Availability of Hospital Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services

Revised and approved by the ACEP Board of Directors April 2012

Originated as Council Resolution CR45 and approved by the ACEP Board of Directors October 2005

The American College of Emergency Physicians supports policies that endorse 24-hour a day availability of those hospital diagnostic and therapeutic services needed to prevent avoidable morbidity and mortality, in order to facilitate timely disposition of emergency department patients and to minimize hospital crowding.