Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
Title 12. Health |
Agency 5. Department of Health |
Chapter 31. Virginia Emergency Medical Services Regulations |
Section 1110. Transfer of patient care/patient abandonment
Latest version.
-
EMS personnel may not leave a patient in need of emergency medical care without first providing for a level of care capable of meeting the assessed and documented needs of the patient's condition is present and available or a refusal is obtained.
Historical Notes
Derived from Volume 19, Issue 3 and Volume 19, Issue 9, eff. January 15, 2003.
Statutory Authority
§§ 32.1-12 and 32.1-111.4 of the Code of Virginia.