REFORMS TO KENYA’S CORPORATE LAW AND PRACTICE Introduction The Companies Act1 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’) is based extensively on the United Kingdom’s Companies Act 1948. This law has been in existence for the past 60 years with very minimum developments. It is imperative that laws should not be static but should change in tandem with the societal changes. Therefore‚ there is need to modernize Kenya’s company law to make it responsive to the currents needs by taking into consideration
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Pros and Cons of using electronic medical records! Pros- Just like any other record keeping‚ moving patients’ records from paper and physical filing systems to computers and their super storage capabilities creates great efficiencies for patients and their providers‚ as well as health payment systems. Example: The tragic events like 9/11‚ Hurricane Katrina‚ and the California fires have showcased the benefits of electronic record keeping. Those injured or made sick by any of those
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Imposing a legal burden upon a defendant will negate the principle of presumption of innocence. If a defendant has to prove their innocence than it would automatically and unconsciously bring up the issue that they were never considered innocent until proven guilty. The presumption of innocence was first articulated in the case of Woolmington v DPP [1935] AC 462‚ 461 where Viscount Sankey LC stated that: ‘Throughout the web of English criminal law one golden thread is always to be seen‚ that it
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The Legal System Imagine you are the director of health information services for a medium-sized health care facility. Like many of your peers‚ you have contracted with an outside copying service to handle all requests for release of patient health information at your facility. You have learned that a lobbying organization for trial attorneys in your state is promoting legislation to place a cap on photocopying costs‚ which is significantly below the actual costs incurred as part of the contract
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8 Communication Issues in a Critical Care Unit Good communication in an ICU is a matter of insight and self-awareness‚ not just language skills (Langley and Schmollgruber‚ 2006). There will always be inherent difficulties with the ICU environment because of its unpredictability and lack of quality time for critical care nurses to care for dying patients and the patients’ families. Other problems include communication between doctors‚ nurses‚ and patient’s families in an ICU. It is said that end-of-life
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|Btec National Unit 8 – Communications Technologies |Hand-in date |Return date | |Assessment No: 8.1 | | | |Assessment Title: The theory of data communications
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Bijal Amin PA201: Intro to Legal Research Unit 7: EPA Regulations 04/21/13 Dear Mike Jones‚ A health concern involving the quality of drinking water in our community has been brought to our attention. The Safe Drinking Water Act (42 USC § 300f)‚ was passed by Congress in 1974 to protect public health by regulating the nation’s drinking water supply. In 1986 and 1996 the law was amended and required many actions to protect drinking water and the sources of drinking
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Law is an enactment made by the state. It is backed by physical coercion. Its breach is punishable by the courts. It represents the will of the state and realizes its purpose. Laws reflect the political‚ social and economic relationships in the society. It determines rights and duties of the citizens towards one another and towards the state. It is through law that the government fulfils its promises to the people. It reflects the sociological need of society. Law and morality are intimately
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COMM 315 Business Law and Ethics 07-Jan-08 |Law: |Ethics: | |if it’s not written it’s not law |norms | | |cultural values | |
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COPYRIGHT Laws and regulations govern every profession whether they are formally enacted as laws or accepted as conventions‚ thus journalism is no exception‚ there are many minefields through which a media professional must walk‚ in the course of his work‚ and unless he equips himself with a minesweeper to detect the dangerous explosives buried in the ground tto ambush him‚ he is liable to sustain serious injuries. The laws governing journalism‚ have been designed to prevent invasion of individual’s
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