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Public Act 91-0446

HB2272 Enrolled                                LRB9102129ACtm

    AN ACT to amend the Good Samaritan Act by adding  Section
46.

    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  adding
Section 46 as follows:

    (745 ILCS 49/46 new)
    Sec.   46.  Physician  assistant;  exemption  from  civil
liability  for  emergency  care.   A  person  licensed  as  a
physician assistant under the  Physician  Assistant  Practice
Act of 1987 who in good faith provides emergency care without
fee  to  a  person shall not be liable for civil damages as a
result of his or her acts or omissions, except for willful or
wanton misconduct on the part of the person in providing  the
care.

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

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