Section 36-8-23-5 - Limited liability of community fast responders and nonprofit corporations(a) This section applies if:(1) a county adopts an ordinance approving the provision of community fast responder services by a community fast responder nonprofit corporation; and(2) the community fast responder nonprofit corporation purchases an insurance policy described in subsection (b).(b) A community fast responder nonprofit corporation shall purchase an insurance policy that provides at least seven hundred thousand dollars ($700,000) of insurance coverage for the liability of all of the corporation's community fast responders for bodily injury or property damage caused by the corporation's community fast responders acting within the scope of their duties.(c) The civil liability of a community fast responder for:(1) an act that is within the scope of a community fast responder's duties; or(2) the failure to do an act that is within the scope of a community fast responder's duties; while performing emergency services or while traveling to the scene of an emergency or from the scene of an emergency is limited to the coverage provided by the insurance policy purchased under this section. A community fast responder may not be named in a lawsuit as a nonparty and is not liable for punitive damages for any act that is within the scope of the community fast responder's duties.
(d) The civil liability of a community fast responder nonprofit corporation is limited to five million dollars ($5,000,000) for injury to or death of all persons in an occurrence. A community fast responder nonprofit corporation is not liable for punitive damages.Added by P.L. 70-2012, SEC. 2, eff. 7/1/2012.