EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act)

This federal law governs how patients are treated in emergency rooms, and imposes duties on ophthalmologists who serve on-call to hospitals.

EMTALA provides information on the basic obligations hospitals and physicians have under EMTALA.

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