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House Bill 2285 History
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H. B. 2285
(By Delegates Williams and Hartman)
[Introduced February 13, 2013; referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Resources then the
Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §55-7-15 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to providing immunity from civil
liability hospital volunteers who in good faith render
emergency care at a hospital, without remuneration, from civil
liability for rendering those services.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §55-7-15 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7. ACTIONS FOR INJURIES.
§55-7-15. Aid to victim of accident and victim of crime; aid by
hospital volunteer; immunity from civil liability.
(a) No person, including a person licensed to practice
medicine or dentistry, who in good faith renders emergency care at
the scene of an accident or to a victim at the scene of a crime, without remuneration, shall be liable for any civil damages as the
result of any act or omission in rendering such emergency care.
(b) Hospital volunteers who, in good faith and without
remuneration, render emergency care to a patient in a hospital are
not liable for any civil damages as the result of any act or
omission in rendering such emergency care.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to exempt hospital
volunteers who, in good faith render emergency care at a hospital
without remuneration, from civil liability for rendering those
services.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.