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:

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(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.