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91_HB2303
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1 AN ACT to amend the Hospital Licensing Act by changing
2 Section 10.2.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by
6 changing Section 10.2 as follows:
7 (210 ILCS 85/10.2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 151.2)
8 Sec. 10.2. Because the candid and conscientious
9 evaluation of clinical practices is essential to the
10 provision of adequate hospital care, it is the policy of this
11 State to encourage peer review by health care providers.
12 Therefore, no hospital and no individual who is a member,
13 agent, or employee of a hospital, hospital medical staff,
14 hospital administrative staff, or hospital governing board
15 shall be liable for civil damages as a result of the acts,
16 omissions, decisions, or any other conduct, except conduct
17 involving wilful or wanton misconduct, of a medical
18 utilization committee, medical review committee, patient care
19 audit committee, medical care evaluation committee, quality
20 review committee, credential committee, peer review
21 committee, or any other committee whose purpose, directly or
22 indirectly, is internal quality control or medical study to
23 reduce morbidity or mortality, or for improving patient care
24 within a hospital, or the improving or benefiting of patient
25 care and treatment, whether within a hospital or not, or for
26 the purpose of professional discipline. Nothing in this
27 Section shall relieve any individual or hospital from
28 liability arising from treatment of a patient.
29 (Source: P.A. 85-661.)