Option #2: Employee Legal Handbook Paper For the final Portfolio Project you will submit an academic written paper developing an organization’s employee legal handbook that could be utilized during new employee orientation. This paper will include: · An APA title page · A description of the organization you developed · A listing of all employee professions or disciplines · A list of the topics developed in the Module 5 milestone · A paragraph or two defining and discussing the significance of each specific topic and how it applies to the new employee entering your healthcare organization · A list of twelve multiple choice questions, one for each of the twelve topics from the Module 5 milestone, that could be used as a post-test following the new employee orientation to the legal handbook · A reference page(s) formatted in APA and utilizing the sources you identified in the Module 6 milestone · A minimum of four academic sources. Paper Requirements: · Eight to ten pages in length, not including the title or reference page · APA-level headings · Follow CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements Review the grading rubric. Reach out to your instructor if you have any questions about the assignment. Option #2 : Employee Legal Handbook Paper For the final Portfolio Project you wi ll submit an academic written paper developing an organization’s employee legal handbook that could be utilized during new employee orientation. This paper will include: · An APA title page · A description of the organization you developed · A listing of all emp loyee professions or disciplines · A list of the topics developed in the Module 5 milestone · A paragraph or two defining and discussing the significance of each specific topic and how it applies to the new employee entering your healthcare organization · A list of twelve multiple choice questions, one for each of the twelve topics from the Module 5 milestone, that could be used as a post - test following the new employee orientation to the legal handbook · A reference page(s) formatted in APA and utilizing the sourc es you identified in the Module 6 milestone · A minimum of four academic sources. Paper Requirements: · Eight to ten pages in length, not including the title or reference page · APA - level headings · Follow CSU - Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements Review the grading rubric. Reach out to your instructor if you have any questions about the assignment. Option #2: Employee Legal Handbook Paper For the final Portfolio Project you will submit an academic written paper developing an organization’s employee legal handbook that could be utilized during new employee orientation. This paper will include:  An APA title page  A description of the organization you developed  A listing of all employee professions or disciplines  A list of the topics developed in the Module 5 milestone  A paragraph or two defining and discussing the significance of ea.

1. Option #2: Employee Legal Handbook Paper
For the final Portfolio Project you will submit an academic
written paper developing an organization’s employee legal
handbook that could be utilized during new employee
orientation.
This paper will include:
· An APA title page
· A description of the organization you developed
· A listing of all employee professions or disciplines
· A list of the topics developed in the Module 5 milestone
· A paragraph or two defining and discussing the significance of
each specific topic and how it applies to the new employee
entering your healthcare organization
· A list of twelve multiple choice questions, one for each of the
twelve topics from the Module 5 milestone, that could be used
as a post-test following the new employee orientation to the
legal handbook
· A reference page(s) formatted in APA and utilizing the
sources you identified in the Module 6 milestone
· A minimum of four academic sources.
Paper Requirements:
· Eight to ten pages in length, not including the title or
reference page
· APA-level headings
· Follow CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements
Review the grading rubric. Reach out to your instructor if you
have any questions about the assignment.
Option #2
:
Employee Legal Handbook Paper

2. For the final Portfolio Project you wi
ll submit an academic written paper developing an
organization’s employee legal
handbook that could be utilized during new employee
orientation.
This paper will include:
·
An APA title page
·
A description of the organization you developed
·
A listing of all emp
loyee professions or disciplines
·
A list of the topics developed in the Module 5 milestone
·
A paragraph or two defining and discussing the significance of
each specific topic
and how it applies to the new employee entering your healthcare
organization
·
A list

3. of twelve multiple choice questions, one for each of the twelve
topics from the Module 5
milestone, that could be used as a post
-
test following the new employee orientation to the legal
handbook
·
A reference page(s) formatted in APA and utilizing the sourc
es you identified in the Module 6
milestone
·
A minimum of four academic sources.
Paper Requirements:
·
Eight to ten pages in length, not including the title or reference
page
·
APA
-
level headings
·
Follow
CSU
-

4. Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements
Review the grading rubric. Reach out to your instructor if you
have any questions about the assignment.
Option #2: Employee Legal Handbook Paper
For the final Portfolio Project you will submit an academic
written paper developing an organization’s employee legal
handbook that could be utilized during new employee
orientation.
This paper will include:
of each specific topic
and how it applies to the new employee entering your healthcare
organization
twelve topics from the Module 5
milestone, that could be used as a post-test following the new
employee orientation to the legal
handbook
matted in APA and utilizing the
sources you identified in the Module 6
milestone
Paper Requirements:
reference page
-level headings
-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements
Review the grading rubric. Reach out to your instructor if you
have any questions about the assignment.

5. Legal Handbook Outline Presentation
Sandra Jacques
HCM 340 – Health Law
Colorado State University – Global Campus
Professor Laura Sheneman
July 5th, 2015
Legal Principles
Ideologies underlying the creation of system of laws
Rights
Privileges that a person has in society which are protected by
the government and the court of law.
Credentialing/ Scope of practice
A formal review of the qualifications of health care provider by
fulfilling the requirements established by the organization
granting the verification
The extent and limits of the medical interventions that a health
care provider may perform.
Legal employment qualifications

6. Employment qualification that employers are allowed to
consider while making decisions about hiring or retention of
employees.
EEOC stands for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Fight against discrimination against race, gender, disability,
pregnancy, religion, age and sex.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
A Law designed to provide privacy standards to protect
patients’ medical records and other health related information.
Privacy: something that is intended only for an individual or a
group
Confidentiality : containing private information
Security: incorporate safety measures to protect a patient’s
privacy.
Consent
Voluntary agreement with an action proposed by another.
Informed consent: consent of a patient based of the principles of
individuality and privacy.
Legal Representation

7. Power of Attorney : The authority to act for another person in
specified or all legal or financial matters.
Guardian : A person who looks after and is legally responsible
for someone who is incompetent, incapacitated or parents have
died.
Abuse Reporting
The process of reporting to higher management and law
enforcement any suspicion of abuse, harm, neglect, threat.
Please contact Georgia Department of Human Services, 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week by calling 1855- 422-4453.
Organizational Regulations
Procedures and guidelines created and implemented by the
higher management leaders of an organization.
End of Life
The final period of a person’s life
Initiating these decisions:
Establishing supportive doctor-patient relationship
Entitling a surrogate decision maker
Conferring about palliative care
Debating about advance directives

8. Federal / State Regulations
Federal Regulations: rules created by the executive departments
and agencies of the federal government.
State Regulations: principles or rules being regulated and issued
by the state.
Future Implications in Health Law
HIPAA Implications
Unique Patient Identifications
Patient Safety
Health Alert Network
Personal Health Record Technologies
Consumer Driven Health Plans (Joe, 2015)
Healthcare Cost : It predicts 34 million people will be insured
by 2019 which health care cost will be raise by 6.6%
(Jonathan,2015).
References
Joe, F. (2015). HIPAA: Past, Present an Future Implications for
Nurses. Retrieved from
http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarket
place/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Volume102005/N
o2May05/tpc27_416020.html
Jonathan, G. (2015). The Cost Implications of Health Care
Reform. Retrieved from
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1005117

9. Long Term Care Hospital
Name
Gwinnett Extended Care Center
Gwinnett Extended Care Center
Type
Gwinnett Extended Care Center accommodates patients who no
longer require hospital services but are not well enough to be
sent home.
It provides both sub-acute, short-stay services and intermediate,
extended care.
Lastly, it offers short and long term care for individuals who
need rehabilitation services and who have tenacious health
issues that are too complicated to be cared at home (Gwinnett
Ext., 2015)
Gwinnett Extended Care Center Size
Gwinnett Extended Care Center is a 33,375 square-foot facility
with nine private and 40 semi-private rooms.

10. Gwinnett Extended Care Center Location
The facility is located on the Gwinnett Medical Center
1000 Medical Center Boulevard, Lawrenceville GA 30046.
For further questions or concerns please contact them at
Phone number: (678) 312-1000.
Gwinnett Extended Care Center
Licensing
The facility is licensed, inspected and regulated by the Georgia
State Department Health Services.
Gwinnett Extended Care Center
Employee Professions
Physicians Social Workers
Registered Nurses Certified Nursing
Assistants
Physical Therapists Licensed
Vocational Nurses
Radiologists Respiratory
Therapists
Speech Therapists Nurse
Practitioners
Nutritionists
Pharmacists

11. Podiatrists
References
Allen, J. F. (2013). Health law and medical ethics for healthcare
professionals. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Gwinnett Medical Center (2015). Gwinnett Extended Care
Center. Retrieved from
http://www.gwinnettmedicalcenter.org/facilities/gwinnett-
extended-care-center