SB2968 Enrolled LRB094 18846 AJO 54268 b

1     AN ACT concerning immunity.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by changing
5 Section 70 as follows:
 
6     (745 ILCS 49/70)
7     Sec. 70. Law enforcement officers, or firemen, Emergency
8 Medical Technicians (EMTs) and First Responders; exemption
9 from civil liability for emergency care. Any law enforcement
10 officer or fireman as defined in Section 2 of the Line of Duty
11 Compensation Act, any "emergency medical technician (EMT)" as
12 defined in Section 3.50 of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
13 Systems Act, and any "first responder" as defined in Section
14 3.60 of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act, who
15 in good faith provides emergency care without fee or
16 compensation to any person shall not, as a result of his or her
17 acts or omissions, except willful and wanton misconduct on the
18 part of the person, in providing the care, be liable to a
19 person to whom such care is provided for civil damages.
20 (Source: P.A. 93-1047, eff. 10-18-04.)