(A) No licensed health care provider, as defined in § 38-79-110, who renders medical services voluntarily and without compensation or the expectation or promise of compensation and seeks no reimbursement from charitable and governmental sources is liable for any civil damages for any act or omission resulting from the rendering of the services unless the act or omission was the result of the licensed health care provider’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct. The agreement to provide a voluntary, noncompensated service must be made in writing, which may include use of an electronic medical record device, before rendering service in the case of a nonemergency and may be evidenced by the provider’s giving notice in writing, which may include use of an electronic medical record device, to the patient or to the person responsible for the patient’s care and acting for the patient that the service being rendered is voluntary and without compensation.

(B) Any licensed health care provider who renders medical services voluntarily and without compensation or the expectation or promise of compensation and seeks no reimbursement from charitable and governmental sources may fulfill one hour of continuing education for each hour of volunteer medical services rendered, up to a maximum of twenty-five percent of the provider’s required continuing education credits for the licensure period.

(C) For purposes of this section, a health care provider includes a dentist maintaining a restricted volunteer license pursuant to § 40-15-177, a practitioner maintaining a special volunteer license pursuant to § 40-47-34, and a chiropractor maintaining a special volunteer license pursuant to § 40-9-85.