MA Chapter 3 Laws and Ethics

Which federal law regulates minimum wages?

What is the name for the concept that a health professional should do the best possible?

Which of the following patients would be able to give informed consent for treatment?

To whom would physicians report cases of specific infectious diseases?

What branch of civil law compensates individuals for injury?

To what agency should employees tell if they feel that they have been discriminated against?

What is the name for normal, acceptable behavior in our society?

Which of the following does NOT represent how medical assistants function as patient advocates?

A physician has discontinued care of a patientwithout properly notifying the patient.

A patient who does not follow medical advice becomes responsible for any problems that occur

Which of the following must be reported to authorities even if the patient does not consent?

Which of the following is NOT one of the four Ds of malpractice?

Criminal law is the set of laws that deals with disputes between individuals and/or groups.

A drug that has a potential for addiction and/or abuse is called

Ethics refers to the choice between alternative courses of action that have moral consequences.

Which 1990 law recognizes the rights of adults to refuse treatment for disease?

What is the name for a serious crime punishable by death or imprisonment?

What are reasons to revoke or suspend aphysician’s license?

Which federal agency is responsible for physical protection of employees in the workplace?

How should a physician terminate a relationship with a patient to avoid a possible lawsuit?

How many employees must a business have for them to be protected by EOE laws?

What is the branch of law that deals with offenses against society?

When a patient initiates a legal suit, what roledoes the patient play in a lawsuit?

Which of the following does NOT fall into the category of advance directives?

This expectation of truthfulness by all healthcare workers is called

What is the purpose of an advance directive?

What Supreme Court decision established the right of a woman to obtain an abortion in any state

Malpractice insurance is also known as

Some disagreements can be settled out of court with a facilitator. What's this called?

When an employee engages another with unwanted comments of a sexual nature, what is it called?

A health care proxy instructs health careproviders not to engage in life-sustaining measures.

Which of the following is NOT considered a component of patient rights?

What is the legal nature of the doctor-patient relationship?

What is the name for the crime of billing insurance for tests that were never performed?

What agency is responsible for issuing a state license to practice medicine?

What is the legal meaning of the word“liability”?

Cities and towns enact laws that deal with the welfare of its citizens. What are they called?

In order to be legal, a contract must bewritten, signed, and notarized.

Which of the following is NOT regulated by HIPAA?

Early leaders of the USA believed in natural rights.  Which one is NOT one of the rights?