Title: Examine legal and ethical concerns pertaining to medical care.
Course: Patient Care Technician (14051-III) > Section: Examining Ethical and Legal Issues

Examinations should include

- professional codes of ethics (e.g., physician, nurse)
- Patient's Bill of Rights
- Nursing Home Residents’ Rights
- Good Samaritan Law
- U.S. Revised Anatomical Gift Act (2007)
- licensure
- access to medical care
- treatment issues
- advanced directives
- end-of-life issues
- liability issues
- informed consent/consent to care
- mandated reporters
- Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) regulations.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the definition of ethics?
- What is the difference between law and ethics?
- Who determines what constitutes ethical behavior in the healthcare field?
- Why was the Good Samaritan Law established? In what circumstances does the Good Samaritan Law not apply?
- What types of advanced directives are available?
- What are the different types of consent to care?