(5 ILCS 375/16) (from Ch. 127, par. 536)
    Sec. 16. If any provision of this Act or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid application or provision, and to this end the provisions of this Act are declared to be severable. The Department is authorized to interpret and implement this Act so as not to conflict with required provisions of the federal Medicare law and rules.
(Source: P.A. 87-860.)