Law and Ethic term review Todd

Also considered privileged communications; contain information about the care provided for that patient.

• scope of practice

• health care records

• invasion of privacy

• ethics

Unlawfully touching a person without that person’s consent.

• assault

• false imprisonment

• ethics

• battery

Someone who has the power or authority to act as the representative of another, works under the employer.

• contract

• living will

• agent

• legal disability

The procedures, processes, and actions that health care providers are legally permitted to perform in keeping with terms of their professional license.

• Scope of Practice

• Confidentially

• contract

• patient's right's

. Federal law that regulates the education and testing of nursing assistants.

• Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)

• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)

• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

• Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 1987

Permission granted voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind and aware of all factors involved.

• living will

• informed consent

• confidentially

• ethics

Providing improper or unprofessional treatment or care that results in injury to another person.

• malpractice

• negligence

• scope of practice

• battery

Slander or libel; a false statement that causes ridicule or damage to a reputation.

• ethics

• defamation

• contract

• patient's bill of right's

A legal document stating a person’s desires on what measures should or should not be taken to prolong life when his or her condition is terminal.

• privileged communication

• living will

• contract

• implied consent

A condition in which a person does not have legal capacity and is therefore unable to enter into a legal agreement.

• contract

• privileged communication

• legal disability

• assault