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Risk 140 : Good Samaritan Laws

Credit Hours(s)2.0

InstructorsPeter Van Tyle, Esq

Price$40.00 USD

Format(s)AudioVisual Course

Educational Objectives

Classify circumstances that trigger Good Samaritan laws for chiropractors.
Restate duties imposed upon people in the United States to render aid to others in dire circumstances.
Compare a doctor’s versus a lay person’s duty to render aid to someone in distress.
Explain principles and philosophical underpinning Good Samaritan laws.
Discuss the Bystander Effect.and scientific studies that unearth reasons why people are reluctant to render aid/assistance to others in emergency situations.
Summarize the role compensation, expecting to get paid, plays in the operation of Good Samaritan laws.
Locate states that impose a duty to render assistance, and those states that remove Good Samaritan law protection from hospitals.
Identify protections offered under various states’ Good Samaritan Laws.
Express the relaxation of professional standards, and what behaviors are shielded from liability, under Good Samaritan laws.

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