‘Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §222 is enacted to read:
§ 222. Duty to notify
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Second Regular Session - 124th Maine Legislature C "A", Filing Number H-733, Sponsored by
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Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §222 is enacted to read:
§ 222. Duty to notify
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This amendment is the minority report of the committee and replaces the bill. It creates a new civil violation focused on the knowing or intentional failure to report and request first aid for another person who has suffered serious bodily injury. The duty applies regardless of whether the injury was self-inflicted intentionally, recklessly, negligently or accidentally. It does not impose a duty to provide first aid or other medical treatment. The duty is satisfied if another person has already made or agreed to make the report and request for first aid. The duty applies unless making the report and the request for first aid would create danger or peril to the person making the report or others. The creation of the duty does not create a civil cause of action for failing to comply with the duty.