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(625 ILCS 45/5-16a.1)
Sec. 5-16a.1. 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 boating 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 5-16 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 is
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 5-16a, or as a
result of that person's testimony made available under this Section or Section
5-16a, except for
willful or wanton misconduct.
(Source: P.A. 99-697, eff. 7-29-16.)
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