Legal and Medical Practice Quiz

Practice of Medicine

• The practice of medicine does not include a legally registered dentist evacuating a dental abscess or a registered optometrist prescribing corrective lenses.
• Medical students under direct supervision of a resident and a friend prescribing ginger ale for stomach aches are also not considered practicing medicine.

Laws and Rights

• Substantive Law prescribes the rights and obligations of persons in their daily relations with each other and with society.
• Remedial Law, on the other hand, deals with the mechanical rules that govern the means by which substantive rights and duties are vindicated or enforced.

Termination of Contract

• A contract between a patient and a physician can be terminated due to the death or incapacity of the doctor, immediate withdrawal of the physician after refusal of the patient to comply, or discharge of the physician by the patient.
• Recovery of the patient is also a circumstance that can terminate the contract.

Legal Terminology

• Forensic refers to anything belonging to the court of law or used in court of legal proceedings, or something fitted for legal or public argumentations.
• Fiscal refers to laws related to financial matters.

Laws Enforced by the State

• All laws, except Natural Law, are enforced by the state.

Adultery and Concubinage

• Adultery refers to a married woman having sexual intercourse with a man who knows her to be married.

Gratuitous Service

• A physician is not obligated to render gratuitous service to a high school classmate or a common-law spouse of a colleague.

Regulation of Medicine

• The right to regulate the practice of medicine is under the police power of the state.

Medical Records

• Medical records belong to the patient.

Branches of Medicine

• Medical jurisprudence is the branch of medicine that applies law in the practice of medicine.

Physician Rights

• Inherent rights of physicians include the right to membership in medical societies, the right to choose their patients, and the right to determine appropriate management procedures.
• Incidental rights of physicians include the right of way while responding to an emergency call and exemption from execution of instruments and library.

Damages

• Nominal damages refer to a trifling sum awarded to the plaintiff in an action where there is no substantial loss or injury to be compensated.

Blood Alcohol Level

• A blood alcohol level of 0.1 - 0.15g% can result in a coma.

Medical Fees

• A retainer fee is a medical fee dependent on the space of time and not the quality or quantity of medical services rendered.