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Public Act 094-0826
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LRB094 18846 AJO 54268 b |
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AN ACT concerning immunity.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by changing |
Section 70 as follows:
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(745 ILCS 49/70)
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Sec. 70. Law enforcement officers,
or firemen, Emergency |
Medical Technicians (EMTs) and First Responders; exemption |
from
civil liability for emergency care.
Any law enforcement |
officer or fireman as defined in Section 2 of the
Line of Duty |
Compensation Act, any "emergency medical technician (EMT)" as |
defined in Section 3.50 of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) |
Systems Act, and any "first responder" as defined in Section |
3.60 of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act,
who |
in good faith
provides emergency care without fee or |
compensation to any person shall not, as a result of
his or her |
acts or omissions, except willful and wanton misconduct on the
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part of
the person, in providing the care, be liable to a |
person to whom such
care is provided for civil damages.
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(Source: P.A. 93-1047, eff. 10-18-04.)
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