Admitting privileges

An admitting privilege is the right of a doctor to admit patients to a hospital for medical treatment. This is generally restricted to doctors on the hospital staff, although in some countries such as Canada family physicians can have admitting privileges.[1]

Admitting privileges have been used as a tool to attack abortion providers in several U.S. states, including Louisiana, Mississippi, Wisconsin, and Texas.[2] This means the doctor is unable to provide an abortion to a patient unless that doctor has admitting privileges, regardless of where the procedure occurs.[3] Supporters of these laws state they are about safety. [2] The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists considers requiring admitting privileges for abortions to be unnecessary given that "[i]n 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services removed its requirement that ambulatory surgical centers participating in Medicaid and Medicare have hospital admitting privileges, asserting they were unnecessary in the promotion of patient health, an inefficient use of health care dollars, and an administrative barrier to efficient operations".[4] The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June Medical Services, LLC v. Russo that some restrictions based on admitting privileges were unconstitutional.[5]

References

  1. Tarrant, Michael (July 1977). "What Price Admitting Privileges?". Canadian Family Physician. 23: 59–68. ISSN 0008-350X. PMC 2378834. PMID 21304855.
  2. 1 2 Rovner, Julie (August 8, 2014). "State Abortion Laws Face A New Round Of Legal Challenges". NPR.
  3. Kliff, Sarah (2014-08-12). "Admitting privileges are the new abortion fight". Vox. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  4. "Hospital Admitting Privilege Mandates Undermine Physician Practice and Unduly Burden Women's Access to Abortion". American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  5. "U.S. Supreme Court strikes down admitting-privilege restrictions". American Medical Association. Retrieved 2021-09-08.

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