### Question
How is the term emergency medical condition defined?


### Answer
The term **emergency medical condition** is defined in *42 U.S.C. § 1396b* as the following:

> a medical condition (including emergency labor and delivery) manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity (including severe pain) such that the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in—


(A) placing the patient's health in serious jeopardy,


(B) serious impairment to bodily functions, or


(C) serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 1396b*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 7-SOCIAL SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER XIX-GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS**

