GOVERNOR DOUGLAS A. DUCEY STATE EXECUTIV- ORDEQ Executive Order 2020-27 The ?Good Samaritan? Order Protecting Frontline Healthcare Workers Responding to the COVID-19 Outbreak WHEREAS, on March 11, 2020 a Public Health State of Emergency was declared in Arizona to prepare for, prevent, respond to, and mitigate the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus and WHEREAS, the disease caused by is contagious and can be fatal; and WHEREAS, healthcare providers including doctors, nurses, and respiratory technicians are on the front lines of treating and have exhibited heroism in doing so; and WHEREAS, there are currently no treatments for COVID-19 that have been approved by the US. Food and Drug Administration and clinical trials are in early stages; and WHEREAS, there is a compelling need to maximize participation of medical providers and healthcare facilities in treating patients to ensure that Arizonans have access to treatment when needed; and WHEREAS, many health professionals are concerned that in providing care for patients with COVID-19, for which there are no de?ned treatments and for which across the globe there has been a shortage of hospital beds and equipment for treating such patients, they are subjecting themselves to liability; and WHEREAS, it is in the public interest to afford such individuals protection against liability for their good faith efforts to provide assistance in response to the state?s need to supplement the healthcare workforce; and WHEREAS, Arizona has a history of providing protections to healthcare providers, emergency medical technicians and emergency workers who act in good faith in emergency situations through Good Samaritan laws such as A.R.S. 32?1471, in order to encourage their participation in emergency situations; and WHEREAS, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, provides protections solely for volunteer healthcare professionals in the provision of healthcare services during the COVID- 19 public health emergency; and WHEREAS, although state law provides some protections for healthcare professionals and volunteers, it is necessary to provide assurance to those working on the front lines of this pandemic by providing healthcare professionals and healthcare facilities with clear protections related speci?cally to the response. NOW, THEREFORE, 1, Douglas A. Ducey, Governor of the State of Arizona, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of this state, speci?cally A.R.S. 26-303, hereby order as follows: 1. Notwithstanding any provision of the Arizona Revised Statutes, law, associated regulations, rules, policies, or procedures, an Arizona healthcare professional licensed pursuant to A.R.S. Title 32, Chapters 13volunteer health professional registered and recruited through the Arizona Emergency System for the Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals who in the course of providing medical services in support of the State?s public health emergency for COVID-19, is presumed to have acted in good faith and is immune from civil liability. Notwithstanding any provision of the Arizona Revised Statutes, law, associated regulations, rules, policies, or procedures, an Arizona Emergency Medical Care Technician licensed pursuant to A.R.S. Title 36, Chapter 21.1, who in the course of providing emergency care services in support of the State?s public health emergency for is presumed to have acted in good faith and is immune from civil liability. . Notwithstanding any provision of the Arizona Revised Statutes, law, associated regulations, rules, policies or procedures, an Arizona healthcare professional, an Arizona healthcare institution licensed pursuant to A.R.S. Title 36, Chapter 4, any entity operating a modular ?eld treatment facility, or other site whether or not it is a licensed healthcare institution, designated by the Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services for temporary use in support of the State?s response or an Emergency Medical Care Technician, is immune from civil liability for triage decisions made in the course of providing medical services based on good faith reliance of mandatory or voluntary state-approved protocols under the public health emergency declaration for COVID-19. Notwithstanding any provision of the Arizona Revised Statutes, law, associated regulations, rules, policies, or procedures, an Arizona healthcare institution licensed pursuant to A.R.S. Title 36, Chapter 4, any entity Operating a modular ?eld treatment facility, or other site whether or not it is a licensed healthcare institution, designated by the Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services for temporary use in support of the State?s response, is immune from civil liability for any acts or omissions undertaken in good faith by one or more of its agents, officers, employees, representatives or volunteers while providing healthcare services in support of the State?s public health emergency declaration for . This order does not provide immunity from civil liability to a healthcare professional, volunteer, Arizona Emergency Medical Care Technician, a healthcare institution or its agents, of?cers, employees, representatives or volunteers for gross negligence or reckless or will?il misconduct including, but not limited to, the healthcare professional volunteer or other individual rendering medical care services under the in?uence of alcohol or an intoxicating drug. . Nothing in this order removes or negates any other defenses against liability provided under law. . The immunities granted herein for actions or omissions undertaken during the term of this order shall survive expiration of this Executive Order. . This Executive Order shall expire on June 30, 2020 unless extended. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be af?xed the Great Seal of the State of Arizona 0b GOVERNOR DONE at the Capitol in Phoenix on this ninth day of April in the Year Two Thousand Twenty and of the Independence of the United States of America 3% . .- J. . the Two Hundred and Forty-Fourth\?K?xe?l ATTEST: Secretary of State