Colloquially known as a good Samaritan law, § 7–401 of the D.C. code, limitation on liability for medical care or assistance in emergency situations, was passed to insulate good faith actors from liability in civil damages resulting from their attempts to assist those in need. The law states “Any person who in good faith renders emergency medical care or assistance to an injured person at the scene of an accident or other emergency in the District of Columbia outside of a hospital, without the expectation of receiving or intending to seek compensation from such injured person for such service, shall not be liable in civil damages for any act or omission, not constituting gross negligence, in the course of rendering such care or assistance.”