undertaking are safe at all times and this law is called the Health and Safety Act/Law. “The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is the primary piece of legislation covering health and safety in the workplace. This piece of legislation lays out the employer’s responsibilities for health and safety. Employers have a ‘duty of care’ over the health‚ safety and welfare of their staff in the workplace”. (www.labourguide.co.za/health-and-safety”) The purposes of these laws are: • To protect the ORG the
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If the player was to sue for the actions that coach Bill Beam did resulting in a severe neck injury and concussion there will be serious consequences for all parties involved with the school organization. First and foremost is without a doubt coach Beam will be fired immediately for physically harming a student athlete by which in any school in the country is not right. The Athletic Director and School will be held liable by the doctrine of Vicarious Liability or Respondent Superior which holds
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Application Paper Javier Sanchez Professor: Nix HIT 220 Legal & Reg Issues-Health Information 7/13/2012 The Release of Information policies has had its ups and downs throughout the medical industry. The release of information falls on the reasonability of HIM professionals and alike. The fact is all involved parties such as: patients‚ lawyers‚ physicians‚ nurses‚ nurse practitioners‚ patient family members‚ and most importantly the insurance companies. All play a role in making sure the release
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performance and ethics for nurses and midwives’ (2008) states: "You must respect people’s right to confidentiality." "You must ensure people are informed about how and why information is shared by those who will be providing their care." "You must disclose information if you believe someone may be at risk of harm‚ in line with the law of the country in which you are practising." Confidentiality A duty of confidence arises when one person discloses information to another in circumstances where
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Vistrion Manufacturing Ltd Introduction This report is going to explain Health and Safety roles in organisation Why it is important to be alert to potential hazards when dealing with machinery‚ equipment and substances such as toner and fluids Everybody needs to be aware of potential hazards like dangerous equipment or substances so that their work area can be made safe and eliminated accidents. People have to be trained to use all machinery which is needed at work so that it is used correctly and
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Identify the current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people. These are as follows: • Children’s act 1098/2004 • Education act 2002 • E-safety 2008 • Safeguarding • Human rights act. And many more. The following is an outline of current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within the UK Home Nation for Safeguarding Children. The United Nations Convention on the rights of a child 1989 was approved by the UK
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Understand health and safety in social care setting Outcome 1 understand the different responsibilities relating to health and safety in social settings 1.1 List legislation relating to general health and safety in social care setting. There are a small number of legal acts relating to the general health and safety in social care. The most important one it seems to me would the health and safety at work act of 1974‚ it ensures that the employer‚ the employee have responsibilities to ensure that a
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A Minor’s Right to Confidentiality of Health Information Davenport University Healthcare Regulation HSAD 302 October 05‚ 2012 Table of Contents A MINOR’S RIGHT TO CONFIDENTIALITY OF HEALTH INFORMATION 3 MINOR’S RIGHTS VERSUS PARENTAL RIGHTS 3 PROMISCUOUS ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR 4 LEGAL ENTANGLEMENTS 5 PUBLIC POLICY 6 CONCLUSION 6 REFERENCES 8 . A Minor’s Right to Confidentiality of Health Information In August of 1996 congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/1366-5626.htm JWL 23‚1 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 56 Received 26 April 2010 Revised 15 July 2010 Accepted 15 July 2010 Safety capital: the management of organizational knowledge on occupational health and safety ˜ Imanol Nunez and Mikel Villanueva ´ Departamento de Gestion de Empresas‚ Universidad Publica de Navarra‚ Pamplona‚ Spain Abstract Purpose – The concept of Safety Capital was developed
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Unit 508 Develop and Implement policies and procedures to support the safeguarding of Children and Young People. National and local guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding that affect My role as a carer on a day to day basis Within the home from a childcare practice prospective since being at Genus care I have discovered that this affects my day to day work as I must be aware of the child protection procedures at all times‚ such as how to spot the signs of abuse‚ how and who to
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