An individual, or the individual’s employer, subject to the exceptions in sections 32-03.1-03, 32-03.1-04, and 32-03.1-08, who renders aid or assistance necessary or helpful in the circumstances to another individual who has been injured or is ill as the result of an accident or illness, or any mechanical, external or organic trauma, or in the offering of apparently wholesome food or an apparently fit grocery product may not be named as a defendant or held liable in any personal injury civil action by any party in this state for acts or omissions arising out of a situation in which emergency aid or assistance is rendered, unless it is plainly alleged in the complaint and later proven that the individual’s acts or omissions constituted intentional misconduct or gross negligence.