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HB2778 Engrossed                               LRB9202212OBpr

 1        AN ACT in relation to civil immunities.

 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 10 as follows:

 6        (745 ILCS 49/10)
 7        Sec. 10.  Cardiopulmonary resuscitation;  exemption  from
 8    civil  liability  for  emergency  care.  Any person currently
 9    certified in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation who complies
10    with generally recognized standards, and who in  good  faith,
11    not  for  compensation,  provides  emergency  cardiopulmonary
12    resuscitation  to a person who is an apparent victim of acute
13    cardiopulmonary insufficiency is shall not, as the result  of
14    his  or  her acts or omissions in providing resuscitation, be
15    liable for  civil  damages,  unless  the  acts  or  omissions
16    constitute willful and wanton misconduct.
17    (Source: P.A. 89-607, eff. 1-1-97; 90-742, eff. 8-13-98.)

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