94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1718


 
Introduced 2/25/2005, by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














735 ILCS 5/2-1704
  from Ch. 110, par. 2-1704







    Amends the Code of Civil Procedure.  Makes a technical change in the Section defining medical malpractice action.
















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SB1718

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    AN ACT concerning medical malpractice.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by 
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changing Section 2-1704 as follows:
 



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    (735 ILCS 5/2-1704)  (from Ch. 110, par. 2-1704)



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    Sec. 2-1704. Medical Malpractice Action. As used in this 
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Part,
"medical malpractice action" means any action, whether in 
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tort, contract or
otherwise, in which the
the plaintiff seeks 
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damages for injuries or death by
reason of medical, hospital, 
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or other healing art malpractice.
The term "healing art" shall 
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not include care and
treatment by spiritual means through 
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prayer in accord with the tenets and
practices of a recognized 
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church or religious denomination.
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(Source: P.A. 84-7.)