A hospital known as Mercy Mercy Hospital for 50 years was purchased by a large out-ofstate organization and the name changed to No Mercy Hospital. A plaintiff received care and treatment at both entities. Which of the following is good practice for a paralegal if the paralegal wants records from both entities?
a. The paralegal may assume the two are one and the same and a request to the current owner for medical records will produce records of its predecessor.
b. The paralegal may rely on statements by one of the attorneys in the firm that asking for records from No Mercy Hospital will get you the old records from Mercy Mercy Hospital..
c. The paralegal should independently verify with the Release of Information Department of No Mercy Hospital the correct authorization and procedure to be followed to assure records from Mercy Mercy Hospital are obtained.
d. None of the above.
Q. 2Which of the following are the two broad categories of real property transfers:
a. Testate and intestate
b. By mortgage or deed of trust
c. Voluntary and involuntary
d. By partition or by sale
Q. 3The term related to noted by a health care provider in a medical record refers to:
a. Causation of the medical condition
b. Severity of symptoms.
c. Improper medication.
d. Prognosis.
Q. 4An agreement between two or more persons to do, or not to do, some act, and which is enforceable by law, is a:
a. Deed
b. Will
c. Contract
d. Partition
Q. 5A real property owner whose proposed use does not strictly comply with an area's current zoning classification, but which is not necessarily incompatible with that classification either, may be issued which of the following by the local zoning board:
a. Non-conforming use
b. Variance
c. Conditional use permit
d. All of the above
Q. 6The admissibility of statements of a party-opponent is an exception to the hearsay rule.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 7Differentiate between renunciation and revocation.
What will be an ideal response?
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