Physicians are looking for more protection under a Good Samaritan law:

M-Power Ministries and the nonprofit Alabama Association of Free Clinics are asking the state to help. Specifically, they want the Legislature to add retired doctors to the list of professionals protected by the 2000 Good Samaritan law. They also want the state to look for ways to provide liability coverage to retired but uninsured doctors.

Ryan Hankins, executive director of M-Power Ministries and president of the free clinic association, said retired physicians are leery of the untested law, which leaves a door open for patients to sue for “willful or wanton misconduct.”

(via PointofLaw.com)