consumption or use; (b) A nonprofit charitable organization or an employee of a nonprofit charitable organization which, in good faith, receives or distributes without charge, the food or grocery product; (c) A person who harvests wholesome food and who, in good faith, donates that food to a nonprofit charitable organization for free distribution or to any other person for consumption; or (d) A person to whom wholesome food or a grocery product that is fit for human use has been donated without charge who, in good faith, distributes without charge that food or grocery product to a member of his immediate family, unless the injury or illness directly resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the donor, donee, organization or employee. 2. If an owner or a manager of property allows a person to glean food from that property in order to distribute that food without charge to other persons or donate the food to a nonprofit charitable organization for free distribution, no civil action for an injury or death resulting from that gleaning may be brought against the owner or manager of the property unless the injury or death directly resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the owner or manager. 3. No civil action for an injury or illness which results from the consumption or use of food or a grocery product which does not comply with all of the applicable standards for quality and labeling imposed by federal and state statutes and regulations and local ordinances, may be brought against: (a) A person or an employee of a person who, in good faith, donates the food or grocery product to a nonprofit charitable organization for free distribution if, before the food or grocery product is donated: (1) The person or employee fully informs the organization that the food or grocery product does not comply with the applicable standards; and (2) The organization agrees to recondition the food or grocery product before it is distributed so that it complies with the applicable standards; or (b) A nonprofit organization which receives and distributes without charge the food or grocery product if the organization, or any officer, employee or volunteer of the organization, reconditions the food or grocery product before it is distributed so that it complies with the applicable standards, unless the injury or illness directly resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the donor, organization, officer, employee or volunteer. 4. As used in this section: (a) “Donate” means to: (1) Give food or a grocery product to another person without requiring anything of monetary value from that person; or (2) Sell food or a grocery product for a fee that is significantly less than the cost of the item sold. (b) “Glean” means to gather or collect an agricultural crop which is donated by an owner or manager of property. (c) “Grocery product that is fit for human use” means a grocery product, other than food, which complies with all the applicable standards for quality and labeling imposed by federal and state statutes and regulations and local ordinances. The term includes: (1) Products which are not readily marketable because of packaging, appearance, age, surplus, size or other condition; and (2) Household or industrial cleaning products, personal hygiene products, cleaning equipment and cooking utensils. (d) “Wholesome food” means any raw, cooked, processed or prepared food or beverage which is intended for human consumption and which complies with all the applicable standards for quality and labeling imposed by federal and state statutes and regulations and local ordinances. The term includes food which is not readily marketable because of packaging, appearance, age, freshness, grade, surplus, size or other condition. (Added to NRS by 1981, 694; A 1995, 248) LIABILITY OF PERSONS WHO RENDER EMERGENCY CARE NRS 41.500 General rule; volunteers; members of search and rescue organization; persons rendering cardiopulmonary resuscitation or using defibrillator; presumptions relating to emergency care rendered on public school grounds or in connection with public school activities; business or organization that has defibrillator for use on premises. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 41.505, any person in this State who renders emergency care or assistance in an emergency, gratuitously and in good faith, is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission, not amounting to gross negligence, by him in rendering the emergency care or assistance or as a result of any act or failure to act, not amounting to gross negligence, to provide or arrange for further medical treatment for the injured person. 2. Any person in this State who acts as a driver of an ambulance or attendant on an ambulance operated by a volunteer service or as a volunteer driver or attendant on an ambulance operated by a political subdivision of this State, or owned by the Federal Government and operated by a contractor of the Federal Government, and who in good faith renders emergency care or assistance to any injured or ill person, whether at the scene of an emergency or while transporting an injured or ill person to or from any clinic, doctor’s office or other medical facility, is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission, not amounting to gross negligence, by him in rendering the emergency care or assistance, or as a result of any act or failure to act, not amounting to gross negligence, to provide or arrange for further medical treatment for the injured or ill person. 3. Any appointed member of a volunteer service operating an ambulance or an appointed volunteer serving on an ambulance operated by a political subdivision of this State, other than a driver or attendant, of an ambulance, is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission, not amounting to gross negligence, by him whenever he is performing his duties in good faith. 4. Any person who is a member of a search and rescue organization in this State under the direct supervision of any county sheriff who in good faith renders care or assistance in an emergency to any injured or ill person, whether at the scene of an emergency or while transporting an injured or ill person to or from any clinic, doctor’s office or other medical facility, is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission, not amounting to gross negligence, by him in rendering the emergency care or assistance, or as a result of any act or failure to act, not amounting to gross negligence, to provide or arrange for further medical treatment for the injured or ill person. 5. Any person who is employed by or serves as a volunteer for a public fire-fighting agency and who is authorized pursuant to chapter 450B of NRS to render emergency medical care at the scene of an emergency is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission, not amounting to gross negligence, by that person in rendering that care or as a result of any act or failure to act, not amounting to gross negligence, to provide or arrange for further medical treatment for the injured or ill person. 6. Any person who: (a) Has successfully completed a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation according to the guidelines of the American National Red Cross or American Heart Association; (b) Has successfully completed the training requirements of a course in basic emergency care of a person in cardiac arrest conducted in accordance with the standards of the American Heart Association; or (c) Is directed by the instructions of a dispatcher for an ambulance, air ambulance or other agency that provides emergency medical services before its arrival at the scene of the emergency, and who in good faith renders cardiopulmonary resuscitation in accordance with his t

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