- Title
- On-Call Requirements-EMTALA
- Memo #
- 02-34
- Posting Date
- 06/13/2002
- Fiscal Year
- 2002
- Summary
- The purpose of this program memorandum is to provide guidance to regional offices, state survey agency personnel and hospitals regarding the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). It has come to our attention that the medical community has concerns that the implementation and enforcement of EMTALA for on-call physicians is not being applied consistently across the country. We have prepared the following questions and answers based on questions we have received to clarify hospital responsibilities concerning on-call physicians.
