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91_HB1773
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1 AN ACT to amend the Good Samaritan Act by changing
2 Section 12.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by changing
6 Section 12 as follows:
7 (745 ILCS 49/12)
8 Sec. 12. Use of an automatic external defibrillator;
9 exemption from civil liability for emergency care.
10 (a) Any person who has successfully completed the
11 training requirements of a course in basic emergency care of
12 a person in cardiac arrest that:
13 (i) included training in the operation and use of
14 an automatic external defibrillator; and
15 (ii) was conducted in accordance with the standards
16 of the American Heart Association,
17 and who, in good faith, not for compensation, renders
18 emergency medical care involving the use of an automatic
19 external defibrillator in accordance with his or her
20 training is not liable for any civil damages as a result of
21 any act or omission, except for willful and wanton
22 misconduct, by that person in rendering that care.
23 (b) A person or entity that owns, occupies, or manages a
24 building or portion of a building in which a person meeting
25 the criteria set forth in subsection (a) renders emergency
26 medical care involving the use of an automatic external
27 defibrillator in accordance with subsection (a) is not liable
28 for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission,
29 except for willful and wanton misconduct, by the person
30 rendering that care.
31 (Source: P.A. 90-746, eff. 8-14-98.)