders

The certificant leaves his duty station before his shift ends without ensuring that there is someone to cover the remainder of his shift

The certificant documents more continuing education hours than necessary to renew their certification

The certificant submits a recertification fee to the state that is more than the required fee

22. A medic that has been arrested for a serious charge such as aggravated kidnapping or murder has ______ days to notify the deptartment of his arrest.*

23. Which of the following actions could result in disciplinary action taken against an EMS certificate holder or licensed paramedic’s certification?*

Failing to notify the Deptartment within 30 days of a change of address

Behaving in a disruptive manner toward law enforcement, other EMS personnel, firefighters, hospital personnel, other medical personnel, patient, family members or others, that interferes with patient care or could be reasonably expected to adversely impact the quaility of care rendered to a patient

All of the above

Failing to complete a drug screen, at the request of an employer, prior to working an assigned EMS shift

24. EMS personnel are required to notify the deptartment of his or her arrest, being charged or indicted of any criminal offense, other than any class C misdemeanor not directly related to EMS within how many business days?*

25. In which of the following statements would a medic receive continuing education?*

A medic attends a lay person CPR class

A medic researches a topic on his own and is not published

A medic attends a one-hour training session on anaphylaxis that is taught by a state approved CE program

A medic attends a one-hour regional advisory council general assembly meeting