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92_HB5105
LRB9212157WHcs
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.)