Quiz 2

Question 1

Under the health professions act the CMTBC board must:

Answer 1

govern, control and administer CMTBC in accordance with the act, and the CMTBC bylaw

Question 2

What is the CMTBC boards fundamental roll?

Answer 2

to ensure that CMTBC acts on its mandate to serve and protect the public

Question 3

Name a couple specific requirements that the HPA and college bylaws impose on the CMTBC board

Answer 3

Report to minister of health after each fiscal year, appointing an auditor for CMTBC’s annual financial statements

Question 4

What is the role of the Registar/CEO of the CMTBC Board

Answer 4

govern operational matters, boss man

Question 5

Who appoints the registar

Answer 5

The board chooses

Question 6

How many board members are there?

Answer 6

11

6 RMT’s
5 public reps

Question 7

How are RMT’s appointed to the board and how long is their term?

Answer 7

elected by the profession for a two year term (two term max)

Question 8

How are public reps appointed to the board

Answer 8

by provincial government (ministry of health) for varying terms, 1,2 or 3 yes

Question 9

True or false: board members may relinquish their role at any time

Answer 9

false: board members are expected to commit to the full length of their term

Question 10

How many times a year are board members expected to be available to meet

Answer 10

approx 5 times per year (generally for a full day) and to prepare in advance for 3-6hrs

Question 11

Who sits on the committees?

Answer 11

board members

Question 12

Board members are required to take an ________________________ prescribed by the Minister of Health

Answer 12

Board members are required to take an OATH OF OFFICE prescribed by the Minister of Health

Question 13

Are board members paid?

Answer 13

they are considered volunteers but they are remunerated in accordance with the Remuneration Policy for Board and Committeee Members for lost or foregone income (not intended to replace income)

Question 14

What is the difference between practising and non-practising registration?

Answer 14

non practicing: not seeing patients, you dont have to keep 24 credits
practicing: actively seeing patients every week

Question 15

Can you stay as non practising for as long as you need/want?

Answer 15

no, you can stay non practising for 2 years, but then you must go back for 1 year before you can go back to on practising

Question 16

What are the CMTBC Committees?

Answer 16

discipline 
finance and audit
governance and HR
inquiry
patient relations
quality assurance
registration

Question 17

What does the Discipline Committee do?

Answer 17

investigate complaints, hear and determine any matters, decide what needs disciplinary action, based on public interest

Question 18

What does the Finance and Audit Committee do?

Answer 18

keep track of bills and money, where money is going, budgets, salaries

Question 19

What does the governance and HR committee do

Answer 19

job descriptions, performance reviews, appointment/removal of members, set terms of risk management, planning

Question 20

What does the inquiry committee do

Answer 20

figure out how to look at the case, secret patients (CMTBC spies), makes reports to go to discipline committee

Question 21

What does the patient relations committee do

Answer 21

create a program to educate on the cases popping up, establish courses, make courses

Question 22

What does the quality assurance committee do

Answer 22

monitors ongoing competency of registrants, development of standards of professional practice, clinical guidelines

basically sets approved courses

Question 23

What does the registration committee do

Answer 23

registration for new registrants - board exam

Question 24

What sets out a patients right to give or refuse consent to health care, defines what constitutes consent and articulates the obligation of health care providers to obtain consent for treatment

Answer 24

Health Care (consent) and Care facility (admission)

Question 25

What is the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA)

Answer 25

sets general rules that apply to protection of patients personal information and obligations of registrants to maintain patient confidentiality and privicy

Question 26

What is the purpose of the ‘ Code of Ethics’

Answer 26

outlines expectations for ethical massage therapy practice

Question 27

A ‘conflict of interest’ means a situation in which:

Answer 27

an RMT’s personal interest or an interest of any person associated w/ RMT may affect or influence an RMT’s clinical treatment of a patient

Question 28

What does RMT mean in relation to the Code of Ethics

Answer 28

a registrant of CMTBC, practising or non practising

Question 29

Sexual misconduct means:

Answer 29

physical contact of a sexual nature, touching of sexual manner, behaviour or remarks of sexual nature, sexulizing treatment

Question 30

What are the approved standards of practice?

Answer 30

Standard of practice on boundaries
standard of practice on consent
standard of practice on practice enviroment