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When Hospital Medical Staff Applications Seek Mental Health History of Practitioners

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The core responsibilities of hospitals and their medical staffs are the promotion of patient safety and the quality of care rendered to patients in the hospital. Federal and state law require that medical staffs evaluate the...more

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Sixth Circuit Approves Hospital’s Exclusion of Nursing Student’s Service Animal

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals approved state-owned hospital’s exclusion of nursing student’s service animal that posed a direct threat to patients and staff with severe allergies where no reasonable...more

Baker Donelson

DOJ Finds Certain Hospital Transplant Policies Violate the ADA – Transplant Centers Should Take Note

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently reached a settlement agreement with a Massachusetts hospital under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to resolve claims that its transplant consideration process...more

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2016/2017 Labor & Employment Observer

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Activist NLRB Created More Problems For All Employers in 2016 - What Happens Under President Trump? During 2016, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) maintained its generally pro-union, anti-employer...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

More ADA Enforcement – Effective Communication Requirements for Service Providers

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Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice and Franciscan St. James Health (St. James), a nonprofit health care system providing comprehensive health care at hospitals in Illinois, settled a lawsuit alleging that St. James...more

Saul Ewing LLP

DOJ ADA Settlement Involving Hepatitis B Sends Critical Message to Higher Ed and Medical Providers

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The DOJ has concluded that two medical schools had no lawful basis for excluding applicants who had active cases of Hepatitis B because they could not show that these individuals posed a direct threat to the health and safety...more

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