Requires a physician or physician associate to attempt to obtain a patient's informed consent for dismissal to seek emergency medical treatment or for transfer of care to another physician or physician associate.

Summary

Digest: The Act says that a doctor or PA has to try to get informed consent from a patient to send the patient to the ER or to another doctor or PA. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). Requires a physician or physician associate to attempt to obtain a patient's informed consent for dismissal to seek emergency medical treatment or for transfer of care to another physician or physician associate.