§2793.8. Services rendered by National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster and
other volunteers; limitation of liability
A. The National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster or its member
organizations or any officer, employee, or volunteer thereof, who gratuitously renders any
evacuation assistance or services of any kind to other persons in advance of a hurricane or
tropical storm declared by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration's National Weather Service or who gratuitously renders any disaster relief or
recovery services following a declared state of emergency, shall not be liable to any person
for any injury, death, loss, civil penalty, or damage as a result of any act or omission in
rendering assistance, relief, or recovery services or as a result of any act or failure to act or
failure to provide or arrange for further services, unless the damage or injury was caused by
gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct.
B. Other volunteers who render any disaster relief or recovery services following a
declared state of emergency shall not be liable to any person for any injury, death, loss, civil
penalty, or damage as a result of any act or omission in rendering assistance relief or recovery
services or as a result of any act or failure to act or failure to provide or arrange for further
services, unless the damage or injury was caused by gross negligence or willful and wanton
misconduct and in accordance with R.S. 29:735.3.1.
Acts 2007, No. 109, §1, eff. June 22, 2007; Acts 2018, No. 548, §1.