Health Professions Law
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Course Introduction
Health Professions Law offers a comprehensive overview of the legal principles and regulations affecting healthcare practitioners and organizations. The course explores key topics such as professional licensure, scope of practice, patient consent, confidentiality, malpractice liability, and ethical issues confronting health professionals. Students will examine the impact of federal and state laws on healthcare delivery, the roles of regulatory boards, and recent legal cases shaping the practice environment. Emphasis is placed on practical application, risk management strategies, and understanding legal responsibilities to better protect both patients and health professionals.
Recommended Textbook Medical Law and Ethics 5th Edition by
Bonnie F. Fremgen
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Medical Law, Ethics, and Bioethics
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Q1) The purpose of law is to
A)provide a way of measuring our actions.
B)punish us when our actions break the law.
C)provide moral decision-making standards.
D)A and B.
Answer: D
Q2) Empathy requires the ability to
A)feel sorry for someone else.
B)feel a sense of commitment to a person.
C)understand the feelings of another person.
D)have a distant and unemotional attitude toward the patient.
Answer: C
Q3) A branch of applied or practical ethics is called A)medical ethics.
B)biomedical ethics.
C)bioethics.
D)B and C.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: The Legal System
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Q1) The purpose of a constitution is to
A)set up a government.
B)define the power of the government to act.
C)set limits on the government's power.
D)all of the above.
Answer: D
Q2) Which carries the punishment of fines or imprisonment in jail for up to a year?
A)A misdemeanor
B)A felony
C)Negligence
D)Battery
Answer: A
Q3) An expert witness is considered to have
A)knowledge of the crime committed.
B)a legal background (for example,a lawyer).
C)knowledge or experience beyond the jury.
D)all of the above.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Importance of the Legal System for the
Physician and the Health-Ccare Professional
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Q1) The provision of information to a patient that a reasonable person would want before making a decision about treatment is
A)the standard of care.
B)the statute of limitations.
C)confidentiality.
D)the prudent person rule.
Answer: D
Q2) The purpose of the medical practice acts is to protect the A)healthcare worker.
B)physician.
C)general public.
D)state.
Answer: C
Q3) Guidelines for the practice of a profession are called A)respondeat superior.
B)guardian ad litem.
C)scope of practice.
D)all of the above.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Todays Healthcare Environment
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Q1) Allied health professionals who are certified include all of the following except A)medical assistants.
B)phlebotomist.
C)medical transcriptionists.
D)pharmacists.
Q2) The members of a professional corporation are known as A)the board of directors.
B)shareholders.
C)physicians.
D)lawyers.
Q3) A medical practice consisting of three or more physicians who practice the same specialty and share expenses and income is a/an A)group practice.
B)partnership.
C)associate practice.
D)corporation.
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Chapter 5: The Physician-Patient Relationship
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Q1) The physician who believes that his or her AIDS patient may place the health of others in jeopardy has an ethical obligation to
A)notify the patient's partner.
B)call the local health department.
C)persuade the patient to inform his or her partner(s).
D)notify the local police department.
Q2) An increase in malpractice insurance premiums has caused
A)physicians to refuse more patients.
B)physicians to charge more for services than in the past.
C)physicians to withdraw from caring for more patients.
D)none of the above.
Q3) A statement of the patient's intentions for healthcare-related decisions is called A)an advance directive.
B)implied consent.
C)in loco parentis.
D)consent.
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Chapter 6: Professional Liability and Medical Malpractice
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Q1) Coverage of the insured party for all injuries and incidents that occurred while the policy was in effect,regardless of when they are reported,is
A)occurrence insurance.
B)claims-made insurance.
C)malpractice insurance.
D)rider insurance.
Q2) The most common defense provided by the defendant in a medical malpractice case is called
A)affirmative defense.
B)denial defense.
C)assumption of risk.
D)borrowed servant.
Q3) Monetary awards by a court to a person who has been harmed in an especially malicious or willful way are
A)compensatory damages.
B)nominal damages.
C)punitive damages.
D)wrongful damages.
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Chapter 7: Public Duties of the Physician and the Health
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Q1) The proper method of destroying a controlled substance that needs to be disposed of "disposed of or wasted" is to
A)return it to the original container to be counted.
B)flush it down a toilet as advised by the manufacturer.
C)place it in a locked container to be removed by the hazardous waste disposal personnel.
D)all of the above.
Q2) A physician reporting possible child abuse
A)may be sued by the parents of the child for defamation.
B)may not be sued by the parents of the child for defamation.
C)may file an initial oral report followed by a written report.
D)B and C.
Q3) Chain of evidence refers to all of the following except
A)clearly labeled evidence with name,date,and time.
B)documentation in the medical record of date and time the evidence was obtained.
C)clothing evidence that is clean and dry.
D)evidence that has been kept in locked storage until required.
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Chapter 8: Workplace Law and Ethics
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Q1) The Civil Rights Act of 1991 permits the court to award ________ to mistreated employees.
A)compensatory damages
B)punitive damages
C)prison sentences
D)A and B
Q2) COBRA of 1985 provides that a company with 20 or more employees must provide extended healthcare insurance to terminated employees for up to
A)18 months,usually at the employee's expense.
B)1 year,usually at the employee's expense.
C)18 months at the employer's expense.
D)1 year at the employer's expense.
Q3) An unfair dislike or preference against someone is called A)ethnocentrism.
B)bias.
C)stereotyping.
D)autonomy.
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Chapter 9: The Medical Record
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Q1) The disadvantage of chronological documentation is
A)subjective data may be missing.
B)objective data may be missing.
C)medical problems may go undiscovered.
D)vital signs are not done.
Q2) Federal reimbursement guidelines require that all medical records be completed within
A)15 days following the patient's discharge from a hospital.
B)30 days following the patient's discharge from a hospital.
C)45 days following the patient's discharge from a hospital.
D)60 days following the patient's discharge from a hospital.
Q3) The Privacy Act of 1974 protects private citizens from distribution of information about themselves by the federal government except for that which is received from A)hospitals.
B)Veterans Administration hospitals.
C)privately owned clinics.
D)Medicare or Medicaid.
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Chapter 10: Patient Confidentiality and Hipaa
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Q1) HIPAA allows all of the following except
A)physicians or hospitals to share patient information with each other to treat the patient.
B)complete disclosure of patient information by an EMT.
C)disclosure to clergy of patient admission to a facility.
D)all of the above.
Q2) The objective of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1998 is to
A)combat fraud,abuse,and waste in healthcare.
B)promote medical savings accounts.
C)simplify the administration of health insurance.
D)all of the above.
Q3) HIPAA law stipulates that the patient
A)may sue over privacy violations.
B)may not sue over privacy violations.
C)may register a complaint to the government.
D)A and C.
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Chapter 11: Ethical and Bioethical Issues in Medicine
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Q1) The code of ethics dealing with experimentation on human subjects is A)the Hippocratic Oath.
B)the Nuremberg Code.
C)nonexistent.
D)a conflict of interest.
Q2) Issues discussed in the context of advanced medical technology are called A)bioethics.
B)telemedicine.
C)ethics.
D)informatics.
Q3) The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
A)permits minors to allow posthumous use of organs through a type of written document.
B)permits competent adults to have organs donated by their parents.
C)permits competent adults to allow posthumous use of their organs through a written document.
D)requires all persons to be organ donors.
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Chapter 12: Ethical Issues Relating to Life
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Q1) Right-to-life advocates argue all of the following except
A)no one has the right to deny a life.
B)the embryo is a human life.
C)it is morally wrong to take a human life.
D)the right of the unborn child takes precedence over the right of the mother.
Q2) A person appointed by the court to speak on behalf of an incapacitated party is called the
A)respondeat superior.
B)guardian ad litem.
C)guardian.
D)conscience.
Q3) AID is the same as
A)acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
B)artificial insemination donor.
C)artificial insemination disorder.
D)autoimmune disorder.
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Chapter 13: Death and Dying
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Q1) What is the most widely accepted legal definition of death in the United States?
A)Brain death
B)Cardiac death
C)Respiratory death
D)Multi-organ death
Q2) According to the brain-oriented death definition,death occurs when
A)there is irreversible cessation of all brain function.
B)the brain stem is the only portion continuing to function.
C)breathing is the only remaining function.
D)heart action is the only remaining function.
Q3) Withdrawing life-sustaining treatment refers to
A)not starting artificial methods of maintaining life.
B)discontinuing artificial methods of maintaining life.
C)gradually discontinuing feeding.
D)gradually discontinuing ventilation.
Q4) Ethical considerations of the terminally ill patient include
A)withdrawing versus withholding treatment.
B)active euthanasia versus passive euthanasia.
C)ordinary versus extraordinary means.
D)all of the above.
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Chapter 14: Future Trends in Healthcare
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Q1) Which condition will the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services refuse to reimburse?
A)Wrong type blood transfusions
B)Bedsores
C)Catheter-induced urinary tract infections
D)all of the above
Q2) What is the name of the organizations that will allow consumers to review and compare online health insurance plans established in each state?
A)Health maintenance organizations
B)Health exchanges
C)Preferred provider organizations
D)Health co-ops
Q3) How is the Children's Health Initiative Program funded?
A)State governments
B)Federal governments
C)State and federal governments
D)Volunteer donations
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