(410 ILCS 305/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7307) Sec. 7. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 4, 5
and 6 of this Act, informed consent is not required for a health
care provider or health facility to perform a test when the health care
provider or health facility procures, processes, distributes or uses a
human body part donated for a purpose specified under the Illinois
Anatomical Gift Act, or semen provided prior to the effective date of this
Act for the purpose of artificial insemination, and such a test is
necessary to assure medical acceptability of such gift or semen for the
purposes intended.
(b) Informed consent is not required for a health care
provider or health facility to perform a test when a health care provider
or employee of a health facility, or a firefighter or an EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, paramedic, or PHRN,
is involved in an accidental direct skin or mucous membrane contact with
the blood or bodily fluids of an individual which is of a nature that may
transmit HIV, as determined by a physician in his medical judgment. Should
such test prove to be positive, the patient and the health care provider,
health facility employee, firefighter, EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, paramedic, or PHRN shall be
provided appropriate counseling consistent with this Act.
(c) Informed consent is not required for a health care
provider or health facility to perform a test when a law enforcement
officer is involved in the line of duty in a direct skin or mucous membrane
contact with the blood or bodily fluids of an individual which is of a
nature that may transmit HIV, as determined by a physician in his medical
judgment. Should such test prove to be positive, the patient shall be
provided appropriate counseling consistent with this Act. For purposes of
this subsection (c), "law enforcement officer" means any person employed by
the State, a county or a municipality as a policeman, peace officer,
auxiliary policeman, correctional officer or in some like position
involving the enforcement of the law and protection of the public interest
at the risk of that person's life.
(Source: P.A. 98-973, eff. 8-15-14.)
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