Medical Law & Ethics Chapter 3

Licensure

Certification

Registration

A credentialing procedure whereby one's name is listed on a register as having paid a fee and/or met certain criteria within a profession.

Accreditation

Reciprocity

Allopathic

Internship

True

Endorsement

medical practice acts

medical boards

Bodies established by the authority of each state's medical practice acts for the purpose of protecting the health, safety, and welfare of health care consumers through proper licensing and regulation of physicians and other health care practitioners.

sole proprietorship

associate practice

A medical management system in which two or more physicians share office space and employees but practice individually.

partnership

corporation

Group practice

managed care

A system in which financing, administration, and delivery of health care are combined to provide medical services to subscribers for a prepaid fee.

Capitation

Health maintenance organization (HMO)

A health plan that combines coverage of health care costs and delivery of health care for a prepaid premium.

Coinsurance

Utilization review

Licensure

All of the above

All of the above

True