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25 Cards in this Set
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Accessory
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Any individual who helps a person to violate the law either directly or indirectly
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Administrative law
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Regulations set forth by governmental agencies, such as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA)
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Adulteration
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Tampering with or contaminating a product or substance
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Bioethics
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A discipline dealing with the ethical and moral implications of biological research and applications
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Civil Law
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Rules and regulations that govern the relationship between individuals within society
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Crime
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A violation of the law
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Criminal
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An individual who violates the law
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Criminal law
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Rules and regulations that govern the relationship of the individual to society as a whole
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Ethics
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The branch of philosophy that deals with the distinction between right and wrong and with the moral consequences of human actions
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Felony
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A serious crime, such as murder, kidnapping, assault, or rape, that is punishable by imprisonment for more than one year
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Judicial law
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Rules and regulations resulting from court decisions
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Law
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A principle or rule that is advisable or obligatory to observe
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Malpractice
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Professional misconduct, or the demonstration of an unreasonable lack of skills, resulting in injury, loss, or damage to a patient
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Misbranding
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Fraudulent labeling or marking
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Misdemeanor
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A crime less serious that a felony, punishable by a fine or imprisonment for less that one year
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National Drug Code (NDC)
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A unique and permanent product code assigned to each new drug as it becomes available in the marketplace; it identifies the manufacturer or distributor, the drug formulation, and the size and type of its packaging
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National Formulary (NF)
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A database of officially recognized drug names
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Negligence
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A type of unintentional tort alleged when a person has performed, or failed to perform an act that a reasonable person would, or would not have performed in similar circumstances
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Orphan drug
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A drug that is developed for small populations of people in need of the drug
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Regulatory law
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Regulations set forth by governmental agencies. It is also called administrative law
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Standard code sets
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Under HIPAA, codes used to encode data elements, tables of terms, medical concepts, diagnostic codes, or medical procedure. A code set includes the codes and descriptors of the codes
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Standards
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Established by authority, custom, or general consent as a model or example; something set up and established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, weight, extent, value, or quality
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Statutes
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Rules and regulations resulting from decisions by legislatures
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Tort
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A civil wrong committed against person or property
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United States Pharmacopeia (USP)
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A nonprofit organization that sets standards for the identity, quality, purity, packaging, and labeling of drug products
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