Bill Text: MI HB4450 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Torts; liability; emergency care under the Michigan boxing and mixed martial arts act; provide protection from liability. Amends 1963 PA 17 (MCL 691.1501 - 691.1507) by adding sec. 1508.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-16 - Printed Bill Filed 04/16/2015 [HB4450 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB4450-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4450

 

April 15, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Santana, Kosowski and Kivela and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1963 PA 17, entitled

 

"An act to relieve certain persons from civil liability when

rendering emergency care, when rendering care to persons involved

in competitive sports under certain circumstances, or when

participating in a mass immunization program approved by the

department of public health,"

 

(MCL 691.1501 to 691.1507) by adding section 1508.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1508. A physician who, in good faith and while performing

 

duties as described in the Michigan unarmed combat regulatory act,

 

2004 PA 403, MCL 338.3601 to 338.3663, renders emergency care at a

 

contest or event that is produced or staged by a promoter licensed

 

under the Michigan unarmed combat regulatory act, 2004 PA 403, MCL

 

338.3601 to 338.3663, is not liable for civil damages as a result

 

of an act or omission by the physician in rendering the emergency

 

care, unless the act or omission amounts to gross negligence or

 

willful or wanton misconduct.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.