Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-218 (2026)

"Good Samaritan Law."

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(a) This section shall be known and cited as the "Good Samaritan Law."

(b) Any person, including those licensed to practice medicine and surgery and including any person licensed or certified to render service ancillary thereto, or any member of a volunteer first aid, rescue or emergency squad that provides emergency public first aid and rescue services, shall not be liable to victims or persons receiving emergency care for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission by such person in rendering the emergency care or as a result of any act or failure to act to provide or arrange for further medical treatment or care for the injured person, except such damages as may result from the gross negligence of the person rendering such emergency care, who in good faith:
- (1) Renders emergency care at the scene of an accident, medical emergency and/or disaster, while en route from such scene to a medical facility and while assisting medical personnel at the receiving medical facility, including use of an automated external defibrillator, to the victim or victims thereof without making any direct charge for the emergency care; or
- (2) Participates or assists in rendering emergency care, including use of an automated external defibrillator, to persons attending or participating in performances, exhibitions, banquets, sporting events, religious or other gatherings open to the general public, with or without an admission charge, whether or not such emergency care is made available as a service, planned in advance by the promoter of the event and/or any other person or association.

(c) A receiving medical facility shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission on the part of any member of a volunteer first aid, rescue or emergency squad that provides emergency public first aid and rescue services while such person is assisting medical personnel at the receiving medical facility.

(d) The members of such volunteer fire squad, while providing fire protection within such area outside of a plant, shall be liable to suit under the provisions of the Governmental Tort Liability Act, compiled in title 29, chapter 20, part 2, if:
- (1) A volunteer fire squad is organized by a private company for the protection of the plant and grounds of such company;
- (2) Such squad is willing to respond and does respond to calls to provide fire protection for residents living within a six (6) mile radius of the county surrounding such plant; and
- (3) The plant is located in a county that does not otherwise provide fire protection to such residents.

Acts 1963, ch. 46, §§ 1, 2; 1976, ch. 551, § 1; T.C.A., § 63-622; Acts 1985, ch. 338, §§ 1-4; 1994, ch. 556, § 1; 1998, ch. 963, § 5; 1999, ch. 488, §§ 1, 2.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1985–2013 · leading case: Fred v. Wilson v. Monroe Cnty., Tennessee, 411 S.W.3d 431 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013).

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Fred v. Wilson v. Monroe Cnty., Tennessee, 411 S.W.3d 431 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “Monroe County next argues that we should interpret the Good Samaritan *443 Law, Tenn.Code Ann. § 63-6-218 (2010), to insulate it from liability.”

Lindsey v. Miami Dev. Corp., 689 S.W.2d 856 (Tenn. 1985). “The Defendant Castile relies upon T.C.A. 63-6-218, the Good Samaritan law, which provides that anyone who, in good faith, renders emergency care to a person at a gathering open to the general public shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission by…”

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