Assignment 1: Health Law, Ethics, And Policy
As a healthcare executive, you must be familiar with the rules that govern professional responsibility and liability not only for the health executive but for those healthcare professionals in your employ. Additionally, you must be aware of the potential impact that lack of compliance in these areas can have on your organization.
Select a U.S. state and one type of healthcare professional (e.g., medical technologist, pharmacist, physician, nurse, etc.). Research the state's regulations and statutes for licensure, registration, credentialing, and/or certification for the chosen professional. In other words, what is required of the healthcare professional to legally practice in that state? Make sure you examine any regulations related to facility accreditation and Joint Commission requirements.
Explain:
* The process the healthcare professional must follow to achieve licensure and/or certification.
* The legal and extra-legal requirements.
* The civil complaint steps consumers or patients can follow in a case of alleged incompetence or misconduct.
* The process that the state's responsible regulatory agency(ies) follows to investigate allegations and, if necessary, implement sanctions or other disciplinary actions.
* The possible criminal liability due to incompetence, abuse, or misconduct.
Length: a minimum of 5 pages, Also including additional executive summary (not including title page and reference page or part of the 5 pages).
References: Include a minimum of 3 scholarly resources to support the professional responsibility paper and executive summary.
Assignment 2: Generate a Non-Discrimination Policy
Too often, healthcare organizations have been sued due to a violation of equal employment opportunity laws. A search of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) website will yield results of cases brought against healthcare organizations for sexual harassment, failure to provide reasonable accommodation for employees with disabilities, and discrimination against pregnant employees (EEOC, n.d.). As a healthcare executive, you must take an active role in putting policies in place to ensure a safe working environment for the organization's employees and to avoid potential litigation due to discrimination.
You will develop an Equal Employment Opportunity Laws section for your organization's employee handbook. As you draft this section, consider the including the following components:
*The purpose of the policy.
Definitions of: discrimination, discriminatory behavior & harassment
*Your organization's position regarding nondiscrimination issues.
*The scope of the policy: which nondiscrimination issues will be addressed?
*The federal and state nondiscrimination laws that will be addressed in the policy. *The procedure for filing a complaint.
*How confirmed complaints will be resolved.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.