N.Y. Public Health Law § 3000-a: Emergency medical treatment

§ 3000-a. Emergency medical treatment. 1. Except as provided in

subdivision six of section six thousand six hundred eleven, subdivision

two of section six thousand five hundred twenty-seven, subdivision one

of section six thousand nine hundred nine and sections six thousand five

hundred forty-seven and six thousand seven hundred thirty-seven of the

education law, any person who voluntarily and without 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 emergency

treatment unless it is established that such injuries were or such death

was caused by gross negligence on the part of such person. Nothing in

this section shall be deemed or construed to relieve a licensed

physician, dentist, nurse, physical therapist or registered physician's

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

act or omission on the part of such person while rendering professional

services in the normal and ordinary course of his or her practice.

2. (i) Any person or entity that purchases, operates, facilitates

implementation or makes available resuscitation equipment that

facilitates first aid, an automated external defibrillator or an

epinephrine device as required by or pursuant to law or local law, or

that conducts training under section three thousand-c of this article,

or (ii) a health care practitioner that prescribes, dispenses or

provides an epinephrine device under section three thousand-c of this

article, shall not be liable for damages arising either from the use of

that equipment by a person who voluntarily and without expectation of

monetary compensation renders first aid or emergency treatment at the

scene of an accident or medical emergency, or from the use of

defectively manufactured equipment; provided that this subdivision shall

not limit the person's or entity's, the emergency health care

provider's, or other health care practitioner's liability for their own

negligence, gross negligence or intentional misconduct.