Legal Question in Health Care Law in Indiana
I'm on Medicaid and a woman, I was trying to make a doctors appointment for a pelvic exam and requested a female doctor, the office denied my request saying I had to have the male doctor they assigned is this lrgal? I'm not comfortable with a man doing this
Asked on 11/16/10, 7:49 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Burton Padove
Indiana and Illinois Lawyer, Burton A. Padove
There is nothing illegal about their requirement. Perhaps he is the only doctor that they use for pelvic exams. Perhaps you can ask that they have a female nurse present when the exam is conducted.
Answered on 12/02/10, 4:52 am
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