Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Health & Nutrition
Has anyone ever sued a vet for refusing service?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="DiamondSCattleCo" data-source="post: 218944" data-attributes="member: 2862"><p>Bcox, I'm not sure how your state handles licensing, however if I were you, I'd place a call. In Saskatchewan, any vet who refuses to treat an emergent animal based on your not being in "his program" or "not a regular customer" can be reported and the School of Veterinary Medecine will follow up the complaint. Too many valid complaints, and they no longer will be allowed to practice in Saskatchewan. Same goes for withholding drugs. If the drug is registered for "over the counter use", no vet can refuse to sell it to you. Vets are treated very much like ER docs in that they can't refuse to service an emergent case, except in mitigating circumstances like an abusive animal owner, inadequate facilities or exhaustion (local vet once went 36 hours straight).</p><p></p><p>As long as you and he haven't exchanged words or have some kind of conflict, and he wasn't busy, he should not have refused to give service.</p><p></p><p>As a side note, I've never had a vet ever refuse me service, even those I've never dealt with or bought from (local vet, and Tisdale vets were both busy, so I had to call Melfort).</p><p></p><p>Rod</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DiamondSCattleCo, post: 218944, member: 2862"] Bcox, I'm not sure how your state handles licensing, however if I were you, I'd place a call. In Saskatchewan, any vet who refuses to treat an emergent animal based on your not being in "his program" or "not a regular customer" can be reported and the School of Veterinary Medecine will follow up the complaint. Too many valid complaints, and they no longer will be allowed to practice in Saskatchewan. Same goes for withholding drugs. If the drug is registered for "over the counter use", no vet can refuse to sell it to you. Vets are treated very much like ER docs in that they can't refuse to service an emergent case, except in mitigating circumstances like an abusive animal owner, inadequate facilities or exhaustion (local vet once went 36 hours straight). As long as you and he haven't exchanged words or have some kind of conflict, and he wasn't busy, he should not have refused to give service. As a side note, I've never had a vet ever refuse me service, even those I've never dealt with or bought from (local vet, and Tisdale vets were both busy, so I had to call Melfort). Rod [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Health & Nutrition
Has anyone ever sued a vet for refusing service?
Top