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OH HB288
Bill
Status
6/30/2011
Primary Sponsor
Courtney Combs
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AI Summary
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Adds new definitions to Ohio law for "SWAT team," "tactical emergency medical technician," and "volunteer," and includes volunteer tactical EMTs providing medical assistance to SWAT teams within the definition of "employee" for purposes of civil immunity protections.
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Grants tactical emergency medical technicians the same civil immunity as political subdivision employees when providing volunteer medical assistance to county, township, or municipal SWAT teams at the team's request.
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Exempts tactical emergency medical technicians from firearm prohibitions in liquor permit premises, school safety zones, and courthouse buildings when openly carrying or possessing firearms while performing official duties.
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Allows tactical emergency medical technicians to openly carry and possess firearms on private land or premises posted with firearm prohibition signs when performing official duties, and exempts them from criminal trespass liability in such situations.
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Applies these exemptions and protections only to licensed emergency medical technicians, physicians, or nurses who volunteer to provide medical assistance to SWAT teams, and only while actively performing those official duties.
Legislative Description
To grant an emergency medical technician who is providing volunteer medical assistance to a county, township, or municipal SWAT team at the SWAT team's request the same civil immunity granted to a political subdivision employee and to permit such an emergency medical technician to carry a firearm onto, or possess a firearm on, lands and premises during the time that the technician is providing such medical assistance.
EMT assisting SWAT team-civil immunity/carry firearm
Last Action
To Local Government
6/30/2011