Navigating EMTALA Rules
Compliance Perspectives: Healthcare Compliance at the Border
On June 27, 2024, the United States Supreme Court temporarily restored the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) exception to Idaho’s abortion ban. As a result, Idaho hospitals may perform abortions in EMTALA...more
At least for the foreseeable future, Idaho’s total abortion ban is unenforceable to the extent it conflicts with the federal Emergency Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA). In other words, when EMTALA applies, a physician...more
On Aug. 24, the United States District Court for the District of Idaho issued a preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of Idaho’s new abortion law. The law was set to take effect on Aug. 25, 2022....more
The turmoil over Idaho abortion laws continues. On August 12, 2022, the Idaho Supreme Court ruled that Idaho’s total abortion ban will take effect August 25, 2022. It also lifted the stay on Idaho’s Texas-style statute that...more