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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1706
Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. Dale A. Righter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that a person who has completed training in basic emergency care of a person in cardiac arrest (at present, training conducted in accordance with the American Heart Association standards) in the use of an automatic external defibrillator who acts in good faith, not for compensation, in rendering emergency care is not liable for acts or omissions in using the defibrillator in accordance with the training, except for willful and wanton misconduct. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB1706 |
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LRB095 07123 AJO 27250 b |
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| AN ACT concerning civil law.
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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 changing |
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| Section 12 as follows:
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| (745 ILCS 49/12)
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| Sec. 12. Use of an automatic external defibrillator; |
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| exemption
from civil liability for emergency care. Any person |
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| who has
successfully completed the training requirements of a |
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| course in
basic emergency care of a person in cardiac arrest |
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| that:
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| (i) included training in the operation and use of an |
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| automatic
external defibrillator; and
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| (ii) was conducted in accordance with the standards of |
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| the
American Heart Association,
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| and who, in good faith, not for compensation, renders
emergency |
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| medical care involving the use of an automatic
external |
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| defibrillator in accordance with his or her training is
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| liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or
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| omission, except for willful and wanton misconduct, by that
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| person in rendering that care.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-746, eff. 8-14-98.)
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