SEC. 73-25-37. Liability of physician, dentist, nurse, emergency medical technician, etc., for rendering emergency care.
Section 73-25-37, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
73-25-37. (1) No duly licensed, practicing physician, dentist, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, certified registered emergency medical technician, or any other person who, in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care, renders emergency care to any injured person at the scene of an emergency, or in transporting the injured person to a point where medical assistance can be reasonably expected, shall be liable for any civil damages to the injured person as a result of any acts committed in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care or omissions in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care by such persons in rendering the emergency care to the injured person.
(2) (a) Any person who in good faith, with or without compensation, renders emergency care or treatment by the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) in accordance with the provisions of Section 1 through 4 of this act, shall be immune from civil liability for any personal injury as a result of that care or treatment, or as a result of any act, or failure to act, in providing or arranging further medical treatment, where the person acts as an ordinary, reasonably prudent person would have acted under the same or similar circumstances and the person's actions or failure to act does not amount to willful or wanton misconduct or gross negligence.
(b) The immunity from civil liability for any personal injury under subsection (2)(a) of this section includes the licensed physician who is involved with AED site placement, and the person who provides the CPR and AED training.
(c) The immunity from civil liability under subsection (2)(a) of this section does not apply if the personal injury results from the gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct of the person rendering the emergency care.
SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 8893.5; Laws, 1962, ch. 413; 1964, ch. 431; 1975, ch. 329; 1976, ch. 405; 1979, ch. 376, Sec. 1, eff from and after July 1, 1979. Amended by Laws 1999, Ch. 489, Sec. 4, eff. July 1, 1999.