Emergency medical condition (definition)
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| Florida | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| means :
(a) A medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity, which may include severe pain or other acute symptoms, such that the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in any of the following:
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| means :
(a) A medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity, which may include severe pain, such that the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in any of the following:
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| Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| has the meaning given to that term in § 10 of the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act Illinois Compiled Statutes 215 ILCS 5/370g | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| means a medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms, including severe pain, of sufficient severity that a prudent lay person with an average knowledge of health and medicine could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in:
Indiana Code 12-15-12-0.3 |
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| means a medical condition that arises suddenly and unexpectedly and manifests itself by acute symptoms of such severity, including severe pain, that the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected by a prudent lay person who possesses an average knowledge of health and medicine to:
Indiana Code 25-1-9.1-4 |
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| Iowa | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| means the sudden and, at the time, unexpected onset of a health condition or illness that requires immediate medical attention, where failure to provide medical attention would result in a serious impairment to bodily functions, serious dysfunction of a bodily organ or part, or would place the person’s health in serious jeopardy Iowa Code 514J.102 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| means the sudden and, at the time, unexpected onset of a health condition that requires immediate medical attention, where failure to provide medical attention would result in serious impairment to bodily functions or serious dysfunction of a bodily organ or part, or would place the person’s health in serious jeopardy Kansas Statutes 40-4602 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| means a medical condition manifesting itself by symptoms of sufficient severity, including severe pain, such that a prudent layperson, who possesses an average knowledge of health and medicine, could reasonably expect that the absence of immediate medical attention would result in serious impairment to bodily functions, serious dysfunction of a bodily organ or part, or would place the person’s health or, with respect to a pregnant woman, the health of the woman or her unborn child, in serious jeopardy Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1019.1, Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:2392 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| means acute symptoms of sufficient severity such that the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in any one or more of the following:
(a) Placing the health of the individual in serious jeopardy, including the health of the unborn child in the case of a pregnant woman Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1189.3 |
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| Maine | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| means the sudden and, at the time, unexpected onset of a physical or mental health condition, including severe pain, manifesting itself by symptoms of sufficient severity, regardless of the final diagnosis that is given, that would lead a prudent layperson, possessing an average knowledge of medicine and health, to believe: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| has the meaning provided in 33-36-103 Montana Code 33-32-102 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| means a condition manifesting itself by symptoms of sufficient severity, including severe pain, that the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in any of the following:
(a)the covered person’s health would be in serious jeopardy; (b)the covered person’s bodily functions would be seriously impaired; or (c)a bodily organ or part would be seriously damaged Montana Code 33-36-103, Montana Code 33-22-1703 |
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| Nebraska | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| means a medical or behavioral condition, the onset of which is sudden, that manifests itself by symptoms of sufficient severity, including, but not limited to, severe pain, that a prudent layperson, possessing an average knowledge of medicine and health, could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in (1) placing the health of the person afflicted with such condition in serious jeopardy or, in the case of a behavioral condition, placing the health of such persons or others in serious jeopardy, (2) serious impairment to such person’s bodily functions, (3) serious impairment of any bodily organ or part of such person, or (4) serious disfigurement of such person Nebraska Statutes 44-6837 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| means a medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity, including severe pain, such that a prudent layperson who possesses an average knowledge of health and medicine could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in:
(a) placing the health of the individual, or with respect to a pregnant woman, the health of the woman or her unborn child, in serious jeopardy; (b) serious impairment to bodily functions; or (c) serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part South Carolina Code 38-71-1520 |
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| Tennessee | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| means the sudden and, at the time, unexpected onset of a health condition that requires immediate medical attention, where failure to provide medical attention would result in serious impairment to bodily functions, serious dysfunction of a bodily organ or part, or would place the person’s health in serious jeopardy Tennessee Code 56-61-102 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | |||||||||||||||||||||||
means a medical condition that:
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