FINAL BILL REPORT

                  HB 1213

                         C 103 L 95

                     Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Revising provisions relating to liability in training of emergency service medical personnel.

Sponsors:  Representatives Brumsickle, Grant, Cody, Basich and McMahan.

House Committee on Health Care

House Committee on Law & Justice

Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care

Background:  Immunity from legal liability is accorded emergency service medical personnel while rendering emergency medical services in good faith under the supervision of physicians or approved medical program directors.  Immunity also extends to the supervising physicians, medical program directors, hospitals, training agencies or training physicians, ambulance services, or governmental units and their employees.

The Department of Health must defend and hold harmless the medical program directors in matters related to the good faith performance of their duties.

Immunity from liability does not relieve any physician or hospital from any duty otherwise imposed by law for the designation or training of emergency service medical personnel, nor for any duty for the provision or maintenance of equipment.  There is no immunity from legal liability for any training provided to emergency service medical personnel.

Summary:  Immunity from legal liability is accorded to those entities and personnel that render services in training emergency service medical personnel for certification or recertification.

The Department of Health must defend or hold harmless hospitals and hospital personnel involved in training emergency services medical personnel for certification or recertification.

Votes on Final Passage:

House     96 0

Senate    46 0

Effective:  April 19, 1995