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Can a child under age 18 refuse medical care?
Yes. In most states now children after age 14 participate in their own medical care, including the right to refuse that care. As a matter of fact, if a parent orders the doctor to treat the child and the child refuses, the child can sue both the parent and the doctor.
If a county hospital in Texas does not carry a cerain medication can they refuse emergency care?
No hospital can refuse to offer emergency care per se, under EMTALA ( a law). However, a hospital that cannot treat a given disorder, either because they lack the requried expertise on site, the right equipment, and/or the right medication, can require the patient be transferred to another facility. They can't just dump you -- they need to assist in maintiaining your health until they can effectively make the transfer.
If you are an adopted child in New York under 21 and your parents refuse to take care of you or let you in the house what can you do about it Arent they legally responsible for you until you are 21?
No, unless the child is legally handicapped, the parents are only responsible for the child's welfare up to the age of 18. If the parents refuse to care for a child under the age of 18, they may be arrested for child neglect.
Can a doctor refuse to see a new patient?
Yes, a doctor is not under an obligation to see someone. However, in an emergency situation, such as at a hospital, they cannot refuse to take action to preserve life.
Can a child under 18 sue someone for taking credit for them?
Generally, no, but their parents or guardian (if the parents refuse) can do it for them.
Can a hospital refuse to remove a bug from your ear due to lack of health insurance?
A hospital cannot turn anyone away from the emergency room, without first determining what is wrong with you. Under federal rules called Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), the hospital has to screen and treat you whether you have insurance or not. The treatment required, however, only needs to address your immediate, emergency needs. So, for example, the hospital would have to treat you for a heart attack but would not have to arrange a heart transplant for you. Removing a bug certainly seems like a simple operation that would be part of the emergency room care. But if the bug's presence was not causing a medical emergency, and would require surgery, it is possible that the hospital could refuse to do it.
Legal issues in Admission to the Hospital?
This question is rather vague, but I imagine what you're asking is under what circumstances is a normal (i.e. non-mental health) hospital legally obligated to admit a patient. A hospital has a right to refuse treatment under normal circumstances. It cannot refuse treatment in cases of trauma if doing so would result in death, permanent injury, etc. The (rare) exception is in a large-scale disaster of some sort - if a thousand people are critically injured in a volcano eruption, obviously a hospital with 200 beds is not obligated to admit all 1000.
Do kids have the right to say no to pictures?
Everyone has the right to say no to having their pictures taken, including kids. Unless the child is under contract, it is their right to refuse to be on camera.
Can a doctor refuse to see a patient?
Yes, a doctor is not under an obligation to see someone. However, in an emergency situation, such as at a hospital, they cannot refuse to take action to preserve life.
Can a doctor refuse if you don't have health insurance?
Emergency rooms have to at least evaluate you but not necessarily treat you. Most go ahead and treat anyway. Doctors in private offices are under no obligation to accept any patient and may use issues such as insurance and ability to pay to decide.
Can a doctor refuse treatment based on age and type of insurance?
A doctor has the right to refuse to accept a new patient except on the grounds of discrimination. After under a doctor's care, the doctor must provide care unless the doctor terminates the relationship with sufficient notice "long in advance". However, Under the EMTALA law, a doctor and/or hospital is obligated to get a patient evaluated and stabilized in a medical emergency situation.
Can a hospital refuse a dialysis patient treatment who has not had dialysis in two weeks and just moved to the area?
If you present as an Emergency admission, American hospitals must treat you as specified under EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act). If you do NOT present as an emrgency admit, you may or may not get treated. Your chances of entering as an emergency case increase if you are brought into an Emergency Room and/or come in via ambulance.
