LIABILITY AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

299A.51 LIABILITY AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION. § Subdivision 1.Liability. During operations authorized under section 299A.50, members of a state emergency response asset operating outside their geographic jurisdiction are "employees of the state" as defined in section 3.736. § Subd. 2.Workers' compensation. During operations authorized under section 299A.50, members of a state emergency response asset operating outside their geographic jurisdiction are considered employees of the Department of Public Safety for purposes of chapter 176. § Subd. 3.Limitation. A person who provides personnel and equipment to assist at the scene of an emergency response incident outside the person's geographic jurisdiction or property, at the request of the state or a local unit of government, is not liable for any civil damages resulting from acts or omissions in providing the assistance, unless the person acts in a willful and wanton or reckless manner in providing the assistance. History: 1992 c 593 art 2 s 6; 1995 c 226 art 4 s 5; 2003 c 39 s 3,4; 2023 c 52 art 5 s 19