Explores intersection of state initiatives to ban transgender therapy for minors with federal nondiscrimination laws and medical associations’ care guidelines
Category Archives: Healthcare Law
Medical Care and Legislation Continue to Intersect Over Transgender Therapies
Not Ducking the Issue: The District of Oregon Denies Requests to Enjoin State’s Vaccine Mandates
October 26, 2021
Summarizes 10/19/21 Oregon District Court decision to deny request for temporary restraining order against Oregon’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate
First Circuit Affirms Maine’s COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate
October 25, 2021
Discusses 10/19/21 First Circuit decision to deny motion for preliminary injunction to prevent enforcement of Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Under Illinois law, a healthcare provider facing allegations of malpractice knows that the standard by which his or her actions will be judged is what a reasonably careful healthcare provider would do under the same or similar circumstances based upon testimony provided by expert witnesses from the same area of practice. However, physicians and healthcare […]