# Alaska Stat. § 09.65.090: Civil liability for emergency aid

> Alaska · Statutes · Reserved

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T9_C09.65_S09.65.090

## Section

- **Citation:** Alaska Stat. § 09.65.090
- **Heading:** Civil liability for emergency aid
- **Jurisdiction:** Alaska
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** Reserved
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** AK Code / Title 9 / Chapter 09.65 / Section 09.65.090

## Text

(a) A person at a hospital or any other location who renders emergency care or emergency counseling to an injured, ill, or emotionally distraught person who reasonably appears to the person rendering the aid to be in immediate need of emergency aid in order to avoid serious harm or death is not liable for civil damages as a result of an act or omission in rendering emergency aid.

(b) A member of an organization that exists for the purpose of providing emergency services is not liable for civil damages for injury to a person that results from an act or omission in providing first aid, search, rescue, or other emergency services to the person, regardless of whether the member is under a preexisting duty to render assistance, if the member provided the service while acting as a volunteer member of the organization; in this subsection, “volunteer” means a person who is paid not more than $10 a day and a total of not more than $500 a year, not including ski lift tickets and reimbursement for expenses actually incurred, for providing emergency services.

(c) The immunity provided under (b) of this section does not apply to civil damages that result from providing or attempting to provide any of the following advanced life support techniques unless the person who provided them was authorized by law to provide them: (1) manual electric cardiac defibrillation;

(2) administration of antiarrhythmic agents;

(3) intravenous therapy;

(4) intramuscular therapy; or

(5) use of endotracheal intubation devices.

(d) This section does not preclude liability for civil damages as a result of gross negligence or reckless or intentional misconduct.

(e) [Repealed, § 2 ch 92 SLA 2003.] (f) [Repealed, § 2 ch 92 SLA 2003.]

## Nearby sections

- [Alaska Stat. § 09.65.070 Suits against incorporated units of local government.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T9_C09.65_S09.65.070.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 09.65.080 Suits by incorporated units of local government.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T9_C09.65_S09.65.080.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 09.65.083 Civil liability of nonprofit and university fire departments.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T9_C09.65_S09.65.083.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 09.65.085 Civil liability of electric utility.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T9_C09.65_S09.65.085.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 09.65.087 Civil liability for use of an automated external defibrillator.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T9_C09.65_S09.65.087.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 09.65.090 Civil liability for emergency aid.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T9_C09.65_S09.65.090.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 09.65.091 Civil liability for responding to disaster.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T9_C09.65_S09.65.091.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 09.65.092 Civil liability for voluntary aircraft safety inspection.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T9_C09.65_S09.65.092.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 09.65.093 Civil liability relating to aircraft runways, airfields, and landing areas.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T9_C09.65_S09.65.093.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 09.65.094 Liability for inspection, installation, or adjustment of a child safety seat.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T9_C09.65_S09.65.094.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 09.65.095 Liability for administration of blood test.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T9_C09.65_S09.65.095.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 09.65.096 Civil liability of hospitals for certain physicians.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T9_C09.65_S09.65.096.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 09.65.097 Civil liability for emergency veterinary care.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T9_C09.65_S09.65.097.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 09.65.112 Civil liability for aircraft and watercraft guest passengers.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T9_C09.65_S09.65.112.md)

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