Emergency obstetrical services
N.D. Cent. Code § 32-03.1-02.1
in effect32-03.1-02.1. Emergency obstetrical services
A physician licensed under chapter 43-17 who renders emergency obstetrical care or
assistance to a pregnant female in active labor who has not previously been cared for in
connection with the pregnancy by the physician or by another person professionally associated
with the physician and whose medical records are not reasonably available to the physician is
not liable in any personal injury civil action for acts or omissions resulting from the rendering of
that emergency care or assistance, unless it is plainly alleged in the complaint and later proven
that the physician's acts or omissions constituted intentional misconduct or gross negligence.
The immunity from civil liability provided by this section does not extend to a physician who
renders emergency obstetrical care or assistance with an expectation of remuneration or who
collects a fee for rendering that care or assistance.
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