96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1349

 

Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. William Davis

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Creates the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, proposed by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Contains provisions regarding: applicability; who may make an anatomical gift before a donor's death and the making, amending, or revoking of such a gift; the refusal to make an anatomical gift; who may make an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part and the making, amending, or revoking of such a gift; documents of gift or other information identifying an individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal; the rights and duties of procurement organization and other parties; coordination of procurement and use; prohibition of the purchase of parts and other prohibitions; immunity; choice of law; presumptions; advance health-care directives; disability of a recipient of an anatomical gift; cooperation between coroners or medical examiners and procurement organizations; bodies under jurisdiction of a coroner or medical examiner; construction; and other matters. Repeals the Illinois Anatomical Gift Act. Amends various Acts to make conforming changes.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.
 
6     Section 2. Definitions. In this Act:
7     (1) "Adult" means an individual who is at least 18 years of
8 age.
9     (2) "Agent" means an individual:
10         (A) authorized to make health-care decisions on the
11     principal's behalf by a power of attorney for health care
12     or in accordance with the Health Care Surrogate Act; or
13         (B) expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on
14     the principal's behalf by any other record signed by the
15     principal.
16     (3) "Anatomical gift" means a donation of all or part of a
17 human body to take effect after the donor's death for the
18 purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.
19     (3.1) "Death" means the irreversible cessation of total
20 brain function as determined according to the usual and
21 customary standard of medical practice or the irreversible
22 cessation of cardiac rhythm as determined according to the
23 usual and customary standard of medical practice.

 

 

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1     (4) "Decedent" means a deceased individual whose body or
2 part is or may be the source of an anatomical gift. The term
3 includes a stillborn infant and, subject to restrictions
4 imposed by law other than this Act, a fetus.
5     (5) "Disinterested witness" means a witness other than the
6 spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandchild, grandparent, or
7 guardian of the individual who makes, amends, revokes, or
8 refuses to make an anatomical gift, or another adult who
9 exhibited special care and concern for the individual. The term
10 does not include a person to which an anatomical gift could
11 pass under Section 11.
12     (6) "Document of gift" means a donor card or other record
13 used to make an anatomical gift. The term includes a statement
14 or symbol on a driver's license, identification card, or donor
15 registry.
16     (6.1) "Donation after cardiac death" means the donation of
17 organs from a ventilated patient without a certification of
18 brain death and with a do-not-resuscitate order, if a decision
19 has been reached by the physician and the family to withdraw
20 life support and if the donation does not occur until after the
21 declaration of cardiac death.
22     (7) "Donor" means an individual whose body or part is the
23 subject of an anatomical gift.
24     (8) "Donor registry" means a database that contains records
25 of anatomical gifts and amendments to or revocations of
26 anatomical gifts.

 

 

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1     (9) "Driver's license" means a license or permit issued by
2 the Secretary of State to operate a vehicle, whether or not
3 conditions are attached to the license or permit.
4     (10) "Eye bank" means a person that is licensed, accredited
5 by either the American Association of Tissue Banks, the Eye
6 Bank Association of America, or the Association of Organ
7 Procurement Organizations, or regulated under federal or state
8 law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing, processing,
9 storage, or distribution of human eyes or portions of human
10 eyes.
11     (11) "Guardian" means a person appointed by a court to make
12 decisions regarding the support, care, education, health, or
13 welfare of an individual. The term does not include a guardian
14 ad litem.
15     (12) "Hospital" means a facility licensed as a hospital
16 under the law of any state or a facility operated as a hospital
17 by the United States, a state, or a subdivision of a state.
18     (13) "Identification card" means an identification card
19 issued by the Secretary of State.
20     (14) "Know" means to have actual knowledge.
21     (15) "Minor" means an individual who is under 18 years of
22 age.
23     (16) "Organ procurement organization" means a person
24 designated by the Secretary of the United States Department of
25 Health and Human Services and accredited by either the American
26 Association of Tissue Banks, the Eye Bank Association of

 

 

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1 America, or the Association of Organ Procurement
2 Organizations, as an organ procurement organization.
3     (17) "Parent" means a parent whose parental rights have not
4 been terminated.
5     (18) "Part" means an organ, an eye, or tissue of a human
6 being. The term does not include the whole body.
7     (19) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business
8 trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company,
9 association, joint venture, public corporation, government or
10 governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any
11 other legal or commercial entity.
12     (20) "Physician" means an individual authorized to
13 practice medicine or osteopathy under the law of any state.
14     (21) "Procurement organization" means an eye bank, organ
15 procurement organization, or tissue bank.
16     (22) "Prospective donor" means an individual who is dead or
17 near death and has been determined by a procurement
18 organization to have a part that could be medically suitable
19 for transplantation, therapy, research, or education. The term
20 does not include an individual who has made a refusal.
21     (23) "Reasonably available" means able to be contacted by a
22 procurement organization without undue effort and willing and
23 able to act in a timely manner consistent with existing medical
24 criteria necessary for the making of an anatomical gift.
25     (24) "Recipient" means an individual into whose body a
26 decedent's part has been or is intended to be transplanted.

 

 

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1     (25) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a
2 tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other
3 medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
4     (26) "Refusal" means a record created under Section 7 that
5 expressly states an intent to bar other persons from making an
6 anatomical gift of an individual's body or part.
7     (27) "Sign" means, with the present intent to authenticate
8 or adopt a record:
9         (A) to execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or
10         (B) to attach to or logically associate with the record
11     an electronic symbol, sound, or process.
12     (28) "State" means a state of the United States, the
13 District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin
14 Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the
15 jurisdiction of the United States.
16     (29) "Technician" means an individual determined to be
17 qualified to remove or process parts by an appropriate
18 organization that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under
19 federal or state law. The term includes an enucleator.
20     (30) "Tissue" means a portion of the human body other than
21 an organ or an eye. The term does not include blood unless the
22 blood is donated for the purpose of research or education.
23     (31) "Tissue bank" means a person that is licensed,
24 accredited by either the American Association of Tissue Banks,
25 the Eye Bank Association of America, or the Association of
26 Organ Procurement Organizations, or regulated under federal or

 

 

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1 state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing,
2 processing, storage, or distribution of tissue.
3     (32) "Transplant hospital" means a hospital that furnishes
4 organ transplants and other medical and surgical specialty
5 services required for the care of transplant patients.
 
6     Section 3. Applicability. This Act applies to an
7 anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of, or refusal to
8 make an anatomical gift, whenever made.
 
9     Section 4. Who may make anatomical gift before donor's
10 death. Subject to Section 8, an anatomical gift of a donor's
11 body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the
12 purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education in
13 the manner provided in Section 5 by:
14         (1) the donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor
15     is a minor and emancipated;
16         (2) an agent of the donor, unless the power of attorney
17     for health care or other record prohibits the agent from
18     making an anatomical gift;
19         (3) a parent of the donor, if the donor is an
20     unemancipated minor; or
21         (4) the donor's guardian.
 
22     Section 5. Manner of making anatomical gift before donor's
23 death.

 

 

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1     (a) A donor may make an anatomical gift:
2         (1) by authorizing a statement or symbol indicating
3     that the donor has made an anatomical gift to be imprinted
4     on the donor's driver's license or identification card;
5         (2) in a will;
6         (3) during a terminal illness or injury of the donor,
7     by any form of communication addressed to at least two
8     adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness; or
9         (4) as provided in subsections (b) and (b-1).
10     (b) A donor or other person authorized to make an
11 anatomical gift under Section 4 may make a gift by a donor card
12 or other record signed by the donor or other person making the
13 gift or by authorizing that a statement or symbol indicating
14 that the donor has made an anatomical gift be included on a
15 donor registry. If the donor or other person is physically
16 unable to sign a record, the record may be signed by another
17 individual at the direction of the donor or other person and
18 must:
19         (1) be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one
20     of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the
21     request of the donor or the other person; and
22         (2) state that it has been signed and witnessed as
23     provided in paragraph (1).
24     (b-1) A gift under Section 4(1) may also be made by an
25 individual consenting to have his or her name included in the
26 First Person Consent organ and tissue donor registry maintained

 

 

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1 by the Secretary of State under Section 6-117 of the Illinois
2 Vehicle Code. An individual's consent to have his or her name
3 included in the First Person Consent organ and tissue donor
4 registry constitutes full legal authority for the donation of
5 any of his or her organs or tissue. Consenting to be included
6 in the First Person Consent organ and tissue donor registry is
7 effective without regard to the presence or signature of
8 witnesses.
9     (c) Revocation, suspension, expiration, or cancellation of
10 a driver's license or identification card upon which an
11 anatomical gift is indicated does not invalidate the gift.
12     (d) An anatomical gift made by will takes effect upon the
13 donor's death whether or not the will is probated. Invalidation
14 of the will after the donor's death does not invalidate the
15 gift.
 
16     Section 6. Amending or revoking anatomical gift before
17 donor's death.
18     (a) Subject to Section 8, a donor or other person
19 authorized to make an anatomical gift under Section 4 may amend
20 or revoke an anatomical gift by:
21         (1) a record signed by:
22             (A) the donor;
23             (B) the other person; or
24             (C) subject to subsection (b), another individual
25         acting at the direction of the donor or the other

 

 

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1         person if the donor or other person is physically
2         unable to sign; or
3         (2) a later-executed document of gift that amends or
4     revokes a previous anatomical gift or portion of an
5     anatomical gift, either expressly or by inconsistency.
6     (b) A record signed pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(C) must:
7         (1) be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one
8     of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the
9     request of the donor or the other person; and
10         (2) state that it has been signed and witnessed as
11     provided in paragraph (1).
12     (c) Subject to Section 8, a donor or other person
13 authorized to make an anatomical gift under Section 4 may
14 revoke an anatomical gift by the destruction or cancellation of
15 the document of gift, or the portion of the document of gift
16 used to make the gift, with the intent to revoke the gift.
17     (c-1) An individual may withdraw his or her consent to be
18 listed in the First Person Consent organ and tissue donor
19 registry maintained by the Secretary of State by notifying the
20 Secretary of State in writing, or by any other means approved
21 by the Secretary, of the individual's decision to have his or
22 her name removed from the registry.
23     (d) A donor may amend or revoke an anatomical gift that was
24 not made in a will by any form of communication during a
25 terminal illness or injury addressed to at least two adults, at
26 least one of whom is a disinterested witness.

 

 

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1     (e) A donor who makes an anatomical gift in a will may
2 amend or revoke the gift in the manner provided for amendment
3 or revocation of wills or as provided in subsection (a).
 
4     Section 7. Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of
5 refusal.
6     (a) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of
7 the individual's body or part by:
8         (1) a record signed by:
9             (A) the individual; or
10             (B) subject to subsection (b), another individual
11         acting at the direction of the individual if the
12         individual is physically unable to sign;
13         (2) the individual's will, whether or not the will is
14     admitted to probate or invalidated after the individual's
15     death; or
16         (3) any form of communication made by the individual
17     during the individual's terminal illness or injury
18     addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a
19     disinterested witness.
20     (b) A record signed pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(B) must:
21         (1) be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one
22     of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the
23     request of the individual; and
24         (2) state that it has been signed and witnessed as
25     provided in paragraph (1).

 

 

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1     (c) An individual who has made a refusal may amend or
2 revoke the refusal:
3         (1) in the manner provided in subsection (a) for making
4     a refusal;
5         (2) by subsequently making an anatomical gift pursuant
6     to Section 5 that is inconsistent with the refusal; or
7         (3) by destroying or canceling the record evidencing
8     the refusal, or the portion of the record used to make the
9     refusal, with the intent to revoke the refusal.
10     (d) Except as otherwise provided in Section 8(h), in the
11 absence of an express, contrary indication by the individual
12 set forth in the refusal, an individual's unrevoked refusal to
13 make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part bars
14 all other persons from making an anatomical gift of the
15 individual's body or part.
 
16     Section 8. Preclusive effect of anatomical gift,
17 amendment, or revocation.
18      (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) and
19 subject to subsection (f), in the absence of an express,
20 contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor
21 is barred from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift
22 of a donor's body or part if the donor made an anatomical gift
23 of the donor's body or part under Section 5 or an amendment to
24 an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under Section 6.
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1 donor's body or part under Section 6 is not a refusal and does
2 not bar another person specified in Section 4 or 9 from making
3 an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under Section 5
4 or 10.
5     (c) If a person other than the donor makes an unrevoked
6 anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under Section 5 or
7 an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part
8 under Section 6, another person may not make, amend, or revoke
9 the gift of the donor's body or part under Section 10.
10     (d) A revocation of an anatomical gift of a donor's body or
11 part under Section 6 by a person other than the donor does not
12 bar another person from making an anatomical gift of the body
13 or part under Section 5 or 10.
14     (e) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by
15 the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift
16 under Section 4, an anatomical gift of a part is neither a
17 refusal to give another part nor a limitation on the making of
18 an anatomical gift of another part at a later time by the donor
19 or another person.
20     (f) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by
21 the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift
22 under Section 4, an anatomical gift of a part for one or more
23 of the purposes set forth in Section 4 is not a limitation on
24 the making of an anatomical gift of the part for any of the
25 other purposes by the donor or any other person under Section 5
26 or 10.

 

 

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1     (g) If a donor who is an unemancipated minor dies, a parent
2 of the donor who is reasonably available may revoke or amend an
3 anatomical gift of the donor's body or part.
4     (h) If an unemancipated minor who signed a refusal dies, a
5 parent of the minor who is reasonably available may revoke the
6 minor's refusal.
 
7     Section 9. Who may make anatomical gift of decedent's body
8 or part.
9     (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) and unless barred by
10 Section 7 or 8, an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part
11 for purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or
12 education may be made after or immediately before death by any
13 member of the following classes of persons who is reasonably
14 available, in the order of priority listed:
15         (1) an agent of the decedent at the time of death who
16     could have made an anatomical gift under Section 4(2)
17     immediately before the decedent's death;
18         (2) the spouse of the decedent;
19         (3) adult children of the decedent;
20         (4) parents of the decedent;
21         (5) adult siblings of the decedent;
22         (6) adult grandchildren of the decedent;
23         (7) grandparents of the decedent;
24         (8) an adult who exhibited special care and concern for
25     the decedent;

 

 

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1         (9) the persons who were acting as the guardians of the
2     person of the decedent at the time of death; and
3         (10) any other person having the authority to dispose
4     of the decedent's body.
5     (b) If there is more than one member of a class listed in
6 subsection (a)(1), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (9) entitled to
7 make an anatomical gift, an anatomical gift may be made by a
8 member of the class unless that member or a person to which the
9 gift may pass under Section 11 knows of an objection by another
10 member of the class. If an objection is known, the gift may be
11 made only by a majority of the members of the class who are
12 reasonably available.
13     (c) A person may not make an anatomical gift if, at the
14 time of the decedent's death, a person in a prior class under
15 subsection (a) is reasonably available to make or to object to
16 the making of an anatomical gift.
 
17     Section 10. Manner of making, amending, or revoking
18 anatomical gift of decedent's body or part.
19     (a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under
20 Section 9 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift
21 signed by the person making the gift or by that person's oral
22 communication that is electronically recorded or is
23 contemporaneously reduced to a record and signed by the
24 individual receiving the oral communication.
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1 person authorized under Section 9 may be amended or revoked
2 orally or in a record by any member of a prior class who is
3 reasonably available. If more than one member of the prior
4 class is reasonably available, the gift made by a person
5 authorized under Section 9 may be:
6         (1) amended only if a majority of the reasonably
7     available members agree to the amending of the gift; or
8         (2) revoked only if a majority of the reasonably
9     available members agree to the revoking of the gift or if
10     they are equally divided as to whether to revoke the gift.
11     (c) A revocation under subsection (b) is effective only if,
12 before an incision has been made to remove a part from the
13 donor's body or before invasive procedures have begun to
14 prepare the recipient, the procurement organization,
15 transplant hospital, or physician or technician knows of the
16 revocation.
 
17     Section 11. Persons that may receive anatomical gift;
18 purpose of anatomical gift.
19     (a) An anatomical gift may be made to the following persons
20 named in the document of gift:
21         (1) a hospital; accredited medical school, dental
22     school, college, or university; organ procurement
23     organization; or other appropriate person, for research or
24     education;
25         (2) subject to subsection (b), an individual

 

 

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1     designated by the person making the anatomical gift if the
2     individual is the recipient of the part;
3         (3) an eye bank or tissue bank.
4     (b) If an anatomical gift to an individual under subsection
5 (a)(2) cannot be transplanted into the individual, the part
6 passes in accordance with subsection (g) in the absence of an
7 express, contrary indication by the person making the
8 anatomical gift.
9     (c) If an anatomical gift of one or more specific parts or
10 of all parts is made in a document of gift that does not name a
11 person described in subsection (a) but identifies the purpose
12 for which an anatomical gift may be used, the following rules
13 apply:
14         (1) If the part is an eye and the gift is for the
15     purpose of transplantation or therapy, the gift passes to
16     the appropriate eye bank.
17         (2) If the part is tissue and the gift is for the
18     purpose of transplantation or therapy, the gift passes to
19     the appropriate tissue bank.
20         (3) If the part is an organ and the gift is for the
21     purpose of transplantation or therapy, the gift passes to
22     the appropriate organ procurement organization as
23     custodian of the organ.
24         (4) If the part is an organ, an eye, or tissue and the
25     gift is for the purpose of research or education, the gift
26     passes to the appropriate procurement organization.

 

 

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1     (d) For the purpose of subsection (c), if there is more
2 than one purpose of an anatomical gift set forth in the
3 document of gift but the purposes are not set forth in any
4 priority, the gift must be used for transplantation or therapy,
5 if suitable. If the gift cannot be used for transplantation or
6 therapy, the gift may be used for research or education.
7     (e) If an anatomical gift of one or more specific parts is
8 made in a document of gift that does not name a person
9 described in subsection (a) and does not identify the purpose
10 of the gift, the gift may be used only for transplantation or
11 therapy, and the gift passes in accordance with subsection (g).
12     (f) If a document of gift specifies only a general intent
13 to make an anatomical gift by words such as "donor", "organ
14 donor", or "body donor", or by a symbol or statement of similar
15 import, the gift may be used only for transplantation or
16 therapy, and the gift passes in accordance with subsection (g).
17     (g) For purposes of subsections (b), (e), and (f) the
18 following rules apply:
19         (1) If the part is an eye, the gift passes to the
20     appropriate eye bank.
21         (2) If the part is tissue, the gift passes to the
22     appropriate tissue bank.
23         (3) If the part is an organ, the gift passes to the
24     appropriate organ procurement organization as custodian of
25     the organ.
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1 therapy, other than an anatomical gift under subsection (a)(2),
2 passes to the organ procurement organization as custodian of
3 the organ.
4     (i) If an anatomical gift does not pass pursuant to
5 subsections (a) through (h) or the decedent's body or part is
6 not used for transplantation, therapy, research, or education,
7 custody of the body or part passes to the person under
8 obligation to dispose of the body or part.
9     (j) A person may not accept an anatomical gift if the
10 person knows that the gift was not effectively made under
11 Section 5 or 10 or if the person knows that the decedent made a
12 refusal under Section 7 that was not revoked. For purposes of
13 the subsection, if a person knows that an anatomical gift was
14 made on a document of gift, the person is deemed to know of any
15 amendment or revocation of the gift or any refusal to make an
16 anatomical gift on the same document of gift.
17     (k) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a)(2),
18 nothing in this Act affects the allocation of organs for
19 transplantation or therapy.
 
20     Section 12. Search and notification.
21     (a) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of
22 an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or
23 near death for a document of gift or other information
24 identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who
25 made a refusal:

 

 

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1         (1) a law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic,
2     or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and
3         (2) if no other source of the information is
4     immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical
5     after the individual's arrival at the hospital.
6     (b) If a document of gift or a refusal to make an
7 anatomical gift is located by the search required by subsection
8 (a)(1) and the individual or deceased individual to whom it
9 relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for
10 conducting the search shall send the document of gift or
11 refusal to the hospital.
12     (c) A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability
13 for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this Section but
14 may be subject to administrative sanctions.
 
15     Section 13. Delivery of document of gift not required;
16 right to examine.
17     (a) A document of gift need not be delivered during the
18 donor's lifetime to be effective.
19     (b) Upon or after an individual's death, a person in
20 possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an
21 anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow
22 examination and copying of the document of gift or refusal by a
23 person authorized to make or object to the making of an
24 anatomical gift with respect to the individual or by a person
25 to which the gift could pass under Section 11.
 

 

 

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1     Section 14. Rights and duties of procurement organization
2 and others.
3     (a) When a hospital refers an individual at or near death
4 to a procurement organization, the organization shall make a
5 reasonable search of the records of the Secretary of State and
6 any donor registry that it knows exists for the geographical
7 area in which the individual resides to ascertain whether the
8 individual has made an anatomical gift.
9     (b) A procurement organization must be allowed reasonable
10 access to information in the records of the Secretary of State
11 to ascertain whether an individual at or near death is a donor.
12     (c) When a hospital refers an individual at or near death
13 to a procurement organization, the organization may conduct any
14 reasonable examination necessary to ensure the medical
15 suitability of a part that is or could be the subject of an
16 anatomical gift for transplantation, therapy, research, or
17 education from a donor or a prospective donor. During the
18 examination period, measures necessary to ensure the medical
19 suitability of the part may not be withdrawn unless the
20 hospital or procurement organization knows that the individual
21 expressed a contrary intent.
22     (c-1) If a prospective donor of any organ or an individual
23 with the authority under Section 9 to donate an organ of a
24 prospective donor who is not brain dead expresses an interest
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1 hospital that does not allow donation after cardiac death, the
2 organ procurement organization shall orally inform the patient
3 or the other individual if the patient does not have
4 decision-making capacity that the hospital does not allow
5 donation after cardiac death. In addition to providing oral
6 notification, the organ procurement organization shall give to
7 the patient or other individual if the patient does not have
8 decision-making capacity a record stating that:
9         (i) the patient or the other individual has been given
10     literature and has been counseled about organ donation
11     after cardiac death by (representative's name) of the
12     (organ procurement agency name);
13         (ii) all organ donation options have been explained to
14     the patient or the other individual, including the option
15     of donation after cardiac death;
16         (iii) the patient or the other individual is aware that
17     the hospital where the prospective donor is a patient does
18     not allow donation after cardiac death;
19         (iv) the patient or the other individual has been
20     informed of the right to request a patient transfer to a
21     facility allowing donation after cardiac death; and
22         (v) the patient or the other individual has been
23     informed of another hospital that will allow donation after
24     cardiac death and will accept a patient transfer for the
25     purpose of donation after cardiac death and that the cost
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1     covered by the organ procurement organization with no
2     additional cost to the patient or the other individual.
3     (d) Unless prohibited by law other than this Act, at any
4 time after a donor's death, the person to which a part passes
5 under Section 11 may conduct any reasonable examination
6 necessary to ensure the medical suitability of the body or part
7 for its intended purpose. If the procurement organization is
8 provided information, or determines through independent
9 examination, that there is evidence that the gift was exposed
10 to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or any other
11 identified causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency
12 syndrome (AIDS), the donee may reject the gift and shall treat
13 the information and examination results as a confidential
14 medical record; the donee may disclose only the results
15 confirming HIV exposure, and only to the physician of the
16 deceased donor. The donor's physician shall determine whether
17 the person who executed the gift should be notified of the
18 confirmed positive test result.
19     (e) Unless prohibited by law other than this Act, an
20 examination under subsection (c) or (d) may include an
21 examination of all medical and dental records of the donor or
22 prospective donor.
23     (f) (Blank).
24     (g) Upon referral by a hospital under subsection (a), a
25 procurement organization shall make a reasonable search for any
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1 anatomical gift on behalf of a prospective donor. If a
2 procurement organization receives information that an
3 anatomical gift to any other person was made, amended, or
4 revoked, it shall promptly advise the other person of all
5 relevant information.
6     (h) Subject to Sections 11(i) and 23, the rights of the
7 person to which a part passes under Section 11 are superior to
8 the rights of all others with respect to the part. The person
9 may accept or reject an anatomical gift in whole or in part.
10 Subject to the terms of the document of gift and this Act, a
11 person that accepts an anatomical gift of an entire body may
12 allow embalming, burial or cremation, and use of remains in a
13 funeral service. If the gift is of a part, the person to which
14 the part passes under Section 11, upon the death of the donor
15 and before embalming, burial, or cremation, shall cause the
16 part to be removed without unnecessary mutilation.
17     (i) Neither the physician who attends the decedent at death
18 nor the physician who determines the time of the decedent's
19 death may participate in the procedures for removing or
20 transplanting a part from the decedent.
21     (j) A physician or technician may remove a donated part
22 from the body of a donor that the physician or technician is
23 qualified to remove.
 
24     Section 15. Coordination of procurement and use. Each
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1 affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination
2 of procurement and use of anatomical gifts. Coroners and
3 medical examiners shall not interfere with agreements or
4 affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination
5 of procurement.
 
6     Section 16. Sale or purchase of parts prohibited.
7     (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a
8 person that for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or
9 sells a part for transplantation or therapy if removal of a
10 part from an individual is intended to occur after the
11 individual death shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony for the
12 first conviction and a Class 2 felony for subsequent
13 convictions; further provided, however, if a person is in the
14 business of procuring or recovering parts, such person must be
15 formed as a non-profit organization exempt from federal income
16 taxation pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
17 Code of 1986, as amended, otherwise such person shall be in
18 violation of this Act and shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony
19 for the first conviction and a Class 2 felony for subsequent
20 convictions. Hospitals, physicians, or other licensed health
21 care providers in the State of Illinois who recover or procure
22 tissue for their own patients shall not be subject to the
23 penalties contained in this provision.
24     (b) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the
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1 transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part.
 
2     Section 17. Other prohibited acts. A person that, in order
3 to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges,
4 conceals, defaces, or obliterates a document of gift, an
5 amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal
6 commits a Class 3 felony.
 
7     Section 18. Immunity.
8     (a) A person that acts in good faith in accordance with the
9 terms of this Act, the Illinois Vehicle Code, and the AIDS
10 Confidentiality Act, or with the applicable anatomical gift law
11 of another state, including any person that participates in
12 good faith and according to the usual and customary standards
13 of medical practice in the preservation, removal, or
14 transplantation, of any part of a decedent's body pursuant to
15 an anatomical gift made under this Act or attempts in good
16 faith to do so, is not liable for the act in a civil action,
17 criminal prosecution, or administrative proceeding.
18     (a-1) For the purposes of any proceedings, civil or
19 criminal, it shall be presumed that any anatomical gift made
20 pursuant to this Act is valid and that any person participating
21 in the removal or transplantation of any part of a decedent's
22 body to effectuate an anatomical gift made pursuant to this Act
23 acted in good faith.
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1 donor's estate is liable for any injury or damage that results
2 from the making or use of the gift.
3     (c) In determining whether an anatomical gift has been
4 made, amended, or revoked under this Act, a person may rely
5 upon representations of an individual listed in Section
6 9(a)(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8) relating to the
7 individual's relationship to the donor or prospective donor
8 unless the person knows that the representation is untrue.
 
9     Section 19. Law governing validity; choice of law as to
10 execution of document of gift; presumption of validity.
11     (a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance
12 with:
13         (1) this Act;
14         (2) the laws of the state or country where it was
15     executed; or
16         (3) the laws of the state or country where the person
17     making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of
18     residence, or was a national at the time the document of
19     gift was executed.
20     (b) If a document of gift is valid under this Section, the
21 law of this State governs the interpretation of the document of
22 gift.
23     (c) A person may presume that a document of gift or
24 amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person
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1     Section 20. (Blank).
 
2     Section 21. Effect of anatomical gift on advance
3 health-care directive.
4     (a) In this Section:
5         (1) "Advance health-care directive" means a power of
6     attorney for health care or a record signed or authorized
7     by a prospective donor containing the prospective donor's
8     direction concerning a health-care decision for the
9     prospective donor.
10         (2) "Declaration" means a record signed by a
11     prospective donor specifying the circumstances under which
12     a life support system may be withheld or withdrawn from the
13     prospective donor.
14         (3) "Health-care decision" means any decision
15     regarding the health care of the prospective donor.
16     (b) If a prospective donor has a declaration or advance
17 health-care directive and the terms of the declaration or
18 directive and the express or implied terms of a potential
19 anatomical gift are in conflict with regard to the
20 administration of measures necessary to ensure the medical
21 suitability of a part for transplantation or therapy, the
22 prospective donor's attending physician and prospective donor
23 shall confer to resolve the conflict. If the prospective donor
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1 the prospective donor's declaration or directive, or, if none
2 or the agent is not reasonably available, another person
3 authorized by law other than this Act to make health-care
4 decisions on behalf of the prospective donor, shall act for the
5 donor to resolve the conflict. The conflict must be resolved as
6 expeditiously as possible. Information relevant to the
7 resolution of the conflict may be obtained from the appropriate
8 procurement organization and any other person authorized to
9 make an anatomical gift for the prospective donor under Section
10 9. Before resolution of the conflict, measures necessary to
11 ensure the medical suitability of the part may not be withheld
12 or withdrawn from the prospective donor if withholding or
13 withdrawing the measures is not contraindicated by appropriate
14 end-of-life care.
 
15     Section 21.1. Disability of recipient.
16     (a) No hospital, physician, procurement agency or other
17 person shall determine the ultimate recipient of an anatomical
18 gift based upon a potential recipient's physical or mental
19 disability, except to the extent that the physical or mental
20 disability has been found by a physician, following a case by
21 case evaluation of the potential recipient, to be medically
22 significant to the provision of the anatomical gift.
23     (b) Subsection (a) shall apply to each part of the organ
24 transplant process.
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1 handle expeditiously any action brought to seek any remedy
2 authorized by law for purposes of enforcing compliance with
3 this Section.
4     (d) This Section shall not be deemed to require referrals
5 or recommendations for or the performance of medically
6 inappropriate organ transplants.
7     (e) As used in this Section, "disability" has the same
8 meaning as in the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of
9 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq., Public Law 101-336) as may be
10 amended from time to time.
 
11     Section 22. Cooperation between coroner or medical
12 examiner and procurement organization.
13     (a) A coroner or medical examiner shall cooperate with
14 procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to
15 recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation,
16 therapy, research, or education.
17     (b) If a coroner or medical examiner receives notice from a
18 procurement organization that an anatomical gift might be
19 available or was made with respect to a decedent whose body is
20 under the jurisdiction of the coroner or medical examiner and a
21 post-mortem examination is going to be performed, unless the
22 coroner or medical examiner denies recovery in accordance with
23 Section 23, the coroner or medical examiner or designee shall
24 conduct a post-mortem examination of the body or the part in a
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1 the purposes of the gift.
2     (c) A part may not be removed from the body of a decedent
3 under the jurisdiction of a coroner or medical examiner for
4 transplantation, therapy, research, or education unless the
5 part is the subject of an anatomical gift or in accordance with
6 subsection (d). The body of a decedent under the jurisdiction
7 of the coroner or medical examiner may not be delivered to a
8 person for research or education unless the body is the subject
9 of an anatomical gift. This subsection does not preclude a
10 coroner or medical examiner from performing the medicolegal
11 investigation upon the body or parts of a decedent under the
12 jurisdiction of the coroner or medical examiner.
13     (d) Upon request by a physician licensed to practice
14 medicine in all its branches, or by an eye bank certified by
15 the Eye Bank Association of America, and approved by the
16 coroner or county medical examiner, in any case in which a
17 patient is in need of corneal tissue for a transplant, a
18 coroner or county medical examiner who orders the performance
19 of an autopsy may provide corneal tissue of a decedent whenever
20 all of the following conditions are met:
21         (1) The decedent from whom the tissue is taken is under
22     the jurisdiction of the coroner or county medical examiner.
23         (2) There has been a reasonable and good faith effort
24     by the coroner or county medical examiner or any authorized
25     individual acting for the coroner or county medical
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1     subsection (b) of this Section.
2         (3) No objection by the decedent or, after the
3     decedent's death, by an appropriate person as set forth in
4     subsection (e) of this Section is known to the coroner or
5     county medical examiner or authorized individual acting
6     for the coroner or county medical examiner prior to removal
7     of the corneal tissue.
8         (4) The person designated to remove the tissue is
9     qualified to do so under this Act.
10         (5) Removal of the tissue will not interfere with the
11     subsequent course of an investigation or autopsy.
12         (6) The individual when living did not make known in
13     writing his or her objection on religious grounds to the
14     removal of his or her corneal tissue.
15     (e) Objection to the removal of corneal tissue may be made
16 known to the coroner or county medical examiner or authorized
17 individual acting for the coroner or county medical examiner by
18 the individual during his or her lifetime or by the following
19 persons, in the order of priority stated, after the decedent's
20 death: (1) an individual acting as the decedent's agent under a
21 power of attorney for health care; (2) the decedent's surrogate
22 decision maker identified by the attending physician in
23 accordance with the Health Care Surrogate Act; (3) the guardian
24 of the decedent's person at the time of death; (4) the
25 decedent's spouse; (5) any of the decedent's adult sons or
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1 decedent's adult brothers or sisters; (8) any adult grandchild
2 of the decedent; (9) a close friend of the decedent; (10) the
3 guardian of the decedent's estate; or (11) any other person
4 authorized or under legal obligation to dispose of the body.
5     (f) If the coroner or county medical examiner or any
6 authorized individual acting for the coroner or county medical
7 examiner has actual notice of any contrary indications by the
8 decedent or actual notice that any member within the same class
9 specified in subsection (e), paragraphs (1) through (11), of
10 this Section, in the same order of priority, objects to the
11 removal, the coroner or county medical examiner shall not
12 approve the removal of corneal tissue.
13     (g) The coroner or county medical examiner or any
14 authorized individual acting for the coroner or county medical
15 examiner authorizing the removal of corneal tissue, or the
16 persons or organizations listed in subsection (d) of this
17 Section, shall not be liable in any civil or criminal action
18 for removing corneal tissue from a decedent and using the same
19 for transplant purposes if there has been compliance with the
20 provisions of this Section.
 
21     Section 23. Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent
22 whose body is under jurisdiction of coroner or medical
23 examiner.
24     (a) Upon request of a procurement organization, a coroner
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1 organization the name, contact information, and available
2 medical and social history of a decedent whose body is under
3 the jurisdiction of the coroner or medical examiner. If the
4 decedent's body or part is medically suitable for
5 transplantation, therapy, research, or education, the coroner
6 or medical examiner shall release post-mortem examination
7 results to the procurement organization. The procurement
8 organization may make a subsequent disclosure of the
9 post-mortem examination results or other information received
10 from the coroner or medical examiner only if relevant to
11 transplantation or therapy.
12     (b) The coroner or medical examiner may conduct a
13 medicolegal examination by reviewing all medical records,
14 laboratory test results, x-rays, other diagnostic results, and
15 other information that any person possesses about a donor or
16 prospective donor whose body is under the jurisdiction of the
17 coroner or medical examiner which the coroner or medical
18 examiner determines may be relevant to the investigation.
19     (c) A person that has any information requested by a
20 coroner or medical examiner pursuant to subsection (b) shall
21 provide that information as expeditiously as possible to allow
22 the coroner or medical examiner to conduct the medicolegal
23 investigation within a period compatible with the preservation
24 of parts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research,
25 or education.
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1 part of a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the
2 coroner or medical examiner and a post-mortem examination is
3 not required, or the coroner or medical examiner determines
4 that a post-mortem examination is required but that the
5 recovery of the part that is the subject of an anatomical gift
6 will not interfere with the examination, the coroner or medical
7 examiner and procurement organization shall cooperate in the
8 timely removal of the part from the decedent for the purpose of
9 transplantation, therapy, research, or education.
10     (e) If an anatomical gift of a part from the decedent under
11 the jurisdiction of the coroner or medical examiner has been or
12 might be made, but the coroner or medical examiner initially
13 believes that the recovery of the part could interfere with the
14 post-mortem investigation into the decedent's cause or manner
15 of death, the coroner or medical examiner shall consult with
16 the procurement organization or physician or technician
17 designated by the procurement organization about the proposed
18 recovery. After consultation, the coroner or medical examiner
19 may allow the recovery.
20     (f) Following the consultation under subsection (e), in the
21 absence of mutually agreed-upon protocols to resolve conflict
22 between the coroner or medical examiner and the procurement
23 organization, if the coroner or medical examiner intends to
24 deny recovery, the coroner or medical examiner or designee, at
25 the request of the procurement organization, shall attend the
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1 determination not to allow the procurement organization to
2 recover the part. During the removal procedure, the coroner or
3 medical examiner or designee may allow recovery by the
4 procurement organization to proceed, or, if the coroner or
5 medical examiner or designee reasonably believes that the part
6 may be involved in determining the decedent's cause or manner
7 of death, deny recovery by the procurement organization.
8     (g) If the coroner or medical examiner or designee denies
9 recovery under subsection (f), the coroner or medical examiner
10 or designee shall:
11         (1) explain in a record the specific reasons for not
12     allowing recovery of the part;
13         (2) include the specific reasons in the records of the
14     coroner or medical examiner; and
15         (3) provide a record with the specific reasons to the
16     procurement organization.
17     (h) If the coroner or medical examiner or designee allows
18 recovery of a part under subsection (d), (e), or (f), the
19 procurement organization, upon request, shall cause the
20 physician or technician who removes the part to provide the
21 coroner or medical examiner with a record describing the
22 condition of the part, a biopsy, a photograph, and any other
23 information and observations that would assist in the
24 post-mortem examination.
25     (i) If a coroner or medical examiner or designee is
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1 (f), upon request the procurement organization requesting the
2 recovery of the part shall reimburse the coroner or medical
3 examiner or designee for the additional costs incurred in
4 complying with subsection (f).
 
5     Section 24. Uniformity of application and construction. In
6 applying and construing this uniform Act, consideration must be
7 given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect
8 to its subject matter among states that enact it.
 
9     Section 25. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and
10 National Commerce Act. This Act modifies, limits, and
11 supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National
12 Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq., but does not
13 modify, limit or supersede Section 101(a) of that Act, 15
14 U.S.C. Section 7001, or authorize electronic delivery of any of
15 the notices described in Section 103(b) of that Act, 15 U.S.C.
16 Section 7003(b).
 
17     (755 ILCS 50/Act rep.)
18     Section 26. Repeals. The following Act is repealed:
19     The Illinois Anatomical Gift Act.
 
20     Section 26.1. The Department of Public Health Powers and
21 Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
22 amended by changing Section 2310-330 as follows:
 

 

 

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1     (20 ILCS 2310/2310-330)  (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.46)
2     Sec. 2310-330. Sperm and tissue bank registry; AIDS test
3 for donors; penalties.
4     (a) The Department shall establish a registry of all sperm
5 banks and tissue banks operating in this State. All sperm banks
6 and tissue banks operating in this State shall register with
7 the Department by May 1 of each year. Any person, hospital,
8 clinic, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity that
9 operates a sperm bank or tissue bank in this State and fails to
10 register with the Department pursuant to this Section commits a
11 business offense and shall be subject to a fine of $5000.
12     (b) All donors of semen for purposes of artificial
13 insemination, or donors of corneas, bones, organs, or other
14 human tissue for the purpose of injecting, transfusing, or
15 transplanting any of them in the human body, shall be tested
16 for evidence of exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
17 and any other identified causative agent of acquired
18 immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) at the time of or after the
19 donation but prior to the semen, corneas, bones, organs, or
20 other human tissue being made available for that use. However,
21 when in the opinion of the attending physician the life of a
22 recipient of a bone, organ, or other human tissue donation
23 would be jeopardized by delays caused by testing for evidence
24 of exposure to HIV and any other causative agent of AIDS,
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1     (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c-5), no
2 person may intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or
3 negligently use the semen, corneas, bones, organs, or other
4 human tissue of a donor unless the requirements of subsection
5 (b) have been met. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
6 (c-5), no person may intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or
7 negligently use the semen, corneas, bones, organs, or other
8 human tissue of a donor who has tested positive for exposure to
9 HIV or any other identified causative agent of AIDS. Violation
10 of this subsection (c) shall be a Class 4 felony.
11     (c-5) It is not a violation of this Section for a person to
12 perform a solid organ transplant of an organ from an HIV
13 infected donor to a person who has tested positive for exposure
14 to HIV or any other identified causative agent of AIDS and who
15 is in immediate threat of death unless the transplant is
16 performed. A tissue bank that provides an organ from an HIV
17 infected donor under this subsection (c-5) may not be
18 criminally or civilly liable for the furnishing of that organ
19 under this subsection (c-5).
20     (d) For the purposes of this Section:
21     "Human tissue" shall not be construed to mean organs or
22 whole blood or its component parts.
23     "Tissue bank" means any facility or program operating in
24 Illinois that is certified or accredited by American
25 Association of Tissue Banks, the Eye Bank Association of
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1 and is involved in procuring, furnishing, donating,
2 processing, or distributing corneas, bones, or other human
3 tissue for the purpose of injecting, transfusing, or
4 transplanting any of them into the human body. "Tissue bank"
5 does not include a licensed blood bank. For the purposes of
6 this Act, "tissue" does not include organs or blood or blood
7 products has the same meaning as set forth in the Illinois
8 Anatomical Gift Act.
9     "Solid organ transplant" means the surgical
10 transplantation of internal organs including, but not limited
11 to, the liver, kidney, pancreas, lungs, or heart. "Solid organ
12 transplant" does not mean a bone marrow based transplant or a
13 blood transfusion.
14     "HIV infected donor" means a deceased donor who was
15 infected with HIV or a living donor known to be infected with
16 HIV and who is willing to donate a part or all of one or more of
17 his or her organs. A determination of the donor's HIV infection
18 is made by the donor's medical history or by specific tests
19 that document HIV infection, such as HIV RNA or DNA, or by
20 antibodies to HIV.
21 (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
22     Section 26.2. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by
23 changing Sections 6.16 and 10.4 as follows:
 
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1     Sec. 6.16. Agreement with designated organ procurement
2 agency. Each hospital licensed under this Act shall have an
3 agreement with its federally designated organ procurement
4 agency providing for notification of the organ procurement
5 agency when potential organ donors become available, as
6 required in Section 5-25 of the Illinois Anatomical Gift Act.
7 (Source: P.A. 93-794, eff. 7-22-04.)
 
8     (210 ILCS 85/10.4)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 151.4)
9     Sec. 10.4. Medical staff privileges.
10     (a) Any hospital licensed under this Act or any hospital
11 organized under the University of Illinois Hospital Act shall,
12 prior to the granting of any medical staff privileges to an
13 applicant, or renewing a current medical staff member's
14 privileges, request of the Director of Professional Regulation
15 information concerning the licensure status and any
16 disciplinary action taken against the applicant's or medical
17 staff member's license, except: (1) for medical personnel who
18 enter a hospital to obtain organs and tissues for transplant
19 from a donor in accordance with the Illinois Anatomical Gift
20 Act or the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; or (2) for
21 medical personnel who have been granted disaster privileges
22 pursuant to the procedures and requirements established by
23 rules adopted by the Department. Any hospital and any employees
24 of the hospital or others involved in granting privileges who,
25 in good faith, grant disaster privileges pursuant to this

 

 

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1 Section to respond to an emergency shall not, as a result of
2 their acts or omissions, be liable for civil damages for
3 granting or denying disaster privileges except in the event of
4 willful and wanton misconduct, as that term is defined in
5 Section 10.2 of this Act. Individuals granted privileges who
6 provide care in an emergency situation, in good faith and
7 without direct compensation, shall not, as a result of their
8 acts or omissions, except for acts or omissions involving
9 willful and wanton misconduct, as that term is defined in
10 Section 10.2 of this Act, on the part of the person, be liable
11 for civil damages. The Director of Professional Regulation
12 shall transmit, in writing and in a timely fashion, such
13 information regarding the license of the applicant or the
14 medical staff member, including the record of imposition of any
15 periods of supervision or monitoring as a result of alcohol or
16 substance abuse, as provided by Section 23 of the Medical
17 Practice Act of 1987, and such information as may have been
18 submitted to the Department indicating that the application or
19 medical staff member has been denied, or has surrendered,
20 medical staff privileges at a hospital licensed under this Act,
21 or any equivalent facility in another state or territory of the
22 United States. The Director of Professional Regulation shall
23 define by rule the period for timely response to such requests.
24     No transmittal of information by the Director of
25 Professional Regulation, under this Section shall be to other
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1 administrative officer, or chief of the medical staff of a
2 hospital licensed under this Act, a hospital organized under
3 the University of Illinois Hospital Act, or a hospital operated
4 by the United States, or any of its instrumentalities. The
5 information so transmitted shall be afforded the same status as
6 is information concerning medical studies by Part 21 of Article
7 VIII of the Code of Civil Procedure, as now or hereafter
8 amended.
9     (b) All hospitals licensed under this Act, except county
10 hospitals as defined in subsection (c) of Section 15-1 of the
11 Illinois Public Aid Code, shall comply with, and the medical
12 staff bylaws of these hospitals shall include rules consistent
13 with, the provisions of this Section in granting, limiting,
14 renewing, or denying medical staff membership and clinical
15 staff privileges. Hospitals that require medical staff members
16 to possess faculty status with a specific institution of higher
17 education are not required to comply with subsection (1) below
18 when the physician does not possess faculty status.
19         (1) Minimum procedures for pre-applicants and
20     applicants for medical staff membership shall include the
21     following:
22             (A) Written procedures relating to the acceptance
23         and processing of pre-applicants or applicants for
24         medical staff membership, which should be contained in
25         medical staff bylaws.
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1         determining a pre-applicant's or an applicant's
2         qualifications for being granted medical staff
3         membership and privileges.
4             (C) Written criteria to be followed in evaluating a
5         pre-applicant's or an applicant's qualifications.
6             (D) An evaluation of a pre-applicant's or an
7         applicant's current health status and current license
8         status in Illinois.
9             (E) A written response to each pre-applicant or
10         applicant that explains the reason or reasons for any
11         adverse decision (including all reasons based in whole
12         or in part on the applicant's medical qualifications or
13         any other basis, including economic factors).
14         (2) Minimum procedures with respect to medical staff
15     and clinical privilege determinations concerning current
16     members of the medical staff shall include the following:
17             (A) A written notice of an adverse decision.
18             (B) An explanation of the reasons for an adverse
19         decision including all reasons based on the quality of
20         medical care or any other basis, including economic
21         factors.
22             (C) A statement of the medical staff member's right
23         to request a fair hearing on the adverse decision
24         before a hearing panel whose membership is mutually
25         agreed upon by the medical staff and the hospital
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1         independent authority to recommend action to the
2         hospital governing board. Upon the request of the
3         medical staff member or the hospital governing board,
4         the hearing panel shall make findings concerning the
5         nature of each basis for any adverse decision
6         recommended to and accepted by the hospital governing
7         board.
8                 (i) Nothing in this subparagraph (C) limits a
9             hospital's or medical staff's right to summarily
10             suspend, without a prior hearing, a person's
11             medical staff membership or clinical privileges if
12             the continuation of practice of a medical staff
13             member constitutes an immediate danger to the
14             public, including patients, visitors, and hospital
15             employees and staff. A fair hearing shall be
16             commenced within 15 days after the suspension and
17             completed without delay.
18                 (ii) Nothing in this subparagraph (C) limits a
19             medical staff's right to permit, in the medical
20             staff bylaws, summary suspension of membership or
21             clinical privileges in designated administrative
22             circumstances as specifically approved by the
23             medical staff. This bylaw provision must
24             specifically describe both the administrative
25             circumstance that can result in a summary
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1             suspension. The opportunity for a fair hearing is
2             required for any administrative summary
3             suspension. Any requested hearing must be
4             commenced within 15 days after the summary
5             suspension and completed without delay. Adverse
6             decisions other than suspension or other
7             restrictions on the treatment or admission of
8             patients may be imposed summarily and without a
9             hearing under designated administrative
10             circumstances as specifically provided for in the
11             medical staff bylaws as approved by the medical
12             staff.
13                 (iii) If a hospital exercises its option to
14             enter into an exclusive contract and that contract
15             results in the total or partial termination or
16             reduction of medical staff membership or clinical
17             privileges of a current medical staff member, the
18             hospital shall provide the affected medical staff
19             member 60 days prior notice of the effect on his or
20             her medical staff membership or privileges. An
21             affected medical staff member desiring a hearing
22             under subparagraph (C) of this paragraph (2) must
23             request the hearing within 14 days after the date
24             he or she is so notified. The requested hearing
25             shall be commenced and completed (with a report and
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1             member, hospital governing board, and medical
2             staff) within 30 days after the date of the medical
3             staff member's request. If agreed upon by both the
4             medical staff and the hospital governing board,
5             the medical staff bylaws may provide for longer
6             time periods.
7             (D) A statement of the member's right to inspect
8         all pertinent information in the hospital's possession
9         with respect to the decision.
10             (E) A statement of the member's right to present
11         witnesses and other evidence at the hearing on the
12         decision.
13             (F) A written notice and written explanation of the
14         decision resulting from the hearing.
15             (F-5) A written notice of a final adverse decision
16         by a hospital governing board.
17             (G) Notice given 15 days before implementation of
18         an adverse medical staff membership or clinical
19         privileges decision based substantially on economic
20         factors. This notice shall be given after the medical
21         staff member exhausts all applicable procedures under
22         this Section, including item (iii) of subparagraph (C)
23         of this paragraph (2), and under the medical staff
24         bylaws in order to allow sufficient time for the
25         orderly provision of patient care.
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1         subsection (b) limits a medical staff member's right to
2         waive, in writing, the rights provided in
3         subparagraphs (A) through (G) of this paragraph (2) of
4         this subsection (b) upon being granted the written
5         exclusive right to provide particular services at a
6         hospital, either individually or as a member of a
7         group. If an exclusive contract is signed by a
8         representative of a group of physicians, a waiver
9         contained in the contract shall apply to all members of
10         the group unless stated otherwise in the contract.
11         (3) Every adverse medical staff membership and
12     clinical privilege decision based substantially on
13     economic factors shall be reported to the Hospital
14     Licensing Board before the decision takes effect. These
15     reports shall not be disclosed in any form that reveals the
16     identity of any hospital or physician. These reports shall
17     be utilized to study the effects that hospital medical
18     staff membership and clinical privilege decisions based
19     upon economic factors have on access to care and the
20     availability of physician services. The Hospital Licensing
21     Board shall submit an initial study to the Governor and the
22     General Assembly by January 1, 1996, and subsequent reports
23     shall be submitted periodically thereafter.
24         (4) As used in this Section:
25         "Adverse decision" means a decision reducing,
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1     renewing medical staff membership or clinical privileges.
2         "Economic factor" means any information or reasons for
3     decisions unrelated to quality of care or professional
4     competency.
5         "Pre-applicant" means a physician licensed to practice
6     medicine in all its branches who requests an application
7     for medical staff membership or privileges.
8         "Privilege" means permission to provide medical or
9     other patient care services and permission to use hospital
10     resources, including equipment, facilities and personnel
11     that are necessary to effectively provide medical or other
12     patient care services. This definition shall not be
13     construed to require a hospital to acquire additional
14     equipment, facilities, or personnel to accommodate the
15     granting of privileges.
16         (5) Any amendment to medical staff bylaws required
17     because of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly
18     shall be adopted on or before July 1, 2001.
19     (c) All hospitals shall consult with the medical staff
20 prior to closing membership in the entire or any portion of the
21 medical staff or a department. If the hospital closes
22 membership in the medical staff, any portion of the medical
23 staff, or the department over the objections of the medical
24 staff, then the hospital shall provide a detailed written
25 explanation for the decision to the medical staff 10 days prior
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1 be provided when membership in the medical staff or any
2 relevant portion of the medical staff is closed.
3 (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
4     Section 26.3. The AIDS Confidentiality Act is amended by
5 changing Section 7 as follows:
 
6     (410 ILCS 305/7)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7307)
7     Sec. 7. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 4, 5
8 and 6 of this Act, informed consent is not required for a
9 health care provider or health facility to perform a test when
10 the health care provider or health facility procures,
11 processes, distributes or uses a human body part donated for a
12 purpose specified under the Illinois Anatomical Gift Act or the
13 Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, or semen provided prior to
14 the effective date of this Act for the purpose of artificial
15 insemination, and such a test is necessary to assure medical
16 acceptability of such gift or semen for the purposes intended.
17     (b) Informed consent is not required for a health care
18 provider or health facility to perform a test when a health
19 care provider or employee of a health facility, or a
20 firefighter or an EMT-A, EMT-I or EMT-P, is involved in an
21 accidental direct skin or mucous membrane contact with the
22 blood or bodily fluids of an individual which is of a nature
23 that may transmit HIV, as determined by a physician in his
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1 patient and the health care provider, health facility employee,
2 firefighter, EMT-A, EMT-I, or EMT-P shall be provided
3 appropriate counseling consistent with this Act.
4     (c) Informed consent is not required for a health care
5 provider or health facility to perform a test when a law
6 enforcement officer is involved in the line of duty in a direct
7 skin or mucous membrane contact with the blood or bodily fluids
8 of an individual which is of a nature that may transmit HIV, as
9 determined by a physician in his medical judgment. Should such
10 test prove to be positive, the patient shall be provided
11 appropriate counseling consistent with this Act. For purposes
12 of this subsection (c), "law enforcement officer" means any
13 person employed by the State, a county or a municipality as a
14 policeman, peace officer, auxiliary policeman, correctional
15 officer or in some like position involving the enforcement of
16 the law and protection of the public interest at the risk of
17 that person's life.
18 (Source: P.A. 95-7, eff. 6-1-08.)
 
19     Section 26.4. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
20 changing Sections 6-110 and 6-117 as follows:
 
21     (625 ILCS 5/6-110)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-110)
22     Sec. 6-110. Licenses issued to drivers.
23     (a) The Secretary of State shall issue to every qualifying
24 applicant a driver's license as applied for, which license

 

 

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1 shall bear a distinguishing number assigned to the licensee,
2 the legal name, zip code, date of birth, residence address, and
3 a brief description of the licensee, and a space where the
4 licensee may write his usual signature.
5     Licenses issued shall also indicate the classification and
6 the restrictions under Section 6-104 of this Code.
7     In lieu of the social security number, the Secretary may in
8 his discretion substitute a federal tax number or other
9 distinctive number.
10     A driver's license issued may, in the discretion of the
11 Secretary, include a suitable photograph of a type prescribed
12 by the Secretary.
13     (a-1) If the licensee is less than 18 years of age, unless
14 one of the exceptions in subsection (a-2) apply, the license
15 shall, as a matter of law, be invalid for the operation of any
16 motor vehicle during the following times:
17         (A) Between 11:00 p.m. Friday and 6:00 a.m. Saturday;
18         (B) Between 11:00 p.m. Saturday and 6:00 a.m. on
19     Sunday; and
20         (C) Between 10:00 p.m. on Sunday to Thursday,
21     inclusive, and 6:00 a.m. on the following day.
22     (a-2) The driver's license of a person under the age of 18
23 shall not be invalid as described in subsection (a-1) of this
24 Section if the licensee under the age of 18 was:
25         (1) accompanied by the licensee's parent or guardian or
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1         (2) on an errand at the direction of the minor's parent
2     or guardian, without any detour or stop;
3         (3) in a motor vehicle involved in interstate travel;
4         (4) going to or returning home from an employment
5     activity, without any detour or stop;
6         (5) involved in an emergency;
7         (6) going to or returning home from, without any detour
8     or stop, an official school, religious, or other
9     recreational activity supervised by adults and sponsored
10     by a government or governmental agency, a civic
11     organization, or another similar entity that takes
12     responsibility for the licensee, without any detour or
13     stop;
14         (7) exercising First Amendment rights protected by the
15     United States Constitution, such as the free exercise of
16     religion, freedom of speech, and the right of assembly; or
17         (8) married or had been married or is an emancipated
18     minor under the Emancipation of Minors Act.
19     (a-2.5) The driver's license of a person who is 17 years of
20 age and has been licensed for at least 12 months is not invalid
21 as described in subsection (a-1) of this Section while the
22 licensee is participating as an assigned driver in a Safe Rides
23 program that meets the following criteria:
24         (1) the program is sponsored by the Boy Scouts of
25     America or another national public service organization;
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1         (2) the sponsoring organization carries liability
2     insurance covering the program.
3     (a-3) If a graduated driver's license holder over the age
4 of 18 committed an offense against traffic regulations
5 governing the movement of vehicles or any violation of Section
6 6-107 or Section 12-603.1 of this Code in the 6 months prior to
7 the graduated driver's license holder's 18th birthday, and was
8 subsequently convicted of the offense, the provisions of
9 subsection (a-1) shall continue to apply until such time as a
10 period of 6 consecutive months has elapsed without an
11 additional violation and subsequent conviction of an offense
12 against traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles
13 or Section 6-107 or Section 12-603.1 of this Code.
14     (b) Until the Secretary of State establishes a First Person
15 Consent organ and tissue donor registry under Section 6-117 of
16 this Code, the Secretary of State shall provide a format on the
17 reverse of each driver's license issued which the licensee may
18 use to execute a document of gift conforming to the provisions
19 of the Revised Uniform Illinois Anatomical Gift Act. The format
20 shall allow the licensee to indicate the gift intended, whether
21 specific organs, any organ, or the entire body, and shall
22 accommodate the signatures of the donor and 2 witnesses. The
23 Secretary shall also inform each applicant or licensee of this
24 format, describe the procedure for its execution, and may offer
25 the necessary witnesses; provided that in so doing, the
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1 is under no compulsion to execute a document of gift. A
2 brochure explaining this method of executing an anatomical gift
3 document shall be given to each applicant or licensee. The
4 brochure shall advise the applicant or licensee that he or she
5 is under no compulsion to execute a document of gift, and that
6 he or she may wish to consult with family, friends or clergy
7 before doing so. The Secretary of State may undertake
8 additional efforts, including education and awareness
9 activities, to promote organ and tissue donation.
10     (c) The Secretary of State shall designate on each driver's
11 license issued a space where the licensee may place a sticker
12 or decal of the uniform size as the Secretary may specify,
13 which sticker or decal may indicate in appropriate language
14 that the owner of the license carries an Emergency Medical
15 Information Card.
16     The sticker may be provided by any person, hospital,
17 school, medical group, or association interested in assisting
18 in implementing the Emergency Medical Information Card, but
19 shall meet the specifications as the Secretary may by rule or
20 regulation require.
21     (d) The Secretary of State shall designate on each driver's
22 license issued a space where the licensee may indicate his
23 blood type and RH factor.
24     (e) The Secretary of State shall provide that each original
25 or renewal driver's license issued to a licensee under 21 years
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1 licenses issued to individuals 21 years of age and older. The
2 color designated for driver's licenses for licensees under 21
3 years of age shall be at the discretion of the Secretary of
4 State.
5     (e-1) The Secretary shall provide that each driver's
6 license issued to a person under the age of 21 displays the
7 date upon which the person becomes 18 years of age and the date
8 upon which the person becomes 21 years of age.
9     (f) The Secretary of State shall inform all Illinois
10 licensed commercial motor vehicle operators of the
11 requirements of the Uniform Commercial Driver License Act,
12 Article V of this Chapter, and shall make provisions to insure
13 that all drivers, seeking to obtain a commercial driver's
14 license, be afforded an opportunity prior to April 1, 1992, to
15 obtain the license. The Secretary is authorized to extend
16 driver's license expiration dates, and assign specific times,
17 dates and locations where these commercial driver's tests shall
18 be conducted. Any applicant, regardless of the current
19 expiration date of the applicant's driver's license, may be
20 subject to any assignment by the Secretary. Failure to comply
21 with the Secretary's assignment may result in the applicant's
22 forfeiture of an opportunity to receive a commercial driver's
23 license prior to April 1, 1992.
24     (g) The Secretary of State shall designate on a driver's
25 license issued, a space where the licensee may indicate that he
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1 Illinois Living Will Act or a durable power of attorney for
2 health care in accordance with the Illinois Power of Attorney
3 Act.
4     (g-1) The Secretary of State, in his or her discretion, may
5 designate on each driver's license issued a space where the
6 licensee may place a sticker or decal, issued by the Secretary
7 of State, of uniform size as the Secretary may specify, that
8 shall indicate in appropriate language that the owner of the
9 license has renewed his or her driver's license.
10     (h) A person who acts in good faith in accordance with the
11 terms of this Section is not liable for damages in any civil
12 action or subject to prosecution in any criminal proceeding for
13 his or her act.
14 (Source: P.A. 94-75, eff. 1-1-06; 94-930, eff. 6-26-06; 95-310,
15 eff. 1-1-08; 95-747, eff. 7-22-08.)
 
16     (625 ILCS 5/6-117)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-117)
17     Sec. 6-117. Records to be kept by the Secretary of State.
18     (a) The Secretary of State shall file every application for
19 a license or permit accepted under this Chapter, and shall
20 maintain suitable indexes thereof. The records of the Secretary
21 of State shall indicate the action taken with respect to such
22 applications.
23     (b) The Secretary of State shall maintain appropriate
24 records of all licenses and permits refused, cancelled,
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1 suspension, and disqualification of driving privileges of
2 persons not licensed under this Chapter, and such records shall
3 note the reasons for such action.
4     (c) The Secretary of State shall maintain appropriate
5 records of convictions reported under this Chapter. Records of
6 conviction may be maintained in a computer processible medium.
7     (d) The Secretary of State may also maintain appropriate
8 records of any accident reports received.
9     (e) The Secretary of State shall also maintain appropriate
10 records of any disposition of supervision or records relative
11 to a driver's referral to a driver remedial or rehabilitative
12 program, as required by the Secretary of State or the courts.
13 Such records shall only be available for use by the Secretary,
14 the driver licensing administrator of any other state, law
15 enforcement agencies, the courts, and the affected driver or,
16 upon proper verification, such affected driver's attorney.
17     (f) The Secretary of State shall also maintain or contract
18 to maintain appropriate records of all photographs and
19 signatures obtained in the process of issuing any driver's
20 license, permit, or identification card. The record shall be
21 confidential and shall not be disclosed except to those
22 entities listed under Section 6-110.1 of this Code.
23     (g) The Secretary of State may establish a First Person
24 Consent organ and tissue donor registry in compliance with the
25 Revised Uniform subsection (b-1) of Section 5-20 of the
26 Illinois Anatomical Gift Act, as follows:

 

 

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1             (1) The Secretary shall offer, to each applicant
2     for issuance or renewal of a driver's license or
3     identification card who is 18 years of age or older, the
4     opportunity to have his or her name included in the First
5     Person Consent organ and tissue donor registry. The
6     Secretary must advise the applicant or licensee that he or
7     she is under no compulsion to have his or her name included
8     in the registry. An individual who agrees to having his or
9     her name included in the First Person Consent organ and
10     tissue donor registry has given full legal consent to the
11     donation of any of his or her organs or tissue upon his or
12     her death. A brochure explaining this method of executing
13     an anatomical gift must be given to each applicant for
14     issuance or renewal of a driver's license or identification
15     card. The brochure must advise the applicant or licensee
16     (i) that he or she is under no compulsion to have his or
17     her name included in this registry and (ii) that he or she
18     may wish to consult with family, friends, or clergy before
19     doing so.
20             (2) The Secretary of State may establish
21     additional methods by which an individual may have his or
22     her name included in the First Person Consent organ and
23     tissue donor registry.
24             (3) When an individual has agreed to have his or
25     her name included in the First Person Consent organ and
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1     that agreement in the First Person consent organ and tissue
2     donor registry. Representatives of federally designated
3     organ procurement agencies and tissue banks may inquire of
4     the Secretary of State whether a potential organ donor's
5     name is included in the First Person Consent organ and
6     tissue donor registry, and the Secretary of State may
7     provide that information to the representative.
8             (4) An individual may withdraw his or her consent
9     to be listed in the First Person Consent organ and tissue
10     donor registry maintained by the Secretary of State by
11     notifying the Secretary of State in writing, or by any
12     other means approved by the Secretary, of the individual's
13     decision to have his or her name removed from the registry.
14             (5) The Secretary of State may undertake
15     additional efforts, including education and awareness
16     activities, to promote organ and tissue donation.
17             (6) In the absence of gross negligence or willful
18     misconduct, the Secretary of State and his or her employees
19     are immune from any civil or criminal liability in
20     connection with an individual's consent to be listed in the
21     organ and tissue donor registry.
22 (Source: P.A. 94-75, eff. 1-1-06; 95-382, eff. 8-23-07.)
 
23     Section 26.5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
24 changing Sections 12-20 and 12-20.5 as follows:
 

 

 

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1     (720 ILCS 5/12-20)  (from Ch. 38, par. 12-20)
2     Sec. 12-20. Sale of body parts.
3     (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), any person who
4 knowingly buys or sells, or offers to buy or sell, a human body
5 or any part of a human body, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor
6 for the first conviction and a Class 4 felony for subsequent
7 convictions.
8     (b) This Section does not prohibit:
9         (1) An anatomical gift made in accordance with the
10     Illinois Anatomical Gift Act or the Revised Uniform
11     Anatomical Gift Act.
12         (2) The removal and use of a human cornea in accordance
13     with the Illinois Anatomical Gift Act or the Revised
14     Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.
15         (3) Reimbursement of actual expenses incurred by a
16     living person in donating an organ, tissue or other body
17     part or fluid for transplantation, implantation, infusion,
18     injection, or other medical or scientific purpose,
19     including medical costs, loss of income, and travel
20     expenses.
21         (4) Payments provided under a plan of insurance or
22     other health care coverage.
23         (5) Reimbursement of reasonable costs associated with
24     the removal, storage or transportation of a human body or
25     part thereof donated for medical or scientific purposes.
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1     or derivatives, other body fluids, or human hair.
2         (7) Purchase or sale of drugs, reagents or other
3     substances made from human bodies or body parts, for use in
4     medical or scientific research, treatment or diagnosis.
5 (Source: P.A. 93-794, eff. 7-22-04.)
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/12-20.5)
7     Sec. 12-20.5. Dismembering a human body.
8     (a) A person commits the offense of dismembering a human
9 body when he or she knowingly dismembers, severs, separates,
10 dissects, or mutilates any body part of a deceased's body.
11     (b) This Section does not apply to:
12         (1) an anatomical gift made in accordance with the
13     Illinois Anatomical Gift Act or the Revised Uniform
14     Anatomical Gift Act;
15         (2) the removal and use of a human cornea in accordance
16     with the Illinois Anatomical Gift Act or the Revised
17     Uniform Anatomical Gift Act;
18         (3) the purchase or sale of drugs, reagents, or other
19     substances made from human body parts, for the use in
20     medical or scientific research, treatment, or diagnosis;
21         (4) persons employed by a county medical examiner's
22     office or coroner's office acting within the scope of their
23     employment while performing an autopsy;
24         (5) the acts of a licensed funeral director or embalmer
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1     and Embalmers Licensing Code;
2         (6) the acts of emergency medical personnel or
3     physicians performed in good faith and according to the
4     usual and customary standards of medical practice in an
5     attempt to resuscitate a life; or
6         (7) physicians licensed to practice medicine in all of
7     its branches or holding a visiting professor, physician, or
8     resident permit under the Medical Practice Act of 1987,
9     performing acts in accordance with usual and customary
10     standards of medical practice, or a currently enrolled
11     student in an accredited medical school in furtherance of
12     his or her education at the accredited medical school.
13     (c) It is not a defense to a violation of this Section that
14 the decedent died due to natural, accidental, or suicidal
15 causes.
16     (d) Sentence. Dismembering a human body is a Class X
17 felony.
18 (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
19     Section 26.6. The Illinois Power of Attorney Act is amended
20 by changing Sections 4-7 and 4-10 as follows:
 
21     (755 ILCS 45/4-7)  (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 804-7)
22     Sec. 4-7. Duties of health care providers and others in
23 relation to health care agencies. Each health care provider and
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1 agency shall be subject to the following duties and
2 responsibilities:
3     (a) It is the responsibility of the agent or patient to
4 notify the health care provider of the existence of the health
5 care agency and any amendment or revocation thereof. A health
6 care provider furnished with a copy of a health care agency
7 shall make it a part of the patient's medical records and shall
8 enter in the records any change in or termination of the health
9 care agency by the principal that becomes known to the
10 provider. Whenever a provider believes a patient may lack
11 capacity to give informed consent to health care which the
12 provider deems necessary, the provider shall consult with any
13 available health care agent known to the provider who then has
14 power to act for the patient under a health care agency.
15     (b) A health care decision made by an agent in accordance
16 with the terms of a health care agency shall be complied with
17 by every health care provider to whom the decision is
18 communicated, subject to the provider's right to administer
19 treatment for the patient's comfort care or alleviation of
20 pain; but if the provider is unwilling to comply with the
21 agent's decision, the provider shall promptly inform the agent
22 who shall then be responsible to make the necessary
23 arrangements for the transfer of the patient to another
24 provider. It is understood that a provider who is unwilling to
25 comply with the agent's decision will continue to afford
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1 the transfer.
2     (c) At the patient's expense and subject to reasonable
3 rules of the health care provider to prevent disruption of the
4 patient's health care, each health care provider shall give an
5 agent authorized to receive such information under a health
6 care agency the same right the principal has to examine and
7 copy any part or all of the patient's medical records that the
8 agent deems relevant to the exercise of the agent's powers,
9 whether the records relate to mental health or any other
10 medical condition and whether they are in the possession of or
11 maintained by any physician, psychiatrist, psychologist,
12 therapist, hospital, nursing home or other health care
13 provider.
14     (d) If and to the extent a health care agency empowers the
15 agent to (1) make an anatomical gift on behalf of the principal
16 under the Illinois Anatomical Gift Act or the Revised Uniform
17 Anatomical Gift Act, as now or hereafter amended, or (2)
18 authorize an autopsy of the principal's body pursuant to
19 Section 2 of "An Act in relation to autopsy of dead bodies",
20 approved August 13, 1965, as now or hereafter amended, or (3)
21 direct the disposition of the principal's remains, the decision
22 by an authorized agent as to anatomical gift, autopsy approval
23 or remains disposition shall be deemed the act of the principal
24 and shall control over the decision of other persons who might
25 otherwise have priority; and each person to whom a direction by
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1 communicated shall comply with such direction.
2 (Source: P.A. 93-794, eff. 7-22-04.)
 
3     (755 ILCS 45/4-10)  (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 804-10)
4     Sec. 4-10. Statutory short form power of attorney for
5 health care.
6     (a) The following form (sometimes also referred to in this
7 Act as the "statutory health care power") may be used to grant
8 an agent powers with respect to the principal's own health
9 care; but the statutory health care power is not intended to be
10 exclusive nor to cover delegation of a parent's power to
11 control the health care of a minor child, and no provision of
12 this Article shall be construed to invalidate or bar use by the
13 principal of any other or different form of power of attorney
14 for health care. Nonstatutory health care powers must be
15 executed by the principal, designate the agent and the agent's
16 powers, and comply with Section 4-5 of this Article, but they
17 need not be witnessed or conform in any other respect to the
18 statutory health care power. When a power of attorney in
19 substantially the following form is used, including the
20 "notice" paragraph at the beginning in capital letters, it
21 shall have the meaning and effect prescribed in this Act. The
22 statutory health care power may be included in or combined with
23 any other form of power of attorney governing property or other
24 matters.
25     "ILLINOIS STATUTORY SHORT FORM POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH

 

 

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1 CARE
2     (NOTICE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY IS TO GIVE
3 THE PERSON YOU DESIGNATE (YOUR "AGENT") BROAD POWERS TO MAKE
4 HEALTH CARE DECISIONS FOR YOU, INCLUDING POWER TO REQUIRE,
5 CONSENT TO OR WITHDRAW ANY TYPE OF PERSONAL CARE OR MEDICAL
6 TREATMENT FOR ANY PHYSICAL OR MENTAL CONDITION AND TO ADMIT YOU
7 TO OR DISCHARGE YOU FROM ANY HOSPITAL, HOME OR OTHER
8 INSTITUTION. THIS FORM DOES NOT IMPOSE A DUTY ON YOUR AGENT TO
9 EXERCISE GRANTED POWERS; BUT WHEN POWERS ARE EXERCISED, YOUR
10 AGENT WILL HAVE TO USE DUE CARE TO ACT FOR YOUR BENEFIT AND IN
11 ACCORDANCE WITH THIS FORM AND KEEP A RECORD OF RECEIPTS,
12 DISBURSEMENTS AND SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN AS AGENT. A COURT
13 CAN TAKE AWAY THE POWERS OF YOUR AGENT IF IT FINDS THE AGENT IS
14 NOT ACTING PROPERLY. YOU MAY NAME SUCCESSOR AGENTS UNDER THIS
15 FORM BUT NOT CO-AGENTS, AND NO HEALTH CARE PROVIDER MAY BE
16 NAMED. UNLESS YOU EXPRESSLY LIMIT THE DURATION OF THIS POWER IN
17 THE MANNER PROVIDED BELOW, UNTIL YOU REVOKE THIS POWER OR A
18 COURT ACTING ON YOUR BEHALF TERMINATES IT, YOUR AGENT MAY
19 EXERCISE THE POWERS GIVEN HERE THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFETIME, EVEN
20 AFTER YOU BECOME DISABLED. THE POWERS YOU GIVE YOUR AGENT, YOUR
21 RIGHT TO REVOKE THOSE POWERS AND THE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING
22 THE LAW ARE EXPLAINED MORE FULLY IN SECTIONS 4-5, 4-6, 4-9 AND
23 4-10(b) OF THE ILLINOIS "POWERS OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE
24 LAW" OF WHICH THIS FORM IS A PART (SEE THE BACK OF THIS FORM).
25 THAT LAW EXPRESSLY PERMITS THE USE OF ANY DIFFERENT FORM OF
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1 THIS FORM THAT YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND, YOU SHOULD ASK A LAWYER
2 TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.)
3     POWER OF ATTORNEY made this .......................day of
4 ................................
5     (month)  (year)
6     1. I, ..................................................,
7               (insert name and address of principal)
8 hereby appoint:
9 ............................................................
10           (insert name and address of agent)
11 as my attorney-in-fact (my "agent") to act for me and in my
12 name (in any way I could act in person) to make any and all
13 decisions for me concerning my personal care, medical
14 treatment, hospitalization and health care and to require,
15 withhold or withdraw any type of medical treatment or
16 procedure, even though my death may ensue. My agent shall have
17 the same access to my medical records that I have, including
18 the right to disclose the contents to others. My agent shall
19 also have full power to authorize an autopsy and direct the
20 disposition of my remains. Effective upon my death, my agent
21 has the full power to make an anatomical gift of the following
22 (initial one):
23         ....Any organs, tissues, or eyes suitable for
24     transplantation or used for research or education.
25         ....Specific organs:.................................
26 (THE ABOVE GRANT OF POWER IS INTENDED TO BE AS BROAD AS

 

 

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1 POSSIBLE SO THAT YOUR AGENT WILL HAVE AUTHORITY TO MAKE ANY
2 DECISION YOU COULD MAKE TO OBTAIN OR TERMINATE ANY TYPE OF
3 HEALTH CARE, INCLUDING WITHDRAWAL OF FOOD AND WATER AND OTHER
4 LIFE-SUSTAINING MEASURES, IF YOUR AGENT BELIEVES SUCH ACTION
5 WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH YOUR INTENT AND DESIRES. IF YOU WISH
6 TO LIMIT THE SCOPE OF YOUR AGENT'S POWERS OR PRESCRIBE SPECIAL
7 RULES OR LIMIT THE POWER TO MAKE AN ANATOMICAL GIFT, AUTHORIZE
8 AUTOPSY OR DISPOSE OF REMAINS, YOU MAY DO SO IN THE FOLLOWING
9 PARAGRAPHS.)
10     2. The powers granted above shall not include the following
11 powers or shall be subject to the following rules or
12 limitations (here you may include any specific limitations you
13 deem appropriate, such as: your own definition of when
14 life-sustaining measures should be withheld; a direction to
15 continue food and fluids or life-sustaining treatment in all
16 events; or instructions to refuse any specific types of
17 treatment that are inconsistent with your religious beliefs or
18 unacceptable to you for any other reason, such as blood
19 transfusion, electro-convulsive therapy, amputation,
20 psychosurgery, voluntary admission to a mental institution,
21 etc.):
22 .............................................................
23 .............................................................
24 .............................................................
25 .............................................................
26 .............................................................

 

 

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1 (THE SUBJECT OF LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT IS OF PARTICULAR
2 IMPORTANCE. FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE IN DEALING WITH THAT SUBJECT,
3 SOME GENERAL STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE WITHHOLDING OR REMOVAL
4 OF LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT ARE SET FORTH BELOW. IF YOU AGREE
5 WITH ONE OF THESE STATEMENTS, YOU MAY INITIAL THAT STATEMENT;
6 BUT DO NOT INITIAL MORE THAN ONE):
7     I do not want my life to be prolonged nor do I want
8 life-sustaining treatment to be provided or continued if my
9 agent believes the burdens of the treatment outweigh the
10 expected benefits. I want my agent to consider the relief of
11 suffering, the expense involved and the quality as well as the
12 possible extension of my life in making decisions concerning
13 life-sustaining treatment.
14
Initialed...........................
15     I want my life to be prolonged and I want life-sustaining
16 treatment to be provided or continued unless I am in a coma
17 which my attending physician believes to be irreversible, in
18 accordance with reasonable medical standards at the time of
19 reference. If and when I have suffered irreversible coma, I
20 want life-sustaining treatment to be withheld or discontinued.
21
Initialed...........................
22     I want my life to be prolonged to the greatest extent
23 possible without regard to my condition, the chances I have for
24 recovery or the cost of the procedures.
25
Initialed...........................
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1 MANNER PROVIDED IN SECTION 4-6 OF THE ILLINOIS "POWERS OF
2 ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE LAW" (SEE THE BACK OF THIS FORM).
3 ABSENT AMENDMENT OR REVOCATION, THE AUTHORITY GRANTED IN THIS
4 POWER OF ATTORNEY WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME THIS POWER
5 IS SIGNED AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL YOUR DEATH, AND BEYOND IF
6 ANATOMICAL GIFT, AUTOPSY OR DISPOSITION OF REMAINS IS
7 AUTHORIZED, UNLESS A LIMITATION ON THE BEGINNING DATE OR
8 DURATION IS MADE BY INITIALING AND COMPLETING EITHER OR BOTH OF
9 THE FOLLOWING:)
10     3.  ( ) This power of attorney shall become effective on
11 .............................................................
12 .............................................................
13 (insert a future date or event during your lifetime, such as
14 court determination of your disability, when you want this
15 power to first take effect)
16     4.  ( ) This power of attorney shall terminate on .......
17 .............................................................
18 (insert a future date or event, such as court determination of
19 your disability, when you want this power to terminate prior to
20 your death)
21 (IF YOU WISH TO NAME SUCCESSOR AGENTS, INSERT THE NAMES AND
22 ADDRESSES OF SUCH SUCCESSORS IN THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH.)
23     5. If any agent named by me shall die, become incompetent,
24 resign, refuse to accept the office of agent or be unavailable,
25 I name the following (each to act alone and successively, in
26 the order named) as successors to such agent:

 

 

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1 .............................................................
2 .............................................................
3 For purposes of this paragraph 5, a person shall be considered
4 to be incompetent if and while the person is a minor or an
5 adjudicated incompetent or disabled person or the person is
6 unable to give prompt and intelligent consideration to health
7 care matters, as certified by a licensed physician. (IF YOU
8 WISH TO NAME YOUR AGENT AS GUARDIAN OF YOUR PERSON, IN THE
9 EVENT A COURT DECIDES THAT ONE SHOULD BE APPOINTED, YOU MAY,
10 BUT ARE NOT REQUIRED TO, DO SO BY RETAINING THE FOLLOWING
11 PARAGRAPH. THE COURT WILL APPOINT YOUR AGENT IF THE COURT FINDS
12 THAT SUCH APPOINTMENT WILL SERVE YOUR BEST INTERESTS AND
13 WELFARE. STRIKE OUT PARAGRAPH 6 IF YOU DO NOT WANT YOUR AGENT
14 TO ACT AS GUARDIAN.)
15     6. If a guardian of my person is to be appointed, I
16 nominate the agent acting under this power of attorney as such
17 guardian, to serve without bond or security.
18     7. I am fully informed as to all the contents of this form
19 and understand the full import of this grant of powers to my
20 agent.
21
Signed..............................
22
(principal)
      
23     The principal has had an opportunity to read the above form
24 and has signed the form or acknowledged his or her signature or
25 mark on the form in my presence.
26 ..........................  Residing at......................

 

 

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1         (witness)
2 (YOU MAY, BUT ARE NOT REQUIRED TO, REQUEST YOUR AGENT AND
3 SUCCESSOR AGENTS TO PROVIDE SPECIMEN SIGNATURES BELOW. IF YOU
4 INCLUDE SPECIMEN SIGNATURES IN THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY, YOU MUST
5 COMPLETE THE CERTIFICATION OPPOSITE THE SIGNATURES OF THE
6 AGENTS.)
7 Specimen signatures of    I certify that the signatures of my
8 agent (and successors).   agent (and successors) are correct.
9 .......................   ...................................
10        (agent)                      (principal)
11 .......................   ...................................
12    (successor agent)                (principal)
13 .......................   ...................................
14    (successor agent)                (principal)"
15     (b) The statutory short form power of attorney for health
16 care (the "statutory health care power") authorizes the agent
17 to make any and all health care decisions on behalf of the
18 principal which the principal could make if present and under
19 no disability, subject to any limitations on the granted powers
20 that appear on the face of the form, to be exercised in such
21 manner as the agent deems consistent with the intent and
22 desires of the principal. The agent will be under no duty to
23 exercise granted powers or to assume control of or
24 responsibility for the principal's health care; but when
25 granted powers are exercised, the agent will be required to use
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1 with the terms of the statutory health care power and will be
2 liable for negligent exercise. The agent may act in person or
3 through others reasonably employed by the agent for that
4 purpose but may not delegate authority to make health care
5 decisions. The agent may sign and deliver all instruments,
6 negotiate and enter into all agreements and do all other acts
7 reasonably necessary to implement the exercise of the powers
8 granted to the agent. Without limiting the generality of the
9 foregoing, the statutory health care power shall include the
10 following powers, subject to any limitations appearing on the
11 face of the form:
12         (1) The agent is authorized to give consent to and
13     authorize or refuse, or to withhold or withdraw consent to,
14     any and all types of medical care, treatment or procedures
15     relating to the physical or mental health of the principal,
16     including any medication program, surgical procedures,
17     life-sustaining treatment or provision of food and fluids
18     for the principal.
19         (2) The agent is authorized to admit the principal to
20     or discharge the principal from any and all types of
21     hospitals, institutions, homes, residential or nursing
22     facilities, treatment centers and other health care
23     institutions providing personal care or treatment for any
24     type of physical or mental condition. The agent shall have
25     the same right to visit the principal in the hospital or
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1     of the principal, any rule of the institution to the
2     contrary notwithstanding.
3         (3) The agent is authorized to contract for any and all
4     types of health care services and facilities in the name of
5     and on behalf of the principal and to bind the principal to
6     pay for all such services and facilities, and to have and
7     exercise those powers over the principal's property as are
8     authorized under the statutory property power, to the
9     extent the agent deems necessary to pay health care costs;
10     and the agent shall not be personally liable for any
11     services or care contracted for on behalf of the principal.
12         (4) At the principal's expense and subject to
13     reasonable rules of the health care provider to prevent
14     disruption of the principal's health care, the agent shall
15     have the same right the principal has to examine and copy
16     and consent to disclosure of all the principal's medical
17     records that the agent deems relevant to the exercise of
18     the agent's powers, whether the records relate to mental
19     health or any other medical condition and whether they are
20     in the possession of or maintained by any physician,
21     psychiatrist, psychologist, therapist, hospital, nursing
22     home or other health care provider.
23         (5) The agent is authorized: to direct that an autopsy
24     be made pursuant to Section 2 of "An Act in relation to
25     autopsy of dead bodies", approved August 13, 1965,
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1     or all of the principal's body pursuant to the Illinois
2     Anatomical Gift Act or the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift
3     Act , as now or hereafter amended; and to direct the
4     disposition of the principal's remains.
5 (Source: P.A. 93-794, eff. 7-22-04.)
 
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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3     New Act
4     755 ILCS 50/Act rep.
5     20 ILCS 2310/2310-330 was 20 ILCS 2310/55.46
6     210 ILCS 85/6.16
7     210 ILCS 85/10.4 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 151.4
8     410 ILCS 305/7 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7307
9     625 ILCS 5/6-110 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-110
10     625 ILCS 5/6-117 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-117
11     720 ILCS 5/12-20 from Ch. 38, par. 12-20
12     720 ILCS 5/12-20.5
13     755 ILCS 45/4-7 from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 804-7
14     755 ILCS 45/4-10 from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 804-10