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MR 103 - Health Record Law


Credit Hours: 3

Principles of law as applied to the health field, with practical reference to all phases of medical record/health information practice. Legal forms, release of information guidelines and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) will be presented.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • define the medico-legal terminology utilized in the course;
  • demonstrate understanding of the basic concepts of law and the judicial system;
  • identify the differences between a valid subpoena duces tecum and an invalid one;
  • given a subpoena duces tecum, accurately describe the steps in dealing with specific types of problem records;
  • state the property rights of a medical/health record;
  • describe the legal implications of particular types of records;
  • describe the proper method of correcting an error in the health record;
  • identify the retention requirements for health records as stated by the accreditation agencies, licensing organizations, state law etc.;
  • demonstrate understanding of HIPAA;
  • state the purpose of and need for confidentiality of incident reports;
  • differentiate between personal and impersonal use of the record;
  • discriminate between request that require authorization and those that do not;
  • describe the reporting requirements for “sensitive” records;
  • describe legal status of medical staff committee, QM, UR, minutes;
  • describe the components of a legitimate consent;
  • identify individuals authorized to give consent;
  • given specific policies and procedures for release of patient information correctly respond to the requests;
  • discuss: Patient Self Determination Act of 1990, durable power of attorney, health care proxy, living will, DNR orders, health care ethics, advanced directives, EHR and other pertinent issues;
  • identify provisions of recently passed or impending legislation that would affect the management of health information and/or health record practice;
  • describe the role of regulatory agencies, statutory, and regulatory law, and public health reporting requirements with regard to the use and disclosure of health information;
  • demonstrate understanding of the Fraud and Abuse legislation;
  • describe the steps in the ROI;
  • maintain user access logs/systems to track access to and disclosure of identifiable patient data;
  • demonstrate understanding of the Electronic Health Data Submission Standards; and
  • describe the key provisions for the HIPAA Privacy Rule and Security Rule to whom they apply, and how they affect access to health information.


Prerequisites: MR 101, MR 102
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