Physical Exam Quiz: Controlled Acts!

Controlled Act 9 is:Prescribing, dispensing for vision or eye problems, subnormal vision devices, contact lenses or eye glasses other than simple magnifiers.

• True

• False

Treating, by means of psychotherapy technique, delivered through a therapeutic relationship, an individual’s serious disorder of thought, cognition, mood, emotional regulation, perception or memory that may seriously impair the individual’s judgement, insight, behaviour, communication or social functioning.

• True

• False

The Controlled Acts: ________ (#) Controlled Acts common to all professionals under the RHPA.

Controlled Act 2: Performing a procedure on:

• Tissue below the dermis.

• Scalp

• Below the surface of the mucous membrane.

• In or below the surface of the cornea.

• Under finger nails.

• In or below the surfaces of the teeth (includes scaling the teeth).

Controlled Act 3: Setting or casting a:

• Tooth

• Fracture of a bone.

• Dislocation of a joint.

• Nail

Controlled Act 4: Moving the joints of the spine beyond the individual's usual physiological range of motion using a ________  (4 words).

Controlled Act 8:________ (5 words)  a drug as defined in the Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act, or supervising the part of a pharmacy where such drugs are kept.

Controlled Act 10:Prescribing a ________  (2 words) for a hearing impaired person.

What is RHPA? 

The Controlled Acts Concept:

• Under RHPA specialized activities carrying a significant risk of harm are controlled or restricted to specific, qualified practitioners.
• All other health care services will be unrestricted or in the "public domain".

• True

• False

The Controlled Acts: * ________ aspect of care requiring a certain level of knowledge and skill in order to perform it.

Controlled Act 1: ________ (3 words) to the individual or his/her personal representative, identifying a disease or disorder as the cause of symptoms of the individual in circumstances, in which it is reasonably foreseeable that the individual or his her personal representative will rely on the diagnosis.  You cannot even suggest it as a possible disease.  

Controlled Act 5. Administering a substance by ________ (3 words)

Controlled Act 7:Putting an instrument, hand or finger (7 points)

• Beyond the external ear canal.

• Beyond the point in the nasal passages where they normally narrow.

• Lips.

• Beyond the larynx.

• Belly button.

• Underneath the nails.

• Beyond the opening of the urethra.

• Beyond the labia majora.

• Beyond the anal verge, or

• Eye lid.

• Into an artificial opening in the body.

Controlled Act 11:Fitting or dispensing a:

• Leg brace

• Dental prosthesis

• Orthodontic or periodontal appliance

• A device used inside the mouth to protect teeth from abnormal functioning.

• False eye lashes

Controlled Act 12.________ (2 words) or conducting the delivery of a baby.

Controlled Act 13:Allergy challenge testing of a kind in which a positive result of the test is a [Blank - 3 words].

You cannot diagnose Autism.  If you suspect a child is delayed in development - you need to send them to a specialist.  After they diagnose, we can treat.

• True

• False