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Massage Therapy (Law & Ethics) Questions
with Answers (100% Correct Answers)
Law Answer: Any system of regulations to govern the conduct of the people of
a community, society or nation, in response to the need for regularity,
consistency and justice based upon collective human experience.
Primary and secondary Answer: Sources of law
The United States Constitution (primary) Answer: The supreme law of the
land. (Primary source)
U.S. Code (primary) Answer: What all federal statutory laws are compiled into
Federal statutory law (primary) Answer: a law enacted by Congress. It is the
written will of Congress as expressed formally by an Act of Congress. (Thus,
when a bill is passed by Congress and signed by the president, it becomes a
federal statute.)
Acts Answer: Establish a government agency that enact regulations.
Statues Answer: a written law passed by a legislative body.
Regulations (regulatory/administrative law) Answer: Made an enforced by
regulatory or administrative agencies that operate at the federal, state, or local
levels.
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and Food and Dug Act (FDA)
Answer: Statutes that directly effect Health Care
State statutory law Answer: Laws enacted by legislation of State Congresses.
State statutory law can be added to federal law, but cannot reverse or alter
federal law.
Case Law Answer: Known as common or judge-made law. Law that is based
on decisions that judges have made in past cases (criminal & civil).
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Medical malpractice cases in the United States Answer: Case Law (example)
Primary sources of law Answer: A statement of the law itself from a
governmental entity, such as a court, legislature, executive agency, President or
Governor.
Secondary source of law Answer: Materials that discuss, explain, interpret, and
analyze what the law is or what it should be, including treatises, law reviews,
encyclopedias, ALR annotations, Restatements, and legal newspapers.
Secondary sources also provide extensive citations to primary legal materials
and other relevant secondary sources.
Criminal and civil Answer: Types of legal action
Criminal Answer: Public legal actions/offense against society. Standard of
proof - beyond a reasonable doubt. Felony and misdemeanor.
Felony (high crimes) Answer: A crime sufficiently serious to be punishable by
death or a term in state or federal prison, as distinguished from a misdemeanor
which is only punishable by confinement to County or local jail and/or a fine.
(A crime carrying a minimum term of one year or more in state prison.)
Misdemeanor Answer: A lesser crime punishable by a fine and/or county jail
time for up to one year. Misdemeanors are distinguished from felonies, which
can be punishable by state prison term. They are tried in the lowest local court
such as municipal police or justice courts.
Circumstances Answer: Depending on this, some crimes can be charged either
as a felony or misdemeanor
Civil Answer: Private legal action brought by plaintiffs against defendants.
Preponderance of the evidence. Remedies usually include monetary
compensation.
Professional negligence and intentional misconduct Answer: Two types of
medical malpractice
Massage Therapy (Law & Ethics) Questions
with Answers (100% Correct Answers)
Law Answer: Any system of regulations to govern the conduct of the people of
a community, society or nation, in response to the need for regularity,
consistency and justice based upon collective human experience.
Primary and secondary Answer: Sources of law
The United States Constitution (primary) Answer: The supreme law of the
land. (Primary source)
U.S. Code (primary) Answer: What all federal statutory laws are compiled into
Federal statutory law (primary) Answer: a law enacted by Congress. It is the
written will of Congress as expressed formally by an Act of Congress. (Thus,
when a bill is passed by Congress and signed by the president, it becomes a
federal statute.)
Acts Answer: Establish a government agency that enact regulations.
Statues Answer: a written law passed by a legislative body.
Regulations (regulatory/administrative law) Answer: Made an enforced by
regulatory or administrative agencies that operate at the federal, state, or local
levels.
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and Food and Dug Act (FDA)
Answer: Statutes that directly effect Health Care
State statutory law Answer: Laws enacted by legislation of State Congresses.
State statutory law can be added to federal law, but cannot reverse or alter
federal law.
Case Law Answer: Known as common or judge-made law. Law that is based
on decisions that judges have made in past cases (criminal & civil).
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Medical malpractice cases in the United States Answer: Case Law (example)
Primary sources of law Answer: A statement of the law itself from a
governmental entity, such as a court, legislature, executive agency, President or
Governor.
Secondary source of law Answer: Materials that discuss, explain, interpret, and
analyze what the law is or what it should be, including treatises, law reviews,
encyclopedias, ALR annotations, Restatements, and legal newspapers.
Secondary sources also provide extensive citations to primary legal materials
and other relevant secondary sources.
Criminal and civil Answer: Types of legal action
Criminal Answer: Public legal actions/offense against society. Standard of
proof - beyond a reasonable doubt. Felony and misdemeanor.
Felony (high crimes) Answer: A crime sufficiently serious to be punishable by
death or a term in state or federal prison, as distinguished from a misdemeanor
which is only punishable by confinement to County or local jail and/or a fine.
(A crime carrying a minimum term of one year or more in state prison.)
Misdemeanor Answer: A lesser crime punishable by a fine and/or county jail
time for up to one year. Misdemeanors are distinguished from felonies, which
can be punishable by state prison term. They are tried in the lowest local court
such as municipal police or justice courts.
Circumstances Answer: Depending on this, some crimes can be charged either
as a felony or misdemeanor
Civil Answer: Private legal action brought by plaintiffs against defendants.
Preponderance of the evidence. Remedies usually include monetary
compensation.
Professional negligence and intentional misconduct Answer: Two types of
medical malpractice
