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90_HB0864enr
410 ILCS 50/6 new
Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act to provide that a
licensed health care facility shall require a person who
observes, examines, or treats a patient or resident of the
facility to wear an identification badge disclosing his or
her first name, licensure status, and staff position.
Provides that a violation of this requirement is a petty
offense with a fine of $500.
LRB9001035DPcc
HB0864 Enrolled LRB9001035DPcc
1 AN ACT to amend the Medical Patient Rights Act by adding
2 Section 6.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Medical Patient Rights Act is amended by
6 adding Section 6 as follows:
7 (410 ILCS 50/6 new)
8 Sec. 6. Identification badges. A health care facility
9 licensed in this State shall require each employee of or
10 volunteer for the facility, including a student, who examines
11 or treats a patient or resident of the facility to wear an
12 identification badge that readily discloses the first name,
13 licensure status, if any, and staff position of the person
14 examining or treating the patient or resident.