DUTY TO CALL 911/VIOLATION MISDEMEANOR.

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View NCGA Bill Details2017-2018 Session
House Bill 785 (Public) Filed Tuesday, April 11, 2017
AN ACT PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON WHO KNOWS OR HAS REASON TO KNOW THAT ANOTHER IS IN NEED OF EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE HAS A DUTY TO DIAL 911 TO SUMMON POLICE, FIRE DEPARTMENT, OR AMBULANCE.
Intro. by Iler.

Status: Ref To Com On Judiciary II (House Action) (Apr 13 2017)

Bill History:

H 785

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Apr 12 2017 - View Summary

    Enacts GS 14-202.7, establishing a duty to dial 911 to summon police, fire department, or an ambulance to the scene or use other means to summon emergency assistance when a person who knows or has reason to know that another is in need of emergency assistance. Provides that a person is not required to summon emergency assistance if doing so would place the person in danger or emergency assistance is being summoned by others. Makes a violation of the statute a Class A1 misdemeanor, and makes a violation a Class I felony if the failure to dial 911 is willful or grossly negligent and the person in need of emergency assistance dies as a result of the failure to dial 911. Specifies that the felony of failure to summon emergency assistance is an offense additional to other civil and criminal provisions and is not intended to repeal or preclude any other sanctions or remedies. 

    Grants limited civil immunity for any person who renders first aid or emergency care to a person in need of emergency medical assistance.

    Effective December 1, 2017.