2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 40 — Public health and safety
RS 40:1233 — Civil immunity

§1233. Civil immunity

A.(1) Any emergency medical person certified pursuant to the provisions of this Subpart who renders emergency medical care to an individual while in the performance of his medical duties and following the instructions of a physician shall not be individually liable to such an individual for civil damages as a result of acts or omissions in rendering the emergency medical care, except for acts or omissions intentionally designed to harm, or for grossly negligent acts or omissions which result in harm to such an individual. Nothing herein shall relieve the driver of the emergency vehicle from liability arising from the operation or use of such vehicle.

(2) The immunity granted to emergency medical personnel by the provisions of this Subpart shall extend to parish governing authorities, police departments, sheriffs' offices, fire department, or other public agencies engaged in rendering emergency medical services and its insurers with respect to such emergency medical services unless the emergency medical personnel employed by such agencies would be personally liable under the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

B. Any physician who provides instructions to any emergency medical personnel by use of electronic or other means of transmission in connection with the rendering of emergency medical services to an individual shall not be liable unto such personnel or to an individual or both for civil damages arising from his opinion, judgments, actions, or duties, except for acts or omissions intentionally designed to harm, or for grossly negligent acts or omissions which result in harm to the individual, while exercising that degree of skill and care ordinarily employed by members of his profession in good standing.

C. No hospital facility which allows the use of telemetry or other equipment to maintain contact between a certified emergency medical technician and a physician shall be liable for any civil damages arising out of the use of such equipment except for acts or omissions by hospital personnel that are grossly negligent which result in harm to an individual.

D. No registered nurse, certified emergency medical technician, or other health professional licensed in Louisiana who supervises, instructs, or trains emergency medical personnel in accordance with curricula developed or adopted by the bureau shall be liable for any civil damages arising out of the actions or negligence of the emergency medical personnel whom he supervised, instructed, or trained.

E. There shall be no cause of action or civil liability, and no certificate holder or applicant shall have any cause of action or any claim for damages against any individual, person, or institution providing information to the commission or its agents or employees when that individual, person, or institution acts without malice and when there is a reasonable belief that such information is accurate.

Acts 1977, No. 626, §2. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 469, §1; Acts 1997, No. 913, §2.