Nothing in the Emergency Medical Services Act shall prevent fire and rescue services, public safety organizations and other trained units or individuals from rendering emergency first aid to the public commensurate with their training. Nothing in the Emergency Medical Services Act shall be construed to supersede other statutory authority permitting the rendering of first aid. History: Laws 1983, ch. 190, § 9; 1993, ch. 161, § 10; 2003, ch. 243, § 8. ANNOTATIONSThe 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, did not change the text of the section. The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, deleted 'service' after 'first aid' in the first sentence, and substituted 'other statutory authority permitting the rendering of first aid' for 'the provisions of the Search and Rescue Act' in the second sentence.
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