Health Law and Ethics credit:

4 Hours

Introduces students to the legal issues they are likely to face managing a health care organization. With the increasing intersection between health care delivery and law, health care executives will encounter a wide range of legal and regulatory issues, including patients’ rights, antitrust, institutional liability, and employee relations. This course will cover bio-ethical issues, medical practice acts, legal relationships and responsibilities, invasions of privacy, medical professional liability, the litigation process, and avoiding unjustified malpractice/negligence claims. Prerequisite: Restricted to Master of Health Administration, MHA and Master of Health Administration and Leadership, MHA majors.