§ 2805. Consultation with Mayor
TITLE 7: CIVIL PROCEDURE DIVISION 2: ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS § 2805. Statutory Liability Limitations: Firefighters, Law Enforcement Officers, Emergency Medical Technicians; Employing Agencies. In order to encourage the provision of emergency medical services by fire- fighters, police officers or other law enforcement officers, EMT, Advanced EMT, and paramedics, a firefighter, police officer or other law enforcement officer, EMT, Advanced EMT, or paramedic who renders emergency medical services at the scene of an emergency shall only be liable in civil damages for acts or omissions performed in a grossly negligent manner or acts or omissions not performed in good faith. A public agency employing such a firefighter, police officer or other law enforcement officer, EMT, Advanced EMT, or paramedic shall not be liable for civil damages if the fire firefighter, police officer or other law enforcement officer, EMT, Advanced EMT, or paramedic is not liable. Source: PL 10-52, § 4(D); amended by global amendments by PL 18-73 § 7(a) (Jan. 25, 2015), modified. Commission Comment: Each subpart of PL 10-52, § 4 has been made into its own separate section, and subsections have been relettered or renumbered in accordance with standard code format. The Commission corrected the capitalization of the word “paramedic” pur- suant to 1 CMC § 3806(f).
Source: CNMI Law Revision Commission