CCHP Test 2025 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the definition of Access to Care - Correct answers✔✔A patient is able to be seen by
qualified health care professional, be rendered a clinical judgement, and receive care that is
ordered.
Who is considered a qualified health care professional? - Correct answers✔✔Physicians, PAs,
Nurses, NPs, Dental professionals, Mental health professionals, and others who by their
education, credentials and experience are permitted by law to evaluate and care for patients.
What is the fundamental principle established by the Supreme Court in Estelle V Gamble 1976 -
Correct answers✔✔Inmates must have access to care to meet their serious health needs
What are some examples of barriers to health services that should be avoided - Correct
answers✔✔1. Punishing inmates for seeking care for their health needs
2. Assessing excessive fees that prevent or deter inmates for their health needs
3. Detering inmates from seeking care for their health needs (i.e. holding sick call at 2 am)
4. Having an understaffed, underfunded, or poorly organized system with the result that is not
able to provide appropriate and timely access to care
5. Having a utilization review process that inappropriately delays or denies necessary health care
What is the definition of the responsible health authority (RHA) - Correct answers✔✔A
designated individual or entity that is tasked with ensuring the organization and delivery of all
health care in the facility
Who may serve as an RHA - Correct answers✔✔Physician
Health services administrator
,An identified agency
What is required when the RHA is a state, regional, national, or corporate entity - Correct
answers✔✔A designated individual at the local level who is on site at least weekly to ensure that
policies are carried out
What is a responsible physician - Correct answers✔✔A designated MD or DO who has the final
authority at a given facility regarding clinical issues
What is a designated mental health clinician - Correct answers✔✔Refers to a psychiatrist,
psychologist, or psychiatric social worker who is responsible for clinical mental health issues
when mental health services at the facility are under a different authority than medical services
What is a designated dental clinician - Correct answers✔✔a DMD or DDS who is responsible
for dental issues when dental services at the facility are under a different authority than medical
services
What is a health services administrator - Correct answers✔✔a person who by education,
experience, or certification (e.g. MSN, MPH, MHA, FACHE, CCHP) is capable of assuming
responsibility for arranging all levels of health care and ensuring quality and accessible health
services for inmates
What is the function of the RHA - Correct answers✔✔To ensure health services are organized,
adequate, and efficient.
What is required if the RHA is not a physician - Correct answers✔✔The responsible physician
supervises the clinical aspects of health care
, What is a qualified health professional - Correct answers✔✔An individual who by virtue of their
education, credentials, and experience are permitted by law to evaluate and care for patients
Who are considered custodial staff - Correct answers✔✔Line security and custodial
administration
Health staff includes - Correct answers✔✔All full-time, part-time, and per diem qualified health
care professionals as well as administrative and support staff
Facility staff means - Correct answers✔✔Custody and health staff members
What is a policy - Correct answers✔✔A facility's official position on an issue related to its
operation
What is a procedure - Correct answers✔✔Describes in detail, sometimes in sequence, how a
policy is supposed to be caried out
What is a quality improvement committee - Correct answers✔✔A body of health staff from
various disciplines that designs quality improvement monitoring activities, discusses the results,
and implements corrective actions
What are clinical encounters with - Correct answers✔✔Interactions between patients and heath
staff that involve an assessment, examination, treatment, and or exchange of PHI
What elements does a healthcare record - Correct answers✔✔1. Identifying information
2. A problem list
3. Receiving screening and health assessment forms
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the definition of Access to Care - Correct answers✔✔A patient is able to be seen by
qualified health care professional, be rendered a clinical judgement, and receive care that is
ordered.
Who is considered a qualified health care professional? - Correct answers✔✔Physicians, PAs,
Nurses, NPs, Dental professionals, Mental health professionals, and others who by their
education, credentials and experience are permitted by law to evaluate and care for patients.
What is the fundamental principle established by the Supreme Court in Estelle V Gamble 1976 -
Correct answers✔✔Inmates must have access to care to meet their serious health needs
What are some examples of barriers to health services that should be avoided - Correct
answers✔✔1. Punishing inmates for seeking care for their health needs
2. Assessing excessive fees that prevent or deter inmates for their health needs
3. Detering inmates from seeking care for their health needs (i.e. holding sick call at 2 am)
4. Having an understaffed, underfunded, or poorly organized system with the result that is not
able to provide appropriate and timely access to care
5. Having a utilization review process that inappropriately delays or denies necessary health care
What is the definition of the responsible health authority (RHA) - Correct answers✔✔A
designated individual or entity that is tasked with ensuring the organization and delivery of all
health care in the facility
Who may serve as an RHA - Correct answers✔✔Physician
Health services administrator
,An identified agency
What is required when the RHA is a state, regional, national, or corporate entity - Correct
answers✔✔A designated individual at the local level who is on site at least weekly to ensure that
policies are carried out
What is a responsible physician - Correct answers✔✔A designated MD or DO who has the final
authority at a given facility regarding clinical issues
What is a designated mental health clinician - Correct answers✔✔Refers to a psychiatrist,
psychologist, or psychiatric social worker who is responsible for clinical mental health issues
when mental health services at the facility are under a different authority than medical services
What is a designated dental clinician - Correct answers✔✔a DMD or DDS who is responsible
for dental issues when dental services at the facility are under a different authority than medical
services
What is a health services administrator - Correct answers✔✔a person who by education,
experience, or certification (e.g. MSN, MPH, MHA, FACHE, CCHP) is capable of assuming
responsibility for arranging all levels of health care and ensuring quality and accessible health
services for inmates
What is the function of the RHA - Correct answers✔✔To ensure health services are organized,
adequate, and efficient.
What is required if the RHA is not a physician - Correct answers✔✔The responsible physician
supervises the clinical aspects of health care
, What is a qualified health professional - Correct answers✔✔An individual who by virtue of their
education, credentials, and experience are permitted by law to evaluate and care for patients
Who are considered custodial staff - Correct answers✔✔Line security and custodial
administration
Health staff includes - Correct answers✔✔All full-time, part-time, and per diem qualified health
care professionals as well as administrative and support staff
Facility staff means - Correct answers✔✔Custody and health staff members
What is a policy - Correct answers✔✔A facility's official position on an issue related to its
operation
What is a procedure - Correct answers✔✔Describes in detail, sometimes in sequence, how a
policy is supposed to be caried out
What is a quality improvement committee - Correct answers✔✔A body of health staff from
various disciplines that designs quality improvement monitoring activities, discusses the results,
and implements corrective actions
What are clinical encounters with - Correct answers✔✔Interactions between patients and heath
staff that involve an assessment, examination, treatment, and or exchange of PHI
What elements does a healthcare record - Correct answers✔✔1. Identifying information
2. A problem list
3. Receiving screening and health assessment forms
