Pertains to state laws that protect a person from liability lawsuits who assist a victim of an accident or sudden illness.
State laws that offer immunity from legal liability to health care professionals who volunteer to offer emergency care in a good-faith effort to help a person who is injured or otherwise debilitated by a medical condition. Under these laws, the health care professional must use reasonable and sensible judgment in providing care that uses the resources available at the time.
The legal protection given to those who stop and render care in an emergency situation without expectation for remuneration. The necessity for this legislation arose when physicians who assisted in giving emergency care were later accused of malpractice by the patient.
A law enacted in most states that protects people from lawsuits if medical complications arise after they have administered first aid correctly.