Fla. Stat. § 768.13
Good Samaritan Act; immunity from civil liability
Plain-English summary
Common Elements summary — Section 768.13 (the Good Samaritan Act) grants immunity from civil liability to a person who, gratuitously and in good faith, renders emergency medical care or treatment to an injured person at the scene of an emergency, outside a hospital or similar facility, so long as the person acts as an ordinarily reasonable person would have acted under the circumstances. For HOA and COA boards this section protects volunteer board members, residents, and association staff who respond to a medical emergency on association property — performing CPR, using a community AED, helping an injured resident before paramedics arrive. So long as the response is gratuitous, in good faith, and not reckless, the responder is shielded. The protection extends to the association itself when it makes an AED available without charge under associated AED-good-samaritan provisions, provided the AED is properly maintained and the association complies with the registration/notification rules under 401.2915. Boards that buy an AED but then let the battery die or refuse to share its location with first responders erode the immunity.
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