§ 5-606. Charitable health care organizations
West's Annotated Code of MarylandCourts and Judicial Proceedings
MD Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings, § 5-606
§ 5-606. Charitable health care organizations
(3) “Compensation” does not include actual and necessary expenses that are incurred by a volunteer or physician in connection with the services provided or the duties performed by the volunteer or physician on behalf of a charitable organization, and that are reimbursed to the volunteer or physician or otherwise paid.
(6) “Suit” means any civil action, including any health care malpractice action filed with the Health Care Alternative Dispute Resolution Office, brought against a volunteer or physician or a charitable organization by virtue of the volunteer's or physician's act or omission in providing services or performing duties on behalf of the charitable organization.
(b)(1) A volunteer who is a health care provider or physician who renders health care services voluntarily and without compensation to any person seeking health care at or through a charitable organization is not liable, for any amount in excess of any applicable limit of insurance coverage, in any suit for civil damages for any act or omission resulting from the rendering of such services unless the act or omission constitutes:
(2) A volunteer who is a health care provider or physician who renders health care services voluntarily and without compensation to any person seeking health care through a charitable organization chartered to provide health care services to homeless or indigent individuals is not liable, for any amount in excess of any applicable limit of insurance coverage, in any suit for civil damages for any act or omission resulting from the rendering of such services unless the act or omission constitutes:
(c)(1) This section does not create, and may not be construed as creating, a new cause of action or substantive legal right against a physician or volunteer who is a health care provider.
Credits
Added as Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 5-309.3 by Acts 1987, c. 620. Amended by Acts 1989, c. 5, § 1; Acts 1994, c. 576, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1994; Acts 1995, c. 554, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1995. Renumbered as Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 5-606 by Acts 1997, c. 14, § 9, eff. April 8, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, c. 564, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1999; Acts 2000, c. 61, § 1, eff. April 25, 2000; Acts 2001, c. 29, § 1, eff. April 10, 2001; Acts 2004, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 5, § 5, eff. Jan. 11, 2005.
MD Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings, § 5-606, MD CTS & JUD PRO § 5-606
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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