Duty to comply with CPR directive - immunity - effect on criminal charges against another person.

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(1) Emergency medical service personnel, health care providers, and health care facilities shall comply with a person's CPR directive that is apparent and immediately available. Any emergency medical service personnel, health care provider, health care facility, or any other person who, in good faith, complies with a CPR directive shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability or regulatory sanction for such compliance.

  1. Compliance by emergency medical service personnel, health care providers, or health carefacilities with a CPR directive shall not affect the criminal prosecution of any person otherwise charged with the commission of a criminal act.

  2. In the absence of a CPR directive, a person's consent to CPR shall be presumed.

Source: L. 92: Entire article added, p. 1989, § 3, effective June 4.


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