Practice question
A hospital denies admission pursuant to its deposit policy. The patient’s death is shown to have proceeded from that denial. The hospital argues that the law contains no special evidentiary consequence, while the complainant says guilt is conclusively established without further proceedings. Which is correct under current section 5?
- Only the hospital is correct
- Only the complainant is correct
- The statute eliminates all need to identify the involved persons
- A presumption of liability arises against the specified facility and involved persons; it is not described as an irrebuttable conviction
- The policy becomes lawful because the patient later died
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2017/ra_10932_2017.html — RA 10932, amending BP 702 as previously amended by RA 8344, especially current sections 1–6, emergency care, transfer, sanctions, presumption and complaints.
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