South Carolina § 40-22-295 - Emergency services immunity.
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§ 40-22-295. Emergency services immunity.
(A) A licensed engineer or surveyor who voluntarily, without compensation, provides structural, electrical, mechanical, or other engineering services or surveying services at the scene of a declared national or state emergency, at the request of the Governor, is not liable for any personal injury, wrongful death, property damage, or other loss caused by the licensed engineer or surveyor's acts, errors, or omissions in performing the engineering or surveying services for a property, structure, building, piping, or other engineered system, either publicly or privately owned. Immunity from liability under this section is only effective as to services rendered during the thirty days following the event that gave rise to the declared state of emergency.
(B)(1) Any licensed engineer or surveyor appointed pursuant to this section must not be held liable for any civil damages as a result of the providing of requested engineering or surveying services unless the damages result from providing, or failing to provide engineering or surveying services if the consequences of the services provided are proven by a preponderance of the evidence to be the result of gross negligence or recklessness.
(2) This section applies if the engineer or surveyor does not receive payment other than as allowed in Section 8-25-40 for the appointed services and prescribed duties. However, if the engineer or surveyor is an employee of the State, the engineer or surveyor may continue to receive compensation from his employer.
(C) This section does not provide immunity from liability to persons providing services pursuant to Section 40-22-75.
HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 280, SECTION 3, eff June 26, 2012; 2017 Act No. 18 (S.342), SECTION 1, eff May 9, 2017.
Editor's Note
2012 Act No. 280, SECTION 1, provides as follows:
"This act may be cited as the 'Architects' and Engineers' Volunteer Act'."
Effect of Amendment
2017 Act No. 18, SECTION 1, inserted references to surveyors, surveying services, and surveying throughout the section.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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