(745 ILCS 49/10)
Sec. 10.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; exemption from civil liability
for emergency care. Any person trained in basic
cardiopulmonary resuscitation who has successfully completed training in accordance with the standards of the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association and who in good faith, not for
compensation, provides emergency cardiopulmonary
resuscitation in accordance with his or her training to a person who is an apparent victim of acute
cardiopulmonary insufficiency shall not, as the result of
his or her acts or omissions in providing resuscitation, be
liable for civil damages, unless the acts or omissions
constitute willful and wanton misconduct.
(Source: P.A. 97-150, eff. 7-18-11.)
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