Kentucky Good Samaritan Act
KRS §411.148
NONLIABILITY
OF LICENSEES AND CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS FOR EMERGENCY CARE
(1)
No physician licensed under KRS Chapter 311, registered or practical nurse
licensed under KRS Chapter 314, person certified as an emergency medical
technician by the Kentucky Cabinet for Human Resources, person certified by the
American Heart Association or the American Red Cross to perform cardiopulmonary
resuscitation, or employee of any board of education established pursuant to
the provision of > KRS 160.160, who has completed a course in first aid and
who maintains current certification therein in accordance with the standards
set forth by the American Red Cross shall be liable in civil damages for
administering emergency care or treatment at the scene of an emergency outside
of a hospital, doctor's office, or other place having proper medical equipment
excluding house calls, for acts performed at the scene of such emergency,
unless such acts constitute willful or wanton misconduct.
(2) Nothing
in this section applies to the administering of such care or treatment where
the same is rendered for remuneration or with the expectation of remuneration.
(3)
The administering of emergency care or treatment at the scene of an emergency
by employees of a board of education shall not be considered to be rendered for
remuneration or with the expectation of remuneration because such personnel
perform such care as part of their regular professional or work
responsibilities for which they receive their regular salaries from the school
board which is their employer.
(1980)