Persuasive Essay On Due Process

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Licensing boards or other state agencies must follow due process procedures when pursuing disciplinary action against a licensee or registrant due to the 5th and 14th Amendments of the United States Constitution. The 5th Amendment states “No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. The 14th Amendment states “nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” Due Process is an individual’s right to be treated fairly under all judicial or disciplinary circumstances. Due Process is a standardized …show more content…

Human error should not be punished by blame or shame. It should focus on process changes, procedure changes, effective education, change in design, and consideration of environmental factors Lecture notes, 2018). Just culture attempts to differentiate between human error, at-risk behavior, and reckless behavior to accomplish the best way to handle situations that have harmed the patient. The treatment of pharmacists whose actions have harmed a patient is demonstrated in the Eric Cropp case. He was accused of involuntary manslaughter for the death of a 2 year old girl by not checking a lethal dose of a cancer compounded salt solution (Cleveland, 2009). Prosecutors wanted charge Eric with reckless homicide even though this was a human error. According to Just Culture Eric should have been supported due to the failure of the system but instead he was treated harshly like a cold killer. Eric was sentenced to five years in prison with a 10,000 fine (Cleveland, 2009). This may have been evaluated differently with the concept of Just Culture because Eric would have received fair

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