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wryter2000

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18. I worked in the legal department of a large medical center

Reply to ancianita (Reply #13)

Thu May 19, 2022, 02:34 PM

May 2022

I never saw a doctor lose his/her license. I saw many who had to write letters to the medical board to explain their behavior. After that, some had to be interviewed. One even had to go to some training. None ever lost their licenses. That could have been different if they'd broken a law. Maybe they can lose their license for breaking the law.

I'm not sure you could sustain a malpractice claim if there's a law against doing what's right for a patient. For a successful suit, a doctor has to breach the standard of care. What's the standard of care in a state where performing the necessary procedure is against the law? I honestly don't know.

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I worked in the legal department of a large medical center wryter2000 May 2022 #18

I'm not surprised, doctors being under a medical center's tort liability umbrella. Still, ancianita May 2022 #25

I don't know if they'd be subject to malpractice wryter2000 May 2022 #26

Medical boards are run by states wryter2000 May 2022 #27

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