RISK 140

Course overview

*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 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.