Senate Judiciary Committee Amendment
H 4867 - Session 125 (2023-2024)
Telecommunicator CPR Training Law

The Committee on Judiciary proposes the following amendment (SJ-4867.SW0004S):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, by striking Section 23-23-45(D) and inserting:

 (D) Neither telecommunicators that provide dispatch for emergency medical conditions who have completed the training specified in subsection (A) nor the State or the agency, political subdivision, or governmental entity employing such telecommunicators shall be liable for any civil damages for any personal injury arising from the provision of CPR instructions to 911 callers except acts or omissions amounting to gross negligence, recklessness, or willful, wanton, or intentional misconduct. Any civil cause of action for damages arising from the provision of T-CPR instructions and brought against the State, an agency, a political subdivision, or a governmental entity and its employee acting within the scope of his official duty must be brought pursuant to the South Carolina Tort Claims Act, Chapter 78, Title 15.