What is the main focus of negligence per se in legal terms?

Negligence per se focuses on a clear violation of a statute or regulation that is intended to protect a specific group of people or prevent a particular type of harm. In legal terms, if an individual breaches a law designed to ensure safety (such as traffic laws), and this breach leads to an injury that the law aimed to prevent, it can be automatically considered negligent without needing to establish that the standard of care was breached in the traditional sense. This is significant because it simplifies the plaintiff's case, as they do not have to prove the standard of care was not met; instead, the violation of the statute itself is sufficient evidence of negligence.

The other options may involve different aspects of legal and medical liability, but they do not address the specific premise of negligence per se, which is strictly concerned with the breach of a legal statute rather than general standards of care, intentional acts, or consent issues.