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NOTICE OF ADMISSION AND TRANSFER OF A MEDICALLY INDIGENT
PATIENT. (1) A hospital shall notify the clerk of the county or counties
responsible within one (1) working day of identifying a patient as potentially
medically indigent. The notice of admission shall include the following if
available:
(a) Name, address, telephone number, date of birth, social security
number and date of admission of the patient;
(b) Name, address and telephone number of responsible party;
(c) Name of attending physician;
(d) Diagnosis and/or reason for admission;
(e) Name, address and telephone number of the person completing the
notice of admission.
(2) A county or administrator shall have the right to have an approved
medically indigent person transferred to a hospital or facility, in accordance
with requirements of the federal emergency medical treatment and active labor
act, 42 U.S.C., section 1395d.d.; provided however, treatment for the
necessary medical service must be available at the designated facility, and
the county contract physician, or the attending physician if no county
contract physician is available, must certify that the transfer of such person
would not present a significant risk of further injury. The county, the
administrator, and hospital from which or to which a person is taken or
removed as herein provided, as well as the attending physician(s), shall not
be liable in any manner whatsoever and shall be immune from suit for any
causes of action arising from a transfer performed in accordance with this
section. The immunities and freedom from liability granted pursuant to this
section shall extend to any person, firm or corporation acting in accordance
with this section.

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