SB1705 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1705

Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. Dale A. Righter

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

745 ILCS 49/67

Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that any person who is certified in first aid (at present, certified by the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or the National Safety Council) and who in good faith provides emergency care without fee to any person shall not, as a result of his or her acts or omissions, except willful and wanton misconduct on the part of the person, in providing the care, be liable to a person to whom such care is provided for civil damages. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning civil law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by changing Section 67 as follows:

(745 ILCS 49/67)

Sec. 67. First aid providers; exemption for first aid. Any person who is currently certified in first aid by the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or the National Safety Council and who in good faith provides first aid without fee to any person shall not, as a result of his or her acts or omissions, except willful and wanton misconduct on the part of the person in providing the aid, be liable to a person to whom such aid is provided for civil damages.

The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any health care facility as defined in Section 8-2001 of the Code of Civil Procedure or to any practitioner as defined in Section 8-2003 of the Code of Civil Procedure providing services in a hospital or health care facility.

(Source: P.A. 94-825, eff. 7-1-06; 94-1088, eff. 1-25-07.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.