It protects the rights of disabled people, also the most extensive law on how employees must treat health care workers with HIV.
What is Americans With Disabilities Act
100
Documents instructing the health care provider to withhold or withdraw life sustaining procedures in patients who are terminally ill
What is a living will
100
Intentional or unintentional civil wrongful acts against a person or their property.
What are torts
100
A crime that does not inflict serious harm
What is a misdemeanor
100
This law limits liability and offer legal immunity if a nurse helps at the scene of an accident.
What is the Good Samaritan Law
200
This act prohibits the purchase or sale of organs.
What is National Organ Transplant Act
200
A document that will designate an individual who is able to give consent for health care treatment when the patient is no longer able.
What is power of attorney
200
Deliberate acts that violate another person's rights
What are intentional torts
200
Federal or state statutory law that prevent harm to society and provide punishment for crimes
What is criminal law
200
These are always secured and locked away. Only authorized personnel has access to these.
What is a controlled substance.
300
Protects individuals with preexisting illness from losing their health insurance when changing jobs
What is HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
300
Requires consent by patient before his or her death or by a close family member at the time of patient's death.
What is an Autopsy?
300
Any intentional touching without consent
What is battery
300
This law protects the rights of individuals within our society and encourage fair treatment.
What is civil law
300
Preventable errors, which may include falls,
What is never events
400
This act gave residents in nursing homes the right to be free of unnecessary and inappropriate restraints.
What is Federal Nursing Home Reform Act
400
In some states a patient signs the back of his or her driver's license that indicating consent to this.
What is organ and tissue donation?
400
The failure to use the degree of accepted standard of care
What is negligence
400
A serious offense that results in significant harm to another person
What is a felony
400
A system of ensuring appropriate nursing care that attempts to identify potential hazards and eliminate them before harm occurs.
What is risk managment
500
This act forbids health plans from placing lifetime or annual limits on mental health coverage that are less generous than those on medical or surgical benefits.
What is Mental Health Parity Act
500
Patient has made a choice not to have CPR.
What is a DNR "do not resuscitate?"
500
Referred to as professional negligence
What is malpractice
500
An example of this law include informed consent and the client's right to refuse treatment.
What is common law
500
These laws include reporting suspected abuse and neglect.