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Corrections Cannot Delegate Duty to Provide Medical Care and Access to Records  


Author:  Fred Cohen.


Source: Volume 09, Number 02, July/August 2007 , pp.29-29(1)




Correctional Mental Health Report

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Abstract: 

The DOC is found to have a non-delegable duty to assure adequate medical care to inmates that is not limited to life-threatening conditions; and that inmates have a right of access to their medical records accompanied by a procedure by which to correct inaccurate records.

Keywords: J.D.A. v. New Jersey Department of Corrections 915 A.2d 1041

Affiliations:  1: Executive Editor.

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