(730 ILCS 195/40)
Sec. 40. Public access to information.
(a) Meetings of a mortality review team shall be closed to the public. Meetings of the mortality review teams are not subject to the Open Meetings Act, as provided in that Act.
(b) Records and information provided to a mortality review team and records maintained by a team are confidential and not subject to inspection and copying under the Freedom of Information Act, as provided in that Act.
(c) Members of a mortality review team are not subject to examination, in any civil or criminal proceeding, concerning information presented to members of the team or opinions formed by members of the team based on that information. A team member may, however, be examined concerning information provided to the team that is otherwise available to the public.
(d) Records and information produced by a mortality review team are not subject to discovery or subpoena and are not admissible as evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding. Those records and information are, however, subject to discovery or a subpoena, and are admissible as evidence, to the extent they are otherwise available to the public.
(Source: P.A. 96-1378, eff. 7-29-10.)
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