Legal and Ethical Quiz

What is the responsibility of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration?

• Oversee the administrative portion of health care facilities

• Regulate the quality of care patients receive

• Enforce safety and health standards in the workplace

• Report on the efficiency of government-funded health care facilities

Which of the following is NOT included in the Fair Labor Standards Act?

• Requires employers to pay at least minimum wage.

• Dictates employers pay overtime pay for weekend hours.

• Ensures equal pay for men and women.

• Restricts the type of jobs and the hours minors can work.

What is the purpose of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?

• Protect people from infectious, occupational, environmental, and terrorist threats

• Credential physicians in the care of infectious diseases

• Find funding for scientific research

• Develop products that are sold directly to health care facilities and governments

For what reason may an employer legally NOT hire an applicant?

• The applicant is from a different race.

• The applicant has a disability.

• The applicant is not a legal U.S. resident.

• The applicant is near retirement age.

The Family and Medical Leave Act allows employees to take unpaid leave for which of the following reasons?

• To take an extended vacation

• To recover from the birth of a child

• To provide care to a close friend with cancer

• To attend an educational program

In which case does the employer have just cause to fire an employee?

• The employee reported abuse that was taking place in a long-term care facility.

• The employee refused to write a false report.

• The employee does not get along well with a coworker.

• The employee was caught stealing medications from work.

Worker compensation laws do which of the following?

• Ensure that employees will be taken care of when they retire

• Set safety standards for all workplaces

• Require employers to pay employees a fair wage for the hours and work completed

• Require employers to insure employees in case they are injured at work

What are rules of proper conduct among a group of people, such as a profession?

• Ethics

• Laws

• Morals

• All of the above

Liability can be defined as which of the following?

• A moral desire to do the right thing

• An ethical responsibility to cause no harm

• Legal responsibility for causing harm

• The ability to sue the party responsible for causing harm

Which of the following is TRUE of the Residents' Bill of Rights?

• Overrides a patient's civil rights

• Promotes independence and self-determination

• Allows physicians to make health care decisions for patients who are unable to do so

• Permits a patient to not pay their out-of-pocket health care expenses