SENATE BILL No. 561

 

 

June 2, 2005, Introduced by Senators McMANUS, HAMMERSTROM, HARDIMAN, KUIPERS, GOSCHKA, BIRKHOLZ, ALLEN and GARCIA and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1963 PA 17, entitled

 

"An act to relieve certain persons from civil liability when

rendering emergency care, when rendering care to persons involved

in competitive sports under certain circumstances, or when

participating in a mass immunization program approved by the

department of public health,"

 

by amending section 7 (MCL 691.1507), as added by 1987 PA 30.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 7. A person who is a registered member of the national

 

ski patrol system and who, in good faith and while acting  as a

 

member of  according to training provided by the national ski

 

patrol system, renders emergency care at the scene of an emergency

 

shall not be liable for civil damages as a result of acts or

 

omissions by the person in rendering the emergency care, except

 


acts or omissions amounting to gross negligence or willful and

 

wanton misconduct.