Medical Law and Ethics — practice questions
4.7% of the exam ≈7 real questions 4 free questions here
7 scored items — the smallest domain, but the one where a wrong answer in real life is most costly. HIPAA, consent, scope of practice, documentation and mandatory reporting.
Where people lose points
- HIPAA's minimum necessary rule means access is limited to what the job requires — being an employee does not authorize looking.
- Informed consent is obtained by the provider performing the procedure. The assistant may witness the signature; that is a different act.
- Implied consent covers routine acts like rolling up a sleeve for a blood pressure. It does not extend to invasive procedures.
- Scope of practice is the theme running through this domain. If an option has the assistant diagnosing, prescribing or interpreting results for a patient, it is wrong.
- Mandatory reporting overrides confidentiality in defined situations, and those situations are specific rather than a matter of judgment.
Drill: Medical Law and Ethics
4 free questions from this domain, each with an explanation and a cited source. Timed at real exam pace.
4 questions
Pass line: 78%, same as the real exam
See the answer and explanation right after each question.