§ 40:1131.2 — Immunity from civil damages

Louisiana § 40:1131.2

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 40: Public Health and Safety

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§1131.2. Immunity from civil damages
No parish, specialty, component, or state medical society or organization, or its
designee, which is statutorily mandated by this Chapter to participate without compensation
or gratuitously participates in an emergency services system, nor any committee of such
parish, specialty, component, or state medical society or organization, including the
individual members of such committee, or its designee, shall be liable for any civil damages
as a result of any act or omission in the performance of their administrative duties or donated
services with such emergency services system, including, without limitation, advice,
instructions, or other duties regarding policy, protocol, administration, and efficiency of the
emergency medical services system. The immunity extended to a parish, specialty,
component, or state medical society or organization, or any committee thereof, including the
individual members of such committee, including their insurers, or its designee, shall not be
applicable for willful or wanton acts or omissions. The immunity extended herein shall be
applicable only to an action brought by the person damaged as a result of the performance
of any administrative duties or donated services rendered pursuant to the provisions of this
Section.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1979, No. 554, §2. Amended by Acts 1990, No. 428, §1; Acts 1997, No. 913, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1231.2 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.