title: Preston v. Meriter Hospital in the Supreme Court of Wisconsin.
abstract: When a baby is born in a hospital birthing center, the newborn has come to the "emergency department" for purposes of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA). Thus, the hospital must provide "an appropriate medical screening examination" to any infant born at the hospital birthing center in order to determine whether the infant has an emergency medical condition.
authors.forename: Barry A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Bostrom
mesh_terms: D003696:Delivery Rooms; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015997:Neonatal Screening / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014922:Wisconsin