§ 32-48-05 — Liability of health care providers and health care facilities

North Dakota § 32-48-05

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 32: Judicial Remedies
• Ch. 32-48: Business Immunity From COVID-19 Liability Claims

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1. A health care provider or health care facility is immune from civil liability for any act or
omission in response to COVID-19 that causes or contributes, directly or indirectly, to
the death or injury of an individual. The immunity provided under this subsection
includes:
a. Injury or death resulting from screening, assessing, diagnosing, caring for,
triaging, or treating an individual with a suspected or confirmed case of
COVID-19.
b. Prescribing, administering, or dispensing a pharmaceutical for off-label use to
treat or prevent a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19.
c. An act or omission while providing a health care service to an individual unrelated
to COVID-19 if the act or omission supports the state's response to COVID-19,
including:
(1) Delaying or canceling a nonurgent or elective dental, medical, or surgical
procedure; delaying the diagnosis of an individual; or altering the treatment
of an individual.
(2) Conducting a test or providing treatment to an individual outside the
premises of a health care facility.
(3) An act or omission undertaken by a health care provider or a health care
facility because of a lack of staff, facility, medical device, treatment,
equipment, or other resource, attributable to COVID-19 which renders the
health care provider or health care facility unable to provide the level or
manner of care to an individual which otherwise would have been required
in the absence of COVID-19.
(4) An act or omission undertaken by a health care provider or a health care
facility relating to use or nonuse of personal protective equipment.
(5) An act or omission undertaken by a health care provider or a health care
facility relating to the administration, delivery, distribution, allocation,
prioritization, or dispensing of scarce resources among individuals such as
medical devices, treatment, and equipment.
2. The immunity provided under subsection 1 does not apply to an act or omission that
constitutes:
a. Willful and wanton misconduct;
b. Reckless infliction of harm; or

c. Intentional infliction of harm.