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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2968
Introduced 1/20/2006, by Sen. Dan Cronin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides immunity against criminal liability, civil damages, or medical malpractice damages for any acts or omissions, for any physician licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 to practice medicine in all its branches or licensed to practice the treatment of human ailments in any other state or territory of the United States; any dental emergency responder; any licensed nurse; any licensed physicians assistant; any licensed EMT-Basic, EMT-Intermediate, or EMT-Paramedic; and any First Responder who provides volunteer Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS) services to any person or animal in any law enforcement incident or training situation, or any other law enforcement related situation, including disasters, in civil unrest, or methamphetamine lab interdiction.
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A BILL FOR
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LRB094 18846 AJO 54268 b |
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| AN ACT concerning immunity.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 27 as follows:
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| (745 ILCS 49/27 new) |
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| Sec. 27. Exemption from civil liability for medical |
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| assistance during any law enforcement incident or disaster. Any |
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| physician licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 to |
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| practice medicine in all its branches or licensed to practice |
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| medicine in Illinois or any other state or territory of the |
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| United States, any dental emergency responder, any physicians |
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| assistant licensed under the Physicians Assistants Practice |
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| Act of 1987, any nurse licensed under the Nursing and Advanced |
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| Practice Nursing Act, any "Emergency Medical |
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| Technician-Basic", "Emergency Medical |
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| Technician-Intermediate", "Emergency Medical |
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| Technician-Paramedic", or "First Responder", as those terms |
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| are defined in the Emergency Medical Services Systems Act, who |
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| provides volunteer Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS) |
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| services to any person or animal in any law enforcement |
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| incident or training situation or in any other law enforcement |
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| related situation including, but not limited to, any natural or |
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| man-made disaster, civil unrest, or methamphetamine lab |
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| interdiction shall not, as a result of his or her acts or |
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| omissions, be liable for criminal prosecution, civil damages, |
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| or medical malpractice damages.
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