MEDICAL-EMERGENCY EXCEPTION

medical-emergency exception.Criminal law. The principle that a police officer does not need a warrant to enter a person’s home if the entrance is made to render aid to someone whom the officer reasonably believes to be in need of immediate assistance. [Cases: Searches and Seizures 42.1. C.J.S. Searches and Seizures §§ 14, 57–61, 63.]

[Blacks Law 8th]