31-3909. IMMUNITY OF AMBULANCE ATTENDANT. No action shall lie or be maintained for civil damages in any court of this state against any person or persons, or group of persons, including ambulance attendants employed by an ambulance service district, who offers and administers first aid, emergency medical attention or community health emergency medical services as a part of his normal duty as an ambulance attendant to any person or persons utilizing the services and facilities of an ambulance service district, unless it can be shown that the person or persons offering or administering first aid or emergency medical attention is guilty of gross negligence in the care or treatment offered or administered, or has treated them in a grossly negligent manner. The immunity described herein shall cease upon delivery of the injured or treated person to either a generally recognized hospital for treatment of ill or injured persons, or upon assumption of treatment in the office or facility of any person undertaking to treat said ill or injured person or persons.
History:
[31-3909, added 1976, ch. 289, sec. 3, p. 998; am. 2015, ch. 157, sec. 2, p. 550.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 31 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW
Chapter 39 - AMBULANCE SERVICE
Section 31-3901 - AUTHORIZATION TO ESTABLISH AMBULANCE SERVICE — SPECIAL LEVY.
Section 31-3902 - COUNTY TREASURERS TO ESTABLISH AMBULANCE SERVICE FUND.
Section 31-3903 - AMBULANCE SERVICE — POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Section 31-3904 - AMBULANCE SERVICE — FEES.
Section 31-3906 - AMBULANCE SERVICE — COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.
Section 31-3907 - AMBULANCE SERVICE — TERMINATION OF.
Section 31-3908 - AMBULANCE DISTRICT AUTHORIZED — DISTRICTS FORMED BEFORE JULY 1, 2020.
Section 31-3908A - EXEMPTIONS FROM TAXATION.
Section 31-3909 - IMMUNITY OF AMBULANCE ATTENDANT.
Section 31-3910 - CONSENT FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT.
Section 31-3911 - AMBULANCE SERVICE DISTRICT — DISTRICTS FORMED ON AND AFTER JULY 1, 2020.
Section 31-3913 - ORGANIZATION OF BOARD — MEETINGS — OFFICERS — OFFICIAL BONDS.
Section 31-3914 - CORPORATE POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD OF AMBULANCE SERVICE COMMISSIONERS.
Section 31-3915 - LEVY — ELECTION.
Section 31-3916 - DUTIES OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Section 31-3917 - HANDLING OF DISTRICT FUNDS.
Section 31-3918 - INDEBTEDNESS PROHIBITED — EXCEPTIONS.
Section 31-3919 - CARRY OVER — FUND BALANCE.