95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB3030


 
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Tom Cross
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













745 ILCS 49/10










    Amends the Good Samaritan Act.  Makes a technical change in the Section
concerning immunity from civil liability for providing emergency
cardiopulmonary resuscitation to an apparent victim of acute cardiopulmonary
insufficiency.
















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A BILL FOR









 











HB3030

LRB095 06632 AJO 26738 b






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    AN ACT concerning civil law.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 


 
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    Section 5. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by changing 
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Section 10 as follows:
 



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    (745 ILCS 49/10)



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    Sec. 10. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; exemption from 
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civil liability
for emergency care.  Any person currently 
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certified in basic
cardiopulmonary resuscitation who complies 
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with generally
recognized standards, and
and who in good faith, 
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not for
compensation, provides emergency cardiopulmonary

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resuscitation to a person who is an apparent victim of acute

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cardiopulmonary insufficiency shall not, as the result of
his 
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or her acts or omissions in providing resuscitation, be
liable 
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for civil damages, unless the acts or omissions
constitute 
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willful and wanton misconduct.
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(Source: P.A. 89-607, eff. 1-1-97; 90-742, eff. 8-13-98.)