Can a hospital give you any vaccines without your consent?

Let's see the Legal Eagles out there

Is this Legal or Medical malpractice? I call it Medical Tyranny

My cousin was sleep walking and taken into the hospital by the police. When he got the hospital bill it stated 2 covid vaccines and a tetanus shot. He never gave consent and when he asked what the injections were that they were giving him, they told him it was to help him relax.

(Happened in the State of Washington USA and Not Washington D.C. two different places)

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Northwest · M

WA State Exceptions to Informed Consent law:

1. Emergencies: In a genuine healthcare emergency where the patient lacks capacity to consent, and no legal representative is readily available, consent may be implied. This exception would apply to life-saving procedures, not routine vaccinations.

2. Patient's Wishes: If a competent patient has explicitly waived their right to be informed or refuses the vaccine, their wishes should be respected.

3. Court Order: A court order could authorize treatment, including vaccination, even without the patient's consent.

4. Surrogate Decision-Maker: If a patient lacks capacity, a surrogate decision-maker (e.g., a healthcare agent under a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care) can provide consent on their behalf.

But this screams of malpractice, because you don't give a patient 2 covid vaccines during a single visit, or a billing error. Either way, talk to an attorney.

PHlover19701 · 56-60, M

@Northwest Agreed. Additionally, neither of those vaccines would be used to help one relax.