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Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 32-1471 (2026)

Health care provider and any other person; emergency aid; nonliability

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Any health care provider licensed or certified to practice as such in this state or elsewhere, or a licensed ambulance attendant, driver or pilot as defined in section 41-1831, or any other person who renders emergency care at a public gathering or at the scene of an emergency occurrence gratuitously and in good faith shall not be liable for any civil or other damages as the result of any act or omission by such person rendering the emergency care, or as the result of any act or failure to act to provide or arrange for further medical treatment or care for the injured persons, unless such person, while rendering such emergency care, is guilty of gross negligence.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1975–2025 · leading case: Miller v. Arnal Corp., 632 P.2d 987 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1981).
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Miller v. Arnal Corp., 632 P.2d 987 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 8× “The Arizona Legislature has also limited the liability of persons who render “emergency care” gratuitously and in good faith to circumstances of gross rather than ordinary negligence, whether liability is alleged to exist as a result of an act or a failure to act.”
Guerrero v. Copper Queen Hosp., 537 P.2d 1329 (Ariz. 1975). · cites it 4× “The appellees argue that A.R.S. § 32-1471 concerning individuals gratuitously rendering emergency care relieves such persons of liability for civil or other damages unless they are guilty of gross negligence.”
Barnum v. Rural Fire Prot. Co., 537 P.2d 618 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1975). · cites it 2× “A.R.S. § 32-1471 r.eads as follows: “32-1471.”
Ward v. Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 873 P.2d 688 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “A.R.S. § 32-1471 provides, in part: Any .”
Robin Roebuck v. Mayo Clinic (Ariz. 2025). · cites it 2× “104, 106 (1975) (noting that “[t]he apparent purpose” of A.R.S. § 32-1471, which requires gross negligence in claims against individuals gratuitously rendering emergency care, was “to relieve the burden of liability” on those individuals).”
John D. Rochon v. City of Nome, Allen Wright, & Jackie L.Reader, 568 P.3d 8 (Alaska 2025). “29 Good Samaritan laws were passed to encourage rescues by eliminating the threat of liability.”
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