HB 157 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2001 SESSION
09/10
HOUSE BILL 157
AN ACT clarifying the immunity from liability of persons providing emergency care.
This bill clarifies the immunity from liability of persons who provide emergency care at scenes of emergency or to victims of crime.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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01-0296
09/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT clarifying the immunity from liability of persons providing emergency care.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Liability Limitation; Emergency Care. Amend RSA 153-A:11, I to read as follows:
I. Except for automatic external defibrillation pursuant to RSA 153-A:28-31 or emergency care as described in RSA 508:12, a person shall not provide emergency medical services as a paid or volunteer member of a public or private emergency medical services unit in this state, or as a paid or volunteer member of any police or fire department who, as a condition of employment, may be expected to routinely provide emergency medical services in the line of duty, without being licensed by the commissioner.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2002.