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1 | AN ACT in relation to public health.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding | ||||||
5 | Section 6.14f as follows: | ||||||
6 | (210 ILCS 85/6.14f new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 6.14f. Reports to the trauma registry; certain | ||||||
8 | accidents involving persons under the age of 18 years. A | ||||||
9 | hospital that treats any person under the age of 18 years for | ||||||
10 | injuries suffered in an accident involving a motor vehicle or | ||||||
11 | the power window of a motor vehicle must report the accident to | ||||||
12 | the trauma registry. | ||||||
13 | Section 10. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing | ||||||
14 | Sections 8 and 18 as follows:
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15 | (410 ILCS 535/8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-8)
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16 | Sec. 8. Each local registrar shall:
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17 | (1) Appoint one or more deputies to act for him in his | ||||||
18 | absence or to
assist him. Such deputies shall be subject to all | ||||||
19 | rules and regulations
governing local registrars.
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20 | (2) Appoint one or more subregistrars when necessary for | ||||||
21 | the convenience
of the people. To become effective, such | ||||||
22 | appointments must be approved by
the State Registrar of Vital | ||||||
23 | Records. A subregistrar shall exercise such
authority as is | ||||||
24 | given him by the local registrar and is subject to the
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25 | supervision and control of the State Registrar of Vital | ||||||
26 | Records, and shall
be liable to the same penalties as local | ||||||
27 | registrars, as provided in Section
27 of this Act.
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28 | (3) Administer and enforce the provisions of this Act and | ||||||
29 | the
instructions, rules, and regulations issued hereunder.
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30 | (4) Require that certificates be completed and filed in |
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1 | accordance with
the provisions of this Act and the rules and | ||||||
2 | regulations issued hereunder.
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3 | (5) Prepare and transmit monthly an accurate copy of each | ||||||
4 | record of live
birth, death, and fetal death to the county | ||||||
5 | clerk of his county. He shall
also, in the case of a death of a | ||||||
6 | person who was a resident of another
county, prepare an | ||||||
7 | additional copy of the death record and transmit it to
the | ||||||
8 | county clerk of the county in which such person was a resident. | ||||||
9 | In no
case shall the county clerk's copy of a live birth record | ||||||
10 | include the
section of the certificate which contains | ||||||
11 | information for health and
statistical program use only.
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12 | (6) (Blank).
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13 | (7) Prepare, file, and retain for a period of at least 10 | ||||||
14 | years in his
own office an accurate copy of each record of live | ||||||
15 | birth, death, and fetal
death accepted for registration. Only | ||||||
16 | in those instances in which the local
registrar is also a full | ||||||
17 | time city, village, incorporated town, public
health district, | ||||||
18 | county, or multi-county health officer recognized by the
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19 | Department may the health and statistical data section of the | ||||||
20 | live birth
record be made a part of this copy.
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21 | (8) Transmit monthly the certificates, reports, or other | ||||||
22 | returns filed
with him to the State Registrar of Vital Records, | ||||||
23 | or more frequently when
directed to do so by the State | ||||||
24 | Registrar of Vital Records.
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25 | (8.5) Transmit monthly to the State central register of the | ||||||
26 | Illinois
Department of Children and Family Services a copy of | ||||||
27 | all death certificates of
persons under 18 years of age who | ||||||
28 | have died within the month. Each death certificate must be | ||||||
29 | accompanied by a detailed report of the cause of the person's | ||||||
30 | death, as required under subsection (2) or (3) of Section 18 of | ||||||
31 | this Act.
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32 | (9) Maintain such records, make such reports, and perform | ||||||
33 | such other
duties as may be required by the State Registrar of | ||||||
34 | Vital Records.
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35 | (Source: P.A. 89-641, eff. 8-9-96; 90-608, eff. 6-30-98.)
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1 | (410 ILCS 535/18) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-18)
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2 | Sec. 18. (1) Each death which occurs in this State shall be | ||||||
3 | registered
by filing a death certificate with the local | ||||||
4 | registrar
of the district in which the death occurred or the | ||||||
5 | body was found, within
7 days after such death (within 5 days | ||||||
6 | if the death occurs prior to
January 1, 1989) and prior to | ||||||
7 | cremation or removal of the body from
the State, except when | ||||||
8 | death is subject to investigation by the coroner or
medical | ||||||
9 | examiner.
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10 | (a) For the purposes of this Section, if the place of | ||||||
11 | death is unknown,
a death certificate shall be filed in the | ||||||
12 | registration district in which
a dead body is found, which | ||||||
13 | shall be considered the place of death.
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14 | (b) When a death occurs on a moving conveyance, the | ||||||
15 | place where the body
is first removed from the conveyance | ||||||
16 | shall be considered the place of death
and a death | ||||||
17 | certificate shall be filed in the registration district in
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18 | which such place is located.
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19 | (c) The funeral director who first assumes
custody of a | ||||||
20 | dead body shall be responsible for filing a completed death
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21 | certificate. He shall obtain the personal data from the | ||||||
22 | next
of kin or the best qualified person or source | ||||||
23 | available; he shall enter
on the certificate the name, | ||||||
24 | relationship,
and address of his informant; he shall enter | ||||||
25 | the date, place, and method
of final disposition; he shall | ||||||
26 | affix his own signature and enter his address;
and shall | ||||||
27 | present the certificate to the person responsible for | ||||||
28 | completing
the medical certification of cause of death.
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29 | (2) The medical certification shall be completed and signed | ||||||
30 | within 48
hours after death by the physician in charge of the | ||||||
31 | patient's care for the
illness or condition which resulted in | ||||||
32 | death, except when death is subject
to the coroner's or medical | ||||||
33 | examiner's investigation. In the absence of
the physician or | ||||||
34 | with his approval, the medical certificate may be
completed and | ||||||
35 | signed by his associate physician, the chief medical officer
of | ||||||
36 | the institution in which death occurred or by the physician who
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1 | performed an autopsy upon the decedent. If the decedent was | ||||||
2 | under the age of 18 years at the time of his or her death, a | ||||||
3 | detailed report of the cause of the decedent's death must | ||||||
4 | accompany the medical certification.
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5 | (3) When a death occurs without medical attendance, or when | ||||||
6 | it is otherwise
subject to the coroner's or medical examiner's | ||||||
7 | investigation, the coroner
or medical examiner shall be | ||||||
8 | responsible for the completion of a coroner's
or medical | ||||||
9 | examiner's certificate of death and shall sign the medical
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10 | certification within 48 hours after death, except as provided | ||||||
11 | by regulation
in special problem cases. If the decedent was | ||||||
12 | under the age of 18 years at the time of his or her death, a | ||||||
13 | detailed report of the cause of the decedent's death must | ||||||
14 | accompany the coroner's or medical examiner's certificate.
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15 | (3.5) The medical certification of cause of death shall | ||||||
16 | expressly provide
an
opportunity for the person completing the
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17 | certification to indicate that the death was caused in whole or | ||||||
18 | in part by a
dementia-related disease, Parkinson's Disease, or | ||||||
19 | Parkinson-Dementia Complex.
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20 | (4) When the deceased was a veteran of any war of the | ||||||
21 | United States, the
funeral director shall prepare a | ||||||
22 | "Certificate of Burial of U. S. War Veteran",
as prescribed and | ||||||
23 | furnished by the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs,
and | ||||||
24 | submit such certificate to the Illinois Department of Veterans | ||||||
25 | Affairs
monthly.
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26 | (5) When a death is presumed to have occurred in this State | ||||||
27 | but the
body cannot be located, a death certificate may be | ||||||
28 | prepared by the State
Registrar upon receipt of an order of a | ||||||
29 | court of competent jurisdiction
which includes the finding of | ||||||
30 | facts required to complete the death
certificate. Such death | ||||||
31 | certificate shall be marked "Presumptive" and shall
show on its | ||||||
32 | face the date of the registration and shall identify the court
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33 | and the date of the judgment.
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34 | (Source: P.A. 93-454, eff. 8-7-03.)
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35 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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1 | becoming law.
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