411.148 Nonliability of licensees and certified technicians for emergency care.

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(1)No physician licensed under KRS Chapter 311, registered or practical nurse

licensed under KRS Chapter 314, person certified as an emergency medical

technician by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, person certified

by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross to perform

cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or employee of any board of education established

pursuant to the provision of KRS 160.160, who has completed a course in first aid

and who maintains current certification therein in accordance with the standards set

forth by the American Red Cross shall be liable in civil damages for administering

emergency care or treatment at the scene of an emergency outside of a hospital,

doctor's office, or other place having proper medical equipment excluding house

calls, for acts performed at the scene of such emergency, unless such acts constitute

willful or wanton misconduct.

(2)Nothing in this section applies to the administering of such care or treatment where

the same is rendered for remuneration or with the expectation of remuneration.

(3)The administering of emergency care or treatment at the scene of an emergency by

employees of a board of education shall not be considered to be rendered for

remuneration or with the expectation of remuneration because such personnel

perform such care as part of their regular professional or work responsibilities for

which they receive their regular salaries from the school board which is their

employer.