(725 ILCS 120/4.6) Sec. 4.6. Advocates; support person. (a) A crime victim has a right to have an advocate present during any medical evidentiary or physical examination, unless no advocate can be summoned in a reasonably timely manner. The victim also has the right to have an additional person present for support during any medical evidentiary or physical examination. (b) A victim retains the rights prescribed in subsection (a) of this Section even if the victim has waived these rights in a previous examination.
(Source: P.A. 100-1087, eff. 1-1-19.) |