Criminal immunity
N.D. Cent. Code § 32-03.1-03
in effect32-03.1-03. Criminal immunity
No person who renders aid or assistance necessary or helpful in the circumstances to other
persons who have been injured or are ill as the result of an accident or sudden illness or any
mechanical, external, or organic trauma may be criminally charged in this state for having
practiced medicine or nursing without a license, provided that the aider shall relinquish direction
of the care of the injured person when an appropriate person licensed or certified by this state or
by any state or province to provide medical care or assistance assumes responsibility for the
care of the injured person.
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