new 800 lbs gorilla in the room ?
Okemos Rite Aid Settles After Refusing Flu Shot To HIV+ Man
http://www.wlns.com/story/24635348/rite-aid-settles-after-refusing-flu-shot-to-hiv-positive-man
From the article:
The United States Justice Department has reached a settlement with a mid-Michigan Rite Aid after they refused to give an HIV positive man a flu shot.
“Erecting unfair and discriminatory barriers to medical care for people with HIV is unacceptable,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels for the Civil Rights Division in a press release.
Under the settlement, Rite Aid must pay $10,000 to the man and $5,000 in civil penalties. They must also have to train staff on requirements of the ADA and implement an anti-discrimination policy.
Who believes that both a HIV positive pt and a chronic pain pt are not covered under the ADA ( Americans with Disabilities Act).. Many chronic pain pts are on SS/Medicare disability !!!
So if you (Pharmacists) refused to fill a legit control med prescription… are you at risk under the ADA for violating the pt’s Civil Rights ?
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