Free Kansas Doctor of Chiropractic Jurisprudence Exam Practice Questions

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1. 1A Kansas chiropractor lets an unlicensed business partner use the chiropractor's license number to bill for chiropractic treatment. Which rule most directly governs this conduct?

   1. A. The prohibition on allowing another person or organization to use a healing-arts license
   2. B. The duty to transfer records after a signed patient release
   3. C. The restriction on claiming professional superiority
   4. D. The duty to report directly observed misconduct under oath

   Answer: A

   Explanation: K.S.A. 65-2837(b)(15) defines unprofessional conduct as "Allowing another person or organization to use the licensee's license to practice the healing arts." The partner's billing use is therefore the prohibited license sharing.

   Reference: Creator: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 — § 65-2837(b)(15)

2. 2A Board investigator legally requests information from a Kansas chiropractor, who refuses to provide it. Which disciplinary ground applies?

   1. A. Failure to furnish legally requested information to the Board or its investigators
   2. B. Advertising professional superiority
   3. C. Charging an excessive fee
   4. D. Failure to identify a specialty board

   Answer: A

   Explanation: K.S.A. 65-2836(r) applies when a licensee "has failed to furnish the board, or its investigators or representatives, any information legally requested by the board." The refusal fits that ground.

   Reference: Creator: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 — § 65-2836(r)

3. 3For the Kansas self-referral rule, what ownership percentage in a firm or partnership constitutes a significant investment interest?

   1. A. At least 5%
   2. B. At least 10%
   3. C. At least 20%
   4. D. At least 25%

   Answer: B

   Explanation: K.S.A. 65-2837(h) defines significant investment interest as "ownership of at least 10% of the value of the firm, partnership or other business entity." Ten percent is the threshold.

   Reference: Creator: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 — § 65-2837(h)

4. 4A Kansas chiropractor uses a title that represents the chiropractor as practicing medicine and surgery, a branch for which the chiropractor is not licensed. Which Kansas title rule applies?

   1. A. Use the degree to which the licensee is entitled by diploma
   2. B. Identify the licensed branch when using Dr. or Doctor
   3. C. Do not represent practice in a healing-arts branch for which no license is held
   4. D. Identify the official specialty board when claiming its credential

   Answer: C

   Explanation: K.S.A. 65-2885 states, "No person licensed hereunder shall use a title in connection with such person's name which in any way represents such person as engaged in the practice of any branch of the healing arts for which such person holds no license." The other choices are separate, genuine Kansas title or credential-identification rules.

   Reference: Creator: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 — § 65-2885

5. 5During treatment, a Kansas chiropractor engages in improper sexual contact that exploits the relationship with the patient. How is this classified under the Healing Arts Act?

   1. A. A record-transfer violation
   2. B. Unprofessional conduct based on exploitation of the licensee-patient relationship
   3. C. A permissible private interaction if treatment is complete
   4. D. Professional incompetency based only on repeated negligence

   Answer: B

   Explanation: The Act includes "Commission of any act of sexual abuse, misconduct or other improper sexual contact that exploits the licensee-patient relationship with a patient" within unprofessional conduct. The described exploitation fits that rule.

   Reference: Creator: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 — § 65-2837(b)(16)

6. 6A Kansas chiropractor performs services that legally belong to a different branch of the healing arts for which the chiropractor has no license. What is the most direct ground?

   1. A. Failure to renew on time
   2. B. Unlawfully invading another branch's field of practice
   3. C. Improper record storage
   4. D. Referral without written investment disclosure

   Answer: B

   Explanation: K.S.A. 65-2836(g) covers a licensee who "has unlawfully invaded the field of practice of any branch of the healing arts in which the licensee is not licensed to practice." The conduct is precisely that invasion.

   Reference: Creator: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 — § 65-2836(g)

7. 7A chiropractor owns one-tenth of the shares in a corporation that leases a separately owned diagnostic entity. How does Kansas classify that ownership?

   1. A. A significant investment interest
   2. B. A written patient disclosure
   3. C. An advertisement for professional services
   4. D. The chiropractor's principal practice

   Answer: A

   Explanation: The definition includes "ownership of at least 10% of the shares of stock of the corporation that owns or leases the healthcare entity." One-tenth meets that threshold; the other choices are separate concepts defined or required by the same statutory scheme.

   Reference: Creator: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 — § 65-2837(h)

8. 8When a Kansas chiropractor uses Dr. or Doctor with the chiropractor's name, what must accompany it?

   1. A. Words or letters identifying the chiropractic branch
   2. B. The official name of any credentialing specialty board
   3. C. The liability policy's effective and expiration dates
   4. D. The location where the chiropractor stores patient records

   Answer: A

   Explanation: K.S.A. 65-2885 requires every licensee using Dr. or Doctor to "use the appropriate words or letters to identify such licensee with the particular branch of the healing arts in which the licensee holds a license." The chiropractic identifier is required.

   Reference: Creator: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 — § 65-2885

9. 9A Kansas chiropractor engages in improper sexual contact with the person responsible for a patient's healthcare decisions, exploiting that relationship. Does the statutory rule reach this conduct?

   1. A. No, because only direct contact with the patient is covered
   2. B. Only if the decision-maker is also an employee
   3. C. Yes, the protected relationship includes a person responsible for the patient's healthcare decisions
   4. D. Only after the patient revokes consent in writing

   Answer: C

   Explanation: K.S.A. 65-2837(b)(16) expressly reaches exploitation involving "a patient or a person responsible for healthcare decisions concerning such patient." The decision-maker is within the stated scope.

   Reference: Creator: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 — § 65-2837(b)(16)

10. 10Another state's licensing authority censures a Kansas chiropractor. Can that action supply a Kansas disciplinary ground?

    1. A. Revocation by another jurisdiction's licensing authority
    2. B. Suspension or limitation by another jurisdiction's licensing authority
    3. C. Censure by another jurisdiction's licensing authority
    4. D. License-application denial by another jurisdiction's licensing authority

    Answer: C

    Explanation: K.S.A. 65-2836(j) includes when a licensee "has been censured or has had other disciplinary action taken" by the proper licensing authority of another jurisdiction. The out-of-state censure qualifies.

    Reference: Creator: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 — § 65-2836(j)