I work at a hospital registration desk. Everytime someone comes in to see a doctor, have X-Rays, MRI, lab or just about anything else we have to register them in the hospital system. If they have never been here before, we have to ask a series of questions such as name, address, marital status, SS# and what their religious preference is. This is always an uncomfortable question to ask but it's one of the fields that must have an answer in it to continue with the registration. Yesterday I was told by a patient that they think it is illegal to even ask that question and it made me wonder if that is correct. I know it's illegal to ask when having a job interview but is it illegal when asked by a state hospital registration clerk? I'd love to have ammo to get rid of this question, or at least make it NOT one of the required fields. Is it illegal?
Thanks!
2006-10-04
00:23:08
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txheart0711
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