Indiana Code 36-8-23-5. Limited liability of community fast responders and nonprofit corporations
(1) a county adopts an ordinance approving the provision of community fast responder services by a community fast responder nonprofit corporation; and
Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-8-23-5
- community fast responder: means a volunteer who may be summoned to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, defibrillation, or other emergency services under the direction of a nonprofit corporation. See Indiana Code 36-8-23-1
- community fast responder nonprofit corporation: means a nonprofit corporation that organizes or directs community fast responders. See Indiana Code 36-8-23-2
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(b) A community fast responder nonprofit corporation shall purchase an insurance policy that provides at least seven hundred thousand dollars ($700,000) of insurance coverage for the liability of all of the corporation’s community fast responders for bodily injury or property damage caused by the corporation’s community fast responders acting within the scope of their duties.
(c) The civil liability of a community fast responder for:
(1) an act that is within the scope of a community fast responder’s duties; or
(2) the failure to do an act that is within the scope of a community fast responder’s duties;
while performing emergency services or while traveling to the scene of an emergency or from the scene of an emergency is limited to the coverage provided by the insurance policy purchased under this section. A community fast responder may not be named in a lawsuit as a nonparty and is not liable for punitive damages for any act that is within the scope of the community fast responder’s duties.
(d) The civil liability of a community fast responder nonprofit corporation is limited to five million dollars ($5,000,000) for injury to or death of all persons in an occurrence. A community fast responder nonprofit corporation is not liable for punitive damages.
As added by P.L.70-2012, SEC.2.