Act No. 43

Public Acts of 2006

Approved by the Governor

March 2, 2006

Filed with the Secretary of State

March 2, 2006

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 2, 2006

STATE OF MICHIGAN

93RD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

Introduced by Senators McManus, Hammerstrom, Hardiman, Kuipers, Goschka, Birkholz, Allen and Garcia

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 561

AN ACT 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 on patrol as a member of 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.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor