A serious crime that carries a punishment of death or imprisonment for more than one year. Examples include murder, rape, robbery and practicing medicine without a license.
What is a felony?
100
Professional misconduct or demonstration of an unreasonable lack of skill with the result of injury, loss, or damage to the patient
What is malpractice?
100
Requires employers to contribute to Social Security for employees
What is FICA? (Federal Insurance Contribution Act)
100
An agreement that is made through inference by signs, inaction or silence
What is an implied contract?
100
Standards of professional behavior that physicians use for conduct with other physicians
What is medical ettiquette?
200
The period of time that a patient has to file a lawsuit
What is the statute of limitations?
200
Action is unintentional, occurs when a person either performs or fails to perform an action that a reasonable professional person would or would no have performed in a similiar situation
What is negligence?
200
Sexually Transmitted Disease; physician has a duty to report these and other communicable diseases to health authorities
What are STDs?
200
Consent granted by a person after the patient has received knowledge and understanding of potential risks and benefits
What is informed consent?
200
A party other than the patient who assumes responsibility for paying the patient's bills
What is a third party?
300
Latin phrase meaning " let the master answer"; means the employer is responsible for the actions of the employee
What is Respondeat superior?
300
Duty; Direct Cause; Dereliction or Neglect of Duty; Damages
What are the four D's of negligence? (these must be met in order to obtain a judgment for negligence against a MD)
300
This act prohibits employers who have more than fifteen employees from discriminating against disabled persons, this also covers those with HIV/AIDs
What is ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)?
300
An agreement that is entered into orally or in writing
What is an expressed contract?
300
Ordinary skill and care that medical practitioners use and that is commonly used by other medical practitioners in teh same locality when caring for patients; what another medical professional would consider appropriate care
What is standard of care?
400
Means that a physician may determine, based on his or her best judgement if a patient with mental or emotional problems should view the medical record
What is the doctrine of professional discretion?
400
An amount of money awarded by the court to make up for loss of income or emotional pain and suffering
What are compensatory damages?
400
Prohibits discrimination in employment based on five criteria; race, color, religion, gender or national origin.
What is Title VII?
400
Voluntary agreement that a patient gives to allow a medically trained person the permission to touch, examine, and perform a treatment
What is consent?
400
An approval or sanction
What is endorsement?
500
Latin phrase meaning "under penalty take with you"; a court order requiring a person to appear in court and to bring certain records or other material to a trial or deposition
What is subpoena duces tecum?
500
Also called exemplary damages, monetary award by a court to a person who has been harmed in an especially malacious and willful way; meant to deter others from doing same
What are punitive damages?
500
This act helped to decrease the number of uninsured Americans; states companies with at least 20 employees must provide extended healthcare insurance to terminated or laid off employees for at least 18 months.
What is COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act)?
500
A division of law that includes enforceable promises and agreements between two or more persons to do or not to do a particular thing
What is contract law?
500
Responsibilities that physician owes to the public
What is public duty? (includes reporting abuse cases in children/elderly/spouse, communicable disease, birth/death certificates)