SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 564, SB 2120 & SB 2620
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 660836
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11  Senator Saunders moved the following amendment to amendment
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18         (c)1.  Any health care practitioner as defined in s.
19  456.001(4) who is in a hospital attending to a patient of his
20  or her practice or for business or personal reasons unrelated
21  to direct patient care, and who voluntarily responds to
22  provide care or treatment to a patient with whom at that time
23  the practitioner does not have a then-existing health care
24  patient-physician relationship, and when such care or
25  treatment is necessitated by a sudden or unexpected situation
26  or by an occurrence that demands immediate medical attention,
27  shall not be held liable for any civil damages as a result of
28  any act or omission relative to that care or treatment, unless
29  that care or treatment is proven to amount to conduct that is
30  willful and wanton and would likely result in injury so as to
31  affect the life or health of another.
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 564, SB 2120 & SB 2620
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 660836
 1         2.  The immunity provided by this paragraph does not
 2  apply to damages as a result of any act or omission of
 3  providing medical care or treatment unrelated to the original
 4  situation that demanded immediate medical attention.
 5         3.  For purposes of this paragraph, the Legislature's
 6  intent is to encourage health care practitioners to provide
 7  necessary emergency care to all persons without fear of
 8  litigation as described in this paragraph.
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