Source: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol13_Ch0601-0676/HRS0663/HRS_0663-0001_0005.htm
Timestamp: 2019-06-18 19:17:39
Document Index: 645030302

Matched Legal Cases: ['§663', '§1', '§1', '§2', '§35', '§1', '§2', '§1', '§2', '§1', '§23', '§2']

§663-1.5 Exception to liability. (a) Any person who in good faith renders emergency care, without remuneration or expectation of remuneration, at the scene of an accident or emergency to a victim of the accident or emergency shall not be liable for any civil damages resulting from the person's acts or omissions, except for such damages as may result from the person's gross negligence or wanton acts or omissions.
(g) Any person who in good faith, without remuneration or expectation of remuneration, attempts to rescue a person in immediate danger of loss of life by use of a rescue tube, regardless of where the rescue tube that is used is located, shall not be liable for any civil damages resulting from any act or omission except as may result from the person's gross negligence or wanton acts or omissions.
The owner or operator of any premises, property, or facility that is adjacent to navigable waters, where a rescue tube is located shall not be liable for any civil damages resulting from any act or omission relating to the storage, maintenance, or use of the rescue tube.
(h) This section shall not relieve any person, physician, physician assistant, or employer of:
"Rescue team" means a special group of physicians, basic life support personnel, advanced life support personnel, surgeons, nurses, volunteers, or employees of the owners or operators of the hospital or authorized emergency vehicle who have been trained in basic or advanced life support and have been designated by the owners or operators of the hospital or authorized emergency vehicle to attempt to provide such support and resuscitate persons who are in immediate danger of loss of life in cases of emergency.
"Rescue tube" means a flotation device used for water rescues that helps support the victim's and rescuer's weight. [L 1969, c 80, §1; am L 1974, c 44, §1; am L 1979, c 81, §2; am L 1980, c 232, §35; am L 1983, c 33, §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1998, c 160, §2; am L 2004, c 191, §1; am L 2007, c 91, §§2, 3; am L 2009, c 17, §1 and c 151, §§23, 24 ; am L 2018, c 145, §2]
Consent for Testing and Treatment of Minors in Hawaii. 13 HBJ, no. 13, at 165 (2009).
Subsection (a) absolves bystanders providing first aid from liability, and did not address the instant situation, where respondent mall owner had an affirmative duty to render aid to decedent after respondent knew or had reason to know that decedent was ill or injured, and to care for decedent until decedent could be cared for by others. 130 H. 262, 308 P.3d 891 (2013).