Common use of Urgent Medical Condition Clause in Contracts

Urgent Medical Condition. Any illness, injury or severe condition which under reasonable standards of medical practice would be diagnosed and treated within a twenty-four (24) hour period and if left untreated could rapidly become a crisis or Emergency Medical Condition. The term also includes situations where a person’s discharge from a hospital will be delayed until services are approved or a person’s ability to avoid hospitalization depends upon prompt approval of services.

Urgent Medical Condition. Any illness, injury or severe condition which under reasonable standards of medical practice would be diagnosed and treated within a twenty-twenty- four (24) hour period and if left untreated could rapidly become a crisis or Emergency Medical Condition. The term also includes situations where a person’s discharge from a hospital will be delayed until services are approved or a person’s ability to avoid hospitalization depends upon prompt approval of services.