(410 ILCS 4/30)
Sec. 30. Exemption from civil liability.
(a) A physician licensed in Illinois to practice medicine in all its
branches who authorizes the purchase of an automated external
defibrillator is not liable for civil damages as a result of any act or
omission arising out of authorizing the purchase of an automated external
defibrillator, except for willful or wanton misconduct, if
the requirements of this Act are met.
(b) An individual or entity providing training in the use of automated
external defibrillators is not liable for civil damages as a result of any act
or omission involving the use of an automated external defibrillator, except
for willful or wanton misconduct, if the requirements of this Act are met.
(c) A person, unit of State or local government, sheriff's office, municipal police department, or school
district owning, occupying, or managing the premises where an
automated external defibrillator is located is not liable for civil damages as
a
result of any act or omission involving the use of an automated
external
defibrillator, except for willful or wanton misconduct, if the requirements of
this Act are met.
(d) An AED user is not liable for civil damages as a
result of
any act or omission involving the use of an automated external defibrillator
in an emergency situation, except for willful or wanton misconduct, if the
requirements of this Act are met.
(e) This Section does not apply to a public hospital.
(Source: P.A. 99-246, eff. 1-1-16.)
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