Christopher Brown, Esq. quoted in Decision Health’s Part B News article-Watch locum tenens contract terms to guard against rogue providers-, 4-28-2025

Kaufman Dolowich’s Christopher Brown discusses in a Part B News article the importance of contract language in a case involving a traveling nurse convicted of tampering with morphine. The article delves into the key question of how responsible is your practice for outside clinical providers hired on a freelance basis. 

Mr. Brown, a partner in KD’s Orlando, FL office, is quoted as saying: “If you’re going to be contracting with a locum tenens agency, there must be indemnification language within that contract.” He also explains, that before entering a contact you should make sure the agency has enough malpractice insurance to cover that judgement if it comes. He notes “even with indemnification language, a hospital or a practice could still be liable if the court finds that there was a non-delegable duty of care-that is, the patient was not put on notice that they were being treated by a third-party contactor, and believed the nurse or the physician was actually an employee.” 

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