HSF2 Unit 5 Unit Test Legal and Ethical

Patients always have the right to leave a hospital or health care facility without a physician’s permission

• True

• False

The Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information provides Federal protection for privacy of health information in all states.

• True

• False

Physical restraints may be used whenever patients are likely to harm themselves or others

• True

• False

All patients have the right to see and obtain copies of their medical records

• True

• False

A health care worker is legally permitted to perform a procedure if told to do so by his or her supervisor

• True

• False

A wrongful act that does not involve a contract is called a tort

• True

• False

Verbal consent is permitted for some procedures

• True

• False

There are 3 main types of abuse: Verbal, Psychological, and Physical

• True

• False

False statements that cause a person to be ridiculed, or cause damage to a person’s reputation is an example of Breach of Contract

• True

• False

The following groups would be considered to have “Legal Disability:” Minors, Mentally incompetent, Persons under the influence, Semiconscious or unconscious persons.

• True

• False