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· 3/10/1978

State Ex Rel. Schneider v. Liggett

Citations

  • 576 P.2d 221
  • 223 Kan. 610

How courts have described this case

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  • provision requiring physicians to purchase malpractice insurance valid response to malpractice crisis, not violation of equal protection or due process
  • provision requiring physicians to purchase malpractice insurance valid response to malpractice crisis, not violation of equal protection or due process
  • doctor has no vested right to insist that rule permitting him to practice without liability insurance must remain unchanged for his benefit
  • practice of medicine not a fundamental interest under Constitution; therefore, traditional rational relationship test applied
  • practice of medicine not a fundamental interest under Constitution; therefore, traditional rational relationship test applied
  • statute that requires doctors, but not dentists or nurses, to purchase malpractice liability insurance and pay a surcharge to the health care stabilization fund does not violate the Kansas Constitution

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Judges: Owsley

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