Question for the legal eagles....

[Guest guest]

I am reposting this because I do not believe it hit the list the 1st time. I

posted it when yahoo had their 'outage'.

You have a minor child that has a seizure disorder. The child has a

witnessed grand mal seizure w/ a hx of break through seizures. The child has

been taking his meds as prescribed. The parent/guardian of the child does

not wish for the child to be transported to the E.R. for evaluation. The

parent/guardian states that they will take the child to their physician

'soon'. The question that has been posed by someone is: Can the

parent/guardian be held criminally negligent if the child has another

seizure and is injured or goes into status epilepticus because the

parent/guardian refused medical care? For discussion sakes lets say that the

parent/guardian would immediately call 911 if the child had another seizure.

[Guest guest]

I would report this to Child Protective Services. Texas law requires a

parent to provide medical care to her minor children. Not to do so may well be

child abuse. Cover yourself by calling it in.

Gene Gandy, JD, LP

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[Guest guest]

>

> I would report this to Child Protective Services. Texas law

requires a

> parent to provide medical care to her minor children. Not to do so

may well be

> child abuse. Cover yourself by calling it in.

>

> Gene Gandy, JD, LP

Gene,

Are you basing your answer on the assumption that the child's parents

are not going to have the child seen by anyone? If they do actually

go to the child's doctor, wouldn't that be preferable to taking the

child to the ER?

Jeff