Statutes | Law and Order Code of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Community, Arizona Chapter 6 Article IV ยง 6-59 | 2019
It is a defense to a prosecution pursuant to sections 6-56, 6-57 or 6-58 if the act was done in furtherance of lawful medical practice, or if the act was done by a duly licensed physician, registered nurse or a person acting under his or her direction, or any other person who renders emergency care at the scene of an emergency occurrence, administering a recognized and lawful form of treatment reasonably adapted to promoting the physical or mental health of the patient and the treatment was administered in any emergency when the duly licensed physician, registered nurse or a person acting under his or her direction, or any other person rendering emergence care at the scene of an emergency occurrence, reasonably believed that no one competent to consent could be consulted and to which a reasonable person, wishing to safeguard the welfare to the patient, would consent.
(Law & Order Code 2006, § 6-59 Ft. McD. Res. No. 2011-17, ex. A(§ 6-59), 4-19-2011)