What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? North Carolina
My husband went to the dentist back in late June for a root canal and crown. No problem with that....dentist was great and everything went well, despite the fact that he was in the chair for five hours because he was an "emergency work in" and the dentist had other patients to see inbetween the work she did on him. The problem is.....the woman who takes care of the financial end of things figured out how much he was going to owe after insurance paid their share and then had him sign a form stating he agreed to have the money taken out of his bank account on a certain date....but he was under the influence of nitrous at the time she made him sign it. He has absolutely no recollection of signing it and they didn't even give him a copy of the form after he was done. Needless to say, since he doesn't remember signing it, he was pretty shocked when he saw that money taken out of his acct the next month. We had every intention of paying the bill.....and it's taken care of now.....but this just seems alittle fishy to me. Is it legal for them to have him sign documents when they know he's whacked out on laughing gas??
This same office did something that was a bit troubling to me about six months ago. Took my daughter in to have a cavity filled and once she got back there, the dentist found a second one she wanted to take care of. Instead of coming out into the waiting room to let me know and have me sign the consent form, they let my daughter sign the form and I was left sitting there for an extra hour wondering what was going on. Granted, she is 18 years old but I'm listed as the responsible party on her acct and shouldn't they have asked me first?
We have no issue with the dentist....she's really good at what she does. It just seems to be the office staff that has problems and I know I should talk to the dentist about it but I haven't gotten up the nerve to do that yet. I'm just thinking it's time to find another dentist. But still......I'm curious about the first issue.....having my husband sign that form while under the influence.....and if that was legal on their part. Thanks very much for any input.
Laurie
My husband went to the dentist back in late June for a root canal and crown. No problem with that....dentist was great and everything went well, despite the fact that he was in the chair for five hours because he was an "emergency work in" and the dentist had other patients to see inbetween the work she did on him. The problem is.....the woman who takes care of the financial end of things figured out how much he was going to owe after insurance paid their share and then had him sign a form stating he agreed to have the money taken out of his bank account on a certain date....but he was under the influence of nitrous at the time she made him sign it. He has absolutely no recollection of signing it and they didn't even give him a copy of the form after he was done. Needless to say, since he doesn't remember signing it, he was pretty shocked when he saw that money taken out of his acct the next month. We had every intention of paying the bill.....and it's taken care of now.....but this just seems alittle fishy to me. Is it legal for them to have him sign documents when they know he's whacked out on laughing gas??
This same office did something that was a bit troubling to me about six months ago. Took my daughter in to have a cavity filled and once she got back there, the dentist found a second one she wanted to take care of. Instead of coming out into the waiting room to let me know and have me sign the consent form, they let my daughter sign the form and I was left sitting there for an extra hour wondering what was going on. Granted, she is 18 years old but I'm listed as the responsible party on her acct and shouldn't they have asked me first?
We have no issue with the dentist....she's really good at what she does. It just seems to be the office staff that has problems and I know I should talk to the dentist about it but I haven't gotten up the nerve to do that yet. I'm just thinking it's time to find another dentist. But still......I'm curious about the first issue.....having my husband sign that form while under the influence.....and if that was legal on their part. Thanks very much for any input.
Laurie