QME Exam 2026 (Actual Exam with 350
Questions, Correct Detailed Verified
Answers, Graded A+)
Holds authority to appoint physicians as QME evaluators -CORRECTANSWER
Administrative Director (AD) (LC 139.2)
Term of appointment as QME evaluator -CORRECTANSWER 2 years (LC 139.2)
3 requirements when seeking appointment as QME -CORRECTANSWER (1) Pass the
QME competency exam;
(2) Complete a 12-hour course in disability eval report writing;
(3) Devote at least 1/3rd of total practice time to providing direct medical treatment (or
have served as a AME on 8+ occasions in past 12 mos prior to application)
2 reasons for termination/suspension of a QME w/o a hearing -CORRECTANSWER (1)
Licensing board suspends/revokes/terminates license to practice
(2) Failure to pay required fee (upon appointment and yearly thereafter)
6 reasons for discipline (suspension/termination) of QMEs after a hearing -
CORRECTANSWER (1) Violation of material statutory or administrative duty;
(2) Failure to follow medical procedures or qualifications;
(3) Failure to comply with the timeframe standards;
,(4) Failure to meet licensing/certification requirements;
(5) Preparation of medical-legal evaluations that fail to meet the minimum standards for
those reports as established by the administrative director or the appeals board;
(6) Making material misrepresentations or false statements in an application for
appointment or reappointment as a qualified medical evaluator.
3 types of substantive medical disputes resolved by QMEs -CORRECTANSWER (1)
Compensability of the claim;
(2) Permanent disability;
(3) "Catch-all" (temporary disability, work restrictions, new and further disabilities after
permanent disability (detereoration of original injury), compensability of new body part
added to claim)
Definition of *injury* in compensability claims -CORRECTANSWER (1) An injury or
disease arising out of employment;
(2) A *derivative* injury caused by treatment of an injury arising out of employment;
(3) Any reaction to or side effect from preventative health care the employer provides to
health care workers
*Specific injury* -CORRECTANSWER Occurs as the result of a single incident or
exposure
, *Cumulative injury* -CORRECTANSWER Results from repetitive trauma (mental or
physical) over a period of time
2 requirements for a condition to be considered an injury -CORRECTANSWER (1)
Cause disability; or
(2) Result in a need for medical treatment
Occupational disease -CORRECTANSWER Disease that in whole or part is caused by
work
7 types of excluded injuries -CORRECTANSWER (1) Caused by employee's use of
alcohol or illegal controlled substances;
(2) Intentionally self-inflicted injuries;
(3) Suicide;
(4) Resulting from altercations, in which the injured employee is the *initial physical
aggressor*;
(5) Resulting from the employee's commission of a felony, for which the employee has
been convicted (including "wobbly felonies," which are crimes that may be prosecuted
as misdemeanors or felonies)
(6) Resulting from off-duty recreational activities, in which participation in the activities
does not constitute part of the employee's work-related duties and the activity is not an
expressed or implicit condition of employment;
Questions, Correct Detailed Verified
Answers, Graded A+)
Holds authority to appoint physicians as QME evaluators -CORRECTANSWER
Administrative Director (AD) (LC 139.2)
Term of appointment as QME evaluator -CORRECTANSWER 2 years (LC 139.2)
3 requirements when seeking appointment as QME -CORRECTANSWER (1) Pass the
QME competency exam;
(2) Complete a 12-hour course in disability eval report writing;
(3) Devote at least 1/3rd of total practice time to providing direct medical treatment (or
have served as a AME on 8+ occasions in past 12 mos prior to application)
2 reasons for termination/suspension of a QME w/o a hearing -CORRECTANSWER (1)
Licensing board suspends/revokes/terminates license to practice
(2) Failure to pay required fee (upon appointment and yearly thereafter)
6 reasons for discipline (suspension/termination) of QMEs after a hearing -
CORRECTANSWER (1) Violation of material statutory or administrative duty;
(2) Failure to follow medical procedures or qualifications;
(3) Failure to comply with the timeframe standards;
,(4) Failure to meet licensing/certification requirements;
(5) Preparation of medical-legal evaluations that fail to meet the minimum standards for
those reports as established by the administrative director or the appeals board;
(6) Making material misrepresentations or false statements in an application for
appointment or reappointment as a qualified medical evaluator.
3 types of substantive medical disputes resolved by QMEs -CORRECTANSWER (1)
Compensability of the claim;
(2) Permanent disability;
(3) "Catch-all" (temporary disability, work restrictions, new and further disabilities after
permanent disability (detereoration of original injury), compensability of new body part
added to claim)
Definition of *injury* in compensability claims -CORRECTANSWER (1) An injury or
disease arising out of employment;
(2) A *derivative* injury caused by treatment of an injury arising out of employment;
(3) Any reaction to or side effect from preventative health care the employer provides to
health care workers
*Specific injury* -CORRECTANSWER Occurs as the result of a single incident or
exposure
, *Cumulative injury* -CORRECTANSWER Results from repetitive trauma (mental or
physical) over a period of time
2 requirements for a condition to be considered an injury -CORRECTANSWER (1)
Cause disability; or
(2) Result in a need for medical treatment
Occupational disease -CORRECTANSWER Disease that in whole or part is caused by
work
7 types of excluded injuries -CORRECTANSWER (1) Caused by employee's use of
alcohol or illegal controlled substances;
(2) Intentionally self-inflicted injuries;
(3) Suicide;
(4) Resulting from altercations, in which the injured employee is the *initial physical
aggressor*;
(5) Resulting from the employee's commission of a felony, for which the employee has
been convicted (including "wobbly felonies," which are crimes that may be prosecuted
as misdemeanors or felonies)
(6) Resulting from off-duty recreational activities, in which participation in the activities
does not constitute part of the employee's work-related duties and the activity is not an
expressed or implicit condition of employment;
