If such negligence results in injury to the patient, a case could arise against a doctor if his or her actions deviated from
generally accepted standards of practice; against a hospital for providing improper care protocols, including problems with medications, sanitation or nursing staff levels; or against local, state or federal agencies and entities that operate hospital facilities.
Not exact matches
Where laws and / or regulations do not exist or are in conflict with
generally accepted best
practice, suppliers should adopt the highest
standard applicable to their situation by reference to leading safety
standards such as the Global Food Safety Initiative and Global G.A.P. McCormick expects that all agricultural suppliers will take steps to ensure that agricultural products can be traced back to their source
of origin regardless
of whether or not this is legally required.
If the procedure is performed, it shall be done in accordance with
generally accepted standards of veterinary
practice.
In the event
of conflict, for those owners who are part
of the horse industry, including the owners
of pleasure horses, the
generally accepted practices shall prevail; however, the
standard is that applied to the industry as a whole, not confined to any particular segment or breed
of the industry.
In the case
of farm animals, nothing in this section may be construed as imposing
standards more stringent than
generally accepted practices.
In issuing such rules the Dept. is to consider best management
practices, biosecurity, prevention
of diseased, morbidity and mortality data,
generally accepted veterinary medical
standards and ethical
standards of the American Veterinary Medical Association, USDA
standards under the Animal Welfare Act.
Some clinicians have claimed Bowlby's theory as a basis for controversial interventions popularly known as attachment therapy, but such claims have not had wide confirmation from theoreticians and the interventions themselves have been criticized as not meeting
generally accepted standards of research or
practice by professionals.
(a) Conform to
generally accepted appraisal
standards as evidenced by the Uniform
Standards of Professional Appraisal
Practice (USPAP) promulgated by the Appraisal
Standards Board
of the Appraisal Foundation, 1029 Vermont Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20005, unless principles
of safe and sound banking require compliance with stricter
standards;