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(625 ILCS 40/5-7.6)
Sec. 5-7.6. Reporting of test results of blood, other bodily substance, or urine conducted in the
regular course of providing emergency medical treatment.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the results of blood, other bodily substance, or
urine tests performed for the purpose of determining the content of alcohol,
other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds, or any combination
of them in an individual's blood, other bodily substance, or
urine, conducted upon persons receiving medical treatment in a hospital
emergency room for injuries resulting from a snowmobile accident, shall be
disclosed to the Department of Natural Resources, or local law enforcement
agencies of jurisdiction, upon request. The blood, other bodily substance, or urine tests are
admissible in evidence as a business record exception to the hearsay rule only
in prosecutions for violations of Section 5-7 of this Code or a similar
provision of a local ordinance, or in prosecutions for reckless homicide
brought under the Criminal Code of
1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012.
(b) The confidentiality provisions of the law pertaining to medical records
and medical treatment shall not be applicable with regard to tests performed
upon an individual's blood, other bodily substance, or urine under the provisions of subsection (a) of
this Section. No person shall
be liable for civil damages or professional discipline as a result of
disclosure or reporting of the tests or the evidentiary use of an individual's
blood, other bodily substance, or urine test results under this Section or Section 5-7.4 or as a result
of that person's testimony made available under this Section or Section 5-7.4,
except for willful or wanton misconduct.
(Source: P.A. 99-697, eff. 7-29-16.)
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