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65-6124. Limitations on liability.

65-6124

Chapter 65.--PUBLIC HEALTH
Article 61.--EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

      65-6124.   Limitations on liability.(a) No physician, physician assistant or licensedprofessional nurse, who givesemergency instructions to a mobile intensivecare technician, emergency medical technician-defibrillator or emergencymedical technician-intermediate during an emergency, shall be liable forany civil damages as a result of issuing the instructions, except suchdamages which may result from gross negligence in giving such instructions.

      (b)   No mobile intensive care technician, emergency medicaltechnician-defibrillator or emergency medical technician-intermediate whorenders emergency care during an emergency pursuant to instructions givenby a physician, the responsible physician for aphysician assistant or licensed professional nurse shall be liablefor civil damages as a result ofimplementing such instructions, except such damages which may result fromgross negligence or by willful or wanton acts or omissions on the part ofsuch mobile intensive care technician, emergency medicaltechnician-defibrillator or emergency medical technician-intermediaterendering such emergency care.

      (c)   No first responder who renders emergency care during an emergencyshall be liable for civil damages as a result of rendering such emergency care,except for such damages which may result from gross negligence or from willfulor wanton acts or omissions on the part of the first responder rendering suchemergency care.

      (d)   No person certified as an instructor-coordinator and no training officershall be liable for any civil damages which may result from suchinstructor-coordinator's or training officer's course of instruction, exceptsuch damages which may result from gross negligence or by willful or wantonacts or omissions on the part of the instructor-coordinator or trainingofficer.

      (e)   No medical adviser who reviews, approves and monitors the activitiesof attendants shall be liable for any civil damages as a result of suchreview, approval or monitoring, except such damages which may result fromgross negligence in such review, approval or monitoring.

      History:   L. 1988, ch. 261, § 24; L. 1989, ch. 205, § 1;L. 1993, ch. 71, § 4;L. 1998, ch. 133, § 9;L. 2004, ch. 117, § 13; July 1.

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