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2025 Delaware Code
Title 16 - Health and Safety
Chapter 68. EXEMPTIONS FROM CIVIL LIABILITY
Subchapter I. Immunity for Rendering Emergency Care
§ 6802. Exempting nurses from civil liability in rendering emergency care.
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§ 6802. Exempting nurses from civil liability in rendering emergency care.
Any registered nurse or any licensed practical nurse, licensed as such by any state, who in good faith renders emergency care at the scene of any emergency or who undertakes to transport any victim thereof to the nearest medical facility shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission in rendering the emergency care; provided, however, such act or omission is not grossly negligent or intentionally designed to harm the victim.
59 Del. Laws, c. 266, § 1;
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