Illinois Compiled Statutes 745 ILCS 49 Good Samaritan Act. Section 5

    (745 ILCS 49/5)

    Sec. 5. 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 be liable for any civil damages as a result of issuing or following the instructions, unless issuing or following the instructions constitutes willful or wanton misconduct.

(Source: P.A. 89-607, eff. 1-1-97.)

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