* § 2805-b. Admission of patients and emergency treatment of\nnonadmitted patients. 1. For purposes of this section, the following\nterms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "Emergency medical condition" shall mean:\n (i) a medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of\nsufficient severity (including severe pain) such that the absence of\nimmediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in:\n (1) placing the health of the individual in serious jeopardy;\n (2) serious impairment to bodily functions, including risks to future\nfertility;\n (3) serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part; or\n (ii) with respect to a pregnant person who is in active labor:\n (1) that there is inadequate time to effect a safe transfer to another\nhospital before delivery; or\n (2) that transfer poses a threat to the health or safety of the\npregnant person or the pregnancy.\n (b) "Stabilize" shall mean, with respect to an emergency medical\ncondition described in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of this\nsubdivision, to provide such medical treatment of the condition as may\nbe necessary to assure, within reasonable medical probability, that no\nmaterial deterioration of the condition is likely to result from or\noccur during the transfer of the individual from a facility, or, with\nrespect to an emergency medical condition described in subparagraph (ii)\nof paragraph (a) of this subdivision, to deliver, including the\nplacenta. "Stabilizing treatment" includes abortion pursuant to section\ntwenty-five hundred ninety-nine-bb of this article when failure to\nprovide an abortion will, within reasonable probability, result in\nmaterial deterioration of the patient's condition upon or during\ntransfer of the patient from the facility.\n (c) "Transfer" shall mean the movement (including the discharge) of an\nindividual outside of a general hospital's facilities at the direction\nof any person employed by, or affiliated or associated, directly or\nindirectly, with, the general hospital, but does not include such a\nmovement of an individual who (i) has been declared dead, or (ii) leaves\nthe facility without the permission of any such person.\n (d) "Appropriate transfer" shall mean a transfer to a medical\nfacility:\n (i) in which the transferring general hospital provides the medical\ntreatment within its capacity which minimizes the risks to the\nindividual's health;\n (ii) in which the receiving facility:\n (1) has available space and qualified personnel for the treatment of\nthe individual; and\n (2) has agreed to accept transfer of the individual and to provide\nappropriate medical treatment;\n (iii) in which the transferring general hospital sends to the\nreceiving facility all medical records related to the emergency\ncondition for which the individual has presented available at the time\nof the transfer, including records related to the individual's emergency\nmedical condition, observations of signs or symptoms, preliminary\ndiagnosis, treatment provided, results of any tests and the informed\nwritten consent or certification or copy thereof provided under\nparagraph (d) of subdivision three of this section, unless the patient\nobjects; and\n (iv) in which the transfer is effected through qualified personnel and\ntransportation equipment, as required, including the use of necessary\nand medically appropriate life support measures during the transfer.\n 2. Every general hospital as defined in this article shall admit any\nperson who is in need of immediate hospitalization with all convenient\nspeed and shall not before admission question the patient or any member\nof the patient's family concerning insurance, credit or payment of\ncharges, provided, however, that the patient or a member of the\npatient's family shall agree to supply such information promptly after\nthe patient's admission. However, no general hospital shall require any\npatient or member of the patient's family to write or
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