---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 424.102"
title: "42"
number: "424.102"
heading: "Situations that do not constitute an emergency."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/424.102"
---

# §424.102. Situations that do not constitute an emergency.


Without additional evidence of a threat to life or health, the following situations do not in themselves indicate a need for emergency services:

- (a) **Lack of care at home.**
- (b) **Lack of transportation to a participating hospital.**
- (c) **Death of the patient in the hospital.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 6634, Mar. 2, 1988, unless otherwise noted.