2014 Indiana Code TITLE 36. LOCAL GOVERNMENT ARTICLE 8. PUBLIC SAFETY CHAPTER 23. COMMUNITY FAST RESPONDERS
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IC 36-8-23
Chapter 23. Community Fast Responders
IC 36-8-23-1
"Community fast responder"
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "community fast responder" means
a volunteer who may be summoned to perform cardiopulmonary
resuscitation, defibrillation, or other emergency services under the
direction of a nonprofit corporation.
As added by P.L.70-2012, SEC.2.
IC 36-8-23-2
"Community fast responder nonprofit corporation"
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "community fast responder
nonprofit corporation" means a nonprofit corporation that organizes
or directs community fast responders. The term, for purposes of this
chapter, does not include a hospital or an entity operated or directed
by a hospital.
As added by P.L.70-2012, SEC.2.
IC 36-8-23-3
Good Samaritan statute applies to fast responders
Sec. 3. IC 34-30-12-1 (the good Samaritan statute) applies to a
community fast responder.
As added by P.L.70-2012, SEC.2.
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Immunities of fast responders
Sec. 4. IC 16-31-6 applies to a community fast responder.
As added by P.L.70-2012, SEC.2.
IC 36-8-23-5
Limited liability of community fast responders and nonprofit
corporations
Sec. 5. (a) This section applies if:
(1) a county adopts an ordinance approving the provision of
community fast responder services by a community fast
responder nonprofit corporation; and
(2) the community fast responder nonprofit corporation
purchases an insurance policy described in subsection (b).
(b) A community fast responder nonprofit corporation shall
purchase an insurance policy that provides at least seven hundred
thousand dollars ($700,000) of insurance coverage for the liability of
all of the corporation's community fast responders for bodily injury
or property damage caused by the corporation's community fast
responders acting within the scope of their duties.
(c) The civil liability of a community fast responder for:
(1) an act that is within the scope of a community fast
responder's duties; or
(2) the failure to do an act that is within the scope of a
community fast responder's duties;
while performing emergency services or while traveling to the scene
of an emergency or from the scene of an emergency is limited to the
coverage provided by the insurance policy purchased under this
section. A community fast responder may not be named in a lawsuit
as a nonparty and is not liable for punitive damages for any act that
is within the scope of the community fast responder's duties.
(d) The civil liability of a community fast responder nonprofit
corporation is limited to five million dollars ($5,000,000) for injury
to or death of all persons in an occurrence. A community fast
responder nonprofit corporation is not liable for punitive damages.
As added by P.L.70-2012, SEC.2.
IC 36-8-23-6
Tort claims act applies to counties adopting an ordinance
concerning fast responders
Sec. 6. A county that adopts an ordinance under section 5(a)(1) of
this chapter is immune from civil liability in accordance with
IC 34-13-3-3.
As added by P.L.70-2012, SEC.2.
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