
In which of the following answers is the hospital in compliance with the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act and Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act of 1986 (EMTALA) ?
A) The emergency department staff asks a patient to stay in the waiting room until the patients with insurance are treated.
B) The emergency registration personnel explain to a patient that they must have proper identification to receive treatment.
C) A patient with chest pain is triaged directly to a room for evaluation and registration information is obtained after the patient is stabilized.
D) The emergency department physician discharges and instructs a patient who is actively suicidal to go the neighbor facility that has psychiatric services.
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