Duty of medical practitioner
N.D. Cent. Code § 23-28-04
in effect23-28-04. Duty of medical practitioner
1. A medical practitioner, in discharging the medical practitioner's duty to a disabled
person whom the medical practitioner has undertaken to examine or treat, shall make
a reasonable search for an identifying device or identification card of the type
described in subsection 2 of section 23-28-02 and examine them for emergency
information.
2. A claim for relief against a medical practitioner does not arise from the practitioner
making a reasonable search of a disabled person to locate an identifying device or
identification card, even though the person is not wearing an identifying device or
carrying an identification card.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t23c28.pdf#nameddest=23-28-04Fetched: 10/16/2026
