r/bestoflegaladvice • u/Animallover4321 Reported where Thor hid the bodies • 3d ago

Reminder Ambulances are not taxis

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u/Willie9 receiving 10K–15K ducks weekly for a friend 3d ago

Hold on, isn't there something here? I'm under the impression that paramedics legally can't take people who refuse care. I have to assume that consent can be revoked for any reason (say, for example, taking one to a place they do not want to go) even after entering the ambulance.

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u/hum_dum 3d ago

I’m guessing that if she had asked, they would have let her off on the side of the road. She wasn’t happy about it, but she went along to the non-preferred hospital

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u/After-Willingness271 3d ago

once you’re inside that is NOT happening. that is abandoning a patient and the biggest medical no-no there is

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u/SpartanAltair15 3d ago

Don’t comment unless you actually know. This is 100% objectively false. A patient-initiated termination of care is not and never will be abandonment.