Bonnie MooreCarlow College in PittsburghElaine KitchenCarlow College in PittsburghAWHONN LifelinesCaliendo C, Millbauer L, Moore B, Kitchen E. Obstetric triage & EMTALA regulations. Practice strategies for labor and delivery nursing units. AWHONN Lifelines 2004;8:442-8....
The United States Congress passed Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) in 1985. By doing so, it defined for the first time a standard of medical care and legislated how hospitals and physicians were required to practice medicine. Wit
labor and delivery, mental health, and similar centers where persons typically come for emergency-type services without an appointment. EMTALA does not apply to on- or off-campus facilities that are not operated under the hospital's provider number, e.g., private physician offices or rural healt...