Sports Medicine Vocabulary List - Legal

Policies and standards for fair treatment of athletes. Fill in the blank: ____________

• Athlete’s Bill of Rights

• Athlete’s Code of Conduct

• Athlete’s Charter

• Athlete’s Fair Play Agreement

Federal legislation that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex as to participation in athletics in schools receiving federal funds. Fill in the blank: ____________

• Title IX

• Title VII

• Section 504

• FERPA

States that by certain actions, a person assumes certain risks. For example, by riding on the back of someone else’s motorcycle, an individual has assumed the risk of a crash and should not be able to sue the driver should a crash occur. Fill in the blank: ____________

• Assumption of Risk

• Strict Liability

• Negligence

• Contributory Negligence

The crime of unconsented physical contact with another person, even where the contact is not violent but merely menacing or offensive. Fill in the blank: ____________

• Battery

• Larceny

• Fraud

• Arson

Initiating a course of action. Fill in the blank: ____________

• Commission

• Omission

• Submission

• Transmission

Something left neglected or left undone; doing nothing. Fill in the blank: ____________

• Omission

• Commission

• Permission

• Admission

Failure to warn or risk following medical mishaps when an inherent risk in a medical procedure has manifested itself resulting in injury. Fill in the blank: ____________

• Failure to Warn

• Informed Consent

• Negligence Per Se

• Res Ipsa Loquitur

Set of federal regulations adopted to protect the confidentiality of patient information and the ability to retain health insurance coverage. (know what the letters stand for) Fill in the blank: ____________

• HIPAA

• FERPA

• OSHA

• ADA

Permission granted voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind and aware of all factors involved; ensuring a person knows the risks and benefits of a medical procedure and can make a decision based on that info. Fill in the blank: ____________

• Informed Consent

• Implied Contract

• Medical Negligence

• Patient Autonomy

A legal or financial responsibility. Fill in the blank: ____________

• Liability

• Asset

• Revenue

• Dividend