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| The willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment that results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish; depriving the person (or the person's caretaker) of the goods or services needed to attain or maintain well-being. |
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| Intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person's body without the person's consent. |
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| Touching a person's body without his or her consent. |
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| A brief act or behavior outside the helpful zone. |
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| An act, behavior, or thought that warns of a boundary crossing or violation. |
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| An act or behavior that meets your needs, not the person's. |
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| Laws concerned with relationships between people. |
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| Laws concerned with offenses against the public and society in general. |
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| Injuring a person's name and reputation by making false statements to a third person. |
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| Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct. |
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| Unlawful restraint or restriction of a person's freedom of movement. |
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| Saying or doing something to trick, fool, or deceive a person. |
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| Violating a person's right not to have his or her name, photo, or private affairs exposed or made public without giving consent. |
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| A rule of conduct made by a government body. |
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| Making false statements in print, writing, or through pictures or drawings. |
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| Negligence by a professional person. |
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| Failure to provide the person with the goods or services needed to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness. |
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| An unintentional wrong in which a person did not act in a reasonable and careful manner and a person or the person's property was harmed. |
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| That which separates helpful behaviors from behaviors that are not helpful. |
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| professional sexual misconduct |
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| An act, behavior, or comment that is sexual in nature. |
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| protected health information (PHI) |
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| Identifying information and information about the person's health care that is maintained or sent in any form (paper, electronic, oral). |
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| A person's behaviors that threaten his or her health and safety. |
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| Making false statements orally. |
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| The skills, care, and judgements required by a health team member under similar conditions. |
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| A wrong committed against a person or the person's property. |
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| A person 18 years old or older who has a disability or condition that makes him or her at risk to be wounded, attacked, or damaged. |
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| A legal document of how a person wants property distributed after death. |
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