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90_HB0864
410 ILCS 50/6 new
Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act to provide that a
licensed health care facility shall require a person who
observes, examines, or treats a patient or resident of the
facility to wear an identification badge disclosing his or
her first name, licensure status, and staff position.
Provides that a violation of this requirement is a petty
offense with a fine of $500.
LRB9001035DPcc
LRB9001035DPcc
1 AN ACT to amend the Medical Patient Rights Act by adding
2 Section 6.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Medical Patient Rights Act is amended by
6 adding Section 6 as follows:
7 (410 ILCS 50/6 new)
8 Sec. 6. Identification badges. A health care facility
9 licensed in this State shall require a person, including a
10 student, who observes, examines, or treats a patient or
11 resident of the facility to wear an identification badge that
12 readily discloses the first name, licensure status, if any,
13 and staff position of the person observing, examining, or
14 treating the patient or resident. A facility that violates
15 this requirement is guilty of a petty offense and shall be
16 fined $500.