N.Y. Education Law § 6545: Emergency services rendered by physician assistant

§ 6545. Emergency services rendered by physician assistant.

Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any general, special or

local law, any physician assistant properly licensed in this state who

voluntarily and without the expectation of monetary compensation renders

first aid or emergency treatment at the scene of an accident or other

emergency, outside a hospital, doctor's office or any other place having

proper and necessary medical equipment, to a person who is unconscious,

ill or injured, shall not be liable for damages for injuries alleged to

have been sustained by such person or for damages for the death of such

person alleged to have occurred by reason of an act or omission in the

rendering of such first aid or emergency treatment unless it is

established that such injuries were or such death was caused by gross

negligence on the part of such physician assistant. Nothing in this

section shall be deemed or construed to relieve a licensed physician

assistant from liability for damages for injuries or death caused by an

act or omission on the part of a physician assistant while rendering

professional services in the normal and ordinary course of his or her

practice.