Ohio’s Apology Statute was instituted in September 2004 and codified in R.C. 2317.43 to prohibit the use of a physician’s statement of sympathy as evidence in a malpractice action. The statute provides that all statements or affirmations, gestures or conduct expressing apology, sympathy, condolence, compassion, or the general sense...

Many regulations effect dental practices today and it may seem difficult to stay abreast of them all. Failing to comply with the regulations affecting the delivery of patient care, such as infection control practices, can have potentially more far reaching consequences than one might initially imagine. For example, not...

Many young health care practitioners are not aware that they have the right to have an employment contract reviewed by an attorney prior to executing it. We find in many cases that when these contracts fail or when the health care practitioner decides to terminate the contract there are...