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Chain of evidence refers to all of the following except A) clearly labeled evidence with name, date, and time. B) documentation in the medical record of date and time the evidence was obtained. C) clothing evidence that is clean and dry. D) evidence that has been kept in locked storage until required.

Failure or omission to perform professional duties to an accepted standard of care is called A) fraud. B) negligence. C) unintentional tort. D) consideration.

The ordinary skill and care that medical practitioners must use is called A) the prudent person rule. B) confidentiality. C) the standard of care. D) the statute of limitations.

The period of time that a patient has to file a lawsuit is covered by the A) medical patients’ rights acts. B) statute of limitations. C) statute of limitations for murder. D) medical practice acts.

The legal relationship formed between two people when one person agrees to perform work for another person is called A) the promise to cure. B) liability. C) the law of agency. D) all of the above.

Minor children may receive life-saving treatment even if the parents refuse it A) if a court-appointed guardian gives consent. B) if the child chooses to receive it. C) when grandparents override the wishes of the parents. D) none of the above.

Assumption of risk is the legal defense that A) is used by the defendant in a case to prove innocence from injury. B) prevents the plaintiff from recovering damages if he or she had accepted a risk associated with an activity that led to the illness or injury. C) determines that the patient was fully or partly at fault for the injury, and no damages may be recovered. D) bases the recovery of damages by the plaintiff on the amount of fault of the defendant.

A Medicare-instituted method of hospital payment is A) HMO. B) DRG. C) PPO. D) EPO.

Medicare and Medicaid prohibit physicians from A) referring to services in which they have a financial interest or ownership. B) charging a reasonable fee for service. C) referring to rehabilitation or long-term care. D) ordering expensive tests.

Intentional torts include A) assault and battery. B) defamation. C) false imprisonment. D) all of the above.