· 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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