Practice question
A prudent medical officer finds that delaying treatment presents immediate danger of loss of life. The cashier insists that the patient first pay a deposit before basic emergency care begins. Which is correct?
- The deposit demand is lawful if it is standard practice
- The hospital may wait until the patient proves indigency
- The deposit prerequisite is prohibited in the stated emergency
- The protection applies only after the patient loses consciousness
- The hospital may replace the medical finding with a credit check
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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