ETHICS

Question 1

Autonomy

Answer 1

Deals with Patient (not practitioner)

Question 2

Nonmaleficence

Answer 2

Deals with the Practitioner (Do no harm)

Question 3

Civil Offense: Lawsuit

Answer 3

Dental injections
Adverse drug reactions (contraindicates MH)
Failure to diagnose (perio disease, oral cancer)

Question 4

Best way to avoid law suits is through?

Answer 4

Documentation, Charting, and communication

Question 5

Civil Law - contracts

Implied:

Answer 5

An agreement made through inference by signs, inaction or silence

Question 6

Civil Law - contracts

Express

Answer 6

Oral or written agreement

Question 7

Civil Law - Practitioner and Patients

Terminating patients

Answer 7

Non-compliance and failure to pay

practitioner

Question 8

Civil Law - Practitioner and Patients

Abandonment?

Answer 8

Dismissal of patient without ample and proper notice

patient

Question 9

Civil Law - Torts
Intentional torts
-Assult?

Answer 9

Threatening bodily harm (raising hand but not actually hitting someone)

Question 10

Civil Law - Torts
Intentional torts
-Battery?

Answer 10

Causing bodily harm ( placing sealants without parental consent or or taking radiographs without permission)

Question 11

Civil Law - Torts
Intentional torts
-Defamation - damaging a person’s reputation
-Libel?

Answer 11

Written defamation (L=Library)

Question 12

Civil Law - Torts
Intentional torts
-Defamation - damaging a person’s reputation
-Slander?

Answer 12

Verbal defamation (S=Spoken)

Question 13

Civil Law - Torts
Unintentional torts
-Negligence?

Answer 13

Failure to do what a reasonable person would do.

Question 14

What does OSHA stand for?

Answer 14

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Question 15

Who does OSHA protect?

Answer 15

Protects the employee (doesn’t protect the boss)

Question 16

What does HIPPA stand for?

Answer 16

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Question 17

How often does the HIPPA form need to be signed?

Answer 17

Once

Question 18

When would you have a patient sign another HIPPA policy?

Answer 18

• Changes are made (pt. wishes to add or remove an individual from a previous form)
• Govt. makes changes to the HIPPA policy

Question 19

How often does the office have to provide the patient a copy of HIPPA policy?

Answer 19

Every three years

Question 20

What does CDC stand for?

Answer 20

Center for Disease Control

Question 21

What does COBRA stand for?

Answer 21

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

Question 22

What is COBRA for?

Answer 22

Gives individuals the right to keep the group health insurance benefits for 18 months

Question 23

Dental Records

-Dentist “owns”

Answer 23

Paper on which records are printed

Question 24

Dental Records

-Patient “owns”

Answer 24

Information

Question 25

Contents of Informed contents

Answer 25

• presented in understandable language
• nature and need of procedure
• benefits/risks of procedure
• prognosis
• alternatives to procedures
• patient is allowed to ask questions

Question 26

With statute of limitations is there a time frame?

Answer 26

yes, it is limited within which legal action may be taken