Venue: |
Wis. Ct. App.
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Facts: |
Pharmacist declines to provide contraceptives, and gets reprimanded. |
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Posture: |
Appeal from pharmacy board's decision |
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Issue: |
Did Noesen depart from the standard of care ordinarily exercised by
a pharmacise in a way that harmed or could have harmed the
patient? |
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Holding: |
Yes. |
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Rule: |
The standard of care is clear, and was known to him. |
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Reasoning: |
There is an exception for the right of conscience (4-part test
articulated in case), but he didn't fulfil his part of it,
so we don't need to consider the rest. |
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Dicta: |
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