Wisconsin Code § 323.45

Providers of equipment and other items
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(1)
Except as provided in subs. (2) and (4), no person who provides
equipment, materials, facilities, labor, or services is liable for the
death of or injury to any person or damage to any property caused
by his or her actions if the person did so under all of the following
conditions:
(a) Under the direction of the governor, the adjutant general,
the governing body, chief or acting chief executive officer, or head
of emergency management of any local unit of government or
federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state,
the department of health services if that department is designated
by the governor under s. 323.10, or the local health department
acting under s. 251.05 (3) (e).
(b) In response to enemy action, a disaster, or a federally declared state of emergency or during a state of emergency declared
by the governor.
(2) This section does not apply if the person’s act or omission
involved reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct.
(3) This section does not affect the right of any person to receive benefits to which he or she otherwise would be entitled under the worker’s compensation law or under any pension law, nor
does it affect entitlement to any other benefits or compensation
authorized by state or federal law.
(4) (a) This section does not apply to a person’s provision of
services if s. 257.03 or 323.41 applies.
(b) This section does not apply to a person’s provision of facilities if s. 257.04 or 323.44 applies.

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