97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1095

 

Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
745 ILCS 49/10

    Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning immunity from civil liability for providing emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation to an apparent victim of acute cardiopulmonary insufficiency.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by changing
5Section 10 as follows:
 
6    (745 ILCS 49/10)
7    Sec. 10. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; exemption from
8civil liability for emergency care. Any person currently
9certified in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation who complies
10with generally recognized standards, and and who in good faith,
11not for compensation, provides emergency cardiopulmonary
12resuscitation to a person who is an apparent victim of acute
13cardiopulmonary insufficiency shall not, as the result of his
14or her acts or omissions in providing resuscitation, be liable
15for civil damages, unless the acts or omissions constitute
16willful and wanton misconduct.
17(Source: P.A. 89-607, eff. 1-1-97; 90-742, eff. 8-13-98.)