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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, § 12B (2026)

Emergency care of injured persons; exemption from civil liability

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Section 12B. No physician duly registered under the provisions of section two, two A, nine, nine A or nine B, no physician assistant duly registered under the provisions of section nine I or his employing or supervising physician, and no nurse duly registered or licensed under the provisions of section seventy-four, seventy-four A or seventy-six, or resident in another state, in the District of Columbia or in a province of Canada, and duly registered therein, who, in good faith, as a volunteer and without fee, renders emergency care or treatment, other than in the ordinary course of his practice, shall be liable in a suit for damages as a result of his acts or omissions, nor shall he be liable to a hospital for its expenses if, under such emergency conditions, he orders a person hospitalized or causes his admission.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1980–1990 · leading case: Hopper v. Callahan, 562 N.E.2d 621 (Mass. 1990).
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Hopper v. Callahan, 562 N.E.2d 621 (Mass. 1990). · cites it 2× “The single justice of the Appeals Court also allowed, on the same terms, interlocutory review of the denial of summary judgment on the claim of Parks that he was entitled to immunity under G. L. c. 112, § 12B (1988 ed.), known as the Good Samaritan statute, and also under G.”
In the Matter of Spring, 405 N.E.2d 115 (Mass. 1980). “Tyler, 3 Allen 225 , 227-229 (1861); G. L. c. 112, §§ 12B, 12F. We have treated the consent of a parent as the equivalent of consent for his minor child.”
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