Location: Florida - My Medical Director Is Mandating She Is The Final Say In Whether Patients Can Be Taken Off Work For Work Comp Cases. She Denies All Requests Stating Odg Guidelines Say Patients Can’t Be Taken Off Work. Who Is Liable If A Patient Worsens Their Condition On The Job?
Location: Florida
I work as an NP for one of the big corporate machines in urgent care. Our medical director states that all requests to take patients off work need to be approved by her. I had a patient recently that I believe should not have been back at work for a number of reasons and combined injuries. She sent me a message after our conversation in which she denied my request to keep the patient off from work staring ODG guidelines specify that patients can’t be taken off work and need to be sent back with restrictions.
I don’t have access to ODG guidelines but I do know they don’t explicitly state patients cannot be kept off work and that they are guidelines, not legal mandates. If a patient is sent back to work and exacerbates their injuries or suffers an additional injury, can I be held legally liable? Would liability fall on my medical director? Should I be documenting in the chart that I contacted the medical director to discuss keeping patient off work and was denied? I need this job currently and am trying to avoid painting a target on my back by going above her so how can I best protect myself legally in these types of situations?
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