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| | S. 543 - Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 |
 | | 543 helps taxpayers, volunteers, and recipients of social services by reforming certain liability laws to protect volunteers, nonprofit organizations, and governments from lawsuits that are based on the simple negligence of volunteers. |
 | | 543 provides that a volunteer of a nonprofit organization or government generally will be relieved of liability for harm if the volunteer was acting within the scope of his responsibilities and if he was properly licensed, certified, or authorized for the activities (whenever such licensing, certification, or authorization is appropriate or required). |
 | | The volunteer is not shielded from liability for any harm that is caused by his willful or criminal misconduct, gross negligence, reckless misconduct, or his conscious, flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of the individual who was harmed. |
| www.senate.gov /~rpc/releases/1997/VOLUNTEE.LO.htm (2220 words) |
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