§ 23-17.6-5. Immunity from liability.
(a) No person licensed and authorized pursuant to this chapter or rules and regulations
promulgated pursuant to this chapter shall be liable for any civil damages for any
act or omission in connection with EMS training, or in connection with services rendered
outside a hospital, unless the act or omission is inconsistent with the level and
scope of the person's training and experience, and unless the act or omission was
the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(b) No agency, organization, institution, corporation, or entity of state or local government
that sponsors, authorizes, supports, finances, or supervises the function of emergency
medical services personnel licensed and authorized pursuant to this chapter, including
advanced life support personnel, shall be liable for any civil damages for any act
or omission in connection with sponsorship, authorization, support, finance, or supervision
of the emergency medical services personnel, where the act or omission occurs in connection
with EMS training, or with services rendered outside a hospital, unless the act or
omission is inconsistent with the level and scope of the training of the emergency
medical services personnel, and unless the act or omission was the result of gross
negligence or willful misconduct.
(c) No principal, agent, contractor, employee, or representative of an agency, organization,
institution, corporation, or entity of state or local government that sponsors, authorizes,
supports, finances, or supervises any functions of emergency medical services personnel
licensed and authorized pursuant to this chapter, or rules and regulations promulgated
pursuant to this chapter including advanced life support personnel, shall be liable
for any civil damages for any act or omission in connection with the sponsorship,
authorization, support, finance, or supervision of the emergency medical services
personnel, where the act or omission occurs in connection with EMS training, or occurs
outside a hospital, unless the act or omission is inconsistent with the level and
scope of the training of the emergency medical services personnel, and unless the
act or omission was the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(d) No physician, who in good faith arranges for, requests, recommends, or initiates the
transfer of a patient from a hospital to a critical medical care facility in another
hospital, shall be liable for any civil damages as a result of the transfer where
sound medical judgment indicates that the patient's medical condition is beyond the
care capability currently available in the transferring hospital or the medical community
in which that hospital is located, and where a prior agreement exists from the transferee
facility to accept and render necessary treatment to these patients.