HCAD520 - Legal and Ethical Aspects of Healthcare Administration

Course Details

Course Code: HCAD520 Course ID: 4995 Credit Hours: 3 Level: Graduate

This course explores legal and ethical dimensions of health care in the context of patients’ rights and responsibilities, employee rights and responsibilities, and business practices. The course examines ethical values and principles in healthcare, the Patient Bill of Rights, legal regulations in healthcare, malpractice and risk management, and basics of employment law and labor relations. Students will apply ethical and legal principles to analyze the health administrator’s role in case examples involving ethical and legal dilemmas.

Course Schedule

Registration Dates Course Dates Start Month Session Weeks
Registration12/30/2024 - 05/30/2025 Course Dates06/02/2025 - 07/27/2025 Start Month June SessionSpring 2025 Session D Weeks8 Week session
Registration01/27/2025 - 07/04/2025 Course Dates07/07/2025 - 08/31/2025 Start Month July SessionSummer 2025 Session B Weeks8 Week session
Registration02/24/2025 - 08/01/2025 Course Dates08/04/2025 - 09/28/2025 Start Month August SessionSummer 2025 Session I Weeks8 Week session
Registration03/31/2025 - 08/29/2025 Course Dates09/01/2025 - 10/26/2025 Start Month September SessionSummer 2025 Session D Weeks8 Week session

Previous Syllabi

Not current for future courses.