NBCE FL Rules & Laws Study Guide
with Questions, Answers, Rationale, and
Definitions Recent Exam 2023 Version
(Best Studying Material)
CEUs required every 2 years ——— Correct Answer ——– 40 hours total
3 hours risk mgt (1 hours risk mgt & 2 hours FL rules & laws)
2 hours medical errors
2 hours ethics & boundries
6 hours record keeping
27 hours general
Acu = 4 hours total = 2 hours risk mgt & 2 hours technique
retired status fee ——— Correct Answer ——– $50
(reactive = need CEUs)
(reactive >5 years = pass SPEC & FL Rules and Laws exams)

years of inactive license = void ——— Correct Answer ——– 4

billing ——— Correct Answer ——– itemized statement w/in 5 days of last billing period
taking over for a deceased DC ——— Correct Answer ——– publish a notice in the
newspaper of general circulation
notify 2x w/in 2 weeks first month of death/succeeding; and then 4x in 22nd month;
record can be destroyed one month after 22 month period
keep records for 2 years for patients who have seen the deceased doctor w/in the past 2 years
w/in 22 months; each week for 4 consecutive weeks; records destroyed one month after
trust fund ——— Correct Answer ——– unearned fees received by a chiro prior to
rendering of services or selling of goods
-kept in a special account

• journal/receipts
• file/ledger for all persons received money to/from
• cancelled checks
• to cover service fees incurred while maintaining the account in a commercial bank
  use after services have been rendered
  audit 4x/yr
  keep records for 6 years – all cash, land, merchandise
  send Dept of Prof Regulations DOH records annually June 1- Aug 15
  explicitly prohibited from treating ——— Correct Answer ——– cancer
  leukemia
  TB
  syphilis
  gonorrhea
  hepatitis
  anthra
  diptheria
  Hansen’s
  hookworm
  maleria
  rabies
  typhoid fever
  AIDS
  BUT can treat conditions that co-exist w/above conditions
  fine for making a false or fraudulent representation ——— Correct Answer ——– min
  $500
• $10,000 per offense
  max suspension of license for 3 months – 1 year followed by 6 months – 2 years of
  probation
  fraud = permanent revocation of license; $200/month for practicing w/fraudulent license
  patient definition for sexual misconduct ——— Correct Answer ——– been treated or
  examined w/in the previous year
  consent may NOT be used as defense d/t dr/pt relationship
  DC state & municipal ——— Correct Answer ——– 460.414
  CA ——— Correct Answer ——– 2 years of school & 60 hours
  board approved