It is rather complex ..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Samaritan_law
Perry E. Metzger [20/10/08 15:33 -0400]:
I know for a fact that even doctors sometimes delay emergency medical
treatment in the US until a patient with a particular emergency is certified
by peers as suffering from a problem that has a specific code and that the
treatment necessary for that code is applied.
You know this for a fact, eh? I think you would have your medical
license pulled for doing something like that.
Source please? If folks wish, I can get in touch with an old friend
that I saw over this last weekend who's now an emergency medicine
specialist (for which read "doctor who works only in the emergency
room at a large hospital.)
