Texas State Medical Jurisprudence Exam (Board Review) – Complete Questions and Answers 100% Correct
Question: When to report child abuse/neglect?
Correct answer: Within 48 hours
Question: When to report birth certificate?
Correct answer: 5 days
Question: When to report death certificate?
Correct answer: 10 days
Question: Reporting most communicable diseases?
Correct answer: 7 days (1 day for TB and pertussis)
Question: When supplying medical records by?
Correct answer: 15 days
Question: How many people compose the Texas Medical
Board? How many MDs? DOs? Laypersons? How long is the term?
Correct answer: 12 are physicians (9 MD, 3 DO). 7 are
laypersons. All are appointed by the governor for 6-year terms.
Question: Who does the Texas Medical Practice Act apply to?
Correct answer: Only Texas-licensed doctors practicing in
Texas.
Question: What criteria is needed for licensure?
Correct answer: Complete college (60 credit hours), have an
MD or DO, pass the USMLE Steps 1-3 (within the past 7 years) and the Texas JP exam, complete intern (PGY1) year.
Question: What is the renewal schedule for your Texas
medical license? Overdue fines? Expiration?
Correct answer: Renew every two years. No fine if expired <
30 days, $75 if < 90 days, $145 if < 365 days. Canceled after
- year, must reapply. After 2 years, retake JP exam.
Practicing with expired license after 30 days is a third-degree felony.
Question: How much Continuing Medical Education (CME)
must you have to renew your license?Correct answer: 48 hours of CME: 1/2 formal, 1/2 informal (self-reported, volunteering, peer review), and 2 hours of medical ethics/professional responsibility.
Question: When must you inform the TMB of any
name/practice address changes?
Correct answer: 30 days.
Question: When do you have to notify the TMB when you
receive a lawsuit?
Correct answer: Insurance will do it for you, but if you don't
have insurance, you have to tell the TMB in 30 days.
Question: When must the TMB be notified if a hospital takes
disciplinary action against a physician (affecting privileges)?
Correct answer: If the restriction lasts more than 30 days.
Question: What do you need to practice telemedicine in
Texas?
Correct answer: A special Texas telemedicine license
(requires JP exam), a full medical license in good standing in another state, board certified in specialty, not practicing medicine physically in Texas.
Question: What states are contiguous with Texas? What can
these doctors order?
Correct answer: Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, New
Mexico. They can order home health and hospice services for patients in Texas.
Question: What can physicians from other states provide in
Texas? Not telemedicine/contiguous states.
Correct answer: They can provide expert opinion to other
physicians or for any educational services within or across state lines (not direct patient care).