Medical Law & Ethics

This badge denotes earners' understanding of the legal and ethical issues found in the health care setting.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to describe how the job of a healthcare provider is governed including the benefits of practicing defensive medicine and having the right qualities.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to explain components of the US legal system including types of law and their impact on healthcare, intentional and unintentional torts, the organization of the local, state, and federal legislative bodies, main regulations on healthcare, and concepts of law such as statute of limitations, the Good Samaritan Laws, and respondeat superior.