SENATE BILL NO. 1050


   April 15, 1998, Introduced by Senators GEAKE, BOUCHARD, GAST,
        SCHWARZ, HOFFMAN, DUNASKISS, SCHUETTE, NORTH, EMMONS, 
        MC MANUS, ROGERS, SHUGARS, BENNETT, STILLE and JAYE and
        referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Senior 
        Citizens.



        A bill to amend 1963 PA 17, entitled

   "An act to relieve certain persons from civil liability when
   rendering emergency care, when rendering care to persons involved
   in competitive sports under certain circumstances, or when par-
   ticipating in a mass immunization program approved by the depart-
   ment of public health,"

   by amending section 4 (MCL 691.1504), as added by 1986 PA 21.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 4.  (1)  A person  AN INDIVIDUAL who
             having no duty to

 2    do so in good faith voluntarily renders cardiopulmonary resusci-

 3    tation to  a person  ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL, 
             shall  IS not  be 

 4    liable IN A CIVIL ACTION for  civil  damages
             resulting from an

 5    act or omission in  the  rendering  of that
              THE cardiopulmonary

 6    resuscitation, except an act or omission  amounting to
              THAT

 7    CONSTITUTES gross negligence or  wilful  WILLFUL
             and wanton

 8    misconduct.




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 1         (2) Subsection (1)  shall apply  APPLIES only
             to  civil

 2     actions which are  A CIVIL ACTION THAT IS filed or
                       pending on or

 3    after May 1, 1986.

 4         (3) AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAVING NO DUTY TO DO SO IN GOOD FAITH

 5    VOLUNTARILY RENDERS EMERGENCY SERVICES TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL

 6    USING AN AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR IS NOT LIABLE IN A

 7    CIVIL ACTION FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM AN ACT OR OMISSION IN

 8    RENDERING THE EMERGENCY SERVICES USING THE AUTOMATED EXTERNAL

 9    DEFIBRILLATOR, EXCEPT AN ACT OR OMISSION THAT CONSTITUTES GROSS

10    NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL AND WANTON MISCONDUCT.

11         (4) SUBSECTION (3) APPLIES ONLY TO A CIVIL ACTION THAT IS

12    FILED OR PENDING ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 1998.
































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