(510 ILCS 72/80)
Sec. 80.
Exemption from liability.
An instructor of euthanasia
techniques or a veterinarian who engages in the instructing of euthanasia
technicians, in a course approved by the Department, shall not incur any
civil or criminal liability for any subsequent misuse or malpractice of a
euthanasia
technician who has attended the course.
Any veterinarian,
who in good faith administers euthanasia drugs to an animal in
an animal control facility or an animal shelter,
has immunity
from any liability, civil, criminal, or otherwise, that may result from his or
her actions. For the purposes of any proceedings, civil or criminal, the good
faith of the veterinarian shall be rebuttably presumed.
(Source: P.A. 92-449, eff. 1-1-02.)
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