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BURDITT v US DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 2 Burditt v US Dept. of Health and Human Services This case was decided on July 9, 1991 by the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. According to 42 U.S.C. § 1395cc, all hospitals must treat all human beings who enter their emergency departments in accordance with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd. In this case, Mrs. Rose Rivera arrived in the DeTar Hospital in Victoria, Texas at 4:00 pm on December 5, 1986, with her contractions roughly one minute apart for ...
