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Good Samaritan Act

Illinois · Civil Immunities · §§ 745-49-1 to 745-49-95 · 40 sections

Overview

The act governs civil liability for people who render emergency assistance or who provide care without compensation, and its central mechanism is a statutory exemption from civil liability for the aid given. That exemption covers ordinary bystanders performing first aid — including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, use of an automated external defibrillator, assistance to a choking victim, or administration of an opioid antagonist — and extends to a broad range of licensed professionals responding to an emergency, among them physicians, nurses, physician assistants, dentists, pharmacists, optometrists, physical therapists, podiatrists, respiratory care practitioners, and veterinarians, as well as to law enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency medical responders. Parallel protections reach adjacent situations: free medical and dental clinics treating patients at no charge, emergency instructions given over the telephone, disaster relief volunteers, engineers and architects providing professional services after a disaster, and those assisting with building evacuations.

Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.

Sections covered

  • 745 ILCS 49/1Short title
  • 745 ILCS 49/10Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; exemption from civil liability for emergency care
  • 745 ILCS 49/100(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
  • 745 ILCS 49/105(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
  • 745 ILCS 49/110(Amendatory provision; text omitted)
  • 745 ILCS 49/115(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
  • 745 ILCS 49/12Use of an automated external defibrillator; exemption from civil liability for emergency care
  • 745 ILCS 49/120The Law Enforcement Emergency Care Act is repealed
  • 745 ILCS 49/15Dentists; exemption from civil liability for emergency care
  • 745 ILCS 49/2Legislative purpose
  • 745 ILCS 49/20Free dental clinic; exemption from civil liability for services performed without compensation
  • 745 ILCS 49/25Physicians; exemption from civil liability for emergency care
  • 745 ILCS 49/30Free medical clinic; exemption from civil liability for services performed without compensation
  • 745 ILCS 49/30.5Alternative free medical clinic without physical premises patient notification practice
  • 745 ILCS 49/34Advanced practice registered nurse; exemption from civil liability for emergency care
  • 745 ILCS 49/35Nurses; exemption from civil liability for emergency care
  • 745 ILCS 49/36Pharmacists; exemptions from civil liability for the dispensing of an opioid antagonist to individuals who may or may not be at risk for an opioid overdose
  • 745 ILCS 49/40Nurses; exemption from civil liability for services performed without compensation
  • 745 ILCS 49/42Optometrists; exemption from civil liability for emergency care
  • 745 ILCS 49/45Physical Therapist; exemption from civil liability for emergency care
  • 745 ILCS 49/46Physician assistant; exemption from civil liability for emergency care
  • 745 ILCS 49/5Emergency telephone instructions; exemption from civil liability
  • 745 ILCS 49/50Podiatric physician; exemption from civil liability for emergency care
  • 745 ILCS 49/55Respiratory care practitioner; exemption from civil liability for emergency care
  • 745 ILCS 49/60Veterinarians; exemption from civil liability for emergency care to humans
  • 745 ILCS 49/65Choking victim at food-service establishment; exemption from civil liability for emergency assistance
  • 745 ILCS 49/67First aid providers; exemption for first aid
  • 745 ILCS 49/68Disaster relief volunteers
  • 745 ILCS 49/69Employees of State agencies; exemptions from civil liability for the administration of an opioid antagonist
  • 745 ILCS 49/70Law enforcement officers, firemen, emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and first responders; exemption from civil liability for emergency care
  • 745 ILCS 49/71Exemption from civil liability in emergencies requiring building evacuations
  • 745 ILCS 49/72Professional engineers, architects, land surveyors, and structural engineers; exemption from civil liability for professional services in response to disasters or catastrophic events
  • 745 ILCS 49/75Employers and employees under the Health and Safety Act; exemption from civil liability for emergency care
  • 745 ILCS 49/80(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
  • 745 ILCS 49/85(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
  • 745 ILCS 49/87(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
  • 745 ILCS 49/90(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
  • 745 ILCS 49/92(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
  • 745 ILCS 49/93(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
  • 745 ILCS 49/95(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)

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