N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1266-f: Medical emergency services plan; implementation on Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company

§ 1266-f. Medical emergency services plan; implementation on

Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company. 1. The authority is hereby

authorized and directed to implement a medical emergency services

program not later than April first, nineteen hundred eighty-six, for the

benefit of persons utilizing transportation and other related services

of the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company. Such program shall include

but not be limited to provision for the following: The training of

conductors, trainmen and other designated employees in first aid,

emergency techniques and procedures, handling and positioning of

stricken commuters, and knowledge of procedures and equipment used for

respiratory and cardiac emergencies.

2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any general, special

or local law, a designated employee employed upon facilities of the

Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company who has successfully completed a

course in first aid, including instruction and training in

cardiopulmonary resuscitation and who voluntarily and without

expectation of monetary compensation renders first aid, emergency

treatment or cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the scene of an accident

or other emergency, in the course of his duties as an employee of the

Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company to a person who is unconscious,

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

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

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

rendering of such first aid, emergency treatment or cardiopulmonary

resuscitation unless it is established that such injuries were or such

death was caused by gross negligence on the part of such designated

employee.