CCHP COMPLETE EXAM STUDY
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
1. Access to Care - ANSWER A patient can be seen by a clinician in a timely
manner.
2. Patient Safety - ANSWER Systems are in place to prevent adverse and near
miss clinical events.
3. Final clinical judgment - ANSWER Single, designated licensed responsible
physician
4. RHA when there is a separate organizational structure for MH services -
ANSWER Designated MH clinician
5. Health Administrator - ANSWER A person by virtue of education,
experience, or certification is capable of assuming responsibility for
arranging all levels of health care and ensuring quality and accessible health
services for inmates
6. Qualified health care professionals - ANSWER Physicians, PAs, nurses,
NPs, dentists, MHPs, and others who are permitted by law to evaluate and
care for patients
7. Health care liaison - ANSWER Correction officer or other person without a
health care license who is trained/instructed by the responsible physician in
, limited aspects of health care coordination and coordinates services on days
when no qualified health care professionals are available for 24 hours
8. Examples of interference with medical autonomy - ANSWER Cancellation
of scheduled community consultants' appointments, discontinuance of
necessary medical diets without QHP approval
9. Policy - ANSWER Official position on a particular issue related to
operations
10.Procedure - ANSWER Describes in detail how a policy is to be carried out
11.How often are health care polices and procedures reviewed? - ANSWER At
least annually, signed by the RHA and responsible physician
12.CQI Thresholds - ANSWER Expected level of performance stabled by the
quality improvement committee
13.CQI committee meets how often to review the effectiveness of the CQI
program? - ANSWER Annually
14.Is Hepatitis C a special need? - ANSWER No
15.Chronic disease - ANSWER An illness or condition that affects an
individual's wellbeing for an extended interval, usually at least 6 months
16.Safety concerns, full privacy lacking? - ANSWER Alternative strategies for
partial visual privacy and partial auditory privacy to be considered
, 17.Primary method of infection control - ANSWER Standard precautions
18.When can health care professionals father forensic evidence from a victim? -
ANSWER With a sexual abuse victim's permission
19.What type of license is not in compliance with NCCHC credentialing
standards? - ANSWER Restricted license that limits practice to correctional
institutions
20.Amount of required continuing education for NCCHC re-certification for an
indvidual - ANSWER 18 hours per year, 6 related to correctional health
care
21.Licensing requirements for staff if an institution wishes to be accredited by
NCCHC - ANSWER 12 hours per year of continuing ed, or a current
license that meets basic requirements for that state
22.Factors for the amount and type of qualified health care professionals in a
facility - ANSWER Size of facility, types and scope of health services
delivered, needs of the inmate population, organizational structure
23.Dispensing - ANSWER Placing of one or more doses of a prescribed
medication into containers that are correctly labeled to indicate the name of
the patient, the contents, and all other vital information
24.Who maintains documentation that onsite diagnostic services are certified
and licensed? - ANSWER RHA
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
1. Access to Care - ANSWER A patient can be seen by a clinician in a timely
manner.
2. Patient Safety - ANSWER Systems are in place to prevent adverse and near
miss clinical events.
3. Final clinical judgment - ANSWER Single, designated licensed responsible
physician
4. RHA when there is a separate organizational structure for MH services -
ANSWER Designated MH clinician
5. Health Administrator - ANSWER A person by virtue of education,
experience, or certification is capable of assuming responsibility for
arranging all levels of health care and ensuring quality and accessible health
services for inmates
6. Qualified health care professionals - ANSWER Physicians, PAs, nurses,
NPs, dentists, MHPs, and others who are permitted by law to evaluate and
care for patients
7. Health care liaison - ANSWER Correction officer or other person without a
health care license who is trained/instructed by the responsible physician in
, limited aspects of health care coordination and coordinates services on days
when no qualified health care professionals are available for 24 hours
8. Examples of interference with medical autonomy - ANSWER Cancellation
of scheduled community consultants' appointments, discontinuance of
necessary medical diets without QHP approval
9. Policy - ANSWER Official position on a particular issue related to
operations
10.Procedure - ANSWER Describes in detail how a policy is to be carried out
11.How often are health care polices and procedures reviewed? - ANSWER At
least annually, signed by the RHA and responsible physician
12.CQI Thresholds - ANSWER Expected level of performance stabled by the
quality improvement committee
13.CQI committee meets how often to review the effectiveness of the CQI
program? - ANSWER Annually
14.Is Hepatitis C a special need? - ANSWER No
15.Chronic disease - ANSWER An illness or condition that affects an
individual's wellbeing for an extended interval, usually at least 6 months
16.Safety concerns, full privacy lacking? - ANSWER Alternative strategies for
partial visual privacy and partial auditory privacy to be considered
, 17.Primary method of infection control - ANSWER Standard precautions
18.When can health care professionals father forensic evidence from a victim? -
ANSWER With a sexual abuse victim's permission
19.What type of license is not in compliance with NCCHC credentialing
standards? - ANSWER Restricted license that limits practice to correctional
institutions
20.Amount of required continuing education for NCCHC re-certification for an
indvidual - ANSWER 18 hours per year, 6 related to correctional health
care
21.Licensing requirements for staff if an institution wishes to be accredited by
NCCHC - ANSWER 12 hours per year of continuing ed, or a current
license that meets basic requirements for that state
22.Factors for the amount and type of qualified health care professionals in a
facility - ANSWER Size of facility, types and scope of health services
delivered, needs of the inmate population, organizational structure
23.Dispensing - ANSWER Placing of one or more doses of a prescribed
medication into containers that are correctly labeled to indicate the name of
the patient, the contents, and all other vital information
24.Who maintains documentation that onsite diagnostic services are certified
and licensed? - ANSWER RHA
