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EMTALA definition of “stabilized”
- To provide such medical treatment of the condition as may
be necessary to assure, within reasonable medical probability,
that:
- No material deterioration of the condition is likely to
result from or occur during the transfer of the individual
from a facility
- A pregnant woman who is having contractions, will not
deliver (including the placenta)
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EMTALA definition of “appropriate transfer”
- An appropriate transfer to a medical facility is a
transfer in which the transferring hospital provides the
medical treatment within its capacity which minimizes the risks
to the individual’s health and, in the case of a woman in
labor, the health of the unborn child
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