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My point is, that when it comes to refusing treatment, we do not have the free will we think we do. You can make a purely BS call, and we get stuck with the consequences.
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Actually
44 AMP you
do have the right to refuse treatment, the only "catch 22" is the part he slipped in about the
alcohol. This gives the responding LE (yes, they will be there too) an opportunity to (if they wish) arrest you for "public intoxication" or something similar, and have you transported to the hospital, incidental to the arrest.
The LE around here will sometimes do this if
they feel there may be a need for medical attention for someone with a diminished capacity, but the paramedic can only offer an "opinion", he has no authority to impose his own will in that situation...at least not in
this State. And unless some sort of legislation is passed to allow for it, the same will apply to someone with a communicable disease.