Laws
This law involves rights and duties among private entities or individuals.
What is Private Law?
In many states, trial courts are divided into courts of this jurisdiction to hear cases pertaining to a particular subject or involve crimes of lesser severity or civil matters of lower dollar amounts.
What is Limited Jurisdiction?
A wrongful civil act that results in injury to another.
What is a Tort?
The Act provided significant funding for health information technology and other economic stimulus funding, and also made important changes to the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.
What is the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)?
This law is where the government is a party against an accused who has been charged with violating a criminal statute.
What is Criminal Law?
In this jurisdiction the courts hear more serious criminal cases or civil cases involving larger sums of money.
What is General Jurisdiction?
The subpoena that seeks one's testimony.
What is Subpoena ad testificandum?
The written, granted permission for a specific use or disclosure of his or her health information, a longstanding legal requirement and health information practice in given by an individual.
What is an Authorization?
This law defines the amount and types of power and authority governments are given.
What is Constitutional Law?
Court of Appeals and Trial Court are examples of this type of court system.
What is the State?
The subpoena seeks documents and other records one can bring with him or her.
What is Subpoena duces tecum?
The unauthorized acquisition, access, use or disclosure of PHI that compromises the security or privacy or such information.
What is a Breach?
This law involves the government at any level and its relationship with individuals and organizations.
What is Public Law?
Circuit Court and District Court are examples of this type of court system.
What is Federal?
The professional liability of healthcare providers--physicians, nurses, therapists, or others involved in the delivery of patient care.
What is Medical Malpractice?
The process of providing PHI access to individuals or entities that are authorized to either receive or review it.
What is the Disclosure of health information?