Enacts the medical civil rights act, ensuring individuals in law enforcement custody have the right to emergency medical services if they are.
The medical civil rights act guarantees that individuals in the custody or control of law enforcement officers, including police, peace, correctional, and other law enforcement representatives, have the right to emergency medical services if they are experiencing an emergency medical condition or are medically unstable. Law enforcement officers and entities have a duty to provide such services. The act defines "emergency medical condition" and "medically unstable" and provides an exception to the duty to provide emergency medical services under certain conditions.
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