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that willful failure may be treated as a criminal contempt of
court, for which the defendant may be punished by the court as
provided by law.

(k) A defendant who has been found guilty of a Code
violation has the right to appeal or to file a motion for a new
trial or a motion for a revision of a judgment provided by law in
the trial of a criminal case. The motions shall be made in the
same manner provided in the trial of criminal cases, and the
court, in ruling on the motions, has the same authority provided
in the trial of criminal cases.

(1) The State's Attorney of any county may prosecute a Code
violation in the same manner as prosecution of a violation of the
criminal laws of this State. The State's Attorney is authorized
to enter a nolle prosequi in such cases or to place such cases on
the stet docket, and to exercise authority in the same manner
prescribed by law for violation of the criminal laws of this
State.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved June 2, 1987.

CHAPTER 620

(Senate Bill 460)

AN ACT concerning

Medical Clinics - Immunity from Civil Liability

FOR the purpose of granting certain limited immunity from civil
liability to certain licensed physicians who volunteer for

nominal compensation medical services at clinics that

provide medical services for a certain maximum fee and
certain volunteers who work at charitable organizations that
provide certain health care services; defining certain
terms; creating an exception for liability arising from
gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct or

intentionally tortious conduct; providing for the

application and construction of this Act; and generally
relating to the civil liability of physicians certain
physicians and certain volunteers working at certain
charitable organizations.

BY adding to

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