§300ff–88. Rules of construction
(a) Liability of medical facilities and designated officers
This subpart may not be construed to authorize any cause of action for damages or any civil penalty against any medical facility, or any designated officer, for failure to comply with the duties established in this subpart.
(b) Testing
This subpart may not, with respect to victims of emergencies, be construed to authorize or require a medical facility to test any such victim for any infectious disease.
(c) Confidentiality
This subpart may not be construed to authorize or require any medical facility, any designated officer of emergency response employees, or any such employee, to disclose identifying information with respect to a victim of an emergency or with respect to an emergency response employee.
(d) Failure to provide emergency services
This subpart may not be construed to authorize any emergency response employee to fail to respond, or to deny services, to any victim of an emergency.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXVI, §2688, as added