New Jersey Statutes 24:6L-6. Immunity from civil liability, disciplinary action
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 24:6L-6
- Device: means instruments, apparatus, and contrivances, including their components, parts, and accessories, intended (1) for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or other animals. See New Jersey Statutes 24:1-1
- 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
b. A person authorized to administer, maintain, or dispose of an epinephrine auto-injector device under subsection a. of section 4 of this act who, in good faith and without fee, administers an epinephrine auto-injector device to a person who appears to be suffering from anaphylaxis or any other serious condition treatable with epinephrine shall not, as a result of the person’s acts or omissions, be subject to any civil liability for administering the device consistent with this act.
c. An entity authorized to obtain, maintain, and make available epinephrine auto injector devices to a person employed by the entity pursuant to subsection c. of section 4 of this act shall not, as a result of the entity’s acts or omissions, be subject to any civil liability for any act or omission which is undertaken in good faith in accordance with this act.
d. A person or entity conducting an educational program approved by the commissioner as provided in section 5 of this act shall not be subject to any civil liability for any act or omission which is undertaken in accordance with this act.
e. For the purposes of this section, good faith does not include willful misconduct, gross negligence, or recklessness.
L.2015, c.215, s.6.