This week the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) signed a formal agreement with Selma Medical Associates, a large primary care practice in Virginia, that may open the door for people with chronic pain to regain their full access to medical care.
Selma Medical refused to schedule a new patient appointment for a man who was taking the addiction treatment drug Suboxone. He filed a civil rights complaint asserting that his rights were violated because has a disability.
According to the complaint, Selma Medical “regularly turns away prospective new patients who are treated with narcotic controlled substances such as Suboxone.”
The DOJ and Selma Medical settled the complaint out-of-court. The full agreement can be READ HERE
If you feel your rights have been violated as a disabled person, please file a complaint with the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice
https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2019/2/1/civil-rights-case-gives-hope-to-pain-patients
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