If a patient at a hospital has an emergency medical condition which has not been

If a patient at a hospital has an emergency medical condition which has not been stabilized (as defined herein), the hospital should not request the transfer and the ambulance service should not transfer the patient unless: 1. the patient (or legally responsible person acting on the patient's behalf) request that the transfer be affected. 2. a physician or other qualified medical personnel when a physician is not readily available, has verified that, based upon the reasonable risks and benefits to the patient, and based upon the information available at the time, the medical benefits reasonably expected from the provision of appropriate medical treatment at another medical facility outweigh the increased risk to the individual's medical condition from effecting the transfer; or, 3. the transfer is an appropriate transfer to that facility.