EMTALA
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
You must act is someone requires
emergency care to sustain life or is actively giving birth
150 yard rule
If someone is injured within 150 yards of a hospital, they must be treated
The person responsible for the patient until they arrive at the next facility
Sending physician
Standard of Care (Negligence)
Presence of Duty Breach of Duty Foreseeability Causation Injury Damages
Duty to Report
Child abuse
Elder abuse
Violent crime