THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY FARNESE, FOLMER, FONTANA, BROWNE, RAFFERTY, ORIE, TARTAGLIONE, WARD, EICHELBERGER, WAUGH, SOLOBAY, BOSCOLA, WILLIAMS, EARLL AND M. WHITE, MARCH 4, 2011

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 4, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for

nonmedical good Samaritan civil immunity.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 8332(b)(2) of Title 42 of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 8332.  Nonmedical good Samaritan civil immunity.

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(b)  Exceptions.--

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(2)  In order for any person to receive the benefit of

the exemption from civil liability provided for in subsection

(a), he shall [be], at the time of rendering the emergency

care, first aid or rescue or moving the person receiving

emergency care, first aid or rescue to a hospital or other

place of medical care, meet one of the following:

(i)  Be the holder of a current certificate

evidencing the successful completion of a course in first

aid, advanced life saving or basic life support sponsored

by the American National Red Cross or the American Heart

Association or an equivalent course of instruction

approved by the Department of Health in consultation with

a technical committee of the Pennsylvania Emergency

Health Services Council and must be performing techniques

and employing procedures consistent with the nature and

level of the training for which the certificate has been

issued.

(ii)  Possess a reasonable belief that the

circumstances would result in the death or serious bodily

injury of the victim if no action is taken.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.