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Ind. Code § 12-17.6-1-2.6

"Emergency"

As added by P.L.95-2000, SEC.2

Sec. 2.6. "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.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.