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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2046
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 2046 on page 1,
3 line 5, by changing "Section 25" to "Sections 25 and 30"; and
4 on page 2, after line 10, by inserting the following:
5 "(410 ILCS 4/30)
6 Sec. 30. Exemption from civil liability.
7 (a) A physician licensed in Illinois to practice
8 medicine in all its branches who authorizes the purchase of
9 an automated external defibrillator is not liable for civil
10 damages as a result of any act or omission arising out of
11 authorizing the purchase of an automated external
12 defibrillator, except for willful or wanton misconduct, if
13 the requirements of this Act are met.
14 (b) An individual or entity providing training in the
15 use of automated external defibrillators is not liable for
16 civil damages as a result of any act or omission involving
17 the use of an automated external defibrillator, except for
18 willful or wanton misconduct, if the requirements of this Act
19 are met.
20 (c) A person owning, occupying, or managing the premises
21 where an automated external defibrillator is located or to
22 which an automated external defibrillator has been moved for
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1 use is not liable for civil damages as a result of any act or
2 omission involving the use of an automated external
3 defibrillator, except for willful or wanton misconduct, if
4 the requirements of this Act are met.
5 (d) A trained AED user is not liable for civil damages
6 as a result of any act or omission involving the use of an
7 automated external defibrillator in an emergency situation,
8 except for willful or wanton misconduct, if the requirements
9 of this Act are met.
10 (Source: P.A. 91-524, eff. 1-1-00.)".
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