good Samaritan law

American  

noun

1. a law that exempts from legal liability persons, sometimes only physicians, who give reasonable aid to strangers in grave physical distress.

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Example Sentences

One of its recommendations was the government should encourage more people to take action when they see bad behaviour and consider introducing a so-called Good Samaritan law.

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"My proposal for a Good Samaritan law is exactly that," said Ms Naz.

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Meanwhile Germany, Italy, Poland and Portugal all have a 'duty to rescue law' - rather than a Good Samaritan Law - making it a criminal offence to fail to provide assistance in an emergency, if they can reasonably do so without putting their own life at risk.

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Countries around the world that enforce some kind of Good Samaritan law, legally protecting those who do assist from fear of being sued for "ordinary negligence", include the US, Canada and Finland.

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New recommendations in part two of the Angiolini Inquiry include encouraging more people to take action when they see bad behaviour, with the introduction of a wider Good Samaritan law as well as consistent collection and sharing of data on national and local levels.

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