Short title

        1. This Act may be cited as theEmergency Medical Aid Act.

1971 No15 s1

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Definitions

        2. In this Act

             (a)  "physician" means a person who is lawfully entitled to practise medicine in the province;

         (a.1)  "physician assistant" means a person who is lawfully entitled to practise physician assisting in the province; and

             (b)  "registered nurse" means a person who is, under the Registered Nurses Act, licensed to practise the profession of nursing and is a registered member, in good standing, of the College of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador referred to in that Act and includes a nurse practitioner.

1971 No15 s2; 1997 c23 s13; 2019 c9 s26; 2024 c22 s45

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Protection of certain persons from action

        3. Where, in respect of a person who is ill, injured or unconscious as the result of an accident or other emergency,

             (a)  a physician, physician assistant or registered nurse, voluntarily and without expectation of compensation or reward, renders emergency medical services or first aid assistance, and the services or assistance are not rendered at a hospital or other place having adequate medical facilities and equipment; or

             (b)  a person other than a person mentioned in paragraph (a) voluntarily renders emergency first aid assistance, and that assistance is rendered at the immediate scene of the accident or emergency,

the physician, physician assistant, registered nurse or other person is not liable for damages for injuries to or the death of that person alleged to have been caused by an act or omission on his or her part in rendering the medical services or first aid assistance, unless it is established that the injury or death was caused by gross negligence on his or her part.

1971 No15 s3; 2024 c22 s45; 2024 c22 s45

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