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01 Dec 2023
Drawing blood from a patient who refuses it without compelling medical reasons constitutes assault and battery.

And this is a quote from the doctor who's with us now. For me to draw blood from a patient who is refusing to have his blood drawn, unless I have compelling medical reasons for that blood sample, I'm committing assault and battery, and I'm not going to do it, says Dr. Phil Brewer, president of the Connecticut College of Emergency Physicians and a fellow with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. And he joins us now.