You are conducting an in-service and ask the participants to identify the law that is concerned with the protection of the rights of citizens. Which response by the participants would be correct?
a. Tort c. Administrative
b. Civil d. HIPAA
C
Administrative law deals with the protection of the rights of citizens. An example is the Civil Rights
Act of 1964, which prohibits forms of discrimination in the workplace. Civil law deals with how
people relate to each other in everyday matters; it encompasses both tort and contract law. HIPAA is a
type of federal administrative law and is concerned with the protection of medical information.
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