BILL REQ. #:  S-1533.1 

READ FIRST TIME 02/21/03.   

     AN ACT Relating to physicians providing care at community clinics; and amending RCW 4.24.300.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 4.24.300 and 1985 c 443 s 19 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Any person, including but not limited to a volunteer provider of emergency or medical services, who without compensation or the expectation of compensation renders emergency care at the scene of an emergency or who participates in transporting, not for compensation, therefrom an injured person or persons for emergency medical treatment shall not be liable for civil damages resulting from any act or omission in the rendering of such emergency care or in transporting such persons, other than acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. Any person rendering emergency care during the course of regular employment and receiving compensation or expecting to receive compensation for rendering such care is excluded from the protection of this subsection.
     (2) Any physician licensed under chapter 18.57 or 18.71 RCW in the state of Washington who, without compensation or the expectation of compensation, provides health care services at a community clinic that is a public or private tax exempt corporation is not liable for civil damages resulting from any act or omission in the rendering of such care, other than acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.