Medical Law Flashcards
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Which law requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for qualifying medical or family reasons?
Answer: FMLA
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) entitles eligible employees of covered employers to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per year for specified family and medical reasons.
Performing surgery on the wrong site is an example of which category of medical error?
Answer: Never event
Wrong-site surgery is classified as a 'never event' — a serious, largely preventable adverse event that should never occur in healthcare.
Which legal term describes the unintentional failure to meet the standard of care that results in patient harm?
Answer: Negligence
Negligence is the failure to exercise the level of care that a reasonably competent provider would exercise under similar circumstances, resulting in harm.
A healthcare facility's policy of keeping certain business information confidential falls under which type of law?
Answer: Contract law
Confidentiality agreements and non-disclosure policies in employment are governed by contract law, which enforces private agreements.
Under the ADA, a healthcare employer must provide 'reasonable accommodation' to a qualified employee with a disability unless it causes:
Answer: Undue hardship
The ADA requires reasonable accommodation for employees with disabilities unless doing so would create an undue hardship for the employer.
When a patient revokes a previously signed consent form before a procedure begins, the provider must:
Answer: Document the revocation and stop the procedure
Patients have the right to withdraw consent at any time before a procedure, and providers must respect this right and document the revocation.
Which document outlines a patient's specific wishes regarding life-sustaining treatment if they become terminally ill or permanently unconscious?
Answer: Advance directive / living will
A living will (advance directive) documents a patient's specific wishes about life-sustaining measures when they are no longer able to communicate.