GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 272

Short Title:  Fire/Rescue Good Samaritan Act.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Speed; Basnight, Conder, Hunt, Martin of Pitt, Martin of Guilford, Parnell, and Perdue.
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Referred to:  Judiciary I.
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March 25, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO LIMIT THE LIABILITY OF FIREMEN AND RESCUE SQUAD WORKERS RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 58-82-5(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Any member of a fire department or rescue squad who renders first aid or emergency health care treatment at the scene of a fire to a person who is unconscious, ill, or injured as a result of the emergency shall not be liable for any acts or omissions relating to such services rendered, unless such acts or omissions amount to gross negligence, wanton conduct or intentional wrongdoing."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.