# Patient creation bug

**URL:** <https://community.open-emr.org/t/patient-creation-bug/11740>\
**Category:** OpenEMR Development\
**Created:** [March 13, 2019, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/patient-creation-bug/11740 "2019-03-13T12:38:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sergiors](https://community.open-emr.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@sergiors](https://community.open-emr.org/u/sergiors)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/patient-creation-bug/11740/1 "2019-03-13T12:38:59Z")

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The Dup Check option is necessary for patient creation. Why? Because without any Dup Check option in any field of the Create New Patient screen, the new\_search\_popup.php screen appears empty and it is not possible to create a patient.  
This should not happen. If Dup Check is really necessary, an error message should alert about that issue.

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**Author:** ![robert.down](https://community.open-emr.org/user_avatar/community.open-emr.org/robert.down/32/15055_2.png) [@robert.down](https://community.open-emr.org/u/robert.down)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/patient-creation-bug/11740/2 "2019-03-14T18:34:44Z")

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So if you completely disable Dup Check you can’t create a patient?

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**Author:** ![sergiors](https://community.open-emr.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@sergiors](https://community.open-emr.org/u/sergiors)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/patient-creation-bug/11740/3 "2019-03-14T19:56:14Z")

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Exactly. You see a missing page error.