Illinois Good Samaritan Act
210 ILCS 50/3.150
Immunity from civil liability
(a)
Any person, agency or governmental body certified, licensed or authorized
pursuant to this Act or rules thereunder, who in good faith provides emergency
or non-emergency medical services during a Department approved training course,
in the normal course of conducting their duties, or in an emergency, shall not
be civilly liable as a result of their acts or omissions in providing such
services unless such acts or omissions, including the bypassing of nearby
hospitals or medical facilities in accordance with the protocols developed
pursuant to this Act, constitute willful and wanton misconduct.
(b)
No person, including any private or governmental organization or institution
that administers, sponsors, authorizes, supports, finances, educates or
supervises the functions of emergency medical services personnel certified,
licensed or authorized pursuant to this Act, including persons participating in
a Department approved training program, shall be liable for any civil damages
for any act or omission in connection with administration, sponsorship,
authorization, support, finance, education or supervision of such emergency
medical services personnel, where the act or omission occurs in connection with
activities within the scope of this Act, unless the act or omission was the
result of willful and wanton misconduct.
(c)
Exemption from civil liability for emergency care is as provided in the Good
Samaritan Act. [see 745 ILCS 49/10, quoted below]
(d)
No local agency, entity of State or local government, or other public or
private organization, nor any officer, director, trustee, employee, consultant
or agent of any such entity, which sponsors, authorizes, supports, finances, or
supervises the training of persons in a basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation
course which complies with generally recognized standards, shall be liable for
damages in any civil action based on the training of such persons unless an act
or omission during the course of instruction constitutes willful and wanton
misconduct.
(e)
No person who is certified to teach basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and
who teaches a course of instruction which complies with generally recognized
standards for basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation, shall be liable for damages
in any civil action based on the acts or omissions of a person who received
such instruction, unless an act or omission during the course of such
instruction constitutes willful and wanton misconduct.
(f)
No member or alternate of the State Emergency Medical Services Disciplinary
Review Board or a local System review board who in good faith exercises his
responsibilities under this Act shall be liable for damages in any civil action
based on such activities unless an act or omission during the course of such
activities constitutes willful and wanton misconduct.
(g)
No EMS Medical Director who in good faith exercises his responsibilities under
this Act shall be liable for damages in any civil action based on such activities
unless an act or omission during the course of such activities constitutes
willful and wanton misconduct.
(h)
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to create a cause of action or any civil
liabilities.
(1997)
745 ILCS 49/10
Cardiopulmonary
resuscitation; exemption from civil liability for emergency care.
Any
person currently certified in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation who complies
with generally recognized standards, and who in good faith, not for
compensation, provides emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation to a person who
is an apparent victim of acute cardiopulmonary insufficiency shall not, as the
result of his acts or omissions in providing resuscitation, be liable for civil
damages, unless the acts or omissions constitute willful and wanton misconduct.
(1997)