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2. Surrogate decision-maker - Wikipedia

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   The advance directive should be reviewed regularly and reflect changes in the client's current marital situation (e.g. marriage or divorce). For the agent to view the medical records of the client, the client should sign a HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) release form. [7] [8] [9] [10]

3. Medical Board of California - Wikipedia

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   The Board is part of the California Department of Consumer Affairs and has headquarters in Sacramento. [1] It has an annual budget of $65.277 million. The MBC is the oldest component of DCA, dating back to the 1878 revision of the Medical Practice Act of 1876. MBC is a member of the Federation of State Medical Boards. [2]

4. Collaborative practice agreement - Wikipedia

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   Under the collaborative practice agreement, a CPP has prescriptive powers for controlled and noncontrolled substances. [49] Pharmacists can help physicians manage ambulatory patients' chronic diseases through a variety of ways: [49] Modify, start, or stop medications; Administer medications; Monitor medication therapies

5. Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment - Wikipedia

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   The POLST Form provides explicit guidance to healthcare professionals under predictable future circumstances based on the individual's current medical condition. [1] The POLST form is reviewed more frequently compared to an advance directive to make sure that the form complies with the individual's wishes in treatments as the disease progresses ...

6. Advance healthcare directive - Wikipedia

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   An advance healthcare directive, also known as living will, personal directive, advance directive, medical directive or advance decision, is a legal document in which a person specifies what actions should be taken for their health if they are no longer able to make decisions for themselves because of illness or incapacity. In the U.S. it has a ...

7. Patients' rights - Wikipedia

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   Physicians should clearly explain the risks from receiving the treatment and only administer the treatment after getting explicit written consent from the patient. Right to confidentiality, human dignity and privacy: Doctors should observe strict confidentiality of a patient's condition, with the only exception of potential threats to public ...

8. Patient Self-Determination Act - Wikipedia

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   The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) was passed by the United States Congress in 1990 as an amendment to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.Effective on December 1, 1991, this legislation required many hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, hospice providers, health maintenance organizations (HMOs), and other health care institutions to provide information about ...

9. California Medical Association - Wikipedia

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   The physicians who founded the Medical Society of the State of California were veterans in the fight against cholera, encephalitis, typhoid and smallpox—diseases that became prevalent in the newly minted lands of California after the Gold Rush of 1849. They dedicated their organization to "promote the science and art of medicine, protection ...