Bill Text: MI SB0364 | 2013-2014 | 97th 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. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0362'13

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-16 - Referred To Committee On Regulatory Reform [SB0364 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-SB0364-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 364

 

 

May 16, 2013, Introduced by Senator ROBERTSON and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

 

 

     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. (1) A physician or emergency medical technician

 

who, in good faith and while performing duties as described in the

 

Michigan boxing and mixed martial arts regulatory act, 2004 PA 403,

 

MCL 338.3601 to 338.3663, renders emergency care at a boxing or

 

mixed marital arts contest or event that is produced or staged by a

 

promoter licensed under the Michigan boxing and mixed martial arts

 

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 or emergency medical technician in rendering the

 

emergency care, unless the act or omission amounts to gross

 

negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.

 

     (2) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Contest" means that term as defined in section 10 of the

 

Michigan boxing and mixed martial arts regulatory act, 2004 PA 403,

 

MCL 338.3610.

 

     (b) "Emergency medical technician" means that term as defined

 

in section 20904 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL

 

333.20904.

 

     (c) "Event" means that term as defined in section 10 of the

 

Michigan boxing and mixed martial arts regulatory act, 2004 PA 403,

 

MCL 338.3610.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no.

 

02621'13) of the 97th Legislature is enacted into law.