Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:62A-19

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
1. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no emergency medical technician who, without compensation, trains or instructs other persons in basic life support services shall be liable in any action for damages as a result of his acts of commission or omission arising out of and in the course of that training or instruction.

b. (1) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to grant immunity to any person causing damage by his willful or wanton act of commission or omission.

(2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to grant immunity to any person causing damage as the result of the person’s operation of a motor vehicle.

c. As used in this section:

(1) “Basic life support services” shall include but not be limited to: patient stabilization, airway clearance, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, hemorrhage control, initial wound care and fracture stabilization.

(2) “Emergency medical technician” means a person who is trained in basic life support services and who is certified by the Department of Health to perform these services.

L.1992,c.196,s.1.

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