Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 225

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 17, TITLE 24, DELAWARE CODE BY THE EXEMPTION OF LICENSED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS FROM CIVIL LIABILITY FOR RENDERING EMERGENCY CARE AT THE SCENE OF THE EMERGENCY.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. Chapter 17, Title 24, Delaware Code, is hereby amended by the addition of a new Section 1767 to read as follows:

§ 1767. Emergency care at the scene of the emergency

No person licensed under this Chapter, who in good faith renders emergency care at the scene of the emergency, shall be liable for any civil damages as a result of any acts or omissions by such person in rendering the emergency care.

Approved December 31, 1963.