Re: [Philmont]: Philmont]: Copies of Medical Forms?

This is a "me, too" response. I agree with Donald as below. If a form
is lost Philmont will fax a replacement for you to complete but they
want to see original signatures. Philmont does not want photocopies of
completed forms.

Gary Boyd
Troop 151 SA, Crew 151 CC
Georgetown, Texas
Trek 622-N-01

Donald S. Roberts wrote:

> *From:* * *abthomson@comcast.net
> Kelly Pennington writes...
> > I hope not to open a major legal debate, but does anyone know if
>> Philmont will accept photocopies if their medical form or do they
>> require the actual original form.?
>
> Al writes:
> > Will they ACCEPT photocopies? Probably.
>
> I have been somewhat surprised by these responses. The literature sent
> to a crew states pretty clearly (and in a few places, if I do not
> recall incorrectly)
> that only ORIGINALS will be accepted.
>
> That said, our crew had one family that lost their form. Instead of
> asking me
> (as crew advisor) for another, they called Philmont and had a form
> faxed to
> them. Philmont had no problem accepting their faxed form. I called them
> when I found out about it and asked if it was okay.
>
> However, I think what they want to see are original signatures, more than
> original forms. I think you may run into some substantial issues at
> checkin
> if you hand in photocopies of signatures.
>
> Better option is to try to stick to originals, though.
>
> AS ALWAYS, CHECK WITH PHILMONT BEFORE YOU LEAVE HOME.
> They charge something like $300 to do a med check if you show up without
> a form. That can make for a bad day.
>
> The staff at Philmont are wonderful people and very patient with answering
> your questions. The phone call is a lot less expensive than other
> alternatives.
>
> Regards
> Don Roberts
> Crew Advisor, Phil trek 2005 808-K

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Received on Fri Dec 9 11:35:22 2005