[belorn]

The case is limited to hospitals which only admit patients through doctor recommendations, and where the consultation is about admitting the patient to that specific hospital. If a doctor doesn't know what's up they can curbside consult phone a colleague to get a 2nd opinion.

In my view, intention and context is what dictate most legal outcomes. That narrows decision usually down to very specific situations.

[rgejman]

Where does it say that? This NP was practicing independently and the Fairview hospital has an ED. There is no reason that if the NP was concerned she should not have sent the patient to the ED.