Emergency medical services: immunity.

Existing law limits the civil liability of a licensed nurse who in good faith renders emergency care at the scene of an emergency which occurs outside both the place and the course of that person's employment, as specified. Existing law also limits the civil liability of firefighters, police officers or other law enforcement officers, and emergency medical technicians who render emergency medical services at the scene of an emergency, as specified. This bill would extend the above-described liability limit applicable to firefighters, police officers or other law enforcement officers, and emergency medical technicians to emergency medical services rendered during an emergency air or ground ambulance transport, and emergency medical services rendered by a registered nurse, as defined, at the scene of an emergency or during an emergency air or ground ambulance transport.