This document outlines the course requirements for HCS 430 Legal Issues in Health Care: Regulation and Compliance. Over the 5 week course, students will: 1) Analyze a current legal case or article involving regulatory issues in health care. 2) Create progress summaries and sections on nondiscrimination and health and safety laws for an employee handbook. 3) Research and write a paper on state regulatory agencies or prison health care. 4) Research professional licensing and criminal liability, and strategies to reduce risk of negligence. 5) Develop a presentation on past, present and future legal issues covering topics like patients' rights, consent, privacy, and medical records.

1. HCS/430
LEGAL ISSUES IN HEALTH CARE:
REGULATION AND COMPLIANCE
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HCS 430 Week 1 Article or Case Law Search
Find an article or a current legal case that involves one of the following issues:
 A critical regulatory issue in health care
 A critical regulatory issue specific to institutional health care
Write a 700- to 1,050-word analysis of the article or the legal case that explains how the
issue relates to the nature, sources, and functions of the law

2. HCS 430 Week 2 Employee Handbook Nondiscrimination
Progress Summary
Submit a progress summary for the Employee Handbook Nondiscrimination assignment.
Summarize, in approximately 350 words, the team’s progress on the assignment.
Address the following in your summary:
 Which team members are responsible for which deliverables?
 What has worked well?
 What challenges have you encountered?
 How did you overcome those challenges?
 Will you change anything about the way you are working together or approaching
the assignment? Why or why not?
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
HCS 430 Week 2 Regulatory Agency Paper
Read the instructions in the University of Phoenix Material: Regulatory Agency Paper, and
select one option to complete the assignment. You can choose from the following options:
 Option 1: Health Care Segment Agency Paper
 Option 2: Prison Health Care Agency Paper
HCS 430 Week 3 Employee Handbook Nondiscrimination
Section
Create the “Equal-employment opportunity laws” section and the “Health and safety laws”
section of the employee handbook, which must be between 1,400 to 1,750 words total.
Include answers to the following questions:
 What nondiscrimination issues must be addressed?
 What should the organization’s position be in response to nondiscrimination
issues?

3.  How might the nondiscrimination policy and health and safety laws impact the
organization’s liability?
 How might the nondiscrimination policy and health and safety laws impact
employees?
 How will you address state and federal laws regarding nondiscrimination and
health and safety laws in your handbook sections?
 What are some ethical considerations involved in the design of these sections?
 What are some criminal law issues to consider in relationship to
equal-employment opportunity laws and health and safety laws? What is your
responsibility in regards to criminal law?
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Submit the assignment.
HCS 430 Week 4 Professional Regulation and Criminal Liability
Paper
Research your state’s statutes that regulate health care professionals, including licensure,
credentialing, certification, and registration requirements. In addition, research areas of
potential criminal liability relating to these procedures, as well as professional misconduct.
Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper that summarizes your findings in relation to one type
of health care professional, such as a physician, nurse, pharmacist, or nurse practitioner.
Include the following components:
 Identify the civil complaint process for patients or consumers to use in the event of
suspected professional misconduct or incompetence.
 Explain the role of the respective regulatory agencies in investigating allegations
and determining and applying any appropriate disciplinary action.
 Identify potential criminal liabilities for the health care professional that are related
to abuses perpetrated in practices involving these procedures, as well as
professional misconduct.
 Describe appropriate risk management strategies and quality assurance
programs to reduce the risk of liability and negligence.
 Explain the process to follow in the event that criminal charges were filed for the
described criminal behavior.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

4. HCS 430 Week 5 Human Resources Presentation
As senior members of the human resources team, you have been asked to give a
presentation on the state of the union to the board of directors. The presentation must
include past, present, and future legal issues.
Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft®
PowerPoint®
presentation with detailed speaker notes
summarizing your findings to the board. Use complete sentences, with correct grammar
and punctuation, to fully explain each slide as if you were giving an in-person
presentation.In your presentation, include at least two main points for each of the following
bullets:
 State and federal statutory and regulatory enactments related to patients’ rights
and responsibilities
 Current principles of patient consent and the resulting implications for the health
care industry
 The current state and future trends of physicians’ rights and responsibilities in the
delivery of health care
 Current components and implications of the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA)
 Brief summary of current and future trends for statutory, regulatory, and common
law requirements of confidentiality in the health care industry
 Current and future legal and ethical obligations relating to the documentation,
retention, storage, and use of medical records
Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.