Minnesota Session Laws - 1999, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 108-S.F.No. 436 
                  An act relating to municipal tort liability; limiting 
                  liability for 911 dispatchers providing prearrival 
                  medical instruction; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, 
                  section 466.03, by adding a subdivision. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 466.03, is 
        amended by adding a subdivision to read:  
           Subd. 19.  [EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH.] Any claim based 
        upon the acts or omissions of a 911 telecommunicator or 
        dispatcher, who is certified in emergency medical dispatch by a 
        program incorporating nationally recognized standards, acting in 
        good faith in providing prearrival medical instruction based 
        upon the emergency medical dispatch protocols adopted by the 
        dispatching agency. 
           Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment 
        and applies to causes of action arising on or after that date. 
           Presented to the governor April 26, 1999 
           Signed by the governor April 27, 1999, 11:27 a.m.