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91_HB1773eng
HB1773 Engrossed LRB9103992WHdv
1 AN ACT to amend the Good Samaritan Act by changing
2 Section 12.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by changing
6 Section 12 as follows:
7 (745 ILCS 49/12)
8 Sec. 12. Use of an automatic external defibrillator;
9 exemption from civil liability for emergency care.
10 (a) Any person who has successfully completed the
11 training requirements of a course in basic emergency care of
12 a person in cardiac arrest that:
13 (i) included training in the operation and use of
14 an automatic external defibrillator; and
15 (ii) was conducted in accordance with the standards
16 of the American Heart Association or the American Red
17 Cross,
18 and who, in good faith, not for compensation, renders
19 emergency medical care involving the use of an automatic
20 external defibrillator in accordance with his or her
21 training is not liable for any civil damages as a result of
22 any act or omission, except for willful and wanton
23 misconduct, by that person in rendering that care.
24 (b) A person or entity that owns, occupies, or manages a
25 building or portion of a building in which a person meeting
26 the criteria set forth in subsection (a) renders emergency
27 medical care involving the use of an automatic external
28 defibrillator in accordance with subsection (a) is not liable
29 for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission,
30 except for willful and wanton misconduct, by the person
31 rendering that care.
HB1773 Engrossed -2- LRB9103992WHdv
1 (Source: P.A. 90-746, eff. 8-14-98.)
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