Good Samaritan Act, 2000 Gilchrist, Steve — Bill 98 (37th Parliament, 1st Session)

Bill 98, 37-1

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Bill 98, Good Samaritan Act, 2000

Gilchrist, Steve

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Bill 98

Bill 982000

An Act to protect

persons from liability in respect

of voluntary emergency medical

or first aid services

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative

Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Definition

1. In this Act, "

health care professional" means a member of a College of a health

profession set out in

Schedule 1 to the Regulated Health Professions Act,

1991 .

Protection from liability

2. (1)Despite the rules of common law, a person described

in subsection (2) who voluntarily and without reasonable expectation of

compensation or reward provides the services described in that subsection is

not liable for damages that result from the person's negligence in acting or

failing to act while providing the services, unless it is established that

the damages were caused by the gross negligence of the person.

Persons covered

(2)Subsection (1) applies to,

(a)a health care professional who provides emergency health care services

or first aid assistance to a person who is ill, injured or unconscious as a

result of an accident or other emergency, if the health care professional

does not provide the services or assistance at a hospital or other place

having appropriate health care facilities and equipment for that purpose;

and

(b)an individual, other than a health care professional described in

clause (a), who provides emergency first aid assistance to a person who is

ill, injured or unconscious as a result of an accident or other emergency, if

the individual provides the assistance at the immediate scene of the accident

or emergency.

Reimbursement of expenses

(3)Reasonable reimbursement that a person receives for expenses that the

person reasonably incurs in providing the services described in subsection

(2) shall be deemed not to be compensation or reward for the purpose of

subsection (1).

Commencement

3.This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal

Assent.

Short title

4.The

short title of this Act is the Good Samaritan Act,

2000 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill protects health care professionals and other individuals from

liability for negligence in respect of services that they provide in certain

circumstances to persons who are ill, injured or unconscious as a result of

an accident or other emergency, except if they cause damages through gross

negligence.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

June 20, 2000

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

June 20, 2000

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :Royal Assent.

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 98, 37-1
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p37 s1 bill 98 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	07b356c852d6140efbd1fe8121827189ef722241

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