Opinion No. Oag 12-89, (1989)

TIM A. DUKET, District Attorney Marinette County

You indicate that hospitals in Menominee, Michigan, and Marinette, Wisconsin, have recently been consolidated and that all hospital activities are now being conducted in Marinette. You also indicate that as a result of this consolidation, some individuals in need of emergency medical treatment are now brought from Menominee County, Michigan, to the emergency room in Marinette. Pursuant to section 51.15(1), Stats., law enforcement officers in Marinette County now routinely transport any such individuals who apparently are appropriate subjects for…