Emergency Medical Aid Act
Consolidated act- Citation
- R.S.N.W.T. 1988, c.E-4
- Source
- Unofficial consolidation PDF (justice.gov.nt.ca) consolidation downloaded Jun 6, 2026
This is an unofficial reading copy parsed from the Department of Justice consolidation PDF above — itself an office consolidation, not an official statement of the law. The authoritative text is in the Revised Statutes of the Northwest Territories, 1988 and the annual Statutes volumes.
- s.1 amended by Nursing Profession Act, SNWT 2023,c.32,s.116 in force Nov. 1, 2023 (SI-005-2023)
Definition: "nurse"
1.In this Act, "nurse" means a person who is registered under the Nursing Profession Act and has a nursing designation as defined in subsection 1(1) of that Act. SNWT 2023,c.32,s.116.
Protection of certain persons from action
2.Where, in respect of a person who is ill, injured or unconscious as the result of an accident or other emergency,
(a) a medical practitioner or nurse voluntarily renders emergency medical services or first aid assistance, and the services or assistance are not rendered at a hospital or other place having adequate medical facilities and equipment, or
(b) a person other than a medical practitioner or a nurse voluntarily renders emergency first aid assistance,
the medical practitioner, nurse or other person is not liable for damages for injuries to or the death of that person alleged to have been caused by an act or omission on the part of the medical practitioner, nurse or other person in rendering the medical services or first aid assistance, unless it is established that the injuries or death were caused by gross negligence on the part of the medical practitioner, nurse or other person. SNWT 2003,c.15,s.75(3).
Yellowknife, N.W.T.
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