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TEXAS JURISPRUDENCE BANK 2026 EXAM
ALL COMPLETE CURRENT TESTING
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED CORRECT
ANSWERS (VERIFIED) GUARANTEED
PASS/TOP-RATED A+.
JURISPRUDENCE
Maximize your success on the Texas Jurisprudence Exam with
focused preparation that strengthens your understanding of the
Texas Occupations Code, state board rules, ethical standards,
and scope of practice regulations specific to your healthcare
profession (e.g., nursing, medicine, pharmacy, counseling). It is
specifically designed for healthcare professionals to
demonstrate their knowledge of the laws governing their
practice in the state.
Can a patient successfully sue a doctor if there is no
physician-patient relationship? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER .......
No
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If there is no prior physician-patient relationship, are you
legally obliged to respond to a call from a patient for
treatment? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... No
Does being on call give rise to a physician-patient
relationship? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... No
How can one terminate a physician-patient relationship,
without abandonment if there is ongoing treatment? ✓
✓...... ANSWER ....... 30 days written notice; must provide
for emergency
Does a physician's duty extend to the unborn child or
potential victims of an ill patient? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER .......
Yes
What is "proximate cause"? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER .......
Prove that negligence caused harm and that the cause was
not too remote; what is required to hold a defendant liable in
a civil lawsuit
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What are the two components of proximate cause? ✓ ✓......
ANSWER ....... Cause-in-fact (but-for test) and
foreseeability
Does an expert witness have to be actively practicing
medicine? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... Yes
Does an expert witness have to know standards of care? ✓
✓...... ANSWER ....... Yes
Does an expert witness have to have enough training to
express an opinion on whether standard of care was
provided? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... Yes
Does an expert witness have to be board certified? ✓ ✓......
ANSWER ....... No, board certified or eqivalent
In a medical malpractice case, are expert witnesses
required? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... Yes, with two
exceptions
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In a medical malpractice setting, what 2 instances do not
need expert testimony? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... Res ipsa
loquitur (e.g., amputation of wrong leg) and negligence per
se (a law was broken)
What are "exemplary damages"? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER .......
Damages above compensatory designed to punish the
defendant and deter the behavior
Is there a cap to noneconomic damages? How much? ✓
✓...... ANSWER ....... $250,000 for physicians, $500,000
for hospitals
Does the cap on noneconomic damage depend on the
number of defendants or claimants? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER
....... No
What is "proportional responsibility"? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER
....... Percentage of liability apportioned according to
percentage of fault
TEXAS JURISPRUDENCE BANK 2026 EXAM
ALL COMPLETE CURRENT TESTING
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED CORRECT
ANSWERS (VERIFIED) GUARANTEED
PASS/TOP-RATED A+.
JURISPRUDENCE
Maximize your success on the Texas Jurisprudence Exam with
focused preparation that strengthens your understanding of the
Texas Occupations Code, state board rules, ethical standards,
and scope of practice regulations specific to your healthcare
profession (e.g., nursing, medicine, pharmacy, counseling). It is
specifically designed for healthcare professionals to
demonstrate their knowledge of the laws governing their
practice in the state.
Can a patient successfully sue a doctor if there is no
physician-patient relationship? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER .......
No
, Page 2 of 115
If there is no prior physician-patient relationship, are you
legally obliged to respond to a call from a patient for
treatment? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... No
Does being on call give rise to a physician-patient
relationship? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... No
How can one terminate a physician-patient relationship,
without abandonment if there is ongoing treatment? ✓
✓...... ANSWER ....... 30 days written notice; must provide
for emergency
Does a physician's duty extend to the unborn child or
potential victims of an ill patient? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER .......
Yes
What is "proximate cause"? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER .......
Prove that negligence caused harm and that the cause was
not too remote; what is required to hold a defendant liable in
a civil lawsuit
, Page 3 of 115
What are the two components of proximate cause? ✓ ✓......
ANSWER ....... Cause-in-fact (but-for test) and
foreseeability
Does an expert witness have to be actively practicing
medicine? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... Yes
Does an expert witness have to know standards of care? ✓
✓...... ANSWER ....... Yes
Does an expert witness have to have enough training to
express an opinion on whether standard of care was
provided? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... Yes
Does an expert witness have to be board certified? ✓ ✓......
ANSWER ....... No, board certified or eqivalent
In a medical malpractice case, are expert witnesses
required? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... Yes, with two
exceptions
, Page 4 of 115
In a medical malpractice setting, what 2 instances do not
need expert testimony? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... Res ipsa
loquitur (e.g., amputation of wrong leg) and negligence per
se (a law was broken)
What are "exemplary damages"? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER .......
Damages above compensatory designed to punish the
defendant and deter the behavior
Is there a cap to noneconomic damages? How much? ✓
✓...... ANSWER ....... $250,000 for physicians, $500,000
for hospitals
Does the cap on noneconomic damage depend on the
number of defendants or claimants? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER
....... No
What is "proportional responsibility"? ✓ ✓...... ANSWER
....... Percentage of liability apportioned according to
percentage of fault
