Liability insurance - Immunity - Pension benefits. (a) The board of county commissioners of any county may contract for ambulance service with any city, town, county, person, firm or corporation or combination of them under such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the parties. Such contracts shall provide for the carrying of liability insurance in such amount as may be fixed and may provide for minimum standards of service and equipment. (b) Cities, towns and counties engaged in ambulance or emergency service shall be agents of the State of Oklahoma, acting solely and alone in a governmental capacity, and shall not be liable for any act of commission, omission or negligence while so engaged. (c) Any employee of any city, town or county engaging in ambulance or emergency service at any time or place shall be considered to be serving in regular line of duty and shall be entitled to all the benefits of any pension fund to which he might otherwise be entitled.
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