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20 ILCS 2310/2310-335

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-335) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.43)

Sec. 2310-335.

Alzheimer's disease; exchange of information; autopsies.

(a) The Department shall establish
policies, procedures, standards, and criteria for the collection,
maintenance, and exchange of confidential personal and medical information
necessary for the identification and evaluation of victims of Alzheimer's
disease and related disorders and for the conduct of consultation,
referral,
and treatment through personal physicians, primary Alzheimer's centers, and
regional Alzheimer's assistance centers provided for in the Alzheimer's
Disease Assistance Act.  These
requirements shall include procedures for obtaining the necessary consent
of a patient or guardian to the disclosure and exchange of that information
among providers of services within an Alzheimer's disease
assistance
network and for the maintenance of the information in a
centralized medical
information system administered by a regional Alzheimer's center.  Nothing
in this Section requires disclosure or exchange of information pertaining
to confidential communications between patients and therapists or
disclosure or exchange of information contained within a therapist's personal
notes.

(b) Any person identified as a victim of Alzheimer's disease or a
related disorder under the Alzheimer's Disease Assistance Act shall be provided information regarding the
critical role that autopsies play in the diagnosis and in the conduct of
research into the cause and
cure of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.  The person, or
the spouse or guardian of the person, shall be encouraged to
consent to
an autopsy upon the person's death.

The Department shall provide information to medical
examiners and coroners in this State regarding the importance of autopsies
in the diagnosis and in the conduct of research into the causes and cure of
Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.  The Department shall also
arrange for education and training programs that will enable medical
examiners and coroners to conduct autopsies necessary for a proper
diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or related disorders as the cause or a
contributing factor to a death.

(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)