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Healthcare Law & Ethics

Class Number: MEDREC 10530178-1 - Healthcare Law & Ethics
Offering Status: Open
Academic Level: Post_Secondary
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Course Description

10-530-178 HEALTHCARE LAW & ETHICS ...examines regulations for the content, use, confidentiality, disclosure, and retention of health information. An overview of the legal system and ethical issues are addressed. (Corequisite: 10-530-162 Foundations of HIM)

Course Typically Offered

  • Fall
  • Spring

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What will I learn?

  1. MAINTAIN a legally defensible health record
  2. EXAMINE the processes and legal documents intended to assure patient rights (i.e. Advance Directives, consents, research and IRB process, DNR, etc.)
  3. INTERPRET laws and regulations affecting health information
  4. APPLY confidentiality, privacy, and security measures pertaining to the use, access, disclosure and exchange of protected health information
  5. PROCESS requests for health information
  6. PREPARE health information for legal proceedings
  7. RECOMMEND response to breach of professional ethics

Class Details

Class Number:
MEDREC 10530178-1 - Healthcare Law & Ethics
Date:
-
Delivery:
Online
Term:
2025 Fall Session 2

Class Notes

This is an Online class that can be accessed anywhere using internet. For more information regarding this delivery and how to access your class, see www.nwtc.edu/onlinefaq.

Meetings Times

Dates Day(s) / Time Location
10/22/2025 - 12/19/2025 Online
12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

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