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  2. Title 42 of the United States Code - Wikipedia

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    Title 42 of the United States Code is the United States Code dealing with public health, social welfare, and civil rights. Parts of Title 42 which formerly related to the US space program have been transferred to Title 51 .

  3. Public Health Service Act - Wikipedia

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    As codified in 42 U.S.C. chapter 6A of the United States Code from the US House of Representatives; As amended in the GPO Statute Compilations collection. Title I Short Title and Definitions (PDF/details) Title II Administration and Miscellaneous Provisions (PDF/details) Title III General Powers and Duties of Public Health Service (PDF/details)

  4. Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act - Wikipedia

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    Long title: A bill to amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the improvement of patient safety and to reduce the incidence of events that adversely effect patient safety. Acronyms (colloquial) PSQIA: Enacted by: the 109th United States Congress: Effective: July 29, 2005: Citations; Public law: Pub. L. 109–41 (text ...

  5. Healthcare Quality Improvement Act - Wikipedia

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    (Title 42 of the United States Code, Sections 11101 - 11152) It followed a federal antitrust suit by a surgeon against an Astoria hospital and members of its clinic in which he claimed antitrust actions were effected through the mechanism of peer review in the hospital. He claimed that a general surgeon of the clinic initiated the action due to ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Nursing ethics - Wikipedia

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    Nursing ethics is a branch of applied ethics that concerns itself with activities in the field of nursing. Nursing ethics shares many principles with medical ethics, such as beneficence, non-maleficence, and respect for autonomy. It can be distinguished by its emphasis on relationships, human dignity and collaborative care.

  8. Occupational Safety and Health Act (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Long title: An Act to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women; by authorizing enforcement of the standards developed under the Act; by assisting and encouraging the States in their efforts to assure safe and healthful working conditions; by providing for research, information, education, and training in the field of occupational safety and health; and for other ...

  9. Supplemental needs trust - Wikipedia

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    Supplemental needs trust is a US-specific term for a type of special needs trust (an internationally recognized term). [1] Supplemental needs trusts are compliant with provisions of US state and federal law and are designed to provide benefits to, and protect the assets of, individuals with physical, psychiatric, or intellectual disabilities, and still allow such persons to be qualified for ...