Professional Responsibilities

As the central point in healthcare, providers have a variety of rights that ensure we have competent, caring professionals overseeing the delivery of quality healthcare. This credential explores physicians’ rights to compare legal and ethical issues. The examination process takes students through the necessity of health care providers adhering to legal and ethical standards. In consideration of physicians' rights and responsibilities, this course also addresses how these interrelate with responsibilities of the health care team members. Specifically, this badge demonstrates the earner's ability to describe how the job of a healthcare provider is governed including benefits of practicing defensive medicine and having the right qualities, Medical Practice Acts and Medical Boards, the EEOC, the ADA, OSHA, Workers' Compensation, and FMLA. describe the responsibilities of healthcare providers including the protected relationship and exceptions, related public laws, responsibilities to public health, reportable diseases and injuries, the tracking of medical wastes, the tracking of scheduled drugs, and responsibilities to others within the healthcare setting.