093_HB0555

 
                                     LRB093 05587 MBS 05679 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to minors.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended  by
 5    changing Section 2-19 as follows:

 6        (705 ILCS 405/2-19) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-19)
 7        Sec.  2-19.  Preliminary  orders after filing a petition.
 8    In all cases involving physical abuse the court shall  order,
 9    and  in all cases involving neglect or sexual abuse the court
10    may order, an examination of the child under Section 2-11  of
11    this  Act  or by a physician appointed or designated for this
12    purpose by the  court.   As  part  of  the  examination,  the
13    physician  shall  arrange to have color photographs taken, as
14    soon as practical, of areas of trauma visible  on  the  child
15    and  may,  if  indicated,  arrange  to  have  a  radiological
16    examination  performed  on  the child.  The physician, on the
17    completion of the examination, shall forward the  results  of
18    the  examination  together  with the color photographs to the
19    State's Attorney of the county of the court ordering the such
20    examination.  The court may dispense with the examination  in
21    those  cases  which were commenced on the basis of a physical
22    examination by a physician.  Unless  color  photographs  have
23    already  been  taken  or unless there are no areas of visible
24    trauma, the court shall arrange  to  have  color  photographs
25    taken if no such examination is conducted.
26    (Source: P.A. 87-1148.)