Jul 03, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
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MAT 2100 - Law and Ethics for Medical Assisting
Introduction to law and ethics as they apply to allied health fields and medical assisting. Topics include scope of practice, professional liability and medical malpractice, medical records and informed consent, medical ethics, documentation and reporting, standard of care, governmental legislation and regulation, HIPAA, Patient’s Bill of Rights, and legal, ethical, and moral behaviors.
Requisites: C or better in ((MAT 1010 or 101) and 1700 and 2010) and Sophomore or higher
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Describe implications of HIPAA for the MA.
- Describe standard of care for the medical assistant and physician.
- Differentiate between legal, ethical, and moral issues affecting healthcare.
- Discuss legal scope of practice for medical assistants.
- Discuss levels of governmental legislation and regulations in health care.
- Document information accurately in the patient record.
- Identify where and how to report illegal and/or unsafe activities and behaviors that affect health, safety and welfare of others.
- Know impact on MA’s practice with laws, such as Good Samaritan Act, Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.
- Understand issue of confidentiality as it applies to the medical assistant.
- Understand the Patient Bill of Rights.
- Understand the role of cultural, social and ethnic diversity in ethical performance of medical assisting practice.
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