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Health Law Keyed to Furrow
Sermchief v. Gonzales
Facts
Medical services were provided by the Missouri Action Agency at several locations, mainly to low-income individuals. Nurses were allowed by protocols of the Agency to perform procedures such as taking histories, conducting examinations, performing lab tests, dispensing certain medications, and providing family planning information. The Missouri State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts (Defendant) threatened to cite the nurses for the unauthorized practice of medicine and the physicians at the clinic for aiding and abetting. An action was filed by several of these nurses and doctors seeking a declaratory judgment that they were not in violation of the law. Plaintiffs also sought an injunction against the Defendant prohibiting Defendant from prosecuting a case against them. The trial court denied relief and held that the clinic allowed the unauthorized practice of medicine. An appeal was taken.
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