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
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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