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phlebotomy chapter19
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| statutory law | created by legislative body |
| case law | determined by court decisions |
| public law | laws can be public |
| criminal action | the violator is prosecuted by the public in person |
| assault | a unjustifiable attempt to touch another person |
| battery | the intentional touching of another person without consent |
| private law | laws can be private |
| civil action | the offense leads to this |
| plaintiff | the person claiming to have been harmed by the defendant |
| out-of-court settlement | the two parties reach an agreement without the intervention of a judge or jury. |
| damages | money rewarded by the court to the plaintiff to be paid by the defendant. |
| liable | an action means that you are legally responsible for it and can be held accountable. |
| scope of practice | the set of procedures and responsibilities for which your training has prepared you and you have demonstrated competency. |
| accepted standard of care | judgments regarding medical liability |
| negligence | the failure to perform an action consistent with the accepted standard of care. |
| malpractice | the delivery of substandard care that results in harm to a patient |
| dereliction | breach of duty |
| event report | circumstances of a incident |
| protected health information(PHI) | is a part of a patients health information that is linked to information that indientifes the patient, such as dob, name, social security number, or address. |