JURIS Flashcards
- Dental Jurisprudence is defined as:
a. study of general conduct in the dental office
b. study of rates for dental procedures
c. study of all laws, rules and regulations, legal principles and doctrines governing and regulating dental practice
d. study of moral obligations of dentists
e. none of the above
c. study of all laws, rules and regulations, legal principles and doctrines governing and regulating dental practice
- The supreme law of the land is called:
a. Republic Act
b. Batas Pambansa
c. Executive Order
d. Administrative Order
e. Constitution (1987 Constitution)
e. Constitution (1987 Constitution)
- These are laws passed by Congress:
a. Statutes - Republic Acts, Batas Pambansa
b. Administrative issuances
c. Congressional resolutions
d. Executive Orders
e. Constitution
a. Statutes - Republic Acts, Batas Pambansa
- All of these are characteristics of law, except:
a. Just and obligatory
b. Rule of human conduct
c. Common observance and benefit
d. Promulgated by the president - “competent authority”
e. None of the above
d. Promulgated by the president - “competent authority”
- The branch of law which defines crimes, treats of their nature, and provides for their punishment
a. Administrative Law
b. Criminal Law
c. Constitutional Law
d. Commercial Law
e. Taxation Law
b. Criminal Law
- Ignorantia legis non excusat means:
a. Ignorance of the law absolves someone from liability
b. Ignorance of the law is a proper court defense
c. Ignorance of the law will lessen liability
d. Ignorance of the law excuses no one from compliance
e. Ignorance of the law allows for delayed compliance until the person is aware of such law
Ignorance of the law excuses no one from compliance
- Publication of laws in the __________________ is required before its effectivity:
a. Official Gazette or newspaper of general circulation
b. Malacañang website
c. National Museum
d. Nationally available book
e. Online website of the Philippine government
a. Official Gazette or newspaper of general circulation
- The three branches of government are:
a. President, Senate, Supreme Court
b. President, Department Secretaries, Congress
c. Executive, Legislative, Supreme Court
d. Judiciary, Executive, Legislative
e. Parliament, President, Judiciary
d. Judiciary, Executive, Legislative
Legislative -
Composition:
- Upper House:
- Lower House:
Legislative - power: enact laws
Composition: 2 Houses
- Upper House: SENATE
- Lower House: House of Representatives
Executive - power:
- Composed of:
Executive - power: implement and ensure compliance with the law
- Composed of the President, Department Secretaries, Governors, mayors, as well as other administrative agencies
- PRC and Board of dentistry
Judiciary - power:
Composition:
Hierarchy:
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Judiciary - power: interpret the laws
Composition: different courts of the country
Hierarchy:
- Supreme Court
- Court of Appeals, Sandiganbayan, Court of Tax Appeals
- Regional Trial Court
- Municipal Trial Court
- These are rights which the possessor holds against certain individuals who have a duty to refrain from violating the same
a. Rights in rem
b. Rights quasi in rem
c. Rights in personam
d. Contractual rights
e. Statutory rights
c. Rights in personam
Rights in rem vs. Rights in personam
- Rights in rem - rights held the possessor against the whole
- Rights in personam - rights held by the possessor against certain individuals
- Dentists must pay this kind of taxes in relation to the practice of their profession:
a. Donor’s tax
b. Income tax
c. Estate tax
d. Real estate tax
e. Capital gains tax
b. Income tax
- Basis for the right of the state to regulate the practice of dentistry as well as other professions
a. Power of Taxation
b. Power of Eminent Domain
c. Power of Enforcement
d. Power to Govern
e. Police Power
e. Police Power
- Power of the State to acquire private property for public use after payment of just compensation
a. Power of Taxation
b. Power of Eminent Domain
c. Power of Enforcement
d. Power to Govern
e. Police Power
b. Power of Eminent Domain
- It is a juridical necessity to give, to do, or not to do
a. Contract
b. Right
c. Obligation
d. Legal requirement
e. Ethics
c. Obligation
- Branch of law which regulates the special relations of individuals with other individuals for purely private ends
a. Commercial Law
b. Civil Law
c. Administrative Law
d. Constitutional Law
e. Taxation Law
b. Civil Law
- All of these are elements of an obligation, except:
a. Vinculum juris
b. Debtor
c. Creditor
d. Written agreement
e. Object
d. Written agreement
- Kind of quasi-contract where there is payment by mistake or payment to one who does not have the right to receive it
a. Solutio indebiti
b. Culpa contractual
c. Culpa aquiliana
d. Negotiorum gestio
e. Culpa delicto
a. Solutio indebiti
Negotiorum Gestio
Negotiorum Gestio - voluntary agency where one acts for and on behalf of another without the latter’s consent and the person who benefits is required to indemnify the other
- Patient is brought to the emergency room unconscious because of a car accident, then later on the doctor performs the operation
- Patient now upon waking up is obligated to pay the services of the doctor by reason negotiorum gestio
Solutio indebiti
Solutio indebiti - payment by mistake
- A wrongful act that results in injury to one person by another which may be done with fault or negligence
a. Tort - “quasi-delict”
b. Felony
c. Misdemeanor
d. Malfeasance
e. Misfeasance
a. Tort - “quasi-delict”
- Felonies committed with deliberate intent or malice
a. Negligence
b. Fault
c. Delay
d. Dolo
e. Culpa
d. Dolo
- It is a future and uncertain event or a past event unknown to the parties
a. Period
b. Condition
c. Penal Clause
d. Prestation
e. Legal Requisite
b. Condition
refers to a day certain
Period
- Mode of extinguishment of obligations when two persons, in their own right, are creditors and debtors of each other
a. Novation - change or substitution in the object or in the debtor
b. Compensation
c. Confusion - creditor and debtor become one person
d. Condonation - forgiveness of the debt
e. Payment
b. Compensation
- It is the meeting of minds between two persons whereby one binds himself, with respect to the other, to give something or to render some service
a. Contract
b. Obligation
c. Rights
d. Ethics
e. Partnership
a. Contract
- According to this, a dentist cannot testify in a civil case, without the consent of the patient, as to any communication he may have received during the course of diagnosis and treatment.
a. Secrecy rule
b. Filial Privilege
c. Res gestae
d. Doctor-Patient Privilege
e. Data Privacy Act
d. Doctor-Patient Privilege
- The following cannot be testified to by a dentist in a civil case without the consent of the patient, except:
a. The nature of the disease of the patient
b. The treatment given to the patient
c. Information necessary in a civil case against the dentist for damages
d. Personal information of the patient received by the dentist during a consultation
e. None of the above
c. Information necessary in a civil case against the dentist for damages
- Stage of a contract where the negotiation and bargaining of the price of the service by the dentist
a. Preparation
b. Perfection
c. Execution
d. Consummation
e. Payment
a. Preparation
- This characteristic states that contracts only take effect between the parties and not third persons
a. Obligatory force
b. Mutuality
c. Relativity
d. Consensuality
e. Freedom to contract
c. Relativity
- It is the administrative agency which has been conferred the power to regulate dental profession in the Philippines and to examine applicants desiring to practice dentistry
a. Dentistry Commission of the Philippines
b. Professional Regulatory Board of Dentistry
c. Philippine Dental Association
d. Department of Health National Association of Dentists (DHNAD)
e. Philippine Medical Association
b. Professional Regulatory Board of Dentistry
- The administrative agency referred to in the previous question is composed of 1 Chairman and ____ Members:
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
e. 6
c. 4
- The Chairman and Members of the Professional Regulatory Board of Dentistry serve for a term of:
a. 3 years with reappointment
b. 3 years without reappointment
c. 7 years with reappointment
d. 7 years without reappointment
e. 5 years with reappointment
a. 3 years with reappointment
- The Chairman and Members are required to be ___________ Filipinos.
a. Naturalized
b. Natural-born
c. Resident
d. Non-resident
e. Dual citizen
b. Natural-born