Legal Terms
Deals with wrongs against a person, property, or society
What is Criminal Law
Threat or attempt to injure.
What is assault?
An agreement between two or more parties.
What is a contract?
Established blood-borne pathogen standard that must be followed by all healthcare workers.
What is OSHA?
Wrongful act that does not involve a contract. Called a civil wrong instead of a crime.
What is a Tort?
Focuses on the legal relationships between people and the protection of a person's rights
What is Civil Law
Failure to give care normally expected of a person in a particular position resulting in injury.
What is negligence?
Three parts to a contract.
What are offer, acceptance, and consideration?
Procedures, processes, and actions that healthcare providers are legally permitted to perform within the terms of their professional license or registration.
What is scope of practice?
Tort that involves unnecessarily exposing a patient or revealing personal information without consent.
What is Invasion of Privacy?
Permission granted voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind and who has been instructed in terms the person can understand about all risks involved.
What is informed consent?
Unlawful touching of another person without consent.
What is battery?
A person that works under the direction or control of another person, employer, or principal.
What is the agent?
Set of principles relating to what is morally right or wrong.
What is ethics?
Document that states what measures should or should not be taken to prolong life when conditions are terminal.
What is a living will?
All information given to healthcare personnel by a patient.
What is privileged communication?
Known as "bad practice" and is failure for a professional to use degree of skill commonly expected resulting in injury, loss, or damage to the person receiving care.
What is Malpractice?
Contract that is understood without verbally expressed terms.
What is implied contracts?
Factors of care that a patient can expect to receive.
What is patient rights?
Person that been appointed by the patient to make healthcare decisions if patient is unable to make decisions.
What is Durable Power of Attorney (POA)
Established in 1996 to protect privileged communications and maintain confidentiality of healthcare records.
What is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)?
Restraining or restricting and individual's freedom without authorization.
What is false imprisonment?
A person that does not have the legal capacity to form a contract.
What is legal disability?
Act that guarantees certain rights pertaining to health insurance coverage.
What is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
Residents in long-term care are guaranteed certain rights under this government agency that was established in 1987.
What is the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA act of 1987)