Name: Jessica Parsons
Law Homework 2: Chapter 3 1) Briefly compare the difference between Substantive Due Process and Procedural Due Process.
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Substantive due process protects individuals’ legal rights and guarantees that laws are fair, reasonable, and not arbitrary, it allows for challenges to law’s content and substance.
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Procedural due process requires that government not take a person’s life, liberty, or property without due process of law and provides for fair legal processes and procedures, such as right to a hearing. 2) Give an example of a Conflict of Law.
Answer: A medical malpractice action involving parties from more than one state requires a determination about the extent to which each state’s laws would apply. 3) Name the 3-part system of the Federal/State government.
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Executive Branch
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Legislative Branch
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Judicial Branch
Law Homework 2: Chapter 4:
4. Briefly describe HIM’s role in e-Discovery.
Answer: involves information and data from source systems outside of those that are usually printed or viewed electronically such as native file formats, computer files, erased files, and emails. It’s important to be informed early in the discovery process if electronic information will be needed and to know the locations of all components of ESI to produce the information as requested. Health information professionals should be involved in each step. 5) Briefly describe HIM’s role in responding to a subpoena.
Answer: instructs the recipient to personally appear at a deposition or in court, with documents in hand. Could direct the recipient to produce and bring originals or copies of health records, laboratory reports, x-rays, or other records.
