Emergency Transfer
Effective Feb 28, 2025Mass. Register #1542MGL c. 111, §§ 3, and 51 through 56Department of Public Health
- (A) Each clinic shall have a written policy addressing the procedures for calling 911 for patients who need emergency treatment. A clinic is not precluded from entering into agreements for inter-facility transport in nonemergency situations.
- (B) Each clinic providing obstetrical services shall, prior to each patient’s expected delivery date, arrange for the patient to be admitted for delivery to a facility licensed to perform deliveries. Unless the patient objects, the clinic shall send a copy of the record of its obstetrical care of the patient to this facility at the beginning of the patient’s third trimester of pregnancy, and update it as necessary.
- (C) Whenever a clinic refers a patient to another facility, agency, or health care provider, unless the patient objects (except in the case of involuntary commitment to a psychiatric hospital) it shall send a copy of relevant portions of the clinic patient’s record to such facility, agency, or provider.