RBT Documentation and Reporting Test #4

Question 1

Working from home is a BCBA.
Several of the BCBA's housemates are also close friends.
The BCBA delivers a client's report home one evening, which contains confidential information.
The BCBA invoices her time to the client's insurance company after a few hours of work, places the report on her desk, and goes to bed.
What is the issue with this BCBA's behavior?

Accepted Answer

BCBAs are required to lock documents with confidential information

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Only BCBA-D level practitioners may write client reports

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BCBAs are not permitted to work from home

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BCBAs cannot bill for services unless they are with the client

Question 2

The acronym PHI stands for _____.

Accepted Answer

Protected health information

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Potentially harmful information

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Personal health information

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Protected humanitarian index

Question 3

In terms of client confidentiality and law enforcement, which of the following statements is correct?

Accepted Answer

If the information will help discover the perpetrator of a crime, confidential information is shared with law police.

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Even if the information could help law enforcement identify or locate a criminal or missing person, confidential client information should be kept private.

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Though police enforcement asks questions about a crime in the neighborhood, confidential information is given to them even if the client, client's family, and therapists are neither victims or suspects.

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Even if a judge orders the information, confidential client information should be kept private.

Question 4

A client's insurance pays for a BCBA and RBT to teach the client how to communicate via an image exchange communication system. The RBT uses facilitated communication without the BCBA's permission one day, a practice that is neither evidence-based nor behavior-analytic. In reality, this strategy has resulted in clients being exploited. ABA services were offered throughout her whole session, according to the RBT's session notes. What is the issue with this RBT's response?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

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By providing non-behavior-analytic services while paying for behavior-analytic hours, the RBT is committing insurance fraud.

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The RBT is utilizing a protocol that. is not evidence-based

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The RBT is applying a protocol that the client's BCBA has not approved.

Question 5

Behavioral treatment practitioners must keep record of services for at least ____ years, according to the BACB.

Accepted Answer

7

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3

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6

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9

Question 6

In class, an RBT is assigned to present on a clinical case. Because not all of the students work for the same company, the RBT must ensure that her clients' privacy is protected. What kind of information would be a breach of the client's privacy?

Accepted Answer

The client's specific physical appearance

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How long the RBT has worked with this client

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Graph depicting the client's progress with the alphabet

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The client's favorite movie

Question 7

A therapist delivers a confidential report to a client's residence. Because the therapist usually drives to the client's house without incident, he leaves the private paper unlocked in the passenger seat. Sadly, the therapist is engaged in a car accident while driving that was not his fault. When the emergency services arrive, they come across the confidential document. Which of the following statements about this scenario is correct?

Accepted Answer

Even though the automobile accident was not his fault, the therapist broke confidentiality when the emergency services came upon the document.

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Since he was bringing confidential documents to a client's home, it was permissible to leave them exposed and unlocked in the vehicle.

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Because emergency services had access to personal client information, the therapist did not violate confidentiality.

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Since the car accident was not his fault, the therapist did not breach confidentially. He should, however, lock the document in the future.

Question 8

A therapist may reveal protected health information if__________

Accepted Answer

Ordered by a judge to disclose information

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Given written consent by the client's school

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Given verbal consent by the client's non-guardian aunt

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A challenging session is taking place in the community, and a member of the community has questions about it.

Question 9

Which of the following does not constitute protected health information (PHI)?

Accepted Answer

Client‘s code

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Client‘s diagnosis

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Client's full name

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Client‘s birthday

Question 10

When is sharing protected health information (PHI) appropriate, legal, and ethical?

Accepted Answer

When discussing the client's case with the supervising BCaBA or BCBA

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If discussing the matter with individuals from other‘WCirkplaces

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If the client's school approaches you for information prior to the application of parental cement,

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Before client consent is given