Nevada Revised Statutes 41.485 – Conditions and limitations on actions: Acts and omissions of volunteers of charitable organizations
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a volunteer of a charitable organization is immune from liability for civil damages as a result of an act or omission:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 41.485
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(a) Of an agent of the charitable organization; or
(b) Concerning services the volunteer performs for the charitable organization that are not supervisory in nature and are not part of any duties or responsibilities the volunteer may have as an officer, director or trustee of the charitable organization, unless the act is intentional, willful, wanton or malicious.
2. This section does not restrict the liability of a charitable organization for the acts or omissions of a volunteer performing services on its behalf.
3. As used in this section:
(a) ’Agent’ means an officer, director, trustee or employee, whether or not compensated, or a volunteer;
(b) ’Charitable organization’ means a nonprofit corporation, association or organization, a recovery house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders or a licensed medical facility or facility for the dependent, but does not include a fire department, law enforcement agency or auxiliary thereof;
(c) ’Recovery house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders’ has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 278.02374; and
(d) ’Volunteer’ means an officer, director, trustee or other person who performs services without compensation, other than reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses on behalf of or to benefit a charitable organization.