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0 pointsdiminoten7y ago0 comments

I don't think it is illegal, or at least I couldn't find anything saying it was. Here are three articles I found, and I'd assume at least one of them would have mentioned the legal trouble. Maybe I missed it?

    https://slate.com/technology/2018/02/when-should-you-uber-to-the-hospital-and-when-should-you-call-an-ambulance.html
    https://www.webmd.com/health-insurance/news/20170515/uber-lyft-er-trips#1
    https://www.rewire.org/living/uber-emergency-room/

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holtalanm7y ago· 3 in thread

It is illegal for a medical practitioner to send someone to the hospital in a non-medical transport.

alphaoverlord7y ago

As a physician, I can say that is not true

hef198987y ago

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.

diminotenOP7y ago

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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