Laws Flashcards
Rules and regulations apply to crimes committed against an individual l, society or an organization. State or government brings charges against person or persons and issues punishment
Criminal laws
Rules and Regs apply to crimes committed against an individual or property. Individual or rep brings charges against a person or persons and seeks some form of compensation. Three types are tort, contract, and administrative law.
Civil laws
Failure to act that results in causes or harm
Nonfeasance
Improper action that results in or causes harm
Misfeasance
Performance if improper act that results in or causes harm
Malpractice
Document that specified means to sustain the patient in cause of terminal conditions
Living will
Document that states who the patient designates necessary medical decisions regarding withholding medical tx
Durable power of attorney
Federal patient self determination act if 1989
Requires it’s under Medicare and Medicaid be provided with info concerning their rights to determine and make healthcare decisions
FDA
Food and drug administration
DEA
Drug inforcemebt agency
CLIA- clinical laboratory improvement amendments
Rules and standards for healthcare facilities that perform certain lab tests
OSHA occupational safety and health administration
Org that regulates workplace safety and health standards
Americans with disabilities act
Rules and regs that protect people with disabilities from discrimination, such as provision of handicap accessible bathrooms and entrances
Equal employment opportunity act
Rules and regs that protect Employees from discrimination because of race, age, religion, sex or national origin
Uniform anatomical gift act
Any person of sound mind or age can donate body organs after death
Centers for disease control and prevention CDC
Track epidemics and disease
HIPAA health insurance portability and accountability act
Protects confidential information
Promoted adoption of EMrs. Government gave incentives to encourage medical practices to use emrs to make better use of tech for patient care
Hi tech act (health information technology for economic and clinical health
Mandated protection of privacy using emr system
PPACA patient protection and affordable care act
Patients bill of rights
Outlines the rights of patients care
Civil rights act of 1964
Protects the medical assistant from harassment or discrimination on the job
federal law that protects Americans from being treated unfairly because of differences in their DNA that may affect their health. The new law prevents discrimination from health insurers and employers.
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, also referred to as GINA,
), which prohibits debt collectors from using abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices to collect from you.
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA
United States federal law designed to promote the informed use of consumer credit, by requiring disclosures about its terms and cost to standardize the manner in which costs associated with borrowing are calculated and disclosed.
The Truth in Lending Act (TILA) of 1968
Subpoena duces tecum
Court orders for documents
Respondent superior
Let the master answer
. Latin for “the thing speaks for itself,”
Res Ipsa loquitor
a writ ordering a person to attend a court.
Subpoena
To hold the place of or to substitute for
Locum Tenens
the process of giving sworn evidence.
Deposition
the use of an arbitrator to settle a dispute. intervention in a dispute in order to resolve it; arbitration.
Arbitration/mediation
