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Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45

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Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 1-1

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Illinois Power of Attorney Act" . (Source: P.A. 85-701.) ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 2-1

Purpose . The General Assembly recognizes that each individual has the right to appoint an agent to deal with property or make personal and health care decisions ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 2-2

Short Title . This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "Durable Power of Attorney Law". (Source: P.A. 85-701.) ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 2-3

Definitions . As used in this Act: (a) "Agency" means the written power of attorney or other instrument of agency governing the relationship between the principal ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 2-4

Applicability . (a) The principal may specify in the agency the event or time when the agency will begin and terminate, the mode of revocation or amendment ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 2-5

Duration of agency - amendment and revocation . Unless the agency states an earlier termination date, the agency continues until the death of the principal, notwithstanding any ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 2-6

Effect of disability-divorce . (a) All acts of the agent within the scope of the agency during any period of disability, incapacity or incompetency of the principal ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 2-7

Duty - standard of care - record-keeping - exoneration . The agent shall be under no duty to exercise the powers granted by the agency or ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 2-7.5

Incapacitated principal . (a) This Section shall apply only to an agent acting for a principal who is incapacitated. A principal shall be considered incapacitated if that ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 2-8

Reliance on document purporting to establish an agency . Any person who acts in good faith reliance on a copy of a document purporting to establish an ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 2-9

Preservation of estate plan and trusts . In exercising powers granted under the agency, including powers of amendment or revocation and powers to expend or withdraw property ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 2-10

Agency-court relationship . Upon petition by any interested person (including the agent), with such notice to interested persons as the court directs and a finding by the ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 2-11

Saving clause . This Act does not in any way invalidate any agency executed or any act of any agent done, or affect any claim, right or ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 3-1

Purpose . The General Assembly finds that the public interest requires a standardized form of power of attorney that individuals may use to authorize an agent to ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 3-2

Short Title . This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "Statutory Short Form Power of Attorney for Property Law". (Source: P.A. 85-701.) ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 3-3

Statutory short form power of attorney for property . The following form may be known as "statutory property power" and may be used to grant an agent ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 3-4

Explanation of powers granted in the statutory short form power of attorney for property . This Section defines each category of powers listed in the statutory short ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 4-1

Purpose . The General Assembly recognizes the right of the individual to control all aspects of his or her personal care and medical treatment, including the right ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 4-2

Short Title . This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "Powers of Attorney for Health Care Law". (Source: P.A. 85-701.) ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 4-3

General principles . The health care powers that may be delegated to an agent include, without limitation, all powers an individual may have to be informed about ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 4-4

Definitions . As used in this Article: (a) "Attending physician" means the physician who has primary responsibility at the time of reference for the treatment and ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 4-5

Limitations on health care agencies . Neither the attending physician nor any other health care provider may act as agent under a health care agency; however, a ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 4-6

Revocation and amendment of health care agencies . (a) Every health care agency may be revoked by the principal at any time, without regard to the principal's ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 4-7

Duties of health care providers and others in relation to health care agencies . Each health care provider and each other person with whom an agent deals ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 4-8

Immunities of health care providers, agents and others in relation to health care agencies . Each health care provider and each other person who acts in good ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 4-9

Penalties . All persons shall be subject to the following sanctions in relation to health care agencies, in addition to all other sanctions applicable under any other ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 4-10

Statutory short form power of attorney for health care . (a) The following form (sometimes also referred to in this Act as the "statutory health care power") ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 4-11

Applicability - inconsistent Acts . This Article applies to all health care providers and other persons in relation to all health care agencies on and after the ...

Illinois Power of Attorney Act - 755 ILCS 45, Section 4-12

Saving clause . This Act does not in any way invalidate any health care agency executed or any act of any agent done, or affect any claim, ...

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