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| | HB1549 Enrolled | | LRB097 06748 AJO 46836 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 10 as follows:
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| 6 | | (745 ILCS 49/10)
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| 7 | | Sec. 10.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; exemption from |
| 8 | | civil liability
for emergency care. Any person trained |
| 9 | | currently certified in basic
cardiopulmonary resuscitation who |
| 10 | | has successfully completed training in accordance with the |
| 11 | | standards of the American Red Cross or the American Heart |
| 12 | | Association and complies with generally
recognized standards, |
| 13 | | and who in good faith, not for
compensation, provides emergency |
| 14 | | cardiopulmonary
resuscitation in accordance with his or her |
| 15 | | training to a person who is an apparent victim of acute
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| 16 | | cardiopulmonary insufficiency shall not, as the result of
his |
| 17 | | or her acts or omissions in providing resuscitation, be
liable |
| 18 | | for civil damages, unless the acts or omissions
constitute |
| 19 | | willful and wanton misconduct.
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| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 89-607, eff. 1-1-97; 90-742, eff. 8-13-98.)
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| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 22 | | becoming law.
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