|
|
Public Act 094-1088
|
| SB1195 Enrolled |
LRB094 04889 LCB 34918 b |
|
|
AN ACT concerning civil law.
|
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
|
Section 5. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by changing |
Section 67 as follows:
|
(745 ILCS 49/67) |
Sec. 67. First aid providers; exemption for first aid. Any |
person who is currently certified in first aid by the American |
Red Cross,
or the American Heart Association, or the National |
Safety Council and who in good faith provides first aid without |
fee to any person shall not, as a result of his or her acts or |
omissions, except willful and wanton misconduct on the part of |
the person in providing the aid, be liable to a person to whom |
such aid is provided for civil damages. |
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any |
health care facility as defined in Section 8-2001 of the Code |
of Civil Procedure or to any practitioner as defined in Section |
8-2003 of the Code of Civil Procedure providing services in a |
hospital or health care facility.
|
(Source: P.A. 94-825, eff. 7-1-06.)
|
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
|