{"id":"DUT-NJ-007","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"New Jersey Legislature (219th Legislature, S2333/A3910); approved by Governor Philip D. Murphy","authority":"P.L. 2020, c. 18","instrument":"P.L. 2020, c. 18, An Act providing immunity from liability for certain claims alleging injury or death during public health emergency and state of emergency and facilitating issuance of temporary licenses and certifications","title":"COVID-19 health care civil and criminal immunity act (P.L. 2020, c. 18)","dateIssued":"2020-04-14","effective":"2020-04-14 (s. 4: \u0027take effect immediately\u0027); section 1 retroactive to March 9, 2020","end":"2021-09-01 for conduct thereafter (P.L. 2021, c. 103, s. 2, Ex. NJ-053), except individuals engaged in COVID-19 vaccination or testing","startDate":"2020-04-14","endDate":"2021-09-01","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["health care professionals, health care facilities and health care systems (and, under s. 1(d), facilities applying scarce-critical-resource allocation policies); no other employer"],"clause":"a health care professional shall not be liable for civil damages for injury or death alleged to have been sustained as a result of an act or omission by the health care professional in the course of providing medical services in support of the State\u0027s response to the outbreak of coronavirus disease during the public health emergency and state of emergency","enforcement":"None (immunity provision); the condition confines the shield to conduct in support of the State\u0027s response and in good faith to prevent the spread of COVID-19","functions":[],"notes":"Immunity was conferred on health care professionals, facilities and systems only, and only for acts \u0027in support of the State\u0027s response\u0027 or \u0027undertaken in good faith... to support efforts to treat COVID-19 patients and to prevent the spread of COVID-19,\u0027 excluding crime, actual fraud, actual malice, gross negligence, recklessness or willful misconduct; no business outside health care received any immunity.","sourceUrl":"https://pub.njleg.gov/bills/2020/PL20/18_.PDF","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":133769,"grade":"primary","character":"liability_shield_condition","description":"","collection":"DUT-NJ","url":"/library/DUT-NJ-007","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NJ-007","citation":"New Jersey Legislature (219th Legislature, S2333/A3910); approved by Governor Philip D. Murphy, P.L. 2020, c. 18, An Act providing immunity from liability for certain claims alleging injury or death during public health emergency and state of emergency and facilitating issuance of temporary licenses and certifications (Apr. 14, 2020) (Ex. DUT-NJ-007)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["NJ-053","NJ-008","DUT-NJ-008","DUT-NJ-001"]}