Medical Law, Ethics, & Bioethics for Med Assts
Course Number:
MEDAS114
Course Credits:
3.00
Course Description:
This course presents a comprehensive systems approach to the study of medical law, ethics, and bioethics as related to the ambulatory health care setting, including legal terminology and professional liability. 3 theory hours. Vocational program course. May be used as a general elective in the AA degree.
Course Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: ENGL 095 with a grade of "C-" or better, or placement in ENGL& 101 or ENGL 150.
Course Outcomes:
- Differentiate between scope of practice and standards of care for medical assistants
- Compare and contrast provider and medical assistant roles in terms of standard of care
- Describe components of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- Summarize the Patient Bill of Rights
- Discuss licensure and certification as they apply to healthcare providers
- Compare criminal and civil law as they apply to the practicing medical assistant
- Define:
- negligence
- malpractice
- statute of limitations
- Good Samaritan Act(s)
- Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
- living will/advanced directives
- medical durable power of attorney
- Patient Self Determination Act (PSDA)
- risk management
- Describe the following types of insurance:
- liability
- professional (malpractice)
- personal injury
- List and discuss legal and illegal applicant interview questions
- Identify:
- Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH)
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)
- Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA)
- Describe the process in compliance reporting:
- unsafe activities
- errors in patient care
- conflicts of interest
- incident reports
- Describe compliance with public health statutes:
- communicable diseases
- abuse, neglect, and exploitation
- wounds of violence
- Define the following medical legal terms:
- informed consent
- implied consent
- expressed consent
- patient incompetence
- emancipated minor
- mature minor
- subpoena duces tecum
- respondent superior
- res ipsa loquitor
- locum tenens
- defendant-plaintiff
- deposition
- arbitration-mediation
- Good Samaritan laws