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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 311.021

DEFINITION

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Turner v. Franklin (2010)

Most recently applied in Tammy Crocker v. Thomas Babcock, IV, M.D., Longview Emergency Medicine Associates, Inc. and Good Shepherd Medical Center (November 2014)

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff

In this subchapter, "emergency services" means services that are usually and customarily available at a hospital and that must be provided immediately to:

(1) sustain a person's life;

(2) prevent serious permanent disfigurement or loss or impairment of the function of a body part or organ; or

(3) provide for the care of a woman in active labor or, if the hospital is not equipped for that service, to provide necessary treatment to allow the woman to travel to a more appropriate facility without undue risk of serious harm.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.