Delivery of Care to Undocumented Persons

Reaffirmed by the ACEP Board of Directors July 2000; October 2006; and April 2012 

Originally approved by the ACEP Board of Directors January 1995

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) opposes federal and state initiatives which require physicians and health care facilities to refuse care to undocumented persons or to report suspected undocumented persons to immigration authorities.