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Torts General Provisions: Provide Immunity To Dental Students, James R. Westbury Jr.
Torts General Provisions: Provide Immunity To Dental Students, James R. Westbury Jr.
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act immunizes dental students from tort liability for acts or omissions in providing dental treatment as part of their academic curriculum. Medical facilities, academic institutions, and dentists overseeing the work of the dental treatment are not provided immunity. The Act exempts willful of wanton conduct from the immunity.
Torts General Provisions: Provide Immunity To Physicians Providing Uncompensated Services To Nonprofessional Athletes, James R. Westbury Jr.
Torts General Provisions: Provide Immunity To Physicians Providing Uncompensated Services To Nonprofessional Athletes, James R. Westbury Jr.
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act immunizes licensed physicians from civil liability for acts or omissions committed while providing physical examinations or serving as team doctors on a voluntary basis to amateur or nonprofessional athletes. Physicians guilty of willful of wanton acts or omissions do not receive immunity.