Illinois Compiled Statutes 755 Estates: Article -

• 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...
• 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 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 decisional capacity may...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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:...
• 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...
• 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,...
• 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...
• 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 psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy under...
• Illinois Health Care Surrogate Act. - 755 ILCS 40, Section 65
  Department of Public Health Uniform DNR/POLST form. (a) An individual of sound mind and having reached the age of majority or having obtained the status...

Last modified: February 18, 2015