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Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)
law

Year 1986
Citation Pub. L. No. 99-272; 42 U.S.C. ยง 1395dd(i).
Country USA
Region North America
Description Protects refusing to authorize the transfer of an individual with an emergency medical condition that has not been stabilized or against any hospital employee because the employee reports a violation of a requirement of this section.