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Re: Of Interest And Importance To Obstetricians ... --From: ainsron@msn.comFri Mar 23 17:23:01 2001
They have been involved. Like Cheri said, there is a big difference in medical evidence and legal evidence of drug use. However, is there really any difference when the evidence is used for incarceration vs. removal and placement of infants? I guess its up to the courts to decide!! We also use bagging of urine from newborns and meconium when necessary. Its interesting to see how they don't always correlate - different levels for positive screens at different labs. >Your situation is different from the one presented in Ferguson v. City of >Charleston. Nevetheless, it would probably be of benefit for your legal >office to review your policies regarding drug testing. > >-- >Dean Huffman > >_________________________________________ > >_________________________________________ >Re: Of Interest And Importance To Obstetricians ... >_________________________________________ > >_________________________________________ >From: ainsron@msn.com >Fri, 23 Mar 2001 15:19:06 -0600 > >That may be true, but what do you do with the information when you get a >positive? In our hospital, the information is passed to the Child >Protective Service. The patient is interviewed, the home situation is >assessed and the child may or may not go home with the parents. They do >sign a consent for the testing, BUT if they don't sign the consent, and >suspicion of drug use is present or other clinical indicators - late entry, >inadequate care, early abruption, track marks, etc. they will still be >reported to CPS. This isn't always initiated by the MD, but by the nursing >staff, if they are suspicious. > >-- >Ronald E. Ainsworth, MD > >At Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Paul Prior MD wrote: > >>On Thu, 22 Mar 2001 17:08:18 -0600, Barborza@aol.com wrote: >> >>>In a message dated 3/22/01 10:06:25 PM !!!First Boot!!!, Len2976@aol.com >>>writes: >>> >>>> I don't think legally there is a problem with doing drug screens on urine >>>> >>>I think there is now that we have this new ruling from the Supreme Court. >>>You cannot do it without patient consent. >> >>The case dealt with passing that information to POLICE. I don't think >>they ruled on the testing as a fundamental issue. >
-- Ronald E. Ainsworth, MD
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