Chiropractic Assistant


Risk 140 : Good Samaritan Laws
2.0

Peter Van Tyle, Esq

$40.00 USD

AudioVisual Course


  • Classify circumstances that trigger Good Samaritan laws for chiropractors.
  • Restate duties imposed upon people in the United States to render aid to others in dire circumstances.
  • Compare a doctor’s versus a lay person’s duty to render aid to someone in distress.
  • Explain principles and philosophical underpinning Good Samaritan laws.
  • Discuss the Bystander Effect.and scientific studies that unearth reasons why people are reluctant to render aid/assistance to others in emergency situations.
  • Summarize the role compensation, expecting to get paid, plays in the operation of Good Samaritan laws.
  • Locate states that impose a duty to render assistance, and those states that remove Good Samaritan law protection from hospitals.
  • Identify protections offered under various states’ Good Samaritan Laws.
  • Express the relaxation of professional standards, and what behaviors are shielded from liability, under Good Samaritan laws.

Approved States/Territories
  • ALAlabama
  • AKAlaska
  • ABAlberta
  • AZArizona
  • ARArkansas
  • BCBritish Columbia
  • CACalifornia
  • COColorado
  • CTConnecticut
  • DEDelaware
  • DCDistrict of Columbia
  • GAGeorgia
  • GUGuam
  • HIHawaii
  • IDIdaho
  • ILIllinois
  • INIndiana
  • IAIowa
  • KYKentucky
  • LALouisiana
  • MEMaine
  • MBManitoba
  • MDMaryland
  • MAMassachusetts
  • MIMichigan
  • MNMinnesota
  • MOMissouri
  • MTMontana
  • NENebraska
  • NBNew Brunswick
  • NHNew Hampshire
  • NMNew Mexico
  • NYNew York
  • NLNewfoundland and Labrador
  • NDNorth Dakota
  • NTNorthwest Territories
  • NSNova Scotia
  • NUNunavut
  • OHOhio
  • ONOntario
  • OROregon
  • PAPennsylvania
  • PEPrince Edward Island
  • PRPuerto Rico
  • QCQuebec
  • RIRhode Island
  • SKSaskatchewan
  • SCSouth Carolina
  • SDSouth Dakota
  • TXTexas
  • UTUtah
  • VTVermont
  • VIVirgin Islands
  • VAVirginia
  • WVWest Virginia
  • WYWyoming
  • YTYukon