Sec. 1. 24 MRSA §2904, sub-§§1 and 2, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 625, Pt. C, §3, are amended to read:

1. Health care practitioners. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any public or private and special law, a licensed health care practitioner who voluntarily, without the expectation or receipt of monetary or other compensation either directly or indirectly, provides professional services within the scope of that health care practitioner's licensure to a nonprofit organization or to an agency of the State or any political subdivision of the State or; to members or recipients of services of that organization or state or local agency; or in support of the State's response to a public health threat as defined in Title 22, section 801, subsection 10, an extreme public health emergency or a disaster as defined in Title 37-B, section 703, subsection 2 is not liable for an injury or death arising from those services unless the injury or death was caused willfully, wantonly, recklessly or by gross negligence of the health care practitioner.

2. Retired physicians, podiatrists and dentists. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any public or private and special law, a licensed physician, podiatrist or dentist who has retired from practice and who voluntarily, without the expectation or receipt of monetary or other compensation either directly or indirectly, provides professional services within the scope of that physician's, podiatrist's or dentist's licensure to a nonprofit organization or to an agency of the State or any political subdivision of the State or; to members or recipients of services of that organization or state or local agency; or in support of the State's response to a public health threat as defined in Title 22, section 801, subsection 10, an extreme public health emergency or a disaster as defined in Title 37- B, section 703, subsection 2 is not liable for an injury or death arising from those services unless the injury or death was caused willfully, wantonly or recklessly by the physician, podiatrist or dentist. This extended immunity applies only if the licensed physician, podiatrist or dentist retired from practice, possessed an unrestricted license in the relevant profession and had not been disciplined by the licensing board in the previous 5 years at the time of the act or omission causing the injury.

Sec. 3. 24 MRSA §2904, sub-§3, ķA-1 is enacted to read:

A-1.__"Extreme public health emergency" means the occurrence or imminent threat of widespread exposure to a highly infectious or toxic agent that poses an imminent threat of substantial harm to the population of the State;