If you perform a surgical operation on someone, you are protected from getting in trouble with the law. This is because you did the operation to help the person, and you did it with reasonable care and skill. You also made sure it was a reasonable thing to do, considering the person's condition and the situation at the time.
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Every one is protected from criminal responsibility for performing with reasonable care and skill any surgical operation upon any person for his or her benefit, if the performance of the operation was reasonable, having regard to the patient's state at the time and to all the circumstances of the case.
