2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 411 - RIGHTS OF ACTION AND SURVIVAL OF ACTIONS 411.148 Nonliability of licensees and certified technicians for emergency care.
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411.148 Nonliability of licensees and certified technicians for emergency
care.
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No physician licensed under KRS Chapter 311, registered or practical nurse
licensed under KRS Chapter 314, person certified as an emergency medical
technician by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, person
certified by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross to
perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or employee of any board of education
established pursuant to the provision of KRS 160.160, who has completed a
course in first aid and who maintains current certification therein in accordance
with the standards set forth by the American Red Cross shall be liable in civil
damages for administering emergency care or treatment at the scene of an
emergency outside of a hospital, doctor's office, or other place having proper
medical equipment excluding house calls, for acts performed at the scene of
such emergency, unless such acts constitute willful or wanton misconduct.
Nothing in this section applies to the administering of such care or treatment
where the same is rendered for remuneration or with the expectation of
remuneration.
The administering of emergency care or treatment at the scene of an
emergency by employees of a board of education shall not be considered to be
rendered for remuneration or with the expectation of remuneration because
such personnel perform such care as part of their regular professional or work
responsibilities for which they receive their regular salaries from the school
board which is their employer.
Effective:June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 647, effective June 20, 2005. -Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 599, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended
1980 Ky. Acts ch. 3, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts
ch. 74, VI, sec. 107(11). -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 35, sec. 1.
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