216-40-05 R.I. Code R. § 24.14

Current through June 20, 2024
Section 216-RICR-40-05-24.14 - Immunity from Liability for Gratuitous Emergency Assistance

Participation in Disaster and Emergency Care. No person licensed under the provisions of the Act and this Part or members of the same profession licensed to practice in other States of the United States or members of the same profession credentialed by a Federal employer who voluntarily and gratuitously, and other than in the ordinary course of his or her employment or practice, renders emergency medical assistance during an emergency or a State or local disaster may render such care without collaboration. The immunity granted by this section does not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross, willful, wanton negligence or when the medical assistance is rendered at any hospital, physician's office, or other health care delivery entity where those services are normally rendered.

216 R.I. Code R. § 216-RICR-40-05-24.14

Amended effective 12/12/2021