Law Basics
Laws are societal rules and regulations with failure to follow being punishable by this
What is government or law enforcement agencies?
A person under the age of maturity, which is this age in most states
What is 18?
HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability _____ Act
What is Accountability?
The four Ds of negligence are Duty, Dereliction, Direct Cause, and this
What are Damages?
This act prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, or national origin
What is Title VII of the Civil Rights Act?
This type of law is created by legislative bodies like Congress or state legislatures
What is statutory law?
This type of consent is assumed in medical emergencies when patients cannot respond
What is implied consent?
This acronym stands for Protected Health Information
What is PHI?
This is professional misconduct that results in injury, loss, or damage to a patient
What is malpractice?
This 1990 act prohibits employers with more than 15 employees from discriminating against individuals with disabilities
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
This type of contract in healthcare doesn't require written or spoken agreement but is shown through actions
What is an implied contract?
This doctrine requires physicians to explain treatment in understandable language before getting consent
What is informed consent?
Under HIPAA, healthcare workers can share patient information for treatment, payment, and healthcare ________
What is operations?
This Latin phrase means "the thing speaks for itself" and applies when injury couldn't occur without negligence
What is res ipsa loquitur?
This act requires companies with 25+ employees to provide extended healthcare insurance to terminated employees for up to 18 months
What is COBRA?
This Latin term means "let the master answer" and makes employers responsible for employee actions
What is respondeat superior?
This person legally lives outside parents' control and can make their own medical decisions
What is an emancipated minor?
All information told to a physician by a patient that must be kept confidential is called this type of communication
What is privileged communication?
This is the level of care that a reasonable healthcare provider would give in similar circumstances
What is standard of care?
This act forbids patient "dumping" from one hospital to another if the patient is unable to pay
What is EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Lsbour Act)?
This type of law is established from court decisions and based on precedent
What is common law or case law?
Adult patients who are conscious and mentally capable have the right to do this to medical treatment
What is refuse treatment?
HIPAA violations can result in civil penalties, criminal liability, and this type of lawsuit
What is a class action lawsuit?
These laws protect healthcare providers who give emergency care at accident scenes
What is Good Samaritan laws?
This act requires employers to provide a safe and healthy work environment and protect against hazards
What is OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Act)?