1. Legal and Ethical Responsibilities
Chapter 5

2. Legal Responsibilities
Contracts
A contracts three parts
Implied contracts
Expressed contracts
Legal disability
Agent
Privileged Communication
Health care records
Privacy Act
HIPPA
Regulation of Health Care Providers
Scope of practice
Criminal Law
Civil Law
Torts Laws
Malpractice
Negligence
Assault and battery
Informed Consent
Invasion of privacy
False imprisonment
Abuse
Defamation
Slander and libel

3. Ethical Responsibilities
Basic principles of ethical codes (11) used in paragraph
Patients’ Rights
General overview of patients’ rights
Consumer Bill of Rights and Responsibilities
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

4. Advance Directives for Health Care
Advance / legal directives
Living Wills
Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)