§ 8331. Medical good Samaritan civil immunity. (a) General rule.–Any physician or any other practitioner of the healing arts or any registered nurse, licensed by any state, who happens by chance upon the scene of an emergency or who arrives on the scene of an emergency by reason of serving on an emergency call panel […]
§ 8331.1. Veterinary good Samaritan civil immunity. (a) General rule.–Any individual licensed to practice veterinary medicine who, in good faith, renders emergency care to any animal which such individual has discovered at the scene of an accident or emergency situation or which has immediately prior to the rendering of such care been brought to such […]
§ 8331.2. Good Samaritan civil immunity for use of automated external defibrillator. (a) General rule.–Any person who in good faith acquires and maintains an AED or uses an AED in an emergency shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of any acts or omissions by an individual using the AED, except […]
§ 8331.3. Criminal victim aid good Samaritan civil immunity. (a) General rule.–Any person who provides or obtains or attempts to provide or obtain assistance for a victim of a personal injury crime at the scene of the personal injury crime or attempted personal injury crime shall not be liable for any civil damages as a […]
§ 8332. Emergency response provider and bystander good Samaritan civil immunity. (a) General rule.–Any person, including an emergency response provider, whether or not trained to practice medicine, who in good faith renders emergency care, treatment, first aid or rescue at the scene of an emergency event or crime or who moves the person receiving such […]
§ 8332.1. Manager, coach, umpire or referee and nonprofit association negligence standard. (a) General rule.–Except as provided otherwise in this section, no person who, without compensation and as a volunteer, renders services as a manager, coach, instructor, umpire or referee or who, without compensation and as a volunteer, assists a manager, coach, instructor, umpire or […]
§ 8332.2. Officer, director or trustee of nonprofit organization negligence standard. (a) General rule.–Except as provided otherwise in this section, no person who serves without compensation, other than reimbursement for actual expenses, as an officer, director or trustee of any nonprofit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (68A Stat. 3, […]
§ 8332.3. Volunteer firefighter civil immunity. Volunteer firefighters shall be treated as public employees as defined in section 8501 (relating to definitions). This section shall not be construed to reduce or eliminate any other immunity provided to volunteer firefighters by law. (Dec. 15, 1986, P.L.1598, No.177, eff. 60 days) 1986 Amendment. Act 177 added section […]
§ 8332.4. Volunteer-in-public-service negligence standard. (a) Services covered.– (1) Except as provided otherwise in this section, no person who, without compensation and as a volunteer, renders public services for a nonprofit organization under section 501(c)(3), (4) or (6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (68A Stat. 3, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3), (4) or (6)) […]
§ 8332.5. Corporate representatives. (a) General rule.–The liability of an individual shall be limited to the extent expressly provided by or pursuant to Title 15 (relating to corporations and unincorporated associations). See 15 Pa.C.S. Ch. 5 Subch. B (relating to fiduciary duty and indemnification), Ch. 17 Subch. B (relating to fiduciary duty) and Ch. 57 […]
§ 8332.6. Antidrug and town-watch volunteer civil immunity. (a) General rule.–An antidrug or town-watch volunteer who acts in good faith and within the scope of the volunteer’s role with an antidrug or crime prevention volunteer organization or government agency shall be immune from civil liability for damage caused by acts or omissions unless all of […]
§ 8332.7. Immunity of State parole officers. (a) Assistance of law enforcement personnel.–In addition to the provisions of 61 Pa.C.S. § 6181 (relating to status as peace officers) or any other law, any parole officer appointed by the Department of Corrections who, after obtaining permission in advance from a person authorized by the Secretary of […]
§ 8332.8. Immunity of county probation officers. (a) Assistance of law enforcement personnel.–In addition to the provisions of section 1 of the act of August 6, 1963 (P.L.521, No.277), entitled “An act providing that probation officers shall have the power of peace officers in the performance of their duties,” or any other law, any probation […]
§ 8333. Body fluid and tissue limited civil immunity. (a) General rule.–No person shall be held liable for death, disease or injury resulting from the lawful transfusion of blood, blood components or plasma derivatives, or from the lawful transplantation or insertion of tissue, bone or organs, except upon a showing of negligence on the part […]
§ 8334. Civil immunity in mass immunization projects. (a) General rule.–Any physician who does not receive remuneration for his services in a mass immunization project approved in writing by the Department of Health or its designee under the provisions of the act of September 19, 1974 (P.L.644, No.210), and any registered nurse, or practical nurse […]
§ 8335. Damages for conversion of property of fluctuating value. Damages for the conversion of stocks, bonds, or other like property of fluctuating value shall be limited to the difference between the proceeds of the conversion, or that portion thereof duly paid or credited to the owner, and such higher value as the property may […]
§ 8336. Civil immunity for assistance upon request in incidents involving the transportation of hazardous substances. (a) General rule.–During the course of transportation, including the loading and unloading thereof, of hazardous substances, no person shall be liable in civil damages when his conduct consists solely of action or inaction taken or omitted in the course […]
§ 8337. Civil immunity of school officers or employees relating to drug or alcohol abuse. (a) General rule.–Any officer or employee of a school who, in the scope of official duty, reports drug or alcohol abuse involving a student to another officer or employee of the school, to a parent, legal guardian or spouse of […]
§ 8337.1. Civil immunity of school officers or employees relating to emergency care, first aid and rescue. (a) General rule.–An officer or employee of a school who in good faith believes that a student needs emergency care, first aid or rescue and who provides such emergency care, first aid or rescue to the student or […]
§ 8338. Liability for damages from donated food and grocery products. (a) General rule.–A person is not subject to civil or criminal liability arising from the nature, age, packaging or condition of apparently wholesome food or of grocery products apparently fit for household consumption or use that the person donated in good faith to a […]
