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Health and Safety Code § 1799.104

CHAPTER 9. Liability Limitation

Current as of September 28, 2026Health & Saf. Code, § 1799.104Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1260.

(a) No physician or nurse, who in good faith gives emergency instructions to an EMT-II or mobile intensive care paramedic at the scene of an emergency, shall be liable for any civil damages as a result of issuing the instructions.

(b) No EMT-II or mobile intensive care paramedic rendering care within the scope of his duties who, in good faith and in a nonnegligent manner, follows the instructions of a physician or nurse shall be liable for any civil damages as a result of following such instructions.