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DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
CHAPTER 9 - Liability Limitation
Section 1799.104.
Universal Citation: CA Health & Safety Code § 1799.104 (2020)
1799.104.
(a) No physician or nurse, who in good faith gives emergency instructions to an EMT-II or mobile intensive care paramedic at the scene of an emergency, shall be liable for any civil damages as a result of issuing the instructions.
(b) No EMT-II or mobile intensive care paramedic rendering care within the scope of his duties who, in good faith and in a nonnegligent manner, follows the instructions of a physician or nurse shall be liable for any civil damages as a result of following such instructions.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1260.)
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