2014 Indiana Code TITLE 34. CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE ARTICLE 30. IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY CHAPTER 27. VOLUNTEER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OF A REGISTERED ARCHITECT, LAND SURVEYOR, OR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER RELATED TO A DECLARED EMERGENCY
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IC 34-30-27
Chapter 27. Volunteer Professional Services of a Registered
Architect, Land Surveyor, or Professional Engineer Related to a
Declared Emergency
IC 34-30-27-1
Immunity, emergency volunteer professional services
Sec. 1. An architect registered under IC 25-4-1, a professional
surveyor registered under IC 25-21.5, or a professional engineer
registered under IC 25-31-1 who, after May 31, 2013, voluntarily,
without compensation (other than expense reimbursement), provides
architectural, structural, electrical, mechanical, or professional
services:
(1) related to a declared national, state, or local emergency
caused by an earthquake, hurricane, tornado, fire, explosion,
gale, severe storm, flood, or collapse; and
(2) at the request of or with the approval of a federal or state
official with executive responsibility in the jurisdiction to
coordinate:
(A) law enforcement;
(B) public safety; or
(C) building inspection;
believed by the registered architect, professional surveyor, or
professional engineer to be acting in an official capacity;
is not liable for any personal injury, wrongful death, property
damage, or other loss of any nature related to the registered
architect's, professional surveyor's, or professional engineer's acts,
errors, or omissions in the performance of the services.
As added by P.L.96-2013, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.2-2014, SEC.117.
IC 34-30-27-2
Immunity, time limitation
Sec. 2. The immunity provided in this chapter applies only to
voluntary architectural, surveying, or engineering services provided
during the emergency, or not more than thirty (30) days after the end
of the period for the emergency, described in section 1 of this
chapter, unless extended by an executive order issued by the
governor under the governor's emergency executive powers.
As added by P.L.96-2013, SEC.1.
IC 34-30-27-3
Immunity, intentional misconduct precluded
Sec. 3. This chapter does not provide immunity for wanton,
willful, or intentional misconduct.
As added by P.L.96-2013, SEC.1.
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