2012 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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