Hubbard v. University of Arkansas Medical Sciences

Steele Hays, Justice.

By this appeal we are asked to construe Act 259 of 1959, the Medical Quota Act, as directing the University of Arkansas for Medical Services to adopt standards for determining medical indigency based on the patient’s ability to pay and which follow national and local poverty guidelines. Appellant contends that the Medical Quota Act mandates such standards. We find no provision in the act sustaining that contention.

In December of 1976 appellant’s minor daughter became a patient at UAMS for obstetrical care. The putative father agreed to pay the costs and signed a…