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90_SB0587enr
745 ILCS 49/42 new
745 ILCS 49/42.5 new
Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that an
optometrist who provides emergency care without fee to a
victim at the scene of an accident shall not be liable for
civil damages. Provides that a person licensed under the
Optometric Practice Act who provides certain services at a
free optometric clinic shall not be liable for civil damages.
LRB900078NTcw
SB587 Enrolled LRB900078NTcw
1 AN ACT to amend the Good Samaritan Act by adding Section
2 42.
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 42 as follows:
7 (745 ILCS 49/42 new)
8 Sec. 42. Optometrists; exemption from civil liability for
9 emergency care. Any optometrist or any person licensed as a
10 optometrist in any other state or territory of the United
11 States who in good faith provides emergency care without fee
12 to a victim of an accident at the scene of an accident shall
13 not, as a result of his or her acts or omissions, except
14 willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the person, in
15 providing the care, be liable for civil damages.