Doctors Can Only Sue For Specified Fees
DUNEDIN, Nov. 6. ‘‘Apparently there is some misconception regarding the right of doctors to sue for fees under the Social Security Amendment Act,” said the Minister of Health (Hon. A. H. Nordmeyer) tonight. “The position, however, is perfectly clekr. Doctors can sue for the amounts mentioned in the Act, that is 7s Gd for day calls and 12s 6d for night and Sunday calls. Their right to «ue is forfeited only insofar as they exceed the charges mentioned. Parliament permitted the doctors to charge these amounts or a patient to collect them from the fund, but it was felt that the amounts specified should be regarded as fair and reasonable remuneration and that in any case the suing of a patient might destroy the very intimate relationship between doctor and patient.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 265, 7 November 1941, Page 4
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