(a) Retired physicians and surgeons who are still licensed to practice medicine by the Arkansas State Medical Board under the laws of the State of Arkansas, and who render medical services voluntarily and without compensation to any person at any free or low-cost medical clinic located in the State of Arkansas and registered by the State Board of Health, which accepts no insurance payments and provides medical services free of charge to persons unable to pay or provides medical services for a nominal fee, shall not be liable for any civil damages for any act or omission resulting from the rendering of such medical services, unless the act or omission was the result of the licensee's gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(b) The State Board of Health is empowered to adopt such rules and regulations as it may determine necessary to provide for the registration of free or low-cost medical clinics under this section. Provided, the rules and regulations shall require that each person, patient, or client to whom medical services are provided has been fully informed before any treatment by the physician providing the services or by the staff of the medical clinic of the immunity from civil suit provisions of this section, and has acknowledged that fact in writing on a form approved or designated by the Department of Health.
(c) The State Board of Health and its members, and the department and its agents and employees, are exempt and immune from liability for any claims or damages when performing their duties pursuant to this section.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not affect the Arkansas Volunteer Immunity Act, § 16-6-101 et seq.
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