{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-11-8","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 31-11-8","heading":"Liability of persons rendering emergency care; liability of physicians advising ambulance service pursuant to Code Section 31-11-50; limitation to gratuitous services.","body":"(a) Any person, including agents and employees, who is licensed to furnish ambulance service and who in good faith renders emergency care to a person who is a victim of an accident or emergency shall not be liable for any civil damages to such victim as a result of any act or omission by such person in rendering such emergency care to such victim.\n(b) A physician shall not be civilly liable for damages resulting from that physician’s acting as medical adviser to an ambulance service, pursuant to Code Section 31-11-50, if those damages are not a result of that physician’s willful and wanton negligence.\n(c) The immunity provided in this Code section shall apply only to those persons who perform the aforesaid emergency services for no remuneration.","path":["TITLE 31 Health","CHAPTER 11 Emergency Medical Services","Article 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.31.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"6c41d7a6dff3c9ecb718b08343aa560908a4e051c10a838f28d9829ac67c2076","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-11-7","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-31-11-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}