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Medical practice acts define the penalties for practicing medicine without a ­license. 

Laws that help to protect health care professionals from liability while giving emergency care to an accident victim are known as Medical Patients Rights Acts. F L E X Acts. Good Samaritan laws. discovery rule. respondeat superior.

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An employee’s duties include clarifying physician orders when they are ambiguous or erroneous. having a knowledge of basic information concerning procedures that are likely to be used. interpreting and carrying out the orders of his or her physician/ declining to carry out a procedure that seems dangerous for the patient. all of the above.

The law requires a physician to use extraordinary skill. treat everyone. be certified by the American Medical Association. perform the same acts that a “reasonable and prudent” physician would. all of the above.

Slander is placing statements in writing that injure the reputation of a person. 

If called to testify in court, one should not memorize his or her testimony ahead of time. not answer questions he or she does not understand. always tell the truth. be professional. all of the above.  

Physicians cannot be sued if they have promised to cure patients and then, through no fault of their own, have failed to do so. 

Standard of care is the type of health care that a “reasonable person” would provide. 

When applying case law, the facts in the new case must be the same as those in which the precedent was established.