Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
Filed: 3/2/2011
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1549 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1549 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

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



6    (745 ILCS 49/10)



7    Sec. 10. 
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; exemption from 
8civil liability
for emergency care.  Any person trained 
9currently certified in basic
cardiopulmonary resuscitation who 
10complies with generally
recognized standards, and who in good 
11faith, not for
compensation, provides emergency 
12cardiopulmonary
resuscitation in accordance with his or her 
13training to a person who is an apparent victim of acute

14cardiopulmonary insufficiency shall not, as the result of
his 
15or her acts or omissions in providing resuscitation, be
liable 
16for civil damages, unless the acts or omissions
constitute 
 
 
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1willful and wanton misconduct.

2(Source: P.A. 89-607, eff. 1-1-97; 90-742, eff. 8-13-98.)

 

3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
4becoming law.".