Ind. Code § 12-17.6-1-2.6

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 12-17.6-1-2.6 - "Emergency"

"Emergency" means a medical condition that 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:

(1) place an individual's health in serious jeopardy;

(2) result in serious impairment to the individual's bodily functions; or

(3) result in serious dysfunction of a bodily organ or part of the individual.

IC 12-17.6-1-2.6

As added by P.L. 95-2000, SEC.2. Amended by P.L. 223-2001, SEC.12 and P.L. 283-2001, SEC.32.