Indiana § 12-15-12-0.3 - "Emergency medical condition"
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 12-15-12-0.3 — "Emergency medical condition", with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 12-15-12-0.3. "Emergency medical condition"
Sec. 0.3. As used in this chapter, "emergency medical condition" means a medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms, including severe pain, of sufficient severity that a prudent lay person with an average knowledge of health and medicine could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in:
(1) serious jeopardy to the health of:
(A) the individual; or
(B) in the case of a pregnant woman, the woman or her unborn child;
(2) serious impairment to bodily functions; or
(3) serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part.
As added by P.L.223-2001, SEC.4.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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