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755 ILCS 45/4-3

(755 ILCS 45/4-3) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 804-3)

Sec. 4-3. General principles.

The health care powers that may be
delegated to an agent include, without limitation, all powers an individual
may have to be informed about and to consent to or refuse or withdraw any
type of health care for the individual and all powers a
parent may have to control or consent to health care for a minor child.  A
health care agency may extend beyond the principal's death if necessary to
permit anatomical gift, autopsy, disposition of remains, or access to medical records.  Nothing in this
Article shall impair or supersede any legal right or legal responsibility
which any person may have to effect the withholding or withdrawal of
life-sustaining or death-delaying procedures in any lawful manner, and the
provisions of this Article are cumulative in such respect.

(Source: P.A. 97-623, eff. 11-23-11.)