2013 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline
Section 5-37-14 - Discrimination against particular schools – Persons exempt from requirements – Immunity from liability.

§ 5-37-14 Discrimination against particular schools – Persons exempt from requirements – Immunity from liability. – Nothing in this chapter or chapter 30 of this title shall be construed to discriminate against any particular school or system of medicine, or to prohibit gratuitous services in case of emergency; nor shall these chapters apply to commissioned surgeons of the United States army, navy, air force, or marine hospital service, or to legally qualified physicians of another state called to see a particular case in consultation with a registered physician of this state, but who do not open an office or appoint any place in this state where they may meet patients or receive calls. No person licensed under this chapter, or members of the same professions licensed to practice in other states of the United States, who voluntarily and gratuitously and other than in the ordinary course of his or her employment or practice renders emergency medical assistance to a person in need of it, shall be liable for civil damages for any personal injuries which result from acts or omissions by these persons in rendering emergency care, which may constitute ordinary negligence. This immunity does not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross, willful, or wanton negligence, or when rendered at any hospital, doctors' offices, or clinic where these services are normally rendered.

History of Section.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 165, § 6; P.L. 1901, ch. 926, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 193, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 159, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 275, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 5-37-14; P.L. 1963, ch. 138, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 492, § 4.)