For the patient with no healthcare coverage who is seeking medical care, the emergency department staff members decide whether to provide care or transport to a public facility based on which law, enacted by Congress in 1986 and updated in 2003?
1) Health Care Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA)
2) Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)
3) Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act (NMHPA)
4) Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)
ANS: 4
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