(2019) Iowa’s Good Samaritan Law Protection for Responders Providing Bleeding Control, February 28, 2019. Public Health, Department of (Health and Human Services, Department of)
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Abstract
Iowa’s Good Samaritan Law provides legal protection for individuals that deliver emergency assistance. Iowa Code “Emergency Assistance in an Accident” (Good Samaritan Law) protects individuals who, voluntarily and in good faith, provide emergency care or assistance. These responders shall not be liable for any civil damages for acts or omission occurring at the place of an emergency or accident unless such acts or omissions constitute recklessness or willful and wanton misconduct.
| Item Type: | Departmental Report |
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| Keywords: | Blood, public health, Good Samaritan law, diseases |
| Subjects: | Health and medicine Health and medicine > Diseases Health and medicine > Public health Laws and regulations |
| ID Code: | 32814 |
| Deposited By: | Margaret Barr |
| Deposited On: | 25 Jun 2020 20:10 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2020 20:10 |
| URI: | https://publications.iowa.gov/id/eprint/32814 |