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Locality Standard

Term · Insurance and risk management · MLC-T-INS-002050

A legal principle, primarily in medical malpractice cases, that historically judged a healthcare professional's conduct against the standard of care practiced by other professionals in the same or similar community. This standard has largely been replaced by a national standard of care in many jurisdictions. It aimed to account for differences in resources and practices between urban and rural areas.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-INS-002050
FieldInsurance and risk management
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-INS-002050",
  "term": "Locality Standard",
  "field": "Insurance and risk management",
  "definition": "A legal principle, primarily in medical malpractice cases, that historically judged a healthcare professional's conduct against the standard of care practiced by other professionals in the same or similar community. This standard has largely been replaced by a national standard of care in many jurisdictions. It aimed to account for differences in resources and practices between urban and rural areas.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/insurance/locality-standard/"
}

Record 1,982 of 3,708 in Insurance and risk management terminology (MLC-0106). Request the full dataset.