Chapter 2 Legal Considerations and Administration

Reduction of the potential for injury.

• risk management

• negligence

• standard of care

• assumption of risk

The failure to give reasonable care or to do what another prudent person with similar experience, knowledge, and background would have done under the same or similar circumstances.

• liability

• negligence

• standard of care

• assumption of risk

The degree of care, skill, and diligence an equally qualified caregiver in the profession would provide in similar circumstances.

• liability

• ethics

• standard of care

• assumption of risk

Voluntarily and knowingly assumes the risk of an activity through an expressed or implied agreement, but does not forgive a person of reckless conduct.

• liability

• ethics

• tort

• assumption of risk

Legal responsibility to perform duties in a reasonable and prudent manner.

• liability

• ethics

• tort

• battery

Morals, a set of principles or values that influences behavior.

• malpractice

• ethics

• tort

• battery

A wrongful act resulting in injury to another’s person, property, or reputation, for which the injured party is entitled to seek compensation.

• malpractice

• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

• tort

• battery

The unlawful touching of an individual without consent.

• malpractice

• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

• Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

• battery

Professional misconduct or lack of professional skill that results in damage to the patient; negligence by a professional, such as a physician, nurse, certified athletic trainer, or coach.

• malpractice

• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

• Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

• battery

A federal regulation establishing national standards for health care information to protect personal health information.

• malpractice

• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

• Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

• battery