Rhode Island § 5-37-14 § 5-37-14. Exceptions to licensure requirement — Immunity from liability.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 5-37-14 — § 5-37-14. Exceptions to licensure requirement — Immunity from liability.

Rhode Island § 5-37-14

Title 5Businesses and Professions

Ch. 5-37Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline

This text of Rhode Island § 5-37-14 (§ 5-37-14. Exceptions to licensure requirement — Immunity from liability.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Rhode Island primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-37-14 (2026).

Text

§ 5-37-14. Exceptions to licensure requirement — Immunity from liability.
No person licensed under this chapter, or members of the same professions licensed
            to practice in other states of the United States, who voluntarily and gratuitously
            and other than in the ordinary course of his or her employment or practice renders
            emergency medical assistance to a person in need of it, shall be liable for civil
            damages for any personal injuries that result from acts or omissions by these persons
            in rendering emergency care that may constitute ordinary negligence. This immunity
            does not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross, willful, or wanton negligen

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

§ 5-37-14. Exceptions to licensure requirement — Immunity from liability.

No person licensed under this chapter, or members of the same professions licensed to practice in other states of the United States, who voluntarily and gratuitously and other than in the ordinary course of his or her employment or practice renders emergency medical assistance to a person in need of it, shall be liable for civil damages for any personal injuries that result from acts or omissions by these persons in rendering emergency care that may constitute ordinary negligence. This immunity does not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross, willful, or wanton negligence, or when rendered at any hospital, doctors' offices, or clinic where these services are normally rendered.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 165, § 6; P.L. 1901, ch. 926, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 193, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 159, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 275, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 5-37-14; P.L. 1963, ch. 138, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 492, § 4; P.L. 2014, ch. 190, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 213, § 1.