00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 269                                                                          
01 "An Act providing immunity for certain licensed temporary health care providers who                                     
02 provide free health care services."                                                                                     
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 09.65.300(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
05            (a)  Except as otherwise provided in this section, a health care provider who                                
06       provides health care services to another person is not liable for civil damages resulting                         
07       from an act or omission in providing the health care services if the health care                                  
08                 (1)  provider is licensed in this state to provide health care services; in                         
09       this paragraph, "health care provider" includes a health care provider who holds                              
10       a temporary courtesy license as a health care provider under AS 08.01.062;                                    
11                 (2)  services provided were within the scope of the health care                                         
12       provider's license;                                                                                               
13                 (3)  services were provided at a medical clinic, medical facility,                                      
14       nonprofit facility, temporary emergency site, or other facility owned or operated by a                            

01       governmental entity or nonprofit organization and the health care provider was acting                             
02       within the scope of the provider's responsibilities in the medical clinic, governmental                           
03       entity, or nonprofit organization;                                                                                
04                 (4)  services were provided voluntarily and without pay to the health                                   
05       care provider for the services, except as provided in (b)(2) and (3) of this section; and                         
06                 (5)  provider                                                                                           
07                      (A)  obtains informed consent from the person receiving the                                        
08            health care services as described under AS 09.55.556, except in the case of an                               
09            emergency; and                                                                                               
10                      (B)  provides the person receiving the health care services                                        
11            advance written notice of the immunity provided under this section to a health                               
12            care provider when providing voluntary health care services as described under                               
13            this section.                                                                                                
14    * Sec. 2. AS 09.65.300(c)(1) is amended to read:                                                                   
15                 (1)  "health care provider" means a [STATE LICENSED] physician,                                         
16       physician assistant, dentist, dental hygienist, osteopath, optometrist, chiropractor,                             
17       registered nurse, practical nurse, nurse midwife, advanced nurse practitioner,                                    
18       naturopath, physical therapist, occupational therapist, marital and family therapist,                             
19       psychologist, psychological associate, licensed clinical social worker, or certified                              
20       direct-entry midwife;