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Good Samaritan Law


The AAFP approves of legislation that would grant immunity from civil actions for alleged negligence to any licensed doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine who in good faith renders emergency care without compensation and through its constituent chapters seeks such legislation whenever and wherever it can be constitutionally sustained. (1960) (2008)