N.Y. Public Health Law § 3013: Immunity from liability

§ 3013. Immunity from liability. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent

provision of any general, special or local law, a voluntary ambulance

service or voluntary advanced life support first response service

described in section three thousand one of this article and any member

thereof who is a certified first responder, an emergency medical

technician, an advanced emergency medical technician or a person acting

under the direction of an emergency medical technician or advanced

emergency medical technician and who voluntarily and without the

expectation of monetary compensation renders medical assistance in an

emergency 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

medical assistance in an emergency unless it is established that such

injuries were or such death was caused by gross negligence on the part

of such certified first responder, emergency medical technician or

advanced emergency medical technician or person acting under the

direction of an emergency medical technician or advanced emergency

medical technician.

2. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to relieve any such

voluntary ambulance service or voluntary advanced life support first

response service from liability for damages or injuries or death caused

by an act or omission on the part of any person other than a certified

first responder, an emergency medical technician, advanced emergency

medical technician or person acting under the direction of an emergency

medical technician or advanced emergency medical technician acting in

behalf of the voluntary ambulance service or voluntary advanced life

support first response service.

3. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to relieve or alter the

liability of any such voluntary ambulance service or members for damages

or injuries or death arising out of the operation of motor vehicles.

4. A certified first responder, emergency medical technician or

advanced emergency medical technician, whether or not he or she is

acting on behalf of an ambulance service or advanced life support first

response service, who voluntarily and without the expectation of

monetary compensation renders medical assistance in an emergency to a

person who is unconscious, ill or injured shall not be liable for

damages 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 medical assistance in an emergency

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

caused by gross negligence on the part of such certified first

responder, emergency medical technician or advanced emergency medical

technician.

5. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any general, special

or local law, any physician who voluntarily and without the expectation

of monetary compensation provides indirect medical control, as defined

in paragraph (b) of subdivision fifteen of section three thousand one of

this article, to a voluntary ambulance service or voluntary advanced

life support first response service described in section three thousand

one of this article shall not be liable for damages for injuries or

death alleged to have been sustained by any person as a result of such

medical direction unless it is established that such injuries or death

were caused by gross negligence on the part of such physician.

6. The availability of an award or other benefit under article

eleven-AA or article eleven-AAA of the general municipal law shall not

be deemed monetary compensation for the purposes of this section.