Good Samaritan Act

Summary

Good Samaritan Act - Declares: (1) that any physician, registered nurse, or aircraft employee who, in good faith and with a reasonable belief that immediate medical attention is necessary, renders emergency care to an injured or ill person aboard an aircraft within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission by such individual in rendering such care, except for any act or omission amounting to gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct; and (2) that any such individual shall not be liable for any such act or omission in rendering continued emergency care to the injured or ill person during transportation from the aircraft to a medical facility for further treatment or care.

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Timeline

1. 12 October 1978

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 12 October 1978

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 12 October 1978

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 12 October 1978

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Pursell, Carl D. [R-MI-2] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Stokes, Louis [D-OH-11] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Keys, Martha E. [D-KS-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. McCormack, Mike [D-WA-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Brown, Clarence, Jr. [R-OH-7] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. McDonald, Lawrence P. [D-GA-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Beilenson, Anthony C. [D-CA-24] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Devine, Samuel L. [R-OH-12] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Guyer, Tennyson [R-OH-4] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. LeFante, Joseph A. [D-NJ-14] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Fenwick, Millicent H. [R-NJ-5] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Corcoran, Tom [R-IL-14] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] · I · Cosponsor
• Rep. Marriott, David Daniel [R-UT-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Robinson, J. Kenneth [R-VA-7] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Edwards, Mickey [R-OK-5] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Badham, Robert E. [R-CA-40] · R · Cosponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing

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