Class 5

Question 1

What are 3 main points in The Code regarding sexual abuse of a patient?

Answer 1

1) Sexual intercourse between the member and the patient
2) Sexual touching of the patient by a member
3) Behaviour or remarks of sexual nature by the member towards the patient

Question 2

A medical activity that can only be performed by certain regulated health professionals

Answer 2

Controlled Acts

Question 3

RMTs are not allowed to administer drugs used to sedate or medicate by ________ or ________. This doesn’t include ________, which is legal for RMTs to perform.

Answer 3

Inhalation, Injection

Aromatherapy

Question 4

What are some areas RMTs cannot put an instrument, hand, or finger?

Answer 4

1) Beyond external ear canal
2) Beyond the narrowing of the nasal passage
3) Beyond the larynx
4) Beyond the opening of the urethra
5) Beyond the labia majora
6) Beyond the anal verge
7) Into an artificial opening into the body

Question 5

RMTs are not allowed to set or cast a ________ of a bone or a ________ of a joint

Answer 5

Fracture

Dislocation

Question 6

What does sexual nature not include in The Code?

Answer 6

Touching, behaviour, or remarks of a clinical nature appropriate to the service provided

Question 7

RMTs can assist in ________ of a baby, but are not able to manage or conduct it

Answer 7

Labour & Delivery

Question 8

Controlled acts can only be performed by?

Answer 8

1) People that are members authorized by a health profession act
2) People that have been delegated performance of the controlled act by a member

Question 9

Why is healthcare regulated and why can’t everybody practice healthcare?

Answer 9

There are many medical activities that are dangerous and that the public shouldn’t be allowed to do

Question 10

When does a person become a patient?

Answer 10

Typically starts with consent to a treatment plan. Payment of fees and keeping of records would be considered secondary.

Question 11

Massage therapists are not allowed to communicate a ________ to an individual, which involves identifying a disease or disorder as the cause of symptoms they may be experiencing

Answer 11

Diagnosis

Question 12

RMTs cannot prescribe devices for ________ or ________ problems

Answer 12

Vision

Hearing

Question 13

The RHPA contains a clause that allows Colleges to create an exemption for health professionals to provide medical treatments to their spouses and/or sexual partners. Does the CMTO enact this option? Why or why not?

Answer 13

The CMTO has chosen not to enact this option. It is sexual abuse if you have your spouse or a sexual partner as an official patient.

Question 14

What are some exceptions to controlled acts?

Answer 14

1) Emergencies
2) The act is within the Scope of Practice and is done under supervision of a member of the profession
3) Prayer or spiritual means
4) Member of the person’s household
5) Assisting a person with their activities of daily living

Question 15

Which 4 health professions are allowed to have spouses as patients?

Answer 15

1) Dentists
2) Dental Hygienists
3) Chiropractors
4) Optometrists

Question 16

When might a patient cease to be a patient?

Answer 16

A minimum of 1 year after the last professional interaction

Question 17

Remember that sex between therapist and patient can never be ________, and the result for this is a finding of sexual abuse

Answer 17

Consensual

Question 18

What are the 5 types of abuse?

Answer 18

1) Verbal
2) Physical
3) Emotional
4) Financial
5) Sexual

Question 19

RMTs cannot treat by means of ________, delivered through a therapeutic relationship

Answer 19

Psychotherapy

Question 20

Some RMTs have permission to perform a procedure on tissue below the ________, which includes piercing the skin with an ________.

Answer 20

Dermis

Acupuncture Needle

Question 21

RMTs cannot apply or order the application of a ________, ________, or other diagnostic tools

Answer 21

Pacemaker

MRI

Question 22

What are the 2 changes coming in January 2022 regarding the CMTO Standards of Practice?

Answer 22

1) You can provide massage therapy to a spouse in an emergency or in circumstances where the service is minor in nature
2) You can provide massage therapy to a spouse as long as the RMT has taken reasonable steps or there is no reasonable opportunity to transfer them to another RMT

Question 23

RMTs cannot conduct ________ challenge testing

Answer 23

Allergy

Question 24

Which controlled act applies to some massage therapists?

Answer 24

Controlled Act #2

Question 25

RMTs cannot fit or dispense ________ prosthesis or ________ devices for the mouth

Answer 25

Dental

Orthodontic

Question 26

The CMTO has a ________ policy of any form of abuse, including sexual abuse, of patients by massage therapists

Answer 26

Zero Tolerance

Question 27

What does RHPA stand for?

Answer 27

Regulated Health Professions Act of Ontario

Question 28

RMTs cannot prescribe, dispense, sell, or compound a ________, or supervise the part of a ________ where they are kept

Answer 28

Drug

Pharmacy