Sports Medicine Unit 2: Legal Terminology

FERPA

(Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) Protects the privacy of student educational records

HIPAA

(Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act)
Protects the privacy of individually indentifiable health information

Liability

The state of being responsible for something

Scope of Practice

The extent to which a healthcare provider is permitted to perform medical procedure

Standard of Care

Determined by what the individual’s duty is. It’s the very least of care that can be expected.

Duty

The legally defined responsibilities of a medical
professional.

Malfeasance

Doing something one has no duty to perform

Misfeasance

Doing something one should be doing, but improperly

Nonfeasance

Not fulfulling ones legal duty, did no do something one should have done

Malpractice

Liability generating conduct associated with an adverse outcome of patient treatment

Permission to Treat

When the parents give permission to take care of injuries in their absence

Torts

Legal wrongs committed against another person

Informed Consent

Implies that an athlete or his/her parents must be informed of the risks inherent in a particular sports before they voluntarily assume the risk of participation

Assumption of Risk

Risks assumed by playing sports. Individual can be injured by ordinary risks of the game

Negligence

Fails to act as a reasonably prudent person would act under the same circumstances