ACE Health Coach Certification Practice Test

What legal term describes a health coach's actions if they did not adequately supervise a client during a bench press exercise?

1. Fraud

2. Vicarious liability

3. Negligence

4. Respondeat superior

The correct answer is: Negligence

Negligence is the legal term that describes a health coach's actions when they fail to adequately supervise a client, leading to potential harm. In this scenario, negligence occurs when the health coach does not exercise the appropriate level of care that a reasonable professional would provide in a similar situation. This could involve not being present to guide the client properly during the bench press exercise, which could result in the client getting injured. In legal terms, negligence involves four key components: a duty of care that is owed, a breach of that duty, causation linking the breach to the injury, and damages resulting from that injury. If a health coach had a responsibility to ensure the client's safety and failed to do so, it indicates a breach of that duty, thereby categorizing their inaction as negligence. The other terms in the options relate to different legal concepts that do not apply directly to the actions of the health coach regarding their direct responsibility and duty of care towards their client during an exercise.