Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 34

FORMERLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 77

AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1 AND SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 66, TITLE 16, DELAWARE CODE, RELATING TO LIABILITY IN THE PERFORMANCE OF INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE FOR THE DELAWARE STATE FIRE SCHOOL.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend Chapter 66, Title 16, of the Delaware Code, by adding thereto a new §6616A to read as follows:

"§6616A. Liability in the Performance of Instructional Service

(a) No full-time or part-time instructor certified, assigned, approved or contracted by the Delaware State Fire School who in good faith provides instructional services shall be liable for any civil damages as a result of issuing such instructions, unless guilty of gross or willful negligence.

(a) No university, college or medical facility, nor any other entity nor any of its faculty members, participating in good faith as part of an approved Delaware State Fire School training or educational program, shall be liable for any civil damages as a result of any primary or continuing training or educational practice by any enrolled students unless guilty of gross or willful negligence.

Approved June 2, 1987.