Legal Terms
Alphabet Soup
Documentation
Supervision & Ethics
100

Being legally responsible for the harm one causes another person 

Liability

100

HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and ____ Act

Accountability

100

The Golden Rule: "If it isn't ____, it didn't ____."

written down/happen

100

Can a rehab aide change a Plan of Care

No

200

The failure to use ordinary or reasonable care

Negligence

200

The law protecting student educational records

FERPA

200

Where in a SOAP note do you write "Swelling: 3cm greater than left side"?

Objective

200

From your slides, who is the only person on the rehab team who can prescribe medication?

The physician

300

A legal wrong committed against a person (can be omission or commission)

Tort

300

The "S" in SOAP note stands for...

Subjective

300

The document explaining risks/benefits signed before treatment.

Informed Consent

300

A PTA cannot supervise which level of employee?

A physical therapist

400

The acknowledgment by an athlete that sports contain inherent dangers

Assumption of Risk

400

NATA stands for...

National Athletic Trainers' Association

400

Where in the SOAP note should your professional opinion of the situation be written?

Assessment

400

What type of supervision requires the supervisor to be in the room watching?

Immediate Supervision

500

The four elements required to prove negligence

Duty, Breach, Causation, Damages

500

ROM stands for...

Range of Motion

500

Failing to record a treatment session is an act of Omission or Commission?

Omission

500

Recommending a product just because you get paid to do so is a ____.

Conflict of Interest

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