Bill Text: AZ SB1291 | 2020 | Fifty-fourth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Falls; emergency assistance; liability; training
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-03-10 - House read second time [SB1291 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2020-SB1291-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: emergency assistance; falls; liability |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session 2020
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SB 1291 |
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Introduced by Senators Carter: Brophy McGee
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AN ACT
Amending title 32, chapter 13, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 32‑1473; relating to emergency aid.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 32, chapter 13, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 32-1473, to read:
32-1473. Emergency care or assistance; nonliability; exception
A person who in good faith renders emergency care or emergency assistance either at the direction of an emergency dispatch operator for or to prevent further injury to a person who has fallen is not liable for any civil damages as the result of any act or omission by the person rendering the emergency care or emergency assistance to the person who has fallen, unless the person acted with gross negligence while rendering the emergency care or emergency assistance.
