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Clinical Practice Legal Briefs

Advance Directives
Anatomical Gifts
Blood Transfusions
Chelation Therapy
Commitment of the Mentally Ill
Controlled Substances
Dispensing Controlled Substances & Drug Packaging Requirements
Documentation of Deaths & Burials
Female Genital Mutilation
HIV Testing
Immunization Requirements
Informed Consent
Investigational Treatments
Medical Cannabis
Newborn Screening & Reporting
Prescriptions - Brand & Generic
Prescriptions - Step Therapy Protocols
Registration of Births
Standing Orders for Vaccinations
Sterilization
Telehealth
The Performance of Abortion
Treatment of Minors
Venereal Disease

Practice Management Legal Briefs

APRN Collaboration
Closing A Medical Practice
Resource Packet - Closing a Medical Practice
Confidentiality of Patient Communications
Direct Primary Care Agreements
Limitations of Actions
Limitations of Actions - COVID 19 Immunity
Medical Malpractice
Medical Record Privacy - Covered Entities
Medical Record Privacy - Disclosure With Patient Consent
Medical Record Privacy - Patient Right of Access
Medical Records Privacy - Disclosures Without Patient Consent
Medical Records Privacy - Protected Health Information
Patient Choice & Network Participation
Retention, Transfer, & Disposition of Medical Records
Termination of the Physician-Patient Relationship

Professionalism Legal Briefs

Advertising
Bullying, Harassment & Defamation
Complaint Investigations & Hearings of the S.D. Board of Medical & Osteopathic Examiners
Licensure
Medical Board Monitoring Program
Reporting Patient Drug Use or Diversion
Peer Review
Reporting Impaired, Incompetent, or Unethical Colleagues
Volunteer Medical Services

Public Health Legal Briefs

Reporting Child Abuse
Elder Abuse
Reportable Diseases & Events
Reporting Impaired Drivers
Public School Attendance Policies & Proof of Illness

Physician Employment Legal Briefs

Corporate Practice of Medicine
Physician Employment Agreements
Restrictive Covenants