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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 458

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 458 on page 4,  by
 3    replacing lines 4 through 14 with the following:

 4        "Section 30. Exemption from civil liability.
 5        (a)  A   physician   licensed  in  Illinois  to  practice
 6    medicine in all its branches who authorizes the  purchase  of
 7    an  automated  external defibrillator is not liable for civil
 8    damages as a result of any act or  omission  arising  out  of
 9    authorizing   the   purchase   of   an   automated   external
10    defibrillator,  except  for  willful or wanton misconduct, if
11    the requirements of this Act are met.
12        (b)  An individual or entity providing  training  in  the
13    use  of  automated  external defibrillators is not liable for
14    civil damages as a result of any act  or  omission  involving
15    the  use  of  an automated external defibrillator, except for
16    willful or wanton misconduct, if the requirements of this Act
17    are met.
18        (c)  A person owning, occupying, or managing the premises
19    where an automated external defibrillator is located  is  not
20    liable  for  civil damages as a result of any act or omission
21    involving the use of  an  automated  external  defibrillator,
22    except  for willful or wanton misconduct, if the requirements
23    of this Act are met.
 
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 1        (d)  A trained AED user is not liable for  civil  damages
 2    as  a  result  of any act or omission involving the use of an
 3    automated external defibrillator in an  emergency  situation,
 4    except  for willful or wanton misconduct, if the requirements
 5    of this Act are met.".

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