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

Answer

BCBAs, like all ABA professionals, are ethically and legally obligated to protect client confidentiality. Leaving confidential client reports unsecured in an environment where housemates could access them is a breach of this obligation. All documents containing Protected Health Information (PHI) must be stored securely, typically under lock and key or in password-protected digital files, to prevent unauthorized access.

Question 2

The acronym PHI stands for _____.

Accepted Answer

Protected health information

Answer

PHI stands for Protected Health Information, as defined by HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). This refers to any information about health status, provision of health care, or payment for health care that can be linked to a specific individual. Protecting PHI is a critical ethical and legal responsibility for all healthcare providers, including those in ABA.

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.

Answer

This material is suited to U.S. HIPAA regulations. If the information is useful in locating a victim, suspect, or perpetrator, confidential information may be shared with law police. It may also be made public if the information helps to identify the site of a crime or if a judge orders it.

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

Answer

In all of these ways, the RBT's response is unsatisfactory. Only behavior-analytic services are permitted for RBTs. This person cannot sell herself as an RBT and use non-behavior-analytic tactics at the same time.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

7

Answer

Client documentation and data must be kept for at least seven years by behavior analysts.

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