Good Samaritan Laws & Acts. Do They Cover Nurses Volunteering Nursing Care When A Citizen Goes Anaphylactic:””Off-duty” healthcare professionals rendering Emergency aid are in most cases ”covered” by the Good Samaritan Acts. These are laws enacted in each state that provide some degree of immunity from liability for good faith efforts in giving emergency care. In this case, a nurse and physician were sued for providing assistance in a volunteer function at a ”first-aid” station. Good Samaritan ”immunity” was not recognized by the courts.”
Boccasile v. Cajun Music Ltd. 694 A 2d 686 – RI (1997)
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