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| Who provides a jurance-prudence act to each state? |
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| The state board of dentistry |
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| Who regulates safety codes? |
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| many states will accept licensing from another state |
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| for states that have their own board until clinical boards comes around |
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| can get in a state your not licensed to practice in just to teach, can't practice hygiene |
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| laws that regulate the practice of a profession |
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| What do rules or regulations do? |
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| carry out the intent of the law, protect public from inappropriate acts |
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| What are the 2 types of laws? |
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| formally written enactments of a legislative body, weather federal, state, city, or county |
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| rulings that are created by a court decision (unwritten, based on custom) |
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| standard by which members of an organization must abide, no legal implications |
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| What are the two types of legal action? |
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| What are the two types of civil acts? |
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| What is illegal to do in terms of a contact? |
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| What are the two types of tort? |
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| intentional and unintentional |
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| What is the unintenional type of tort? |
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| What are the 4 types of intentional tort? |
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1.fraud
2.assault & battery
3.defamation, libel, slander
4.breach of confidentiality |
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offenses for violating private or contractual rights (a crime against a person)
-requires a preponderence of evidence |
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law established for preventing harm against society and describes a criminal act
-requires beyond a reasonable doubt |
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| an agreement between 2 or more consenting, competent parties to which there is sufficient consideration |
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| an exchange of something of value between two people such as money |
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| relinquishment of all connection with a client |
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| Does harm have to occur for beach of a contract? |
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| What is an example of an intentional tort? |
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| What does HIPPA stand for? |
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| health information privacy and accountability act |
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| negligence or wrong doing by a professional intentional or unintentional |
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| What can malpractice include? |
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| acts of omission(not performing something) or comission(an act done incorrectly) |
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| an interference with another's right to enjoy their person, property, or privacy |
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| What are the two types of torts? |
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| intentional and unintentional |
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| What is the one type of unintentional tort? |
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| What is negligence/malpractice? |
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| failure to do what a reasonable and prudent person would have done under the circumstances |
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| What is contributory negligence? |
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| when a pts actions contribute to injury |
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| misrepresentation of something like having an assisstant scale teeth |
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| no physical injury, just talking about pts personal stuff at lunch etc |
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| When may confidentiality be breached? |
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| cases of communicable diseases that must be reported or child abuse |
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| What are the 2 types of defamation of character? |
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| What is the written form of defamation of character called? |
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| What is the verbal form of defamation of character called? |
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| What is defamation of character? |
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| communication that injures someone's reputation |
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| When one intends to cause apprehension in someone without touching them. Ex: if you don't sit still ill stick you with this needle. |
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| a harmful or offensive contact with someone ex: not getting informed consent before taking radiographs |
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| protected health information |
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