SB1095 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1095

Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

745 ILCS 49/10

Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning immunity from civil liability for providing emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation to an apparent victim of acute cardiopulmonary insufficiency.

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 10 as follows:

(745 ILCS 49/10)

Sec. 10. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; exemption from civil liability for emergency care. Any person currently certified in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation who complies with generally recognized standards, and and who in good faith, not for compensation, provides emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation to a person who is an apparent victim of acute cardiopulmonary insufficiency shall not, as the result of his or her acts or omissions in providing resuscitation, be liable for civil damages, unless the acts or omissions constitute willful and wanton misconduct.

(Source: P.A. 89-607, eff. 1-1-97; 90-742, eff. 8-13-98.)