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Re: Denial for From: Jeffrey W Clemens (clemens@duq.edu) Sun Oct 31 07:09:55 1999 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: SONNENSTUHL PAT: "Re: Denial for" Previous message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Denial form" In reply to: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Denial form" Dear Listers, Recently, I was responsible for dismissing a student from our graduate program. We sent letters to that effect by certified mail to ensure and document receipt. The student never collected the letter from their PO box. In subsequent legal matters, the University lawyer has informed us that we should have used the regular mail. Legal precedent is something like "presumption of delivery". If you use the US regular mail, the burden of proof is on the addressee to prove it was never delivered. So I would send anything by regular and perhaps also certified mail. And as suggested by Dr. Joe below, DOCUMENT EVERYTHING and have a written protocol ON FILE aobut your protocol. BTW, I recognize the differences in outcome between failure to know you got kicked out of grad school and failure to know that you have a serious medical condition. Jeff at home on Sunday AM and too lazy to type my full sig. line On Sun, 31 Oct 1999 DoctorJoe@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 10/31/99 4:54:05 AM, bcrist@club-internet.fr writes: > > << Have you got some kind of informed consent form or letter to reach a > patient who didn't come for his (her) operation? > ... > Make sure the clinic/hospital records in the hospital chart that the patient > is a no-show. Then send a certified letter to the patient, telling her that > she needs the surgery (for whatever diagnosis and whatever reason), maybe > what the outcome MIGHT be if she DOESN'T have it, and state that it is your > opinion she needs it... and her choice to NOT have it. Next message: SONNENSTUHL PAT: "Re: Denial for" Previous message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Denial form" In reply to: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Denial form"

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