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EMTALA Regulatory Series: Part Two

Hospitals must follow federal law, CMS regulations and interpretative guidelines for the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. This three-part series will focus on EMTALA regulations, emphasizing problematic areas of EMTALA concepts, adequacy of medical screening and on-call physician issues.

Part Two: Focus on a wide range of EMTALA issues, including:

Appropriate transfers
Differences in patient transfer requirements for emergency departments, observation units and inpatient units
EMTALA signage
The adequacy of medical screening examinations

Learning objectives

Define what language must be on required EMTALA signs and where they must be posted
Describe what constitutes an adequate medical screening examination for behavioral health, obstetric and other patients
Describe what constitutes an appropriate certification of false labor
Illustrate what an appropriate transfer entails and what must be included in the transfer form