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To: Fairview
"They are required by law to deliver her baby, and then they may be stuck with providing care for the neonate because no other hospital in the area is stupid enough to accept the transfer."

State law or Federal law?

22 posted on 10/20/2007 7:07:03 AM PDT by verity ("Lord, what fools these mortals be!")
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To: verity

Federal law. They cannot turn anyone away.


28 posted on 10/20/2007 7:27:51 AM PDT by Fairview ( Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.)
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To: verity
State law or Federal law?

Federal. It's called EMTALA.

-ccm

62 posted on 10/20/2007 8:43:48 PM PDT by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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