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Home » US Law » 2022 Indiana Code » Title 16. Health » Article 31. Emergency Medical Services » Chapter 6. Immunity From Liability

16-31-6-1. Emergency Medical Services; Immunity

Sec. 1. (a) A certified emergency medical responder, a certified emergency medical technician, a certified advanced emergency medical technician, or a licensed paramedic who provides emergency medical services to an emergency patient is not liable for an act or omission in providing those services unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct. […]

16-31-6-2. Use of Defibrillators

Sec. 2. (a) Except for an act of gross negligence or willful misconduct, a certified emergency medical responder who uses an automatic or semiautomatic defibrillator on an emergency patient according to the training procedures established by the commission under IC 16-31-2-9 is immune from civil liability for acts or omissions when rendering those services. (b) […]

16-31-6-2.5. Use of Overdose Intervention Drugs; Civil Immunity

Sec. 2.5. (a) Except for an act of gross negligence or willful misconduct, an advanced emergency medical technician, a community corrections officer, an emergency medical responder, an emergency medical technician, a firefighter or volunteer firefighter, a law enforcement officer, a paramedic, or a probation officer who administers an overdose intervention drug according to standards established […]

16-31-6-3. Advanced Life Support; Liability

Sec. 3. An act or omission of a paramedic or an advanced emergency medical technician done or omitted in good faith while providing advanced life support to a patient or trauma victim does not impose liability upon the paramedic or advanced emergency medical technician, the authorizing physician, the hospital, or the officers, members of the […]

16-31-6-4. Life Support Provided in Connection With Disaster Emergency

Sec. 4. (a) This section does not apply to an act or omission that was a result of gross negligence or willful or intentional misconduct. (b) An act or omission of a paramedic, an advanced emergency medical technician, an emergency medical technician, or a person with equivalent certification or licensure from another state that is […]