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745 ILCS 49/40

(745 ILCS 49/40)

Sec. 40.

Nurses; exemption from civil liability for services performed
without compensation.

(a) No person licensed as a professional nurse or as a practical nurse
under the Nurse Practice Act who, without
compensation, renders nursing services shall be liable, and no cause of
action may be brought, for damages resulting from an act or omission in
rendering such services unless the act or omission involved willful or
wanton misconduct.

(b) (Blank).

(c) As used in this Section "entity" means a proprietorship, partnership,
association or corporation, whether or not operated for profit.

(d) Nothing in this Section is intended to bar any cause of action against
an entity or change the liability of an entity which arises out of an act
or omission of any person exempt from liability for negligence under
this Section.

(Source: P.A. 95-639, eff. 10-5-07.)