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CA Laws That Guide the Specifics of Clinical Practice: Assault & HIV
This deck covers California laws regarding the reporting of assault and the confidentiality of HIV status in clinical practice.
The CA Penal Code (Section 11160) states that health practitioners who provide ___________________ to a person suffering from a gunshot wound (self or other inflicted) or any wound resulting from assault or abuse, are mandated to report this information. Providers of mental health services ________ mandated to report assault, unless the patient gives ___________________.
• Penal Code • Medical care • Are not • Explicit written consent
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The CA Penal Code (Section 11160) states that health practitioners who provide ___________________ to a person suffering from a gunshot wound (self or other inflicted) or any wound resulting from assault or abuse, are mandated to report this information. Providers of mental health services ________ mandated to report assault, unless the patient gives ___________________.
• Penal Code • Medical care • Are not • Explicit written consent
______________ or ____________________ includes murder, manslaughter, mayhem, battery, sexual battery, sexual battery, assault with a stun gun, assault with a deadly weapon, throwing a caustic chemical with intent to injure or disfigure, rape, spousal rape, spousal or cohabitant abuse. It excludes injury brought about by voluntary use of a narcotic or other drug.
• Assault • Abusive conduct
The report of assault must be made to a local law enforcement agency by telephone immediately, or as soon as is practically possible, and followed up with a written report within ___ working days. The report should include (at minimum) the name of the injured person, his or her ________________, the type and ___________ of the injuries, and the identity of the person who allegedly inflicted the assault or abuse.
• 2 • Whereabouts • Extent
In cases of assault, the medical record should contain documentation of _______________________________, including any past domestic violence; it should also include a _______________________ identifying injuries and bruises at the time that medical treatment is received.
• Comments by the injured person about the perpetrator • Map of the injured person’s body
While HIV status is generally confidential, the ___________________ (Sections 121015, 121130-121140) describes situations in which __________________ may disclose HIV test results. Providers of ______________________ may never breach a patient’s confidentiality with regard to HIV status.
• Health and Safety Code • Medical providers • Mental health services
When a health care provider has been exposed to blood or other potentially infectious material, the provider _______ request information about the patient’s HIV status. A physician ___________ disclose information to the exposed individual, or test existing samples of the patient’s blood without patient consent, but __________ attempt to obtain it first.
• May • May • Must
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The CA Penal Code (Section 11160) states that health practitioners who provide ___________________ to a person suffering from a gunshot wound (self or other inflicted) or any wound resulting from assault or abuse, are mandated to report this information. Providers of mental health services ________ mandated to report assault, unless the patient gives ___________________. | • Penal Code • Medical care • Are not • Explicit written consent |
______________ or ____________________ includes murder, manslaughter, mayhem, battery, sexual battery, sexual battery, assault with a stun gun, assault with a deadly weapon, throwing a caustic chemical with intent to injure or disfigure, rape, spousal rape, spousal or cohabitant abuse. It excludes injury brought about by voluntary use of a narcotic or other drug. | • Assault • Abusive conduct |
The report of assault must be made to a local law enforcement agency by telephone immediately, or as soon as is practically possible, and followed up with a written report within ___ working days. The report should include (at minimum) the name of the injured person, his or her ________________, the type and ___________ of the injuries, and the identity of the person who allegedly inflicted the assault or abuse. | • 2 • Whereabouts • Extent |
In cases of assault, the medical record should contain documentation of _______________________________, including any past domestic violence; it should also include a _______________________ identifying injuries and bruises at the time that medical treatment is received. | • Comments by the injured person about the perpetrator • Map of the injured person’s body |
While HIV status is generally confidential, the ___________________ (Sections 121015, 121130-121140) describes situations in which __________________ may disclose HIV test results. Providers of ______________________ may never breach a patient’s confidentiality with regard to HIV status. | • Health and Safety Code • Medical providers • Mental health services |
When a health care provider has been exposed to blood or other potentially infectious material, the provider _______ request information about the patient’s HIV status. A physician ___________ disclose information to the exposed individual, or test existing samples of the patient’s blood without patient consent, but __________ attempt to obtain it first. | • May • May • Must |
A physician __________ disclose a partner’s HIV positive status to the patient’s spouse, or any other person believed to be the sexual or needle-sharing partner of the patient (after notifying and attempting to gain consent of the patient). However, the physician ___________ reveal the patient’s identity; partner’s may only be notified that ____________________. | • May • May not • They have been exposed |