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


### Answer
The term **emergency medical condition** is defined in *8 U.S.C. § 1369* as follows -

> 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—


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


(2) serious impairment to bodily functions, or


(3) serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part

#### Citation:
  - *8 U.S.C. § 1369*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 12-IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY > SUBCHAPTER II-IMMIGRATION > Part IX-Miscellaneous**

