Free Utah Chiropractic Law and Rules Examination Practice Questions

Sample Practice Questions

Try these 10 sample questions from the Utah Chiropractic Law and Rules Examination practice bank. Each includes the answer and explanation. Continue with the interactive practice above to review the full question set.

1. 1A Utah chiropractic physician uses a sudden, high-velocity, short-amplitude thrust that the patient cannot prevent, beginning at the elastic barrier. Which statutory adjustment technique is being used?

   1. A. Instrument adjusting
   2. B. Impulse adjusting
   3. C. Light force adjusting
   4. D. Joint mobilization

   Answer: B

   Explanation: Utah Code §58-73-102(1)(a) defines impulse adjusting as the "use of sudden, high velocity, short amplitude thrust of a nature that the patient cannot prevent the motion, commencing where the motion encounters the elastic barrier of resistance." The described thrust is impulse adjusting.

   Reference: Utah Code 58 73 — Utah Code §58-73-102(1)(a)

2. 2A Utah Chiropractic Physician Licensing Board member reviewed a complaint and advised the Division during its investigation. Which later role must that member decline in the same matter?

   1. A. Advising the Division during the investigation
   2. B. Reviewing the complaint with the Division
   3. C. Serving with the board as presiding officer in the adjudicative proceeding
   4. D. Consulting with the Division about the profession's licensing rules

   Answer: C

   Explanation: Section 58-73-201(4) provides that a member who reviewed or advised on a complaint "is disqualified from participating with the board when the board serves as a presiding officer in an adjudicative proceeding concerning the complaint." The same member may not sit in that role.

   Reference: Utah Code 58 73 — Utah Code §58-1-203

3. 3A Utah chiropractic physician with no legal duty to respond gives emergency care at an accident scene without charge and in good faith. Which liability standard applies under §58-13-2?

   1. A. No civil-damages liability for acts or omissions in that emergency care
   2. B. Civil-damages immunity only after receiving payment
   3. C. Ordinary civil liability despite the gratuitous response
   4. D. Civil-damages immunity only when a preexisting duty required the response

   Answer: A

   Explanation: Section 58-13-2(1) protects a listed professional who "is under no legal duty to respond, and who in good faith renders emergency care at the scene of an emergency gratuitously and in good faith" from civil damages resulting from that care. Chiropractic physicians are expressly listed.

   Reference: Utah Code 58 13 — Utah Code §58-13-2(1)(e)

4. 4A practitioner delivers a sudden, high-velocity, short-amplitude thrust with a device specifically designed for that purpose. How does Utah law classify this adjustment?

   1. A. Light force adjusting
   2. B. Spinal manipulation
   3. C. Instrument adjusting
   4. D. Impulse adjusting

   Answer: C

   Explanation: Section 58-73-102(1)(b) identifies "instrument adjusting, utilizing instruments specifically designed to deliver sudden, high velocity, short amplitude thrust." That definition matches the device-based technique.

   Reference: Utah Code 58 73 — Utah Code §58-73-102(1)(b)

5. 5How must an applicant submit a Utah professional-license application to the Division?

   1. A. Orally at a board meeting
   2. B. In writing on forms available from the Division
   3. C. By sending a résumé to any board member
   4. D. Through an employer's verbal certification

   Answer: B

   Explanation: Utah Code §58-1-301(1)(a) provides: "Each license applicant shall apply to the division in writing upon forms available from the division." That is the required submission method.

   Reference: Utah Code 58 1 — Utah Code §58-1-301(1)(a)

6. 6Before providing uncompensated charity treatment under §58-13-3, what must a Utah chiropractic physician obtain from the patient?

   1. A. Oral agreement to pay later
   2. B. Written consent waiving negligence claims except grossly negligent or willful-and-wanton acts
   3. C. A promise never to file any complaint
   4. D. Approval from a private professional association

   Answer: B

   Explanation: Section 58-13-3(3)(d) requires written disclosure of the uncompensated service and that "the patient consented in writing to waive any right to sue for professional negligence except for acts or omissions which are grossly negligent or are willful and wanton." The consent must precede services.

   Reference: Utah Code 58 13 — Utah Code §58-13-3(3)(d)

7. 7During an adjustment, a Utah chiropractor applies sustained joint traction and directional pressure, combined with passive motion, to restore mobility. Which technique fits the statutory definition?

   1. A. Light force adjusting
   2. B. Impulse adjusting
   3. C. Joint mobilization
   4. D. Long distance lever adjusting

   Answer: A

   Explanation: Utah Code §58-73-102(1)(c) defines "light force adjusting utilizing sustained joint traction or applied directional pressure, or both, which may be combined with passive motion to restore joint mobility." The scenario tracks that definition.

   Reference: Utah Code 58 73 — Utah Code §58-73-102(1)(c)

8. 8A Utah chiropractic licensee changes both mailing and email addresses. By when must the Division be notified?

   1. A. Within 5 calendar days
   2. B. Within 10 business days
   3. C. Within 30 calendar days
   4. D. At the next biennial renewal

   Answer: B

   Explanation: Section 58-1-301.7(1)(a) requires notice "within 10 business days of a change in mailing address or email address." The same deadline applies to either change.

   Reference: Utah Code 58 1 — Utah Code §58-1-301.7(1)(a)

9. 9Which type of care is excluded from the volunteer charity-care immunity in Utah Code §58-13-3?

   1. A. Care involving therapeutic exercise
   2. B. Care provided during a daytime clinic visit
   3. C. Care using a support or orthotic
   4. D. Care requiring an overnight hospital stay

   Answer: D

   Explanation: Section 58-13-3(6) says the immunity "does not extend to the use of general anesthesia or care that requires an overnight stay in a general acute or specialty hospital." An overnight hospital stay is therefore excluded.

   Reference: Utah Code 58 13 — Utah Code §58-13-3(6)

10. 10Forces are delivered some distance from a dysfunctional spinal site and transmitted through connected structures to restore joint mobility. What adjustment category does Utah law assign?

    1. A. Instrument adjusting
    2. B. Impulse adjusting
    3. C. Spinal manipulation
    4. D. Long distance lever adjusting

    Answer: D

    Explanation: Section 58-73-102(1)(d) describes "long distance lever adjusting utilizing forces delivered at some distance from the dysfunctional site and aimed at transmission through connected structures to accomplish joint mobility." Therefore the category is long distance lever adjusting.

    Reference: Utah Code 58 73 — Utah Code §58-73-102(1)(d)