Respiratory Therapists: Talk to an Attorney Before You Talk to an Investigator
By Michael L. Smith, J.D., R.R.T.
In Florida, You DO NOT Have to Talk to an Investigator!
Despite mailing out hundreds of thousands of postcards and letters to respiratory therapists, throughout Florida, we continue to receive calls from new clients and from potential clients, after they have already spoken to and made critical harmful admissions against their own interests to investigators. In Florida, you do not have any duty to cooperate with any investigator who is investigating you. This extends to Department of Health (DOH) investigators (who are sometimes titled “Medical Quality Assurance Investigators” or “Medical Malpractice Investigators”) or criminal investigators of any type.
Investigators are NOT Looking Out for […]
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law