{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-112-12b","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, § 12B","heading":"Emergency care of injured persons; exemption from civil liability","body":"Section 12B. No physician duly registered under the provisions of section two, two A, nine, nine A or nine B, no physician assistant duly registered under the provisions of section nine I or his employing or supervising physician, and no nurse duly registered or licensed under the provisions of section seventy-four, seventy-four A or seventy-six, or resident in another state, in the District of Columbia or in a province of Canada, and duly registered therein, who, in good faith, as a volunteer and without fee, renders emergency care or treatment, other than in the ordinary course of his practice, shall be liable in a suit for damages as a result of his acts or omissions, nor shall he be liable to a hospital for its expenses if, under such emergency conditions, he orders a person hospitalized or causes his admission.","path":["Part I","Title XVI","Chapter 112"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter112/Section12B","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:47Z","sha256":"d65411b81c42042d279e94850e47a583513b5cb368e7a8686bfc5babe9d5a6fb","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-112-12a-1-2","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-112-12c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}