Chapter 22 - Legal Issues and Responsibilities

Question 1

Preparticiation Screen

Answer 1

Used to assess a client’s health and medical history.

Question 2

Negligence

Answer 2

Failure to conform one’s conduct to a generally accepted standard or duty.

Question 3

Release/waiver

Answer 3

An agreement by a client before beginning participation, to give up, relinquish, or waive the participant’s rights to legal remedy in the event of injury, even when such injury arises as a result of provider negligence.

Question 4

Risk management

Answer 4

A process whereby a service or program is delivered in a manner to fully conform to the most relevant standards of practice and that uses operational strategies to ensure day-to-day fulfillment, ensure
optimum achievement of desired client outcomes, and minimize risk of harm to clients

Question 5

Tort law

Answer 5

The body of law that regulates civil wrongdoing.

Question 6

Assumption of risk document

Answer 6

Explains the risks of participating in physical activity to a prospective client.

Question 7

Professional liability insurance

Answer 7

Provides a broad spectrum of protection from claims such as those arising from negligence, breach of contract, or even sexual harassment, and it can provide coverage for both injuries to a person or to property.

Question 8

ACSM Certified Personal Trainer

Answer 8

A fitness professional involved in developing and implementing an individualized approach to exercise leadership in healthy populations and/or those individuals with medical clearance to exercise.

Question 9

Scope of practice

Answer 9

The range of permissible professional activities that a Personal Trainer may undertake, coupled with an understanding of the boundaries that serve as limits on these activities.

Question 10

CPR

Answer 10

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. A requirement of most personal training certification.

Question 11

AED

Answer 11

Automated External Defibrillator. A lifesaving device.