WorksheetsLegal and Ethical Responsibilities iCEV Exam
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
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?
Promotes independence and self-determination
Allows physicians to make health care decisions for patients who are unable to do so
Overrides a patient's civil rights
Permits a patient to not pay their out-of-pocket health care expenses
Which one of the following overrides the others?
Organ donor card
Durable power of attorney
Living will
Physician's orders
The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) included which of the following regulations?
Patient's Bill of Rights
Residents' Bill of Rights
Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
Patient Self-Determination Act
What are legal documents that allow people to state what medical treatments they want or do not want in the event that they are unable to make decisions or communicate?
Patient's rights
Notarized medical guidelines
Advance directives
Contingency statements
Which of the following terms means releasing, transferring, or providing access to protected health information?
Authorization
Privacy
Confidentiality
Disclosure
As you walk past the nurses' station, you overhear a nurse on the phone with a patient discussing the patient's medication. Which of the following describes your knowledge of the situation according to HIPAA?
Incidental disclosure
Information needed for research
Legal or public interest issue
Amendment of protected health information
Jim is a health care worker who must call Mr. Ortiz with the results of his blood tests. When Jim calls, no one picks up the phone and the answering machine plays. What should Jim do?
Leave a message with the results of the blood test.
Leave a message with the name of the facility he is calling from and a phone number where he can be reached.
Hang up without leaving a message.
Leave a message that the results of the blood tests are in and a phone number where he can be reached.
What is the best way to dispose of confidential information in a health care facility?
Shred it.
Burn it.
Recycle it.
Throw it in the trash can.
Which of the following is a type of abuse that should be reported to the proper authorities?
Emotional
Physical
Sexual
All of the above
Which of the following is information that is shared within a protected relationship?
Privileged communication
Protected privacy
Secure information
Accountability
What is professional negligence called?
Malpractice
Defamation of character
Invasion of privacy
Assault and battery
Intentionally touching another person without permission is called what?
Slander
Battery
Assault
Negligence
What is a case in which a person is harmed because of another person's actions or failure to act called?
Tort
Law
Legislation
Advance directive
Which of the following is included in informed consent?
An explanation of the test and permission from the patient
A diagnosis and documented need for a procedure
A referral from a physician, a written contract, and a fee for services
A patient showing up for an appointment
Which of the following is a purpose of HIPAA?
Ensure that a patient's medical information is private
Ensure quick access to information for health care providers
Ensure that paperwork is correct when it is submitted for reimbursement
Ensure that all people have insurance coverage
