Professional Issues, Ethics, and Scope of Practice

Competency

The minimal mental, cognitive, or behavioral ability or trait required to assume responsibility.

What is the Doctrine of Personal Liability?

It is a doctrine that states you are liable for your own negligent conduct

What does HIPAA stand for?

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

What is the correct course of action if you made a mistake in a patient’s medical record? 

Draw a line through an incorrect entry, initial the correction, enter time and date, and insert correct information.

What is Autonomy?

It is a claim that each person is free to make life-directing decisions.

Who is responsible for the supervision of Medical dosimetrists?

A Licensed Practitioner, Qualified Medical Physicist, and Senior/ Lead Qualified Medical Dosimetrist

True or False: It is within our scope of practice to assist the doctor with treatment volumes if it only involves expanding upon a volume the doctor already created.

False

What is the Decision-Making Model?

A model that provides logical and rational guidance to analyze whether a medical dosimetrist may perform a task within their scope of practice. 

True or False: A Qualified Medical Dosimetrist may supervise other Qualified Medical Dosimetrists and allied health professionals

True

You are given a task that you do not feel you personally possess current clinical competence to perform safely. What should you do?

According to the Decision-Making Model if you do not possess current clinical competence than the task is NOT within your scope of practice and you should stop until competency is achieved

What are the questions that make up the Decision-Making Model?

Does the act follow the basic parameters of legal practice?

Dose the act require you to have specialized medical dosimetry knowledge and skill?

Is the act consistent with the scope of practice based upon at least one of the following factors : The Scope and Standards of Medical Dosimetry Practice, Positive and conclusive data in the medical dosimetry, medical physics, or radiation oncology literature, appropriately established policy and procedure of the employing facility

Do you personally possess the depth and breadth of knowledge to perform the act safely and effectively as demonstrated by knowledge acquired in an educational or continuing education program?

Do you currently possess current clinical competence to perform the act safely?

Is the performance of the act within the “standard of care” which would be provided in similar circumstances by reasonable and prudent medical dosimetrists who have similar training and experience?

Are you prepared to accept the consequences of your action?

True or False: It is okay to use the MDCB name in any way you see fit

If you have knowledge or evidence that another medical dosimetrist has violated any ethical standards, what should you do?

Report the violation promptly by filing a written complaint with the MDCB.

If you falsely accuse another CMD of violating the ethical standards, have you then violated the ethical standards?

Yes, according to the standards of ethics, a CMD shall not knowingly, falsely accuse another CMD of violating the ethical standards.

What are potential punishments for going against MDCB rules, regulation, and ethical standards?

The MDCB can deny, revoke, or suspend certification. The MDCB can also refuse to allow applicants to sit for the certification examination.

What is the effect of revocation or suspension of certification by the MDCB?

A CMD shall immediately relinquish and refrain from using the MDCB name, certificate, title, logo, and credential. The CMD shall provide evidence to the MDCB that the CMD has notified their employer of the suspension or revocation. If they do not, the MDCB will contact that CMD’s employer