Washington Physicians' Guide to Health Law
NEW section on Death With Dignity Law
Washington's Death with Dignity Act, an update to Washington's Physician's Guide to Health Law, published and distributed by the WSMA. Prepared March 2009.
Download the new section on the Death with Dignity Law (members only). [PDF]
This guide is a summary of many of the laws commonly encountered in a medical practice. It comes in book and CD ROM format. Order yours today.
Subjects covered in the guide
ABORTION
ACUPUNCTURE
ADDICTION
ADOPTION
ADVERTISING
AIDS/HIV/STD
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
ANATOMICAL GIFTS
ANIMAL BITES
ANTITRUST
ASSET PROTECTION
ASSISTED REPRODUCTION
AUTOPSIES AND POSTMORTEMS
BILLING
BIRTH CERTIFICATES
BIRTH CONTROL
BIRTH DEFECTS
CHILD ABUSE
CHIROPRACTIC
CLOSING OR RELOCATING A PRACTICE
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED INFORMATION
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
CONTRACTING ISSUES RELATED TO MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
DEATH CERTIFICATES
DISCLOSURE AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH CARE INFORMATION
DISCRIMINATION
DRIVER'S LICENSE CERTIFICATE
DRUG SUBSTITUTION
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
GOOD SAMARITAN LAW
GUARDIANS AND ATTORNEYS-IN-FACT
GUNSHOT WOUNDS
HEALTH CARE ASSISTANTS5
HEALTHCARE INTEGRITY AND PROTECTION DATA BANK
HUMAN REMAINS
HYPODERMIC SYRINGES AND NEEDLES
IMMUNIZATIONS
INFORMED CONSENT
INTERPRETER SERVICES
INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT - CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY
INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT - MENTAL DISORDERS
JURY DUTY
LEGEND DRUGS
LICENSURE
LICENSURE - OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS
LIENS FOR SERVICES RELATED TO TRAUMATIC INJURY
LIVING WILLS (HEALTH CARE DIRECTIVES), ISSUES RELATED TO REMOVAL OF LIFE SUPPORT, AND POLST
MEDICAL DISCIPLINE
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
MEDICAL MARIJUANA
MEDICAL WASTE
MEDICARE-MEDICAID FRAUD AND ABUSE AND ANTI-KICKBACK PROVISIONS
MEDICARE-MEDICAID PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRAL PROHIBITIONS (STARKLAWS)
MIDWIFERY
MINORS, TREATMENT OF
NATIONAL PRACTITIONER DATA BANK
NEWBORNS: TESTING AND REPORTING
NONCOMPETE AND NON-SOLICITATION CLAUSES
NOTIFIABLE CONDITIONS
NURSES
OFFICE-BASED LABORATORIES
OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
PAIN MANAGEMENT
PARTNERSHIPS AND CORPORATIONS
PATIENT DUMPING
PEER REVIEW, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, AND IMMUNITY
PESTICIDE POISONING
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
PHYSICIAN AS WITNESS
PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP
POWERS OF ATTORNEY
PREGNANCY CARE
PROFESSIONAL COURTESY
REBATES
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
RETENTION OF RECORDS
SCOLIOSIS SCREENING
SEXUAL CONDUCT/HARASSMENT/ABUSE
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
SUBPOENAS
SURGICAL TECHNOLOGISTS
TUBERCULOSIS
UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF MEDICINE
UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
VENEREAL DISEASES
VULNERABLE ADULT ABUSE
WOMEN'S DIRECT ACCESS
WORKERS' COMPENSATION
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