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Re:Inside Tesla’s factory, a medical clinic designed to igno... by holtalanm on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @12:17PM (#18392911)
It is illegal for a medical practitioner to send someone to the hospital in a non-medical transport.
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Re:Inside Tesla’s factory, a medical clinic designed to igno... by alphaoverlord on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @12:32PM (#18393051)
As a physician, I can say that is not true
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Re:Inside Tesla’s factory, a medical clinic designed to igno... by hef19898 on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @01:46PM (#18393767)
I would asume that depends on the circumstances? In an dire emergency you take the first ride you get. Otherwise I could image that there are some rules in place.
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Re:Inside Tesla’s factory, a medical clinic designed to igno... by diminoten on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @01:47PM (#18393779)
Strictly speaking, that's not true:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2018/03/01/doctors-...

With Uber Health, a doctor can send an Uber to pick a patient up to transport them to the doctor's office, and many doctors have offices in hospitals, so this service would then be illegal according to you, but it isn't.

What you probably meant to say is a medical practitioner can't call a non-medical transport for a patient in an emergency, which also doesn't seem true, but I can't find any articles that directly say that (why would someone write such a thing?).

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