Legal Issues for Imaging Professionals

These flashcards cover key legal concepts and terms relevant to imaging professionals and their rights in the educational and healthcare environments.

An awareness of legal rights for both students and employees may aid students in their interactions with __.

the educational program and later as imaging professionals employed in the healthcare field.

Contract law applies to students within educational programs in the form of __, __, and __.

student handbooks, guidebooks, and departmental policies and procedures.

The and Amendments to the US Constitution are the origin of due process rights in America.

5th and 14th Amendments

Substantive Due Process requires a school to show that denial of any of the student's rights to __, __, or __ is reasonable.

life, liberty, or property

Procedural Due Process is the mechanism by which citizens can refute attempts by government or other bodies to deprive them of their __ rights.

substantive rights

Blowing the whistle means reporting concerns about unsafe conditions or poor quality of care to the __, the national or state agency responsible for regulation, or law enforcement agencies.

employer

Whistleblowers need to understand that their battle will probably be __, even with whistleblower laws in place.

difficult

Personal liability insurance is relatively __ for an imaging professional.

inexpensive

The educational program must have due process standards that are readily __, __, and __ applied.

accessible, fair, and equitably