(755 ILCS 43/45)
Sec. 45.
Principal's wishes must be followed.
(1) The physician or provider may subject the principal to mental health
treatment in a manner contrary to the principal's wishes as expressed in a
declaration for mental health treatment only:
(a) When a court order contradicts the principal's | ||
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(b) In cases of emergency endangering life or health.
(2) A declaration does not limit any authority provided in Sections 3-100
through 3-910 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code either
to take a person into custody, or to admit, retain, or treat a person in a
health care facility.
(Source: P.A. 89-439, eff. 6-1-96.)
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