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745 ILCS 49/2 (2026)

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(745 ILCS 49/2)
    Sec. 2. 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 recodifies existing good samaritan provisions. Further, without limitation the provisions of this Act shall be liberally construed to encourage persons to volunteer their time and talents.
(Source: P.A. 89-607, eff. 1-1-97.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 19 cases, 2001–2014 · leading case: Hernandez v. Alexian Bros. Health Sys., 893 N.E.2d 934 (Ill. App. Ct. 2008).
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Hernandez v. Alexian Bros. Health Sys., 893 N.E.2d 934 (Ill. App. Ct. 2008). · cites it 2× “745 ILCS 49/2 (West 2002). Section 25 of the Good Samaritan Act immunizes volunteer physicians from civil liability only if they: (1) “in good faith,” (2) provide emergency care, (3) “without fee.”
Blanchard v. Murray, 771 N.E.2d 1122 (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). · cites it 3× “745 ILCS 49/2 (West 1998). The application of the preamended Act involves a three-part test: (1) the doctor must not have notice of the injury; (2) the doctor must provide emergency care; and (3) the doctor must not charge a fee.”
Rivera v. Arana, 749 N.E.2d 434 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “745 ILCS 49/2 (West 1998). A three-part test is employed to determine whether the Good Samaritan Act applies.”
Home Star Bank & Fin. Servs. v. Emergency Care & Health Org., 2012 IL App (1st) 112321 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). · cites it 2× “) 745 ILCS 49/2 (West 2010). It directs that “without limitation the provisions of this Act shall be liberally construed to encourage persons to volunteer their time and talents.”
Est. of Heanue Ex Rel. Heanue v. Edgcomb, 823 N.E.2d 1123 (Ill. App. Ct. 2005). “745 ILCS 49/2 (West 2002). Plaintiffs argue that defendant is not entitled to immunity under section 25 of the Act.”
Home Star Bank & Fin. Servs., etc. v. Emergency Care & Health Org., Ltd., 2014 IL 115526 (Ill. 2014). · cites it 2× “The court further noted that the legislature had included a statement of legislative purpose in the statute that showed that the intent of the Act was to encourage people to volunteer their time and talents to help others (see 745 ILCS 49/2 (West 2010)) and that the available…”
Home Star Bank & Fin. Servs., etc. v. Emergency Care & Health Org., Ltd., 2014 IL 115526 (Ill. 2014). “The court further noted that the legislature had included a statement of legislative purpose in the statute that showed that the intent of the Act was to encourage people to volunteer their time and talents to - 12 - help others (see 745 ILCS 49/2 (West 2010)) and that the…”
Neal v. Yang, 816 N.E.2d 853 (Ill. App. Ct. 2004). “) 745 ILCS 49/2 (West 1996). Plaintiff argues that the Act applies only to those persons who volunteer their services and that, therefore, a court must address the additional element of whether the person claiming the Act’s immunity was a “volunteer” with no preexisting duty to…”
Somoye v. Klein, 811 N.E.2d 296 (Ill. App. Ct. 2004). “745 ILCS 49/2 (West 1996). The preamended version of the Act immunizes a doctor from liability if a three-part test is passed: (1) the doctor must not have notice of the injury; (2) the doctor must provide emergency care; and (3) the doctor must not charge a fee.”
Abruzzo v. City of Park Ridge, 870 N.E.2d 1012 (Ill. App. Ct. 2007). “150(c) (West 2004); 745 ILCS 49/2 (West 2004). Thus, the Domestic Violence Act seeks to encourage intervention by police by removing the shield of immunity from willful and wanton refusals to act, while the EMS Act seeks to encourage action by providing more protection than…”
Muno v. Condell Med. Ctr., 891 N.E.2d 495 (Ill. App. Ct. 2008). · cites it 2× “The Act, which was enacted to codify “numerous protections for the generous and compassionate acts of *** citizens who volunteer their time and talents to help others” (745 ILCS 49/2 (West 2000)), provides that any licensed physician “who, in good faith, provides emergency care…”
Blanchard v. Murray (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). · cites it 2× “745 ILCS 49/2 (West 1998). The application of the pre-amended Act involves a three-part test: (1) the doctor must not have notice of the injury; (2) the doctor must provide emergency care; and (3) the doctor must not charge a fee.”
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