title: Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act: what you need to know.
authors.affiliation: Penrose Community Hospital, and an independent legal nurse consultant, Colorado Springs, Colo, USA. Pam.assid@iprmedlaw.com
authors.forename: Pamela A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Assid
mesh_terms: D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014164:Transfer Agreement / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014218:Triage / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017664:Uncompensated Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States