Regulations last checked for updates: May 03, 2025

Title 42 - Public Health last revised: Apr 15, 2025
§ 424.102 - Situations that do not constitute an emergency.

Without additional evidence of a threat to life or health, the following situations do not in themselves indicate a need for emergency services:

(a) Lack of care at home.

(b) Lack of transportation to a participating hospital.

(c) Death of the patient in the hospital.

authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh
source: 53 FR 6634, Mar. 2, 1988, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 42 CFR 424.102