Practice question
A hospital invokes limited capability to transfer a conscious emergency patient. Explain the safeguards under the amended Anti-Hospital Deposit Law and why a compliant transfer is not necessarily a punishable refusal.
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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