Person is working on a clinical trial (only healthy patients) so they are only doing vitals /check ups to see how they are doing and if /what side effects are occuring. Person is NOT prescribing medications nor diagnosing.
Joshua
I wouldn't think so, but you should call the insurance company just in case -- it is better to be safe than sorry.
sskarmar
You never NEED malpractice for anything. One can always go "bare" when practicing medicine and risk losing whatever the lawyers will try to take. The question is: Is participating in this clinical trial practicing medicine? What if a participant reports side effects that need treatment, are you responsible for getting them treated?
All of this to say that you are practicing medicine; it is extremely low risk; the need for malpractice insurance is your call; if it is a drug trial and something happens to the participant, you will be a target. It's our societal norm to sue everyone on record.
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