Title: 
Headings: Certification and Compliance For The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)
Certification
 
and
 
Compliance
 
For
 
The
 
Emergency
 
Medical
 
Treatment
 
and
 
Labor
 
Act
 
(EMTALA)
 

Content: Certification and Compliance For The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)
Certification
 
and
 
Compliance
 
For
 
The
 
Emergency
 
Medical
 
Treatment
 
and
 
Labor
 
Act
 
(EMTALA)
 
The
 
Emergency
 
Medical
 
Treatment
 
and
 
Labor
 
Act
 
(EMTALA)
 
requires
 
hospitals
 
with
 
emergency
 
departments
 
to
 
provide
 
a
 
medical
 
screening
 
examination
 
to
 
any
 
individual
 
who
 
comes
 
to
 
the
 
emergency
 
department
 
and
 
requests
 
such
 
an
 
examination,
 
and
 
prohibits
 
hospitals
 
with
 
emergency
 
departments
 
from
 
refusing
 
to
 
examine
 
or
 
treat
 
individuals
 
with
 
an
 
emergency
 
medical
 
condition. The
 
term
 
“hospital”
 
includes
 
critical
 
access
 
hospitals. The
 
provisions
 
of
 
EMTALA
 
apply
 
to
 
all
 
individuals
 
(not
 
just
 
Medicare
 
beneficiaries)
 
who
 
attempt
 
to
 
gain
 
access
 
to
 
a
 
hospital
 
for
 
emergency
 
care. The
 
regulations
 
define
 
“hospital
 
with
 
an
 
emergency
 
department”
 
to
 
mean
 
a
 
hospital
 
with
 
a
 
dedicated
 
emergency
 
department. In
 
turn,
 
the
 
regulation
 
defines
 
“dedicated
 
emergency
 
department”
 
as
 
any
 
department
 
or
 
facility
 
of
 
the
 
hospital
 
that
 
either
 
–
 

 
is
 
licensed
 
by
 
the
 
state
 
as
 
an
 
emergency
 
department; held
 
out
 
to
 
the
 
public
 
as
 
providing
 
treatment
 
for
 
emergency
 
medical
 
conditions; or
  


 
on
 
one-third
 
of
 
the
 
visits
 
to
 
the
 
department
 
in
 
the
 
preceding
 
calendar
 
year
 
actually
 
provided
 
treatment
 
for
 
emergency
 
medical
 
conditions
 
on
 
an
 
urgent
 
basis. Hospitals
 
with
 
dedicated
 
emergency
 
departments
 
are
 
required
 
to
 
take
 
the
 
following
 
measures: Adopt
 
and
 
enforce
 
policies
 
and
 
procedures
 
to
 
comply
 
with
 
the
 
requirements
 
of
 
42
 
CFR
 
§489.24; Post
 
signs
 
in
 
the
 
dedicated
 
ED
 
specifying
 
the
 
rights
 
of
 
individuals
 
with
 
emergency
 
medical
 
conditions
 
and
 
women
 
in
 
labor
 
who
 
come
 
to
 
the
 
dedicated
 
ED
 
for
 
health
 
care
 
services,
 
and
 
indicate
 
on
 
the
 
signs
 
whether
 
the
 
hospital
 
participates
 
in
 
the
 
Medicaid
 
program;