New York law: N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 3000-a
Statute: N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 3000-a
Law Type: Good Samaritan
Status: Enacted
Summary:
Any person who, or entity, partnership, corporation, firm or society that, purchases, operates, facilitates implementation or makes available resuscitation equipment that facilitates first aid, an AED or an epinephrine auto-injector device as required by or pursuant to law or local law shall not be liable for damages arising either from the use of that equipment by a person who voluntarily and without expectation of monetary compensation renders first aid or emergency treatment, or from the use of defectively manufactured equipment; provided that this subdivision shall not limit the person's or entity's, partnership's, corporation's, firm's, society's or the emergency health care provider's liability for his, her or its own negligence, gross negligence or intentional misconduct.
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