Guam § 2107 - Emergency Care Immunity.

§ 2107. Emergency Care Immunity.

(a) Any person who, in good faith, renders emergency care of assistance, without compensation, to

any injured person at the scene of an accident, fire, or any life-threatening emergency or enroute to any

hospital, medical clinic, or doctor’s office, shall not be liable for any civil damages for acts or omissions

resulting from the rendering of such care or assistance.

(b) Any person or health care provider who, without compensation and in the absence of gross

negligence, renders emergency obstetrical care or assistance to a female in active labor who has not

previously been cared for in connection with the pregnancy by such person or by another professionally

associated with such person and whose medical records are not reasonably available to such person shall

not be liable for any civil damages for acts or omissions resulting from the rendering of such emergency

care or assistance.

(c) Any emergency medical care attendant or technician possessing a valid certificate issued by

authorities of the Department of Public Health and Social Services’ Office of Emergency Medical Services

(EMS) who in good faith renders emergency care or assistance without compensation whether in person or

by telephone or other means of communication to any injured or ill person, whether at the scene of an

accident, fire, or any other place, or while transporting such injured or ill person to, from, or between any

hospital, or medical facility, shall not be liable for any civil damages for acts or omissions resulting from

the rendering of such emergency care, treatment, or assistance, including but in no way limited to acts or

omissions which involve violations of Department of Public Health and Social Services regulations or any

other local regulations in the rendering of such emergency care or assistance.

(d) Any person having been attended and successfully completed a course in cardiopulmonary

resuscitation, that has been approved by the Department of Public Health and Social Services’ Office of

Emergency Medical Services, who in good faith and without compensation, renders or administers

emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiac defibrillation, or other emergency life-sustaining or

resuscitative treatments or procedures which have been approved by the Department of Public Health and

Social Services’ Office of Emergency Medical Services to any sick or injured person, whether at the scene

of a fire, an accident, or any other place, or while transporting such person to or from any hospital, clinic,

doctor’s office or other medical facility, shall be deemed qualified to administer such emergency treatments

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and procedures; and such individual shall not be liable for acts or omissions resulting from the rendering of

such emergency resuscitative treatment or procedures.