"Reverend Crantz" wrote in message
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New York Law:



SECTION 3000-A. EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT.

1.. Except as provided in subdivision six of section six thousand six
hundred eleven, subdivision two of section six thousand five hundred
twenty-seven, subdivision one of section six thousand nine hundred nine
and sections six thousand five hundred forty-seven and six thousand seven
hundred thirty-seven of the education law, any person who voluntarily and
without expectation of monetary compensation renders first aid or
emergency treatment at the scene of an accident or other emergency outside
a hospital, doctor's office or any other place having proper and necessary
medical equipment, to a person who is unconscious, ill, or injured, shall
not be liable for damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by
such person or for damages for the death of such person alleged to have
occurred by reason of an act or omission in the rendering of such
emergency treatment unless it is established that such injuries were or
such death was caused by gross negligence on the part of such person.
Nothing in this section shall be deemed or construed to relieve a licensed
physician, dentist, nurse, physical therapist or registered physician's
assistant from liability for damages for injuries or death caused by an
act or omission on the part of such person while rendering professional
services in the normal and ordinary course of his or her practice.
2.. (i) A person who, or entity, partnership, corporation, firm or
society that, purchases or makes available resuscitation equipment that
facilitate first aid, an automated external defibrillator or an
epinephrine auto-injector device as required by law or local law, or (ii)
the emergency health care provider with a collaborative agreement under
section three thousand-b of this article with respect to an automated
external defibrillator, or (iii) the emergency health care provider with a
collaborative agreement under section three thousand-c of this article
with respect to use of an epinephrine auto-injector device shall not be
liable for damages arising either from the use of that equipment by a
person who voluntarily and without expectation of monetary compensation
renders first aid or emergency treatment at the scene of an accident or
medical emergency, or from the use of defectively manufactured equipment;
provided that this subdivision shall not limit the person's or entity's,
partnership's, corporation's, firm's, society's or the emergency health
care provider's liability for his, her or its own negligence, gross
negligence or intentional misconduct.

The so-called "good samaritan law."

Max