GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 611

HOUSE BILL 1106

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE GOOD SAMARITAN PROTECTION TO MEMBERS OF VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS OR RESCUE SQUADS WHO RECEIVE NO COMPENSATION FOR THEIR SERVICES AS FIRE FIGHTERS OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE PROVIDERS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 69-39.1 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new subsection to the end to read:

"(c)      Any member of a volunteer fire department or rescue squad who receives no compensation for his services as a fire fighter or emergency medical care provider, 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 fire shall not be liable in civil damages 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.  G.S. 90-21.14(a) of the General Statutes is amended in the first sentence by inserting between the words "Any person" and "who renders" a new phrase to read:

", including a volunteer member of a rescue squad who receives no compensation for his services as an emergency medical care provider,".

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of July, 1985.