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§23-28.2-17  Relief from responsibility. –


Published: 2015

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TITLE 23

Health and Safety

CHAPTER 23-28.2

Division of Fire Safety

SECTION 23-28.2-17



   § 23-28.2-17  Relief from responsibility.

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The state fire marshal, his or her deputies, and assistants, charged with the

enforcement of the Fire Safety Code and the director of the fire academy and

his or her instructors charged with fire education and training as governed by,

chapters 28.1 through 28.39 of this title, shall not render themselves liable

personally, and they are hereby relieved from all personal liability for any

damage that may accrue to persons or property as a result of any act required

or permitted in the discharge of their official duties. Any suit instituted

against any officer or employee because of an act performed by him or her in

the lawful discharge of his or her duties, and under the provisions of the Fire

Safety Code and the fire education and training unit, shall be defended by the

legal representative of the state until the final termination of the

proceedings. In no case shall the fire marshal, his or her deputies, or

assistants, the fire academy director or his or her instructors be liable for

costs in any action, suit, or proceedings that may be instituted in pursuance

of the provisions of the Fire Safety Code or the fire education and training

unit, and any fire marshal or fire academy instructor, acting in good faith and

without malice, shall be free from liability for acts performed under any of

its provisions or by reason of any act or omission in the performance of his or

her official duties in connection therewith. The protection afforded herein to

the Rhode Island fire academy instructors shall apply only to those instructors

who are active or retired members of a paid or volunteer Rhode Island fire

department.



History of Section.

(P.L. 1975, ch. 165, § 12; P.L. 2013, ch. 292, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch.

373, § 1.)