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745 ILCS 49/75

(745 ILCS 49/75)

Sec. 75.

Employers and employees under the Health and Safety Act;
exemption from civil liability for emergency care.
Any employer, who in good faith provides emergency medical
or first aid care without fee to any employee or any other person
employed on the same project shall not, as a result of his or her acts or
omissions, except willful and wanton misconduct on  the part of the
employer, in providing the care, be liable to such employee or such
other person to whom such care is  provided for civil damages.

Any employee who in good faith provides emergency medical or first
aid care without fee to any other employee or any other person employed
on the same project shall not, as a result of his or her acts or omissions,
except for willful and wanton misconduct on the part of the employee in
providing the care, be liable to the employee or other person to
whom the care is provided for civil damages.

Excluded from the operation of this Section are any employees who are
licensed physicians, nurses, dentists, or other licensed health services
personnel.

The provisions of this Section do not affect or in any way diminish
or change an employer's liability under the Workers' Compensation Act,
or the Workers' Occupational
Diseases Act.

This Section applies only to employers and employees under the Health and
Safety Act.

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