The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), despite being enacted more than 30 years ago, has produced a case examining the applicability of malpractice damages limitations that bears watching.
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Providers and health professionals face many challenges in the shifting sands of the Ebola response, including the extent of their duties to each other and their patients and their obligations under a myriad of laws,...more
11/3/2014
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Best Management Practices ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Ebola ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
EMTALA ,
Ethics ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
OSHA ,
Physicians ,
Title VII
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recently denied Contra Costa Regional Medical Center’s (CCRMC) motion to dismiss regarding an alleged violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act...more