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COMLEX Medical Law/Ethics Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
What are the reportable disease in most US states?
⼀Answer:- HepA
HepB
Syphilis
Gonorrhea
Mumps
Measles
Rubella
Tuberculosis
Salmonellosis
Shigellosis
E.Coli (think food outbreaks)
AIDS (not HIV)
Varicella
Meningitis
***easily spread and/or dangerous diseases need to be reported
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True or False: Parents can refuse to have their child receive
Chemotherapy
⼀Answer:- False- if parents refuse consent for treatment for a non-
emergent, but fatal medical condition the physical should obtain a
court order
In terms of consent, if both parents (who are divorced) have
custody of a child, do both need to give consent for the child to be
treated?
⼀Answer:- No- only one parent needs to consent for treatment
What classifies one as an emancipated minor?
⼀Answer:- Homeless
Parent (i.e. 16yo mother)
Married
Military
Finically independent
High School Graduate
What medical circumstances do minor not need parental consent?
⼀Answer:- emergency care
STIs
substance abuse
prenatal care
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How long does a physician have to release records when
requested by a patient?
⼀Answer:- 30 days
What is the difference between competency and capacity?
⼀Answer:- Competency= legal definition
Capacity= medical definition
--ability to make decisions on their own
What is the Hospice Model?
⼀Answer:- -focus on quality of life (not life prolongation)
-symptomatic control (i.e. pain, N/V, anxiety, depression)
-interdisciplinary team (medical, nursing, psychosocial, spiritual,
bereavement care)
-services provided at home, assisted living, or dedicated facility
-requires a survival prognosis of <6mo
What are the 2 components of an advance directive?
⼀Answer:- 1. Living will
2. Durable power of attorney
What happens if a durable power of attorney disagrees with the
patients living will?
COMLEX Medical Law/Ethics Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
What are the reportable disease in most US states?
⼀Answer:- HepA
HepB
Syphilis
Gonorrhea
Mumps
Measles
Rubella
Tuberculosis
Salmonellosis
Shigellosis
E.Coli (think food outbreaks)
AIDS (not HIV)
Varicella
Meningitis
***easily spread and/or dangerous diseases need to be reported
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True or False: Parents can refuse to have their child receive
Chemotherapy
⼀Answer:- False- if parents refuse consent for treatment for a non-
emergent, but fatal medical condition the physical should obtain a
court order
In terms of consent, if both parents (who are divorced) have
custody of a child, do both need to give consent for the child to be
treated?
⼀Answer:- No- only one parent needs to consent for treatment
What classifies one as an emancipated minor?
⼀Answer:- Homeless
Parent (i.e. 16yo mother)
Married
Military
Finically independent
High School Graduate
What medical circumstances do minor not need parental consent?
⼀Answer:- emergency care
STIs
substance abuse
prenatal care
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How long does a physician have to release records when
requested by a patient?
⼀Answer:- 30 days
What is the difference between competency and capacity?
⼀Answer:- Competency= legal definition
Capacity= medical definition
--ability to make decisions on their own
What is the Hospice Model?
⼀Answer:- -focus on quality of life (not life prolongation)
-symptomatic control (i.e. pain, N/V, anxiety, depression)
-interdisciplinary team (medical, nursing, psychosocial, spiritual,
bereavement care)
-services provided at home, assisted living, or dedicated facility
-requires a survival prognosis of <6mo
What are the 2 components of an advance directive?
⼀Answer:- 1. Living will
2. Durable power of attorney
What happens if a durable power of attorney disagrees with the
patients living will?
