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Illinois Health Care Surrogate Act - 755 ILCS 40

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Illinois Health Care Surrogate Act - 755 ILCS 40, Section 1

Short title . This Act may be cited as the Health Care Surrogate Act. (Source: P.A. 87-749.) ...

Illinois Health Care Surrogate Act - 755 ILCS 40, Section 5

Legislative findings and purposes . (a) Findings. The legislature recognizes that all persons have a fundamental right to make decisions relating to their own medical treatment, ...

Illinois Health Care Surrogate Act - 755 ILCS 40, Section 10

Definitions . "Adult" means a person who is (i) 18 years of age or older or (ii) an emancipated minor under the Emancipation of Mature Minors Act. ...

Illinois Health Care Surrogate Act - 755 ILCS 40, Section 15

Applicability . This Act applies to patients who lack decisional capacity or who have a qualifying condition. This Act does not apply to instances in which ...

Illinois Health Care Surrogate Act - 755 ILCS 40, Section 20

Private decision making process . (a) Decisions whether to forgo life-sustaining or any other form of medical treatment involving an adult patient with ...

Illinois Health Care Surrogate Act - 755 ILCS 40, Section 25

Surrogate decision making . (a) When a patient lacks decisional capacity, the health care provider must make a reasonable inquiry as to the availability and authority of ...

Illinois Health Care Surrogate Act - 755 ILCS 40, Section 30

Reliance on authority of surrogate decision maker . (a) Every health care provider and other person (a "reliant") shall have the right to rely on any decision ...

Illinois Health Care Surrogate Act - 755 ILCS 40, Section 35

Conscience of health care provider; policy of the health care facility . A health care provider who because of personal views or beliefs or his or her ...

Illinois Health Care Surrogate Act - 755 ILCS 40, Section 40

Neonates . Nothing in this Act supersedes the provisions of 45 C.F.R. 1340.15 concerning the provision of "appropriate" nutrition, hydration, and medication for neonates. (Source: P.A. ...

Illinois Health Care Surrogate Act - 755 ILCS 40, Section 45

Life insurance . No policy of life insurance, or annuity or other type of contract that is conditioned on the life or death of the patient, shall ...

Illinois Health Care Surrogate Act - 755 ILCS 40, Section 50

Not suicide or murder . The withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from a patient in accordance with the provisions of this Act does not, for any ...

Illinois Health Care Surrogate Act - 755 ILCS 40, Section 55

Preservation of existing rights . The provisions of this Act are cumulative with existing law regarding an individual's right to consent or refuse to consent to medical ...

Illinois Health Care Surrogate Act - 755 ILCS 40, Section 60

Health care surrogate; specific mental health services . (a) In this Section, "specific mental health services" means the administration of authorized involuntary treatment as defined in Section ...

Illinois Health Care Surrogate Act - 755 ILCS 40, Section 65

Do-not-resuscitate orders . (a) An individual of sound mind and having reached the age of majority or having obtained the status of an emancipated person pursuant to ...

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