TITLE 54

PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 55

MIDWIFERY

54-5512.  immune from vicarious liability. [effective until july 1, 2024] No physician, hospital, emergency room personnel, emergency medical technician or ambulance personnel shall be liable in any civil action arising out of any injury resulting from an act or omission of a licensed midwife, even if the health care provider has consulted with or accepted a referral from the licensed midwife. A physician who consults with a licensed midwife but who does not examine or treat a client of the midwife shall not be deemed to have created a physician-patient relationship with such client.

History:

[(54-5512) 54-5412, added 2009, ch. 65, sec. 1, p. 184; am. and redesig. 2010, ch. 79, sec. 32, p. 154.]