standard of care


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standard of care

The duties and responsibilities expected of people by virtue of their status, their relationship with another person, or the situation in which they find themselves.Real estate licensing boards establish standards of care for their members regarding duties of honesty, integrity, disclosure, and professionalism. A property owner may have differing standards of care relative to persons on his or her property, depending on whether those persons are licensees, invitees,or trespassers.

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THE SOLE ISSUE THE COURT ADDRESSED WAS WHETHER THE LAW REQUIRED THE BOARD TO ARTICULATE THE APPLICABLE STANDARD OF CARE IN DETERMINING WHEN THE STATE LAW WAS VIOLATED.
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Not only must both plaintiffs and defendants obtain expert medical witnesses have sterling credentials so that they are eminently qualified to testify as expert medical witnesses, but first and foremost, they must be prepared to state clearly and unequivocally what the applicable standard of care to which a physician accused of medical malpractice is alleged to have breached and that the breach of that standard was, to the appropriate degree of medical certainty, the direct and proximate cause of the alleged victim's injuries, pain, and suffering for which the plaintiff is bringing suit.
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