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>I think that your idea that this is illegal is pretty novel. Tell that to the California Department of Heath Care Services...and the 49 other states who have

>I think that your idea that this is illegal is pretty novel. Tell that to the California Department of Heath Care Services...and the 49 other states who have similar regulations and regulatory agencies in place. Lyft/Uber giving rides to people in no way means or suggests those rides are legal. And there is a differnce between non-emergency transportation and emergency transportation...but it is all highly regulated. Still doctors and drivers should both know these laws that affect them directly. If a doctor is dumb enough to put an employee with a workplace injury in a rideshare, the onus is on the driver to deny the ride and tell the rider they are licensed/insured to take a patient to the ER and they should call 911...that doesn’t happen because ride share drivers are not professional drivers who actually know the laws that regulate them.

jsight 8y ago
Cute, but no it is definitely far from illegal: https://www.lyftbusiness.com/healthcare/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=lfb&utm_content=lfb_health&creative=264349720981&keyword=lyft%20health%20rides&matchtype=b&network=g&device=c&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgI_Yv47A3gIVklmGCh1v2gJqEAAYASAAEgKTNPD_BwE https://www.lyftbusiness.com/healthcare/?utm_source=google&u... They should not be used for emergency transport, and that is part of the argument. Again, that is worthy of debate, but blanket statements about Lyft not being usable for "medical transport" aren't really useful.
- will_brown 8y ago
  You linked to a Lyft program for “Non emergency medical transportation”. Pretty sure my comment you replied to acknowledges there is a difference between emergency and non-emergency transportation. If you want to argue how a worker with a crushed hand/severed fingers going to the Emergency Room for emergency medical treatment isn’t an emergency...go nuts, and please feel free to be liberal with the case Law you cite.
  - jsight 8y ago
    Your original post said: "It is illegal for “ride shares” to provide medical transport." This is demonstrably false, but you still left it up there.
    - will_brown 8y ago
      I clarified the difference before you linked lyft’s non-emergency medical transportation services >And there is a differnce between non-emergency transportation and emergency transportation...but it is all highly regulated. Nevertheless, I am right. Even to provide non-emergency medical transportation you must be registered (hold appropriate licenses/insurance), a random ride-share driver can not legally offer non-emergency medical services...unless they are registered with the government to provide those services. Still none of them can provide emergency transport services to the public for money. So now you can continue debating that a patient with a crushed hand/severed fingers diagnosed by their doctor as needing emergency treatment in an ER is not an emergency requiring emergency transport under the law.
      - DanBC 8y ago
        > Even to provide non-emergency medical transportation you must be registered (hold appropriate licenses/insurance), a random ride-share driver can not legally offer non-emergency medical services...unless they are registered with the government to provide those services. Please can you link to the law that you're talking about?

jsight 8y ago

Cute, but no it is definitely far from illegal: https://www.lyftbusiness.com/healthcare/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=lfb&utm_content=lfb_health&creative=264349720981&keyword=lyft%20health%20rides&matchtype=b&network=g&device=c&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgI_Yv47A3gIVklmGCh1v2gJqEAAYASAAEgKTNPD_BwE https://www.lyftbusiness.com/healthcare/?utm_source=google&u... They should not be used for emergency transport, and that is part of the argument. Again, that is worthy of debate, but blanket statements about Lyft not being usable for "medical transport" aren't really useful.

will_brown 8y ago
You linked to a Lyft program for “Non emergency medical transportation”. Pretty sure my comment you replied to acknowledges there is a difference between emergency and non-emergency transportation. If you want to argue how a worker with a crushed hand/severed fingers going to the Emergency Room for emergency medical treatment isn’t an emergency...go nuts, and please feel free to be liberal with the case Law you cite.
- jsight 8y ago
  Your original post said: "It is illegal for “ride shares” to provide medical transport." This is demonstrably false, but you still left it up there.
  - will_brown 8y ago
    I clarified the difference before you linked lyft’s non-emergency medical transportation services >And there is a differnce between non-emergency transportation and emergency transportation...but it is all highly regulated. Nevertheless, I am right. Even to provide non-emergency medical transportation you must be registered (hold appropriate licenses/insurance), a random ride-share driver can not legally offer non-emergency medical services...unless they are registered with the government to provide those services. Still none of them can provide emergency transport services to the public for money. So now you can continue debating that a patient with a crushed hand/severed fingers diagnosed by their doctor as needing emergency treatment in an ER is not an emergency requiring emergency transport under the law.
    - DanBC 8y ago
      > Even to provide non-emergency medical transportation you must be registered (hold appropriate licenses/insurance), a random ride-share driver can not legally offer non-emergency medical services...unless they are registered with the government to provide those services. Please can you link to the law that you're talking about?