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SF0083 • 2005

Volunteer ambulance services immunity.

AN ACT relating to volunteer ambulance and rescue services; extending immunity from civil liability to ambulance service medical directors, hospitals and trainees as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Healthcare
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Labor
Last action
2005-02-24
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
2/24/2005

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Amendments

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SF0083SS001

Standing Committee • SCOTT

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by SCOTT

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Bill History

  1. 2005-02-24 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number - 112

  2. 2005-02-24 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA0042

  3. 2005-02-22 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0042

  4. 2005-02-18 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0042

  5. 2005-02-17 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA0042

  6. 2005-02-17 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  7. 2005-02-16 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  8. 2005-02-15 House

    H Passed CoW

  9. 2005-02-14 House

    H Placed on General File

  10. 2005-02-14 House

    H10 Recommended Do Pass

  11. 2005-02-02 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H10

  12. 2005-01-27 House

    H Received for Introduction

  13. 2005-01-25 Senate

    S Passed 3rd Reading

  14. 2005-01-24 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  15. 2005-01-21 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  16. 2005-01-21 Senate

    Amendment Adopted

  17. 2005-01-21 Senate

    S Amendments Adopted

  18. 2005-01-19 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  19. 2005-01-19 Senate

    S10 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  20. 2005-01-12 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S10

  21. 2005-01-11 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  22. 2005-01-10 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

2005 General Session Summary for SF0083

Bill
No.:
SF0083
Drafter:

JWL

LSO
No.:
05LSO-0166
Effective Date:

2/24/2005

Enrolled
Act No.:
SEA0042

Chapter
No.:
112

Prime Sponsor:
Joint Labor, Health and
Social Services Interim Committee

Catch
Title:
Volunteer ambulance services immunity.

Subject:
Extends
volunteer ambulance services immunity.

Summary/Major
Elements:

Current law provides that volunteer ambulance services and their
volunteer staff are immune from civil liability for ordinary negligence;

This act extends the immunity to:

o

Physicians serving as medical directors of volunteer ambulance services;

o

Hospitals and their employees for emergency medical services training
activities;

o

Emergency medical services trainees.

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE

FILE

NO.
0083

ENROLLED ACT NO. 42, SENATE

FIFTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2005 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to volunteer ambulance and rescue services; extending immunity from civil liability to ambulance service medical directors, hospitals and trainees as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.
W.S. 1
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120(b) is amended to read:

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120.

Persons rendering emergency assistance exempt from civil liability.

(b)

Persons or organizations operating volunteer ambulances or rescue vehicles supported by public or private funds, staffed by unpaid volunteers, and which make no charge, or charge an incidental service or user fee, for services rendered during medical emergencies, and the unpaid volunteers who staff ambulances and rescue vehicles are not liable for any civil damages for acts or omissions in good faith in furnishing emergency medical services. This immunity does not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. For purposes of this section, "unpaid volunteers" means persons who either receive incidental remuneration on a per call basis or receive no more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) annually for volunteer ambulance and rescue activities.
The immunity provided by this subsection shall extend to a physician while serving in his capacity as medical director of any ambulance service, to hospitals and hospital employees for activities directly related to providing clinical training as part of an emergency medical service class approved by the department of health, and to students while participating in emergency medical services training approved by the department of health.
If an unpaid volunteer's
, medical director's, hospital's or trainee's
acts or omissions are subject to the provisions of the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act, immunity under this section is waived to the extent of the maximum liability provided under W.S. 1
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39
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118.

Section 2.
This act is effective immediately upon co
m
pletion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constit
u
tion.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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