Civil liability: use of tourniquets.
This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.
- Stage
- Session ended
- Started in
- Assembly
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Apr 18, 2016
What it does
Existing law exempts from civil liability any person who, in good faith and not for compensation, renders emergency care or treatment by the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) at the scene of an emergency, except in the case of personal injury or wrongful death that results from the gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct of the person who renders emergency care or treatment. Existing law makes a similar exemption from civil liability for a person who has completed a basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation course that complies with specified standards and who, in good faith and not for compensation, renders emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the scene of an…
Where it stands
This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.
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