Legal Question in Discrimination Law in California
Is it prejudice to prohibite Spanish television in a community hospital?
Asked on 11/19/12, 12:08 am
2 Answers from Attorneys
Daphne Macklin
Law Office of Daphne L. Macklin
If your question is whether it is inappropriate for a community hospital not to offer television programming for patients or visitors in Spanish, the answer is probably yes. I am unaware of any legal requirement to provide a non-essential service, i.e. television entertainment, in a multi-lingual format. So technically, no the hospital does not have to provide such service in any language. If the institution is a community hospital there should be a board of directors as well as administrators who should be approached about providing non-essential services, i.e. television programming in languages other than English.
Answered on 11/20/12, 4:34 pm