DIVISION 2.5. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES 1797-1799.207›CHAPTER 9. Liability Limitation 1799.100-1799.112
§ 1799.104
California Health and Safety Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
(a) No physician or nurse, who in good faith gives emergency instructions to an EMT-II or mobile intensive care paramedic at the scene of an emergency, shall be liable for any civil damages as a result of issuing the instructions.
(b) No EMT-II or mobile intensive care paramedic rendering care within the scope of his duties who, in good faith and in a nonnegligent manner, follows the instructions of a physician or nurse shall be liable for any civil damages as a result of following such instructions.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1260.)
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