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90_HB3564
745 ILCS 49/12 new
Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that a person who
has successfully completed certain training requirements and
who, in good faith, not for compensation, renders emergency
medical care involving the use of an automatic external
defibrillator is not liable for any civil damages as a result
of any act or omission, except for willful and wanton
misconduct, by that person in rendering that care. Also
creates an exemption from civil liability for a business or
organization that employs such a person. Effective
immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Good Samaritan Act by adding Section
2 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 adding
6 Section 12 as follows:
7 (745 ILCS 49/12 new)
8 Sec. 12. Use of an automatic external defibrillator;
9 exemption from civil liability for emergency care. Any
10 person who has successfully completed the training
11 requirements of a course in basic emergency care of a person
12 in cardiac arrest that:
13 (i) included training in the operation and use of an
14 automatic external defibrillator; and
15 (ii) was conducted in accordance with the standards
16 of the American Heart Association,
17 and who, in good faith, not for compensation, renders
18 emergency medical care involving the use of an automatic
19 external defibrillator in accordance with his or her
20 training is not liable for any civil damages as a result of
21 any act or omission, except for willful and wanton
22 misconduct, by that person in rendering that care. A business
23 or organization that employs a person who renders emergency
24 care in good faith, not for compensation, in accordance with
25 this Section is not liable for any civil damages as a result
26 of any act or omission, except for willful and wanton
27 misconduct, by the person rendering the care or for providing
28 the automatic external defibrillator to the person for the
29 purpose of rendering the care.
30 Section 99. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.