Our Policies
Missed Appointments/Cancellations
If you are unable to keep your appointment, please call at least 24 hours in advance to cancel. Even if it is within this 24-hour window, please be courteous and call us if you know you will not be able to keep your appointment time. This will allow us to better serve you and our other patients.
Any appointments canceled on the same day as the appointment may be considered “No Show” appointments and will be assessed a $50 fee. Missed appointments without notification will be considered a “No Show/No Call” appointment. Three (3) or more “No Show/No Call” appointments within a one-year period may result in dismissal from the practice.
If two children from the same household are scheduled to be seen at the same time and the appointment is a “No Show/No Call,” any future appointments must be scheduled separately. The children must be scheduled at different times and on different days.
Late Policy
Please be on time. Tanasbourne Pediatrics strongly enforces our Late Policy. If you arrive 10 minutes or more later than your scheduled appointment time for most appointment types, you may be re-scheduled. A few shorter appointments (20 minutes or less) may have a 5-minute courtesy time. The reason for this rule is to help our physicians keep as close to schedule as possible and give our patients the appropriate time they need. Our physicians work hard to respect your time—please be courteous and respect their time, as well as those who are scheduled after your visit, by arriving on time.
Vaccines Policy
Tanasbourne Pediatrics follows the immunization guidelines recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the CDC. For information about these vaccines and the diseases they protect against, please visit aap.org/healthtopics/immunizations.cfm. For detailed informational sheets published by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), please visit www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/vis/ or www.cdc.gov/vaccines/growing/.
Philosophy
Our practice believes that all children should receive the recommended vaccines according to the guidelines provided by the AAP and the CDC. Vaccines are safe and effective in preventing diseases and health complications in children and young adults. Regular vaccinations help children ward off infections and are administered as one of the safest and best methods of disease prevention.