Category of law that involves violations against the state or government.
What is Criminal law
100
Established to protect the public from incompetent dental healthcare providers
What is The State Dental Practice Act
100
A legal term that means proper and sufficient care or the absence of negligence.
What is Due care
100
Incomplete or unclear records are damaging evidence in a malpractice case. T/F?
What is True
100
Category of law that involves regulations established by government agencies.
What is Administrative law
200
Acts that are intentional or unintentional that bring harm to a person or damages to a property
What is Tort law
200
The state agency that adopts rules and regulations and implements the specific state's Dental Practice Act?
what is The Board Of Dentistry
200
Under the doctrine of ______ ("the act that speaks for itself"), the evidence is clear.
What is res Ipsa loquitur
200
what percent of child abuse injuries involves the head, neck, or mouth area.
What is 75 percent
200
Consent that involves a written explanation of diagnostic findings, prescribed treatment, and reasonable expectations about treatment results.
What is Written consent
300
A contract that is established through written word or by a verbal agreement.
What is Expressed contracts
300
The system that allows individuals in one state to obtain a license in another state without retesting
What is Reciprocity
300
Legal authorities note that legal problems with patients are best avoided by maintaining a climate of ______ and __________ with all patients.
What is good rapport and open communications
300
a term used to describe battering, abuse, or control over an intimate individual within the same household.
What is domestic violence
300
Level of supervision in which the dental auxiliary performs delegated functions according to the instructions of the dentist, who is not necessarily physically present
What is General Supervision (indiect)
400
Not doing something that should have been done
What is act of Omission
400
When the employer is responsible for any harm caused by the actions of the employee while the employee is carrying out the business of the employer is called _______.
What is Respondeat superior
400
Statements made spontaneously by anyone at the time of an alleged negligent act are admissible as evidence and may be damaging to the dentist and dental assistant in a court of law is known as __________.
What is res gestae
400
designated professionals who are required by law to report known or suspected child abuse.
What is Mandated reporters
400
Withdrawing a patient from treatment without giving reasonable notice or providing a competent replacement
What is Abandonment
500
Contract that is established by actions, not by words.
What is Implied contracts
500
An individual who has been examined and diagnosed by a licensed dentist and has had his or her treatment planned by the dentist is called ____________.
What is a patient of record
500
information that would be so upsetting that the patient would be unable to weigh risks and benefit rationally is known as _________.
What is Therapeutic exception
500
Used to protect the privacy of protected health information, and to promote greater standardization and to enhance efficiency in the health care industry.