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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and | ||||||
| 5 | Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||||
| 6 | amended by changing Section 2310-600 as follows:
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| 7 | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-600)
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| 8 | Sec. 2310-600. Advance directive information.
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| 9 | (a) The Department of Public Health shall prepare and | ||||||
| 10 | publish the summary of
advance directives law in Illinois that | ||||||
| 11 | is required by the federal Patient
Self-Determination Act. | ||||||
| 12 | Publication may be limited to the World Wide Web.
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| 13 | (b) The Department of Public Health shall adopt, by rule, | ||||||
| 14 | and publish
Spanish language
versions of the following:
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| 15 | (1) The statutory Living Will Declaration form.
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| 16 | (2) The Illinois Statutory Short Form Power of Attorney | ||||||
| 17 | for Health Care.
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| 18 | (3) The statutory Declaration of Mental Health | ||||||
| 19 | Treatment Form.
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| 20 | (4) The summary of advance directives law in Illinois.
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| 21 | (5) The Department of Public Health Uniform DNR Advance | ||||||
| 22 | Directive Any statewide uniform Do Not Resuscitate forms.
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| 23 | Publication may be limited to the World Wide Web.
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| 1 | (b-5) In consultation with a statewide professional | ||||||
| 2 | organization
representing
physicians licensed to practice | ||||||
| 3 | medicine in all its branches, statewide
organizations | ||||||
| 4 | representing nursing homes, registered professional nurses, | ||||||
| 5 | and emergency medical systems, and a statewide
organization
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| 6 | representing hospitals, the Department of Public Health shall | ||||||
| 7 | develop and
publish a uniform
form for physician | ||||||
| 8 | do-not-resuscitate orders that may be utilized in all
settings. | ||||||
| 9 | The form shall meet the minimum requirements to nationally be | ||||||
| 10 | considered a physician orders for life-sustaining treatment | ||||||
| 11 | form, or POLST, and
may be referred to as the Department of | ||||||
| 12 | Public Health Uniform DNR Advance Directive. This advance | ||||||
| 13 | directive does not replace a physician's do-not-resuscitate | ||||||
| 14 | (DNR) order.
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| 15 | (c) (Blank). The Department of Public Health may contract | ||||||
| 16 | with statewide professional
organizations representing | ||||||
| 17 | physicians licensed to practice medicine in all
its branches to | ||||||
| 18 | prepare and publish
materials
required by this Section.
The | ||||||
| 19 | Department of Public Health may consult with a statewide | ||||||
| 20 | organization
representing registered professional nurses on | ||||||
| 21 | preparing materials required by
this Section.
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| 22 | (Source: P.A. 94-865, eff. 6-16-06.)
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