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1. Describe how local, state, and federal legislation and regulations affect patient care. Federal and state laws aim at safeguarding patients’ rights and protecting them from fraud. There are confidentiality compliance and privacy laws (45 CFR, parts 160 and 164) that give patients the right to privacy, obtain or amend information in their medical records where legally possible and know what information has been collected about them. Patients in long term care, such as elderly patients, can exercise their right to information through 42 CFR, Part 483, section 483.10(b)(2) where they can get all their medical records ...
