AED Use and Tort Immunity

(a)Any person or entity who in good faith and without compensation renders emergency care or treatment by the use of an automated external defibrillator is immune from civil liability for any personal injury as a result of the care or treatment, or as a result of any act or failure to act in providing or arranging further medical treatment, if the person acts as an ordinary, reasonably prudent person would have acted under the same or similar circumstances.

(b)The immunity from civil liability for any personal injury under Subsection

(a)of this Section includes:

(1)the physician or medical authority who is involved with AED site placement,

(2)the person or entity who provides the CPR and AED training, and

(3)the person or entity responsible for the site where the AED is located.

(c)The immunity from civil liability under Subsection

(a)of this Section does not apply if the personal injury results from the gross negligence, or willful or wanton misconduct of the person rendering the emergency care.