Emergencies

In addition to any other instance in which a consent is excused or implied at law, a consent to surgical or medical treatment or procedures, suggested, recommended, prescribed or directed by a duly licensed physician, will be implied where an emergency exists. For the purposes hereof, an emergency is defined as a situation wherein,

(a)in competent medical judgment, the proposed surgical or medical treatment or procedures are reasonably necessary, and

(b)a person authorized to consent under this Section is not readily available, and any delay in treatment could reasonably COL061308 CH. 11 MEDICAL M ALPRACTICE REFORM ACT OF 1975 be expected to jeopardize the life or health of the person effected, or could reasonably result in disfigurement or impair faculties.