| Question |
Answer |
| HIPAA regulations require you to keep adult patient records for |
6 years |
| HIPAA regulations require you to keep minor patient records for |
until they are 21 or 5 years after the record is made |
| How long do you have to release patient records to the patient? |
24-48 hours |
| What fees can you charge for providing patient records? |
.68 per page- 20.52 preparation fee- and shipping and handling |
| If the patient doesn’t pay you for the records |
you can withhold them - but you can't withhold them if they owe you for services but pay your record fees . |
| If you die |
your estate must publish a notice in a daily newspaper for two weeks stating the records will be destroyed or transferred |
| To destroy records |
you have to shred or incinerate them |
| If you violate record keeping law- 4-403 (3) g |
you can be charged up to $10K |
| 20-102(f) allows you to |
release minor's health information to parent |
| How do you report child abuse? |
you must report possible child abuse or neglect to local authorities and make an oral and written report of the details |
| What must a child abuse report contain? |
name - age - address of minor patient and guardian - wherabouts - nature and extent - cause - and identity of individuals |
| who regulates massage therapists? |
Maryland department of health & mental hygiene |
| What's the name of the regulations? |
COMAR: title 10- subtitle 43- et seq. |
| Scope of regulations? |
they don't regulate anything you're already approved for by something else |
| "Massage Therapy" includes |
myotherapy- use of cold and heat- & nonlegend topical applications |
| "Massage Therapy" does not include |
diagnosis- treatment of illness disease or injury- chiropractic- or energetic work like reiki or polarity therapy |
| "Practice massage therapy" means |
getting paid |
| "Practice non-therapeutic massage" means |
getting paid outside of a "health care facility" |
| "Registered massage practitioner" means |
registered to "practice non-therapeutic massage" |
| "registration" proves |
you can legally practice non-therapeutic massage |
| You can practice massage therapy without being registered |
as a student - for 30 days (no more than 7 consecutive) if you're qualified in another state per year - if your application is pending - on a family member - as an athletic trainer - as a govt. employee - as a cosmetologist |
| Applicants must |
be 18 or older - of good morals - complete the application - pay - pass NCE - 500 hours (100 anatomy) - 60 college credits |
| Certificates issued are valid for no more than |
2 years |
| You have 60 days to provide |
proof of passing the NCE |
| If you move or change names you have to |
notify the board within 60 days |
| you have to display your certificate |
conspicuously- even in temporary places |
| You should get a renewal notice |
by first class mail 30 days before current certificate or registration expiry detailing date of exipry and amount of renewal fees |
| if you don't get a renewal notice |
notify the board at least 15 days before the expiration date |
| If your registration expires |
you can pay a late fee in addition to the renewal fee within 30 days- or reinstatement fee + renewal fee after 30 days |
| If your registration expired 2 years ago |
you have to comply with whatever new laws are in effect- you're not grandfathered in |
| You may be place in inactive status |
if you pay biennially and complete the application |
| you may reactivate your certificate |
by paying the reactivation fee |
| If there's a mistake on your certificate |
you can get a free duplicate within 6 weeks - request in writing |
| if you don't receive your certificate |
within 6 weeks- then let the board know within 4 months from the date of registration - request in writing |
| If you practice in more than one location |
you can get a duplicate certificate - by paying fee and requesting in writing. |
| Failure to notify board of address change can cost you |
$100 |
| "Non bona fide treatement" means |
non-terapeutic sexual contact |
| "Sexually exploitative relationship means |
sexual contact within time period during or following therapeutic relationship even if mutually consensual |
| "therpeutic deception |
misrepresentation of sexal conduct as treatment |
| The certificate or registration is primarily concerned with the |
welfare of the client |
| If you are impaired from practicing |
you must seek professional treatment and not practice until accomdations can be made |
| you shall |
report any non -compliance |
| you cannot descrimitate on the basis of |
age gender sexual orientation disability nat. origin religion or race |
| you must maintain written records of treatment for |
at least 5 years after termination of treatment |
| Ethics violations can cost you |
$5K |
| If you are registered but not certified you may not advertise |
health-related therapeutic massage |
| you may NOT advertise |
if you're a visiting pracitioner - pending - or suspended or revoked |
| Certificate holders shall complete a CEU min of |
24 hours in 2 years |
| the break down of CEU hours is |
24 hours - 3 in ethics or jurisprudence - 3 in communicable disease education - 18 hours in massage related courses |
| You are exempt from CEU requirements if you |
are initally certified within 12 months of renewal date - have petitioned for hardship 90 days before renewal date |
| application fee is |
$150 |
| certification fee is |
$200 |
| State exam fee |
$275 |
| Re-examination fee |
$300 |
| Biennial renewal fee |
$250 |
| Late renewal fee |
$200 |
| Reinstatement fee |
$200 |
| Inactive renewal fee |
$50 |
| Duplicate certificate fee |
$40 |
| duplicate certificate ordered at renewal |
$20 |
| verification fee |
$35 |
| penalty for returned checks |
$50 |
| Mailing labels or rosters |
$200 |
| penalty for old address |
$100 |
| CEU processing fee per hourly unit |
$25 per credit hour- $600 total for 24 units |
| MHCC is |
Maryland health care commission |
| COMAR is |
Code of Maryland Regulations |
| The Massage Therapy Advisory Committee |
consists of 6 members appointed by the board- 2 chiropractors and 4 MTs |
| Non-terapeutic massage practitioners may not practice in |
a health care provider's office or a hospital |
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