Wilderness Medical Society July 2005
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© 2005 James H. Moss,
Outdoorlaw@earthlink.net
, 303-807-2275,
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c) If you require your guides to be trained in first aid.....
40) Good Samaritan Act only protects the pure innocent bystander who stops to help
41) As such commercial, non-profit and other educational program guides are not
protected by the Good Samaritan law
42) Physicians who provide this services are not providing care protected by Good
Samaritan also
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Jim is also a risk management consultant and attorney. Mr. Moss is the author or
co-author of six books: The Lawyer's Advisor, Outdoor Recreation, Travel, and
Hospitality Forms, Outdoor Recreation Insurance and Law, and co-author of Legal
Liability and Risk Management in Adventure Tourism. He is contributing author of
the Boy Scouts Fieldbook. He also has a new textbook coming out this year Outdoor
Recreation Risk Management, Insurance and Law
Jim Moss is an adjunct professor for Colorado Mountain College. He teaches the
Risk Management course for the Ski Area Operations and is the author of the
online curriculum for that program. Jim is an adjunct professor for the University of
Utah teaching Outdoor Recreation, Insurance, Risk Management and Law in the
Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism.
Jim consults with service oriented industries to decrease their risk of being sued.
He has dealt with six fatalities that resulted in no litigation and no claims paid. Mr.
Moss has been published in numerous publications and been quoted in the Wall
Street Journal, the Denver Post, and the Rocky Mountain News. He has made
presentations to Colorado attorneys in continuing education courses, the Western
River Guides Association, the Professional Paddlesports Association, the Boy Scouts
of America, and the Association for Outdoor Recreation and Education, the
Wilderness Education Association, and federal land management agencies.
His clients range from manufactures and importers to independent representatives
and retailers as well as federal concessionaires. He represents a variety of industry
organizations and companies. He represents over 200 College and University
programs across the US, Canada, and Mexico.
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