Legal Question in Legal Ethics in Georgia

can you legally refuse to make an existing patient an appt with a large old outstanding balance?


Asked on 10/25/11, 4:15 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
Scott Riddle Law Office of Scott B. Riddle, LLC

This appears to be in the incorrect category. Who is "you?" Lawyers have clients, not patients. Are you trying to ask if doctors can refuse to see patients who owe them money? Sure they can, if in private practice. Why would they be expected to extend more credit to a patient who does not pay?

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Answered on 10/25/11, 4:20 pm
Glen Ashman Ashman Law Office also dba Glen Ashman Attorney

I am confused. You asked this under legal ethics. Lawyers do not have patients. They have clients. But yes, a lawyer, just like a doctor or anyone else, can refuse to do business with someone who has not paid him.

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Answered on 10/25/11, 5:21 pm


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