24.126.415    PARTICIPATION IN DISASTER AND EMERGENCY CARE -- LIABILITY OF CHIROPRACTOR

(1) A chiropractor licensed in this state, licensed or authorized to practice in another state, territory, or possession of the United States, or credentialed as a chiropractor by a federal employer who provides medical care response to an emergency or a federal, state, or local disaster may provide that care without supervision as required by this chapter or with whatever supervision is available. The provision of care allowed by this section is limited to the duration of the emergency or disaster.

(2) A chiropractor who supervises a temporary licensee in response to an emergency or disaster as described in (1) need not comply with the requirements of this chapter applicable to supervising chiropractors.

(3) A chiropractor referred to in (1) who voluntarily, gratuitously, and other than in the ordinary course of employment or practice renders emergency chiropractic care during an emergency or disaster described in (1) is not liable for civil damages for a personal injury resulting from an act or omission in providing that care if the injury is caused by simple or ordinary negligence and if the care is provided somewhere other than in a health care facility or a chiropractic office where those services are normally provided.

(4) A chiropractor who supervises a temporary licensee voluntarily and gratuitously providing emergency care at an emergency or disaster described in (1) is not liable for civil damages for a personal injury resulting from an act or omission in supervising the temporary licensee if the injury is caused by simple or ordinary negligence on the part of the temporary licensee providing the care or on the part of the supervising chiropractor.

History: 37-1-131, 37-12-201, MCA; IMP, 37-1-131, 37-12-104, 37-12-201, MCA; NEW, 2006 MAR p. 1609, Eff. 6/23/06.