HB 1104 - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1104
AN ACT limiting the liability of paramedics caring for patients in transport between hospitals.
SPONSORS: Rep. Brothers, Graf 6
This bill limits the liability of any paramedic who cares for a patient in transport between hospitals under orders from a physician caring for that patient.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2174
09/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT limiting the liability of paramedics caring for patients in transport between hospitals.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Section Heading. Amend the section heading of RSA 151-B:14 to read as follows:
151-B:14 [Exception] Exceptions for Physician, Registered Nurse, [and] Physician Assistant, and Paramedic.
2 Paramedic Added. Amend RSA 151-B:14, II to read as follows:
II. A physician, registered nurse, or physician assistant providing services in accordance with this section shall be immune from liability under RSA 151-B:15. Nothing in this section shall be construed as restricting the authority or practice of any registered nurse or paramedic, who cares for any patient while that patient is being transported by an emergency medical service vehicle, or other means of conveyance, from one hospital to another hospital under orders from a physician caring for that patient.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2001.