Wexford
Violates Medical Laws
By: Joseph Anderson
performing surgeries and prescribing drugs in violation of Section 18.152 and Section 18.158, pretending to be medical doctors in violation of Section 18.171, failing to inform that a patient has a right to treatment by a real doctor and actually obstructing such access in violation of Section 18.171(a)(3), failing to wear a tag identifying himself as a "Physician Assistant" in 16 point type or larger in violation of Section 18.171(d) and many other violations.

FOOTNOTES
1 The request was made to the healthcare administrator of the prison. A later request by our Publisher was made to the Wexford Site Manager. It's noteworthy that in denying this grievance, a prison bureaucrat, Lisa Hollibaugh, wrote that the prison didn't have to obey the law and that Wexford would decide if it had to obey the law. To bureaucrats prisoners apparently don't deserved equal protection of the laws.
2 The prison employs an out-of-state healthcare contractor, Wexford Health Sources to care for sick prisoners. In turn, Wexford employs persons who pretend to be doctors. In the law at Pennsylvania Code, Title 49, Chapter 18, a physician assistant is defined as "an individual who is certified as a physician assistant by the Board" of Medicine.
3 This, and all the subsequent references are to Chapter 18, Subchapter D, "Physician Assistants," of the Pennsylvania Code. It says in part: "(c) A physician assistant or physician assistant supervisor shall provide immediate access to the written agreement to anyone seeking to confirm the scope of the physician assistant's authority," (emphasis added).
4 When the prisoner's request was ignored, our Publisher wrote to the prison and prepared a complaint. Formal Complaint forms are available from:
Department of state
Legal Office,
Box 2649
Harrisburg, PA 17105-2649
1-800-822-2113
www.dos.state.pa.us

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