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92_HB1428

 
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 1        AN ACT regarding civil liability.

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

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

 6        (745 ILCS 49/5)
 7        Sec. 5.  Emergency telephone instructions; exemption from
 8    civil liability. No person who gives  emergency  instructions
 9    through  a  system  established under the Emergency Telephone
10    System Act to persons rendering services in an  emergency  at
11    another  location,  nor any person following the instructions
12    in rendering the services, is shall be liable for  any  civil
13    damages as a result of issuing or following the instructions,
14    unless  issuing  or  following  the  instructions constitutes
15    willful or wanton misconduct.
16    (Source: P.A. 89-607, eff. 1-1-97.)

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