AB 522

This bill allows an emergency medical technician or a first responder to render

first aid services to a sick or injured domestic animal that the emergency medical

technician or first responder encounters in the course of responding to a call for

services before the domestic animal is transferred to a veterinarian for further

treatment. Under the bill, a domestic animal is a dog, cat, or other house pet. The

service provided to the domestic animal must be in the scope of practice of the

emergency medical technician or first responder when applied to human beings.

The bill provides civil and criminal immunity for ambulance service providers,

emergency medical technicians, or first responders for any outcomes resulting from

the rendering of first aid to the domestic animal. The bill also provides civil and

criminal immunity for those persons for declining to render first aid to a domestic

animal.