745 ILCS 49/1
Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Good Samaritan Act. (Source: P.A. 89-607, eff. 1-1-97.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 745 ILCS 49 — Good Samaritan Act.
Illinois · statute · 745 ILCS 49 · 39 active provisions
745 ILCS 49/2
Legislative purpose
Legislative purpose. The General Assembly has established numerous protections for the generous and compassionate acts of its citizens who volunteer their time and talents to help others. These protections or good samaritan provisions have been codified in many Acts of the Illinois Compiled Statutes. This Act recodifie…
745 ILCS 49/5
Emergency telephone instructions; exemption from civil liability
Emergency telephone instructions; exemption from civil liability. No person who gives emergency instructions through a system established under the Emergency Telephone System Act to persons rendering services in an emergency at another location, nor any person following the instructions in rendering the services, shall…
745 ILCS 49/10
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; exemption from civil liability for emergency care
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; exemption from civil liability for emergency care. Any person trained in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation who has successfully completed training in accordance with the standards of the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association and who in good faith, not for compensation, pr…
745 ILCS 49/12
Use of an automated external defibrillator; exemption from civil liability for emergency care
Use of an automated external defibrillator; exemption from civil liability for emergency care. As provided in Section 30 of the Automated External Defibrillator Act, any automated external defibrillator user who in good faith and without fee or compensation renders emergency medical care involving the use of an automat…
745 ILCS 49/15
Dentists; exemption from civil liability for emergency care
Dentists; exemption from civil liability for emergency care. Any dentist or any person licensed as a dentist in any other state or territory of the United States who in good faith provides emergency care without fee to a victim of an accident at the scene of an accident shall not, as a result of his or her acts or omis…
745 ILCS 49/20
Free dental clinic; exemption from civil liability for services performed without compensation
Free dental clinic; exemption from civil liability for services performed without compensation. (a) Any person licensed under the Illinois Dental Practice Act to practice dentistry or to practice as a dental hygienist who, in good faith, provides dental treatment, dental services, diagnoses, or advice as part of the se…
745 ILCS 49/25
Physicians; exemption from civil liability for emergency care
Physicians; exemption from civil liability for emergency care. Any person licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 or any person licensed to practice the treatment of human ailments in any other state or territory of the United States who, in good faith, provides emergency care without fee to a person, shall not…
745 ILCS 49/30
Free medical clinic; exemption from civil liability for services performed without compensation
Free medical clinic; exemption from civil liability for services performed without compensation. (a) A person licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, a person licensed to practice the treatment of human ailments in any other state or territory of the United States, or a health care professional, including but…
745 ILCS 49/30.5
Alternative free medical clinic without physical premises patient notification practice
Alternative free medical clinic without physical premises patient notification practice. A free medical clinic under this Act which does not have physical premises on which to post the explanation of the exemption from civil liability under this Act, shall provide a clear, concise, and understandable explanation of the…
745 ILCS 49/34
Advanced practice registered nurse; exemption from civil liability for emergency care
Advanced practice registered nurse; exemption from civil liability for emergency care. A person licensed as an advanced practice registered nurse under the Nurse Practice Act who in good faith provides emergency care without fee to a person shall not be liable for civil damages as a result of his or her acts or omissio…
745 ILCS 49/35
Nurses; exemption from civil liability for emergency care
Nurses; exemption from civil liability for emergency care. Any person licensed as a professional nurse or as a practical nurse in Illinois or any other state or territory of the United States who in good faith provides emergency care without fee to a person shall not, as a result of her or his acts or omissions, except…
745 ILCS 49/36
Pharmacists; 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
Pharmacists; 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. Any person licensed as a pharmacist in Illinois or any other state or territory of the United States who in good faith dispenses or administers an opioid antagonis…
745 ILCS 49/40
Nurses; exemption from civil liability for services performed without compensation
Nurses; exemption from civil liability for services performed without compensation. (a) No person licensed as a professional nurse or as a practical nurse under the Nurse Practice Act who, without compensation, renders nursing services shall be liable, and no cause of action may be brought, for damages resulting from a…
745 ILCS 49/42
Optometrists; exemption from civil liability for emergency care
Optometrists; exemption from civil liability for emergency care. Any optometrist or any person licensed as an optometrist in any other state or territory of the United States who in good faith provides emergency care without fee to a victim of an accident at the scene of an accident shall not, as a result of his or her…
745 ILCS 49/45
Physical Therapist; exemption from civil liability for emergency care
Physical Therapist; exemption from civil liability for emergency care. Any physical therapist, as defined in Section 1 of the Illinois Physical Therapy Act, who in good faith provides emergency care without fee to any person shall not, as a result of his or her acts or omissions, except willful and wanton misconduct on…
745 ILCS 49/46
Physician assistant; exemption from civil liability for emergency care
Physician assistant; exemption from civil liability for emergency care. A person licensed as a physician assistant under the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 who in good faith provides emergency care without fee to a person shall not be liable for civil damages as a result of his or her acts or omissions, excep…
745 ILCS 49/50
Podiatric physician; exemption from civil liability for emergency care
Podiatric physician; exemption from civil liability for emergency care. Any person licensed to practice podiatric medicine in Illinois, or licensed under an Act of any other state or territory of the United States, who in good faith provides emergency care without fee to a victim of an accident at the scene of an accid…
745 ILCS 49/55
Respiratory care practitioner; exemption from civil liability for emergency care
Respiratory care practitioner; exemption from civil liability for emergency care. A person licensed under the Respiratory Care Practice Act or any person licensed as a respiratory care practitioner in another state or territory, who in good faith provides emergency care, without a fee, to a victim of an accident at the…
745 ILCS 49/60
Veterinarians; exemption from civil liability for emergency care to humans
Veterinarians; exemption from civil liability for emergency care to humans. Any person licensed under the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004 or any person licensed as a veterinarian in any other state or territory of the United States who in good faith provides emergency care to a human victim of an a…
745 ILCS 49/65
Choking victim at food-service establishment; exemption from civil liability for emergency assistance
Choking victim at food-service establishment; exemption from civil liability for emergency assistance. Except as provided by law, no person shall be obligated to remove, assist in removing, or attempt to remove, food from another person's throat, nor shall any person who in good faith removes or attempts to remove food…
745 ILCS 49/67
First aid providers; exemption for first aid
First aid providers; exemption for first aid. Any person who is currently certified in first aid by the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or the National Safety Council and who in good faith provides first aid without fee to any person shall not, as a result of his or her acts or omissions, except wil…
745 ILCS 49/68
Disaster relief volunteers
Disaster relief volunteers. Any firefighter, licensed emergency medical technician (EMT) as defined by Section 3.50 of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act, physician, dentist, podiatric physician, optometrist, pharmacist, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, or nurse who in good faith a…
745 ILCS 49/69
Employees of State agencies; exemptions from civil liability for the administration of an opioid antagonist
Employees of State agencies; exemptions from civil liability for the administration of an opioid antagonist. Any employee of a State agency who in good faith administers an opioid antagonist, as defined in Section 5-23 of the Substance Use Disorder Act, in compliance with Section 405-545 of the Department of Central Ma…
745 ILCS 49/70
Law enforcement officers, firemen, emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and first responders; exemption from civil liability for emergency care
Law enforcement officers, 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…
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