Public Act 093-0794
 
SB1412 Enrolled LRB093 10132 LCB 10385 b

    AN ACT concerning anatomical gifts.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
    Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and
Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by changing Section 2310-330 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-330)  (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.46)
    Sec. 2310-330. Sperm and tissue bank registry; AIDS test
for donors; penalties.
    (a) The Department shall establish a registry of all sperm
banks and tissue banks operating in this State. All sperm banks
and tissue banks operating in this State shall register with
the Department by May 1 of each year. Any person, hospital,
clinic, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity that
operates a sperm bank or tissue bank in this State and fails to
register with the Department pursuant to this Section commits a
business offense and shall be subject to a fine of $5000.
    (b) All donors of semen for purposes of artificial
insemination, or donors of corneas, bones, organs, or other
human tissue for the purpose of injecting, transfusing, or
transplanting any of them in the human body, shall be tested
for evidence of exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
and any other identified causative agent of acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) at the time of or after the
donation but prior to the semen, corneas, bones, organs, or
other human tissue being made available for that use. However,
when in the opinion of the attending physician the life of a
recipient of a bone, organ, or other human tissue donation
would be jeopardized by delays caused by testing for evidence
of exposure to HIV and any other causative agent of AIDS,
testing shall not be required.
    (c) No person may intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or
negligently use the semen, corneas, bones, organs, or other
human tissue of a donor unless the requirements of subsection
(b) have been met. No person may intentionally, knowingly,
recklessly, or negligently use the semen, corneas, bones,
organs, or other human tissue of a donor who has tested
positive for exposure to HIV or any other identified causative
agent of AIDS. Violation of this subsection (c) shall be a
Class 4 felony.
    (d) For the purposes of this Section, "human tissue" shall
not be construed to mean organs or whole blood or its component
parts.
    For the purposes of this Section, "tissue bank" has the
same meaning as set forth in the Illinois Anatomical Gift Act.
means any facility or program that is involved in procuring,
furnishing, donating, processing, or distributing corneas,
bones, organs, or other human tissue for the purpose of
injecting, transfusing, or transplanting any of them in the
human body.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
    Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing Section
27-23.5 as follows:
 
    (105 ILCS 5/27-23.5)
    Sec. 27-23.5. Organ/tissue donor and transplantation
programs. Each school district that maintains grades 9 and 10
may include in its curriculum and teach to the students of
either such grade one unit of instruction on organ/tissue donor
and transplantation programs. No student shall be required to
take or participate in instruction on organ/tissue donor and
transplantation programs if a parent or guardian files written
objection thereto on constitutional grounds, and refusal to
take or participate in such instruction on those grounds shall
not be reason for suspension or expulsion of a student or
result in any academic penalty.
    The regional superintendent of schools in which a school
district that maintains grades 9 and 10 is located shall obtain
and distribute make available to each the school in his or her
board of the district information and data that may be used by
the school district in developing a unit of instruction under
this Section. However, each school board shall determine the
minimum amount of instructional time that shall qualify as a
unit of instruction satisfying the requirements of this
Section.
(Source: P.A. 90-635, eff. 7-24-98.)
    Section 15. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by
changing Sections 6.16 and 10.4 as follows:
 
    (210 ILCS 85/6.16)
    Sec. 6.16. Agreement with designated organ procurement
agency. Each hospital licensed under this Act shall have an
agreement with its federally designated organ procurement
agency providing for notification of the organ procurement
agency when potential organ donors become available, as
required in Section 5-25 of the Illinois Anatomical Gift Act 2
of the Organ Donation Request Act.
(Source: P.A. 89-393, eff. 8-20-95.)
 
    (210 ILCS 85/10.4)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 151.4)
    Sec. 10.4. Medical staff privileges.
    (a) Any hospital licensed under this Act or any hospital
organized under the University of Illinois Hospital Act shall,
prior to the granting of any medical staff privileges to an
applicant, or renewing a current medical staff member's
privileges, request of the Director of Professional Regulation
information concerning the licensure status and any
disciplinary action taken against the applicant's or medical
staff member's license, except for medical personnel who enter
a hospital to obtain organs and tissues for transplant from a
deceased donor in accordance with the Illinois Uniform
Anatomical Gift Act. The Director of Professional Regulation
shall transmit, in writing and in a timely fashion, such
information regarding the license of the applicant or the
medical staff member, including the record of imposition of any
periods of supervision or monitoring as a result of alcohol or
substance abuse, as provided by Section 23 of the Medical
Practice Act of 1987, and such information as may have been
submitted to the Department indicating that the application or
medical staff member has been denied, or has surrendered,
medical staff privileges at a hospital licensed under this Act,
or any equivalent facility in another state or territory of the
United States. The Director of Professional Regulation shall
define by rule the period for timely response to such requests.
    No transmittal of information by the Director of
Professional Regulation, under this Section shall be to other
than the president, chief operating officer, chief
administrative officer, or chief of the medical staff of a
hospital licensed under this Act, a hospital organized under
the University of Illinois Hospital Act, or a hospital operated
by the United States, or any of its instrumentalities. The
information so transmitted shall be afforded the same status as
is information concerning medical studies by Part 21 of Article
VIII of the Code of Civil Procedure, as now or hereafter
amended.
    (b) All hospitals licensed under this Act, except county
hospitals as defined in subsection (c) of Section 15-1 of the
Illinois Public Aid Code, shall comply with, and the medical
staff bylaws of these hospitals shall include rules consistent
with, the provisions of this Section in granting, limiting,
renewing, or denying medical staff membership and clinical
staff privileges. Hospitals that require medical staff members
to possess faculty status with a specific institution of higher
education are not required to comply with subsection (1) below
when the physician does not possess faculty status.
        (1) Minimum procedures for pre-applicants and
    applicants for medical staff membership shall include the
    following:
            (A) Written procedures relating to the acceptance
        and processing of pre-applicants or applicants for
        medical staff membership, which should be contained in
        medical staff bylaws.
            (B) Written procedures to be followed in
        determining a pre-applicant's or an applicant's
        qualifications for being granted medical staff
        membership and privileges.
            (C) Written criteria to be followed in evaluating a
        pre-applicant's or an applicant's qualifications.
            (D) An evaluation of a pre-applicant's or an
        applicant's current health status and current license
        status in Illinois.
            (E) A written response to each pre-applicant or
        applicant that explains the reason or reasons for any
        adverse decision (including all reasons based in whole
        or in part on the applicant's medical qualifications or
        any other basis, including economic factors).
        (2) Minimum procedures with respect to medical staff
    and clinical privilege determinations concerning current
    members of the medical staff shall include the following:
            (A) A written notice of an adverse decision.
            (B) An explanation of the reasons for an adverse
        decision including all reasons based on the quality of
        medical care or any other basis, including economic
        factors.
            (C) A statement of the medical staff member's right
        to request a fair hearing on the adverse decision
        before a hearing panel whose membership is mutually
        agreed upon by the medical staff and the hospital
        governing board. The hearing panel shall have
        independent authority to recommend action to the
        hospital governing board. Upon the request of the
        medical staff member or the hospital governing board,
        the hearing panel shall make findings concerning the
        nature of each basis for any adverse decision
        recommended to and accepted by the hospital governing
        board.
                (i) Nothing in this subparagraph (C) limits a
            hospital's or medical staff's right to summarily
            suspend, without a prior hearing, a person's
            medical staff membership or clinical privileges if
            the continuation of practice of a medical staff
            member constitutes an immediate danger to the
            public, including patients, visitors, and hospital
            employees and staff. A fair hearing shall be
            commenced within 15 days after the suspension and
            completed without delay.
                (ii) Nothing in this subparagraph (C) limits a
            medical staff's right to permit, in the medical
            staff bylaws, summary suspension of membership or
            clinical privileges in designated administrative
            circumstances as specifically approved by the
            medical staff. This bylaw provision must
            specifically describe both the administrative
            circumstance that can result in a summary
            suspension and the length of the summary
            suspension. The opportunity for a fair hearing is
            required for any administrative summary
            suspension. Any requested hearing must be
            commenced within 15 days after the summary
            suspension and completed without delay. Adverse
            decisions other than suspension or other
            restrictions on the treatment or admission of
            patients may be imposed summarily and without a
            hearing under designated administrative
            circumstances as specifically provided for in the
            medical staff bylaws as approved by the medical
            staff.
                (iii) If a hospital exercises its option to
            enter into an exclusive contract and that contract
            results in the total or partial termination or
            reduction of medical staff membership or clinical
            privileges of a current medical staff member, the
            hospital shall provide the affected medical staff
            member 60 days prior notice of the effect on his or
            her medical staff membership or privileges. An
            affected medical staff member desiring a hearing
            under subparagraph (C) of this paragraph (2) must
            request the hearing within 14 days after the date
            he or she is so notified. The requested hearing
            shall be commenced and completed (with a report and
            recommendation to the affected medical staff
            member, hospital governing board, and medical
            staff) within 30 days after the date of the medical
            staff member's request. If agreed upon by both the
            medical staff and the hospital governing board,
            the medical staff bylaws may provide for longer
            time periods.
            (D) A statement of the member's right to inspect
        all pertinent information in the hospital's possession
        with respect to the decision.
            (E) A statement of the member's right to present
        witnesses and other evidence at the hearing on the
        decision.
            (F) A written notice and written explanation of the
        decision resulting from the hearing.
            (F-5) A written notice of a final adverse decision
        by a hospital governing board.
            (G) Notice given 15 days before implementation of
        an adverse medical staff membership or clinical
        privileges decision based substantially on economic
        factors. This notice shall be given after the medical
        staff member exhausts all applicable procedures under
        this Section, including item (iii) of subparagraph (C)
        of this paragraph (2), and under the medical staff
        bylaws in order to allow sufficient time for the
        orderly provision of patient care.
            (H) Nothing in this paragraph (2) of this
        subsection (b) limits a medical staff member's right to
        waive, in writing, the rights provided in
        subparagraphs (A) through (G) of this paragraph (2) of
        this subsection (b) upon being granted the written
        exclusive right to provide particular services at a
        hospital, either individually or as a member of a
        group. If an exclusive contract is signed by a
        representative of a group of physicians, a waiver
        contained in the contract shall apply to all members of
        the group unless stated otherwise in the contract.
        (3) Every adverse medical staff membership and
    clinical privilege decision based substantially on
    economic factors shall be reported to the Hospital
    Licensing Board before the decision takes effect. These
    reports shall not be disclosed in any form that reveals the
    identity of any hospital or physician. These reports shall
    be utilized to study the effects that hospital medical
    staff membership and clinical privilege decisions based
    upon economic factors have on access to care and the
    availability of physician services. The Hospital Licensing
    Board shall submit an initial study to the Governor and the
    General Assembly by January 1, 1996, and subsequent reports
    shall be submitted periodically thereafter.
        (4) As used in this Section:
        "Adverse decision" means a decision reducing,
    restricting, suspending, revoking, denying, or not
    renewing medical staff membership or clinical privileges.
        "Economic factor" means any information or reasons for
    decisions unrelated to quality of care or professional
    competency.
        "Pre-applicant" means a physician licensed to practice
    medicine in all its branches who requests an application
    for medical staff membership or privileges.
        "Privilege" means permission to provide medical or
    other patient care services and permission to use hospital
    resources, including equipment, facilities and personnel
    that are necessary to effectively provide medical or other
    patient care services. This definition shall not be
    construed to require a hospital to acquire additional
    equipment, facilities, or personnel to accommodate the
    granting of privileges.
        (5) Any amendment to medical staff bylaws required
    because of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly
    shall be adopted on or before July 1, 2001.
    (c) All hospitals shall consult with the medical staff
prior to closing membership in the entire or any portion of the
medical staff or a department. If the hospital closes
membership in the medical staff, any portion of the medical
staff, or the department over the objections of the medical
staff, then the hospital shall provide a detailed written
explanation for the decision to the medical staff 10 days prior
to the effective date of any closure. No applications need to
be provided when membership in the medical staff or any
relevant portion of the medical staff is closed.
(Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-149, eff. 1-1-98; 90-655,
eff. 7-30-98; 91-166, eff. 1-1-00.)
    Section 20. The AIDS Confidentiality Act is amended by
changing Section 7 as follows:
 
    (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, written 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 Uniform 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) Written 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 EMT-A, EMT-I or EMT-P, 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, EMT-A, EMT-I, or EMT-P shall be provided
appropriate counseling consistent with this Act.
    (c) Written 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. 86-887; 86-891; 86-1028; 87-459.)
    Section 25. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Sections 6-110 and 12-215 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/6-110)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-110)
    Sec. 6-110. Licenses issued to drivers.
    (a) The Secretary of State shall issue to every qualifying
applicant a driver's license as applied for, which license
shall bear a distinguishing number assigned to the licensee,
the name, social security number, zip code, date of birth,
address, and a brief description of the licensee, and a space
where the licensee may write his usual signature.
    If the licensee is less than 17 years of age, the license
shall, as a matter of law, be invalid for the operation of any
motor vehicle during any time the licensee is prohibited from
being on any street or highway under the provisions of the
Child Curfew Act.
    Licenses issued shall also indicate the classification and
the restrictions under Section 6-104 of this Code.
    In lieu of the social security number, the Secretary may in
his discretion substitute a federal tax number or other
distinctive number.
    A driver's license issued may, in the discretion of the
Secretary, include a suitable photograph of a type prescribed
by the Secretary.
    (b) The Secretary of State shall provide a format on the
reverse of each driver's license issued which the licensee may
use to execute a document of gift conforming to the provisions
of the Illinois Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. The format shall
allow the licensee to indicate the gift intended, whether
specific organs, any organ, or the entire body, and shall
accommodate the signatures of the donor and 2 witnesses. The
Secretary shall also inform each applicant or licensee of this
format, describe the procedure for its execution, and may offer
the necessary witnesses; provided that in so doing, the
Secretary shall advise the applicant or licensee that he or she
is under no compulsion to execute a document of gift. A
brochure explaining this method of executing an anatomical gift
document shall be given to each applicant or licensee. The
brochure shall advise the applicant or licensee that he or she
is under no compulsion to execute a document of gift, and that
he or she may wish to consult with family, friends or clergy
before doing so. The Secretary of State may undertake
additional efforts, including education and awareness
activities, to promote organ and tissue donation.
    (c) The Secretary of State shall designate on each driver's
license issued a space where the licensee may place a sticker
or decal of the uniform size as the Secretary may specify,
which sticker or decal may indicate in appropriate language
that the owner of the license carries an Emergency Medical
Information Card.
    The sticker may be provided by any person, hospital,
school, medical group, or association interested in assisting
in implementing the Emergency Medical Information Card, but
shall meet the specifications as the Secretary may by rule or
regulation require.
    (d) The Secretary of State shall designate on each driver's
license issued a space where the licensee may indicate his
blood type and RH factor.
    (e) The Secretary of State shall provide that each original
or renewal driver's license issued to a licensee under 21 years
of age shall be of a distinct nature from those driver's
licenses issued to individuals 21 years of age and older. The
color designated for driver's licenses for licensees under 21
years of age shall be at the discretion of the Secretary of
State.
    (e-1) The Secretary shall provide that each driver's
license issued to a person under the age of 21 displays the
date upon which the person becomes 18 years of age and the date
upon which the person becomes 21 years of age.
    (f) The Secretary of State shall inform all Illinois
licensed commercial motor vehicle operators of the
requirements of the Uniform Commercial Driver License Act,
Article V of this Chapter, and shall make provisions to insure
that all drivers, seeking to obtain a commercial driver's
license, be afforded an opportunity prior to April 1, 1992, to
obtain the license. The Secretary is authorized to extend
driver's license expiration dates, and assign specific times,
dates and locations where these commercial driver's tests shall
be conducted. Any applicant, regardless of the current
expiration date of the applicant's driver's license, may be
subject to any assignment by the Secretary. Failure to comply
with the Secretary's assignment may result in the applicant's
forfeiture of an opportunity to receive a commercial driver's
license prior to April 1, 1992.
    (g) The Secretary of State shall designate on a driver's
license issued, a space where the licensee may indicate that he
or she has drafted a living will in accordance with the
Illinois Living Will Act or a durable power of attorney for
health care in accordance with the Illinois Power of Attorney
Act.
    (g-1) The Secretary of State, in his or her discretion, may
designate on each driver's license issued a space where the
licensee may place a sticker or decal, issued by the Secretary
of State, of uniform size as the Secretary may specify, that
shall indicate in appropriate language that the owner of the
license has renewed his or her driver's license.
    (h) A person who acts in good faith in accordance with the
terms of this Section is not liable for damages in any civil
action or subject to prosecution in any criminal proceeding for
his or her act.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-689, eff. 1-1-03.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/12-215)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-215)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 92-872)
    Sec. 12-215. Oscillating, rotating or flashing lights on
motor vehicles. Except as otherwise provided in this Code:
    (a) The use of red or white oscillating, rotating or
flashing lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited
except on:
        1. Law enforcement vehicles of State, Federal or local
    authorities;
        2. A vehicle operated by a police officer or county
    coroner and designated or authorized by local authorities,
    in writing, as a law enforcement vehicle; however, such
    designation or authorization must be carried in the
    vehicle;
        3. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or
    federal firefighting vehicles;
        4. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively as
    ambulances or rescue vehicles; furthermore, such lights
    shall not be lighted except when responding to an emergency
    call for and while actually conveying the sick or injured;
        5. Tow trucks licensed in a state that requires such
    lights; furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted on
    any such tow truck while the tow truck is operating in the
    State of Illinois;
        6. Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management
    Agency, and vehicles of the Department of Nuclear Safety;
    and
        7. Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency
    management services agency as defined in the Illinois
    Emergency Management Agency Act; and .
        8. Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as
    organ transplant vehicles when used in combination with
    blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights;
    furthermore, these lights shall be lighted only when the
    transportation is declared an emergency by a member of the
    transplant team or a representative of the organ
    procurement organization.
    (b) The use of amber oscillating, rotating or flashing
lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on:
        1. Second division vehicles designed and used for
    towing or hoisting vehicles; furthermore, such lights
    shall not be lighted except as required in this paragraph
    1; such lights shall be lighted when such vehicles are
    actually being used at the scene of an accident or
    disablement; if the towing vehicle is equipped with a flat
    bed that supports all wheels of the vehicle being
    transported, the lights shall not be lighted while the
    vehicle is engaged in towing on a highway; if the towing
    vehicle is not equipped with a flat bed that supports all
    wheels of a vehicle being transported, the lights shall be
    lighted while the towing vehicle is engaged in towing on a
    highway during all times when the use of headlights is
    required under Section 12-201 of this Code;
        2. Motor vehicles or equipment of the State of
    Illinois, local authorities and contractors; furthermore,
    such lights shall not be lighted except while such vehicles
    are engaged in maintenance or construction operations
    within the limits of construction projects;
        3. Vehicles or equipment used by engineering or survey
    crews; furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except
    while such vehicles are actually engaged in work on a
    highway;
        4. Vehicles of public utilities, municipalities, or
    other construction, maintenance or automotive service
    vehicles except that such lights shall be lighted only as a
    means for indicating the presence of a vehicular traffic
    hazard requiring unusual care in approaching, overtaking
    or passing while such vehicles are engaged in maintenance,
    service or construction on a highway;
        5. Oversized vehicle or load; however, such lights
    shall only be lighted when moving under permit issued by
    the Department under Section 15-301 of this Code;
        6. The front and rear of motorized equipment owned and
    operated by the State of Illinois or any political
    subdivision thereof, which is designed and used for removal
    of snow and ice from highways;
        7. Fleet safety vehicles registered in another state,
    furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except as
    provided for in Section 12-212 of this Code;
        8. Such other vehicles as may be authorized by local
    authorities;
        9. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local
    authorities when used in combination with red oscillating,
    rotating or flashing lights;
        9.5. Propane delivery trucks;
        10. Vehicles used for collecting or delivering mail for
    the United States Postal Service provided that such lights
    shall not be lighted except when such vehicles are actually
    being used for such purposes;
        11. Any vehicle displaying a slow-moving vehicle
    emblem as provided in Section 12-205.1;
        12. All trucks equipped with self-compactors or
    roll-off hoists and roll-on containers for garbage or
    refuse hauling. Such lights shall not be lighted except
    when such vehicles are actually being used for such
    purposes;
        13. Vehicles used by a security company, alarm
    responder, or control agency; and
        14. Security vehicles of the Department of Human
    Services; however, the lights shall not be lighted except
    when being used for security related purposes under the
    direction of the superintendent of the facility where the
    vehicle is located.
    (c) The use of blue oscillating, rotating or flashing
lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on:
        1. Rescue squad vehicles not owned by a fire department
    and vehicles owned or fully operated by a:
            voluntary firefighter;
            paid firefighter;
            part-paid firefighter;
            call firefighter;
            member of the board of trustees of a fire
        protection district;
            paid or unpaid member of a rescue squad;
            paid or unpaid member of a voluntary ambulance
        unit; or
            paid or unpaid members of a local or county
        emergency management services agency as defined in the
        Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, designated
        or authorized by local authorities, in writing, and
        carrying that designation or authorization in the
        vehicle.
        However, such lights are not to be lighted except when
    responding to a bona fide emergency.
        2. Police department vehicles in cities having a
    population of 500,000 or more inhabitants.
        3. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local
    authorities when used in combination with red oscillating,
    rotating or flashing lights.
        4. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or
    federal firefighting vehicles when used in combination
    with red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
        5. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively as
    ambulances or rescue vehicles when used in combination with
    red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights; furthermore,
    such lights shall not be lighted except when responding to
    an emergency call.
        6. Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as
    organ transport vehicles when used in combination with red
    oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights; furthermore,
    these lights shall only be lighted when the transportation
    is declared an emergency by a member of the transplant team
    or a representative of the organ procurement organization.
        7. Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management
    Agency and vehicles of the Department of Nuclear Safety,
    when used in combination with red oscillating, rotating, or
    flashing lights.
        8. Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency
    management services agency as defined in the Illinois
    Emergency Management Agency Act, when used in combination
    with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
    (c-1) In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or
flashing lights permitted under subsection (c), and
notwithstanding subsection (a), a vehicle operated by a
voluntary firefighter may be equipped with flashing white
headlights and blue grill lights, which may be used only in
responding to an emergency call.
    (c-2) In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or
flashing lights permitted under subsection (c), and
notwithstanding subsection (a), a vehicle operated by a paid or
unpaid member of a local or county emergency management
services agency as defined in the Illinois Emergency Management
Agency Act, may be equipped with white oscillating, rotating,
or flashing lights to be used in combination with blue
oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights, if authorization by
local authorities is in writing and carried in the vehicle.
    (d) The use of a combination of amber and white
oscillating, rotating or flashing lights, whether lighted or
unlighted, is prohibited, except motor vehicles or equipment of
the State of Illinois, local authorities and contractors may be
so equipped; furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted
except while such vehicles are engaged in highway maintenance
or construction operations within the limits of highway
construction projects.
    (e) All oscillating, rotating or flashing lights referred
to in this Section shall be of sufficient intensity, when
illuminated, to be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight.
    (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a manufacturer
of oscillating, rotating or flashing lights or his
representative from temporarily mounting such lights on a
vehicle for demonstration purposes only.
    (g) Any person violating the provisions of subsections (a),
(b), (c) or (d) of this Section who without lawful authority
stops or detains or attempts to stop or detain another person
shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
    (h) Except as provided in subsection (g) above, any person
violating the provisions of subsections (a) or (c) of this
Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-138, eff. 7-24-01;
92-407, eff. 8-17-01; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 92-782, eff.
8-6-02; 92-820, eff. 8-21-02; revised 8-26-02.)
 
    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 92-872)
    Sec. 12-215. Oscillating, rotating or flashing lights on
motor vehicles. Except as otherwise provided in this Code:
    (a) The use of red or white oscillating, rotating or
flashing lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited
except on:
        1. Law enforcement vehicles of State, Federal or local
    authorities;
        2. A vehicle operated by a police officer or county
    coroner and designated or authorized by local authorities,
    in writing, as a law enforcement vehicle; however, such
    designation or authorization must be carried in the
    vehicle;
        3. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or
    federal firefighting vehicles;
        4. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively as
    ambulances or rescue vehicles; furthermore, such lights
    shall not be lighted except when responding to an emergency
    call for and while actually conveying the sick or injured;
        5. Tow trucks licensed in a state that requires such
    lights; furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted on
    any such tow truck while the tow truck is operating in the
    State of Illinois;
        6. Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management
    Agency, and vehicles of the Department of Nuclear Safety;
    and
        7. Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency
    management services agency as defined in the Illinois
    Emergency Management Agency Act; and .
        8. Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as
    organ transplant vehicles when used in combination with
    blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights;
    furthermore, these lights shall be lighted only when the
    transportation is declared an emergency by a member of the
    transplant team or a representative of the organ
    procurement organization.
    (b) The use of amber oscillating, rotating or flashing
lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on:
        1. Second division vehicles designed and used for
    towing or hoisting vehicles; furthermore, such lights
    shall not be lighted except as required in this paragraph
    1; such lights shall be lighted when such vehicles are
    actually being used at the scene of an accident or
    disablement; if the towing vehicle is equipped with a flat
    bed that supports all wheels of the vehicle being
    transported, the lights shall not be lighted while the
    vehicle is engaged in towing on a highway; if the towing
    vehicle is not equipped with a flat bed that supports all
    wheels of a vehicle being transported, the lights shall be
    lighted while the towing vehicle is engaged in towing on a
    highway during all times when the use of headlights is
    required under Section 12-201 of this Code;
        2. Motor vehicles or equipment of the State of
    Illinois, local authorities and contractors; furthermore,
    such lights shall not be lighted except while such vehicles
    are engaged in maintenance or construction operations
    within the limits of construction projects;
        3. Vehicles or equipment used by engineering or survey
    crews; furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except
    while such vehicles are actually engaged in work on a
    highway;
        4. Vehicles of public utilities, municipalities, or
    other construction, maintenance or automotive service
    vehicles except that such lights shall be lighted only as a
    means for indicating the presence of a vehicular traffic
    hazard requiring unusual care in approaching, overtaking
    or passing while such vehicles are engaged in maintenance,
    service or construction on a highway;
        5. Oversized vehicle or load; however, such lights
    shall only be lighted when moving under permit issued by
    the Department under Section 15-301 of this Code;
        6. The front and rear of motorized equipment owned and
    operated by the State of Illinois or any political
    subdivision thereof, which is designed and used for removal
    of snow and ice from highways;
        7. Fleet safety vehicles registered in another state,
    furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except as
    provided for in Section 12-212 of this Code;
        8. Such other vehicles as may be authorized by local
    authorities;
        9. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local
    authorities when used in combination with red oscillating,
    rotating or flashing lights;
        9.5. Propane delivery trucks;
        10. Vehicles used for collecting or delivering mail for
    the United States Postal Service provided that such lights
    shall not be lighted except when such vehicles are actually
    being used for such purposes;
        11. Any vehicle displaying a slow-moving vehicle
    emblem as provided in Section 12-205.1;
        12. All trucks equipped with self-compactors or
    roll-off hoists and roll-on containers for garbage or
    refuse hauling. Such lights shall not be lighted except
    when such vehicles are actually being used for such
    purposes;
        13. Vehicles used by a security company, alarm
    responder, or control agency;
        14. Security vehicles of the Department of Human
    Services; however, the lights shall not be lighted except
    when being used for security related purposes under the
    direction of the superintendent of the facility where the
    vehicle is located; and
        15. Vehicles of union representatives, except that the
    lights shall be lighted only while the vehicle is within
    the limits of a construction project.
    (c) The use of blue oscillating, rotating or flashing
lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on:
        1. Rescue squad vehicles not owned by a fire department
    and vehicles owned or fully operated by a:
            voluntary firefighter;
            paid firefighter;
            part-paid firefighter;
            call firefighter;
            member of the board of trustees of a fire
        protection district;
            paid or unpaid member of a rescue squad;
            paid or unpaid member of a voluntary ambulance
        unit; or
            paid or unpaid members of a local or county
        emergency management services agency as defined in the
        Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, designated
        or authorized by local authorities, in writing, and
        carrying that designation or authorization in the
        vehicle.
        However, such lights are not to be lighted except when
    responding to a bona fide emergency.
        2. Police department vehicles in cities having a
    population of 500,000 or more inhabitants.
        3. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local
    authorities when used in combination with red oscillating,
    rotating or flashing lights.
        4. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or
    federal firefighting vehicles when used in combination
    with red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
        5. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively as
    ambulances or rescue vehicles when used in combination with
    red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights; furthermore,
    such lights shall not be lighted except when responding to
    an emergency call.
        6. Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as
    organ transport vehicles when used in combination with red
    oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights; furthermore,
    these lights shall only be lighted when the transportation
    is declared an emergency by a member of the transplant team
    or a representative of the organ procurement organization.
        7. Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management
    Agency and vehicles of the Department of Nuclear Safety,
    when used in combination with red oscillating, rotating, or
    flashing lights.
        8. Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency
    management services agency as defined in the Illinois
    Emergency Management Agency Act, when used in combination
    with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
    (c-1) In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or
flashing lights permitted under subsection (c), and
notwithstanding subsection (a), a vehicle operated by a
voluntary firefighter, a voluntary member of a rescue squad, or
a member of a voluntary ambulance unit may be equipped with
flashing white headlights and blue grill lights, which may be
used only in responding to an emergency call.
    (c-2) In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or
flashing lights permitted under subsection (c), and
notwithstanding subsection (a), a vehicle operated by a paid or
unpaid member of a local or county emergency management
services agency as defined in the Illinois Emergency Management
Agency Act, may be equipped with white oscillating, rotating,
or flashing lights to be used in combination with blue
oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights, if authorization by
local authorities is in writing and carried in the vehicle.
    (d) The use of a combination of amber and white
oscillating, rotating or flashing lights, whether lighted or
unlighted, is prohibited except motor vehicles or equipment of
the State of Illinois, local authorities, contractors, and
union representatives may be so equipped; furthermore, such
lights shall not be lighted on vehicles of the State of
Illinois, local authorities, and contractors except while such
vehicles are engaged in highway maintenance or construction
operations within the limits of highway construction projects,
and shall not be lighted on the vehicles of union
representatives except when those vehicles are within the
limits of a construction project.
    (e) All oscillating, rotating or flashing lights referred
to in this Section shall be of sufficient intensity, when
illuminated, to be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight.
    (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a manufacturer
of oscillating, rotating or flashing lights or his
representative from temporarily mounting such lights on a
vehicle for demonstration purposes only.
    (g) Any person violating the provisions of subsections (a),
(b), (c) or (d) of this Section who without lawful authority
stops or detains or attempts to stop or detain another person
shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
    (h) Except as provided in subsection (g) above, any person
violating the provisions of subsections (a) or (c) of this
Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-138, eff. 7-24-01;
92-407, eff. 8-17-01; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 92-782, eff.
8-6-02; 92-820, eff. 8-21-02; 92-872, eff. 6-1-03; revised
1-10-03.)
    Section 30. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
changing Section 12-20 as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 5/12-20)  (from Ch. 38, par. 12-20)
    Sec. 12-20. Sale of body parts. (a) Except as provided in
subsection (b), any person who knowingly buys or sells, or
offers to buy or sell, a human body or any part of a human body,
is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the first conviction and
a Class 4 felony for subsequent convictions.
    (b) This Section does not prohibit:
    (1) An anatomical gift made in accordance with the Illinois
Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.
    (2) The removal and use of a human cornea in accordance
with the Illinois Anatomical Gift Corneal Transplant Act.
    (3) Reimbursement of actual expenses incurred by a living
person in donating an organ, tissue or other body part or fluid
for transplantation, implantation, infusion, injection, or
other medical or scientific purpose, including medical costs,
loss of income, and travel expenses.
    (4) Payments provided under a plan of insurance or other
health care coverage.
    (5) Reimbursement of reasonable costs associated with the
removal, storage or transportation of a human body or part
thereof donated for medical or scientific purposes.
    (6) Purchase or sale of blood, plasma, blood products or
derivatives, other body fluids, or human hair.
    (7) Purchase or sale of drugs, reagents or other substances
made from human bodies or body parts, for use in medical or
scientific research, treatment or diagnosis.
(Source: P.A. 85-191.)
    Section 35. The Illinois Living Will Act is amended by
changing Section 6 as follows:
 
    (755 ILCS 35/6)  (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 706)
    Sec. 6. Physician Responsibilities. An attending
physician who has been notified of the existence of a
declaration executed under this Act, without delay after the
diagnosis of a terminal condition of the patient, shall take
the necessary steps to provide for written recording of the
patient's terminal condition, so that the patient may be deemed
to be a qualified patient under this Act, or shall notify the
patient or, if the patient is unable to initiate a transfer,
the person or persons described in subsection (d) of Section 3
in the order of priority stated therein that the physician is
unwilling to comply with the provisions of the patient's
declaration. In the event of the patient's death as determined
by a physician, all medical care is to be terminated unless the
patient is an organ donor, in which case appropriate organ
donation treatment may be applied or continued temporarily.
(Source: P.A. 85-860.)
    Section 40. The Health Care Surrogate Act is amended by
changing Sections 20 and 65 as follows:
 
    (755 ILCS 40/20)  (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 851-20)
    Sec. 20. Private decision making process.
    (a) Decisions whether to forgo life-sustaining or any other
form of medical treatment involving an adult patient with
decisional capacity may be made by that adult patient.
    (b) Decisions whether to forgo life-sustaining treatment
on behalf of a patient without decisional capacity are lawful,
without resort to the courts or legal process, if the patient
has a qualifying condition and if the decisions are made in
accordance with one of the following paragraphs in this
subsection and otherwise meet the requirements of this Act:
        (1) Decisions whether to forgo life-sustaining
    treatment on behalf of a minor or an adult patient who
    lacks decisional capacity may be made by a surrogate
    decision maker or makers in consultation with the attending
    physician, in the order or priority provided in Section 25.
    A surrogate decision maker shall make decisions for the
    adult patient conforming as closely as possible to what the
    patient would have done or intended under the
    circumstances, taking into account evidence that includes,
    but is not limited to, the patient's personal,
    philosophical, religious and moral beliefs and ethical
    values relative to the purpose of life, sickness, medical
    procedures, suffering, and death. Where possible, the
    surrogate shall determine how the patient would have
    weighed the burdens and benefits of initiating or
    continuing life-sustaining treatment against the burdens
    and benefits of that treatment. In the event an unrevoked
    advance directive, such as a living will, a declaration for
    mental health treatment, or a power of attorney for health
    care, is no longer valid due to a technical deficiency or
    is not applicable to the patient's condition, that document
    may be used as evidence of a patient's wishes. The absence
    of a living will, declaration for mental health treatment,
    or power of attorney for health care shall not give rise to
    any presumption as to the patient's preferences regarding
    the initiation or continuation of life-sustaining
    procedures. If the adult patient's wishes are unknown and
    remain unknown after reasonable efforts to discern them or
    if the patient is a minor, the decision shall be made on
    the basis of the patient's best interests as determined by
    the surrogate decision maker. In determining the patient's
    best interests, the surrogate shall weigh the burdens on
    and benefits to the patient of initiating or continuing
    life-sustaining treatment against the burdens and benefits
    of that treatment and shall take into account any other
    information, including the views of family and friends,
    that the surrogate decision maker believes the patient
    would have considered if able to act for herself or
    himself.
        (2) Decisions whether to forgo life-sustaining
    treatment on behalf of a minor or an adult patient who
    lacks decisional capacity, but without any surrogate
    decision maker or guardian being available determined
    after reasonable inquiry by the health care provider, may
    be made by a court appointed guardian. A court appointed
    guardian shall be treated as a surrogate for the purposes
    of this Act.
    (b-5) Decisions concerning medical treatment on behalf of a
patient without decisional capacity are lawful, without resort
to the courts or legal process, if the patient does not have a
qualifying condition and if decisions are made in accordance
with one of the following paragraphs in this subsection and
otherwise meet the requirements of this Act:
        (1) Decisions concerning medical treatment on behalf
    of a minor or adult patient who lacks decisional capacity
    may be made by a surrogate decision maker or makers in
    consultation with the attending physician, in the order of
    priority provided in Section 25 with the exception that
    decisions to forgo life-sustaining treatment may be made
    only when a patient has a qualifying condition. A surrogate
    decision maker shall make decisions for the patient
    conforming as closely as possible to what the patient would
    have done or intended under the circumstances, taking into
    account evidence that includes, but is not limited to, the
    patient's personal, philosophical, religious, and moral
    beliefs and ethical values relative to the purpose of life,
    sickness, medical procedures, suffering, and death. In the
    event an unrevoked advance directive, such as a living
    will, a declaration for mental health treatment, or a power
    of attorney for health care, is no longer valid due to a
    technical deficiency or is not applicable to the patient's
    condition, that document may be used as evidence of a
    patient's wishes. The absence of a living will, declaration
    for mental health treatment, or power of attorney for
    health care shall not give rise to any presumption as to
    the patient's preferences regarding any process. If the
    adult patient's wishes are unknown and remain unknown after
    reasonable efforts to discern them or if the patient is a
    minor, the decision shall be made on the basis of the
    patient's best interests as determined by the surrogate
    decision maker. In determining the patient's best
    interests, the surrogate shall weigh the burdens on and
    benefits to the patient of the treatment against the
    burdens and benefits of that treatment and shall take into
    account any other information, including the views of
    family and friends, that the surrogate decision maker
    believes the patient would have considered if able to act
    for herself or himself.
        (2) Decisions concerning medical treatment on behalf
    of a minor or adult patient who lacks decisional capacity,
    but without any surrogate decision maker or guardian being
    available as determined after reasonable inquiry by the
    health care provider, may be made by a court appointed
    guardian. A court appointed guardian shall be treated as a
    surrogate for the purposes of this Act.
    (c) For the purposes of this Act, a patient or surrogate
decision maker is presumed to have decisional capacity in the
absence of actual notice to the contrary without regard to
advanced age. With respect to a patient, a diagnosis of mental
illness or mental retardation, of itself, is not a bar to a
determination of decisional capacity. A determination that an
adult patient lacks decisional capacity shall be made by the
attending physician to a reasonable degree of medical
certainty. The determination shall be in writing in the
patient's medical record and shall set forth the attending
physician's opinion regarding the cause, nature, and duration
of the patient's lack of decisional capacity. Before
implementation of a decision by a surrogate decision maker to
forgo life-sustaining treatment, at least one other qualified
physician must concur in the determination that an adult
patient lacks decisional capacity. The concurring
determination shall be made in writing in the patient's medical
record after personal examination of the patient. The attending
physician shall inform the patient that it has been determined
that the patient lacks decisional capacity and that a surrogate
decision maker will be making life-sustaining treatment
decisions on behalf of the patient. Moreover, the patient shall
be informed of the identity of the surrogate decision maker and
any decisions made by that surrogate. If the person identified
as the surrogate decision maker is not a court appointed
guardian and the patient objects to the statutory surrogate
decision maker or any decision made by that surrogate decision
maker, then the provisions of this Act shall not apply.
    (d) A surrogate decision maker acting on behalf of the
patient shall express decisions to forgo life-sustaining
treatment to the attending physician and one adult witness who
is at least 18 years of age. This decision and the substance of
any known discussion before making the decision shall be
documented by the attending physician in the patient's medical
record and signed by the witness.
    (e) The existence of a qualifying condition shall be
documented in writing in the patient's medical record by the
attending physician and shall include its cause and nature, if
known. The written concurrence of another qualified physician
is also required.
    (f) Once the provisions of this Act are complied with, the
attending physician shall thereafter promptly implement the
decision to forgo life-sustaining treatment on behalf of the
patient unless he or she believes that the surrogate decision
maker is not acting in accordance with his or her
responsibilities under this Act, or is unable to do so for
reasons of conscience or other personal views or beliefs.
    (g) In the event of a patient's death as determined by a
physician, all life-sustaining treatment and other medical
care is to be terminated, unless the patient is an organ donor,
in which case appropriate organ donation treatment may be
applied or continued temporarily.
(Source: P.A. 90-246, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
    (755 ILCS 40/65)
    Sec. 65. Do-not-resuscitate orders.
    (a) An individual of sound mind and having reached the age
of majority or having obtained the status of an emancipated
person pursuant to the Emancipation of Mature Minors Act may
execute a document (consistent with the Department of Public
Health Uniform DNR Order Form) directing that resuscitating
efforts shall not be implemented. Such an order may also be
executed by an attending physician. Notwithstanding the
existence of a DNR order, appropriate organ donation treatment
may be applied or continued temporarily in the event of the
patient's death, in accordance with subsection (g) of Section
20 of this Act, if the patient is an organ donor.
    (b) Consent to a DNR order may be obtained from the
individual, or from another person at the individual's
direction, or from the individual's legal guardian, agent under
a power of attorney for health care, or surrogate decision
maker, and witnessed by 2 individuals 18 years of age or older.
    (c) The DNR order may, but need not, be in the form adopted
by the Department of Public Health pursuant to Section 2310-600
of the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law (20
ILCS 2310/2310-600).
    (d) A health care professional or health care provider may
presume, in the absence of knowledge to the contrary, that a
completed Department of Public Health Uniform DNR Order form or
a copy of that form is a valid DNR order. A health care
professional or health care provider, or an employee of a
health care professional or health care provider, who in good
faith complies with a do-not-resuscitate order made in
accordance with this Act is not, as a result of that
compliance, subject to any criminal or civil liability, except
for willful and wanton misconduct, and may not be found to have
committed an act of unprofessional conduct.
(Source: P.A. 92-356, eff. 10-1-01.)
    Section 45. The Illinois Power of Attorney Act is amended
by changing Sections 4-7 and 4-10 as follows:
 
    (755 ILCS 45/4-7)  (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 804-7)
    Sec. 4-7. Duties of health care providers and others in
relation to health care agencies. Each health care provider and
each other person with whom an agent deals under a health care
agency shall be subject to the following duties and
responsibilities:
    (a) It is the responsibility of the agent or patient to
notify the health care provider of the existence of the health
care agency and any amendment or revocation thereof. A health
care provider furnished with a copy of a health care agency
shall make it a part of the patient's medical records and shall
enter in the records any change in or termination of the health
care agency by the principal that becomes known to the
provider. Whenever a provider believes a patient may lack
capacity to give informed consent to health care which the
provider deems necessary, the provider shall consult with any
available health care agent known to the provider who then has
power to act for the patient under a health care agency.
    (b) A health care decision made by an agent in accordance
with the terms of a health care agency shall be complied with
by every health care provider to whom the decision is
communicated, subject to the provider's right to administer
treatment for the patient's comfort care or alleviation of
pain; but if the provider is unwilling to comply with the
agent's decision, the provider shall promptly inform the agent
who shall then be responsible to make the necessary
arrangements for the transfer of the patient to another
provider. It is understood that a provider who is unwilling to
comply with the agent's decision will continue to afford
reasonably necessary consultation and care in connection with
the transfer.
    (c) At the patient's expense and subject to reasonable
rules of the health care provider to prevent disruption of the
patient's health care, each health care provider shall give an
agent authorized to receive such information under a health
care agency the same right the principal has to examine and
copy any part or all of the patient's medical records that the
agent deems relevant to the exercise of the agent's powers,
whether the records relate to mental health or any other
medical condition and whether they are in the possession of or
maintained by any physician, psychiatrist, psychologist,
therapist, hospital, nursing home or other health care
provider.
    (d) If and to the extent a health care agency empowers the
agent to (1) make an anatomical gift on behalf of the principal
under the Illinois Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, as now or
hereafter amended, or (2) authorize an autopsy of the
principal's body pursuant to Section 2 of "An Act in relation
to autopsy of dead bodies", approved August 13, 1965, as now or
hereafter amended, or (3) direct the disposition of the
principal's remains, the decision by an authorized agent as to
anatomical gift, autopsy approval or remains disposition shall
be deemed the act of the principal and shall control over the
decision of other persons who might otherwise have priority;
and each person to whom a direction by the agent in accordance
with the terms of the agency is communicated shall comply with
such direction.
(Source: P.A. 86-736.)
 
    (755 ILCS 45/4-10)  (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 804-10)
    Sec. 4-10. Statutory short form power of attorney for
health care.
    (a) The following form (sometimes also referred to in this
Act as the "statutory health care power") may be used to grant
an agent powers with respect to the principal's own health
care; but the statutory health care power is not intended to be
exclusive nor to cover delegation of a parent's power to
control the health care of a minor child, and no provision of
this Article shall be construed to invalidate or bar use by the
principal of any other or different form of power of attorney
for health care. Nonstatutory health care powers must be
executed by the principal, designate the agent and the agent's
powers, and comply with Section 4-5 of this Article, but they
need not be witnessed or conform in any other respect to the
statutory health care power. When a power of attorney in
substantially the following form is used, including the
"notice" paragraph at the beginning in capital letters, it
shall have the meaning and effect prescribed in this Act. The
statutory health care power may be included in or combined with
any other form of power of attorney governing property or other
matters.
    "ILLINOIS STATUTORY SHORT FORM POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH
CARE
    (NOTICE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY IS TO GIVE
THE PERSON YOU DESIGNATE (YOUR "AGENT") BROAD POWERS TO MAKE
HEALTH CARE DECISIONS FOR YOU, INCLUDING POWER TO REQUIRE,
CONSENT TO OR WITHDRAW ANY TYPE OF PERSONAL CARE OR MEDICAL
TREATMENT FOR ANY PHYSICAL OR MENTAL CONDITION AND TO ADMIT YOU
TO OR DISCHARGE YOU FROM ANY HOSPITAL, HOME OR OTHER
INSTITUTION. THIS FORM DOES NOT IMPOSE A DUTY ON YOUR AGENT TO
EXERCISE GRANTED POWERS; BUT WHEN POWERS ARE EXERCISED, YOUR
AGENT WILL HAVE TO USE DUE CARE TO ACT FOR YOUR BENEFIT AND IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS FORM AND KEEP A RECORD OF RECEIPTS,
DISBURSEMENTS AND SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN AS AGENT. A COURT
CAN TAKE AWAY THE POWERS OF YOUR AGENT IF IT FINDS THE AGENT IS
NOT ACTING PROPERLY. YOU MAY NAME SUCCESSOR AGENTS UNDER THIS
FORM BUT NOT CO-AGENTS, AND NO HEALTH CARE PROVIDER MAY BE
NAMED. UNLESS YOU EXPRESSLY LIMIT THE DURATION OF THIS POWER IN
THE MANNER PROVIDED BELOW, UNTIL YOU REVOKE THIS POWER OR A
COURT ACTING ON YOUR BEHALF TERMINATES IT, YOUR AGENT MAY
EXERCISE THE POWERS GIVEN HERE THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFETIME, EVEN
AFTER YOU BECOME DISABLED. THE POWERS YOU GIVE YOUR AGENT, YOUR
RIGHT TO REVOKE THOSE POWERS AND THE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING
THE LAW ARE EXPLAINED MORE FULLY IN SECTIONS 4-5, 4-6, 4-9 AND
4-10(b) OF THE ILLINOIS "POWERS OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE
LAW" OF WHICH THIS FORM IS A PART (SEE THE BACK OF THIS FORM).
THAT LAW EXPRESSLY PERMITS THE USE OF ANY DIFFERENT FORM OF
POWER OF ATTORNEY YOU MAY DESIRE. IF THERE IS ANYTHING ABOUT
THIS FORM THAT YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND, YOU SHOULD ASK A LAWYER
TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.)
    POWER OF ATTORNEY made this .......................day of
................................
    (month)  (year)
    1. I, ..................................................,
              (insert name and address of principal)
hereby appoint:
............................................................
          (insert name and address of agent)
as my attorney-in-fact (my "agent") to act for me and in my
name (in any way I could act in person) to make any and all
decisions for me concerning my personal care, medical
treatment, hospitalization and health care and to require,
withhold or withdraw any type of medical treatment or
procedure, even though my death may ensue. My agent shall have
the same access to my medical records that I have, including
the right to disclose the contents to others. My agent shall
also have full power to authorize an autopsy and direct the
disposition of my remains. Effective upon my death, my agent
has the full power to make an anatomical gift of the following
(initial one):
        ....Any organs, tissues, or eyes suitable for
    transplantation or used for research or education organ.
        ....Specific organs:....................................
(THE ABOVE GRANT OF POWER IS INTENDED TO BE AS BROAD AS
POSSIBLE SO THAT YOUR AGENT WILL HAVE AUTHORITY TO MAKE ANY
DECISION YOU COULD MAKE TO OBTAIN OR TERMINATE ANY TYPE OF
HEALTH CARE, INCLUDING WITHDRAWAL OF FOOD AND WATER AND OTHER
LIFE-SUSTAINING MEASURES, IF YOUR AGENT BELIEVES SUCH ACTION
WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH YOUR INTENT AND DESIRES. IF YOU WISH
TO LIMIT THE SCOPE OF YOUR AGENT'S POWERS OR PRESCRIBE SPECIAL
RULES OR LIMIT THE POWER TO MAKE AN ANATOMICAL GIFT, AUTHORIZE
AUTOPSY OR DISPOSE OF REMAINS, YOU MAY DO SO IN THE FOLLOWING
PARAGRAPHS.)
    2. The powers granted above shall not include the following
powers or shall be subject to the following rules or
limitations (here you may include any specific limitations you
deem appropriate, such as: your own definition of when
life-sustaining measures should be withheld; a direction to
continue food and fluids or life-sustaining treatment in all
events; or instructions to refuse any specific types of
treatment that are inconsistent with your religious beliefs or
unacceptable to you for any other reason, such as blood
transfusion, electro-convulsive therapy, amputation,
psychosurgery, voluntary admission to a mental institution,
etc.):
.............................................................
.............................................................
.............................................................
.............................................................
.............................................................
(THE SUBJECT OF LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT IS OF PARTICULAR
IMPORTANCE. FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE IN DEALING WITH THAT SUBJECT,
SOME GENERAL STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE WITHHOLDING OR REMOVAL
OF LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT ARE SET FORTH BELOW. IF YOU AGREE
WITH ONE OF THESE STATEMENTS, YOU MAY INITIAL THAT STATEMENT;
BUT DO NOT INITIAL MORE THAN ONE):
    I do not want my life to be prolonged nor do I want
life-sustaining treatment to be provided or continued if my
agent believes the burdens of the treatment outweigh the
expected benefits. I want my agent to consider the relief of
suffering, the expense involved and the quality as well as the
possible extension of my life in making decisions concerning
life-sustaining treatment.
Initialed...........................
    I want my life to be prolonged and I want life-sustaining
treatment to be provided or continued unless I am in a coma
which my attending physician believes to be irreversible, in
accordance with reasonable medical standards at the time of
reference. If and when I have suffered irreversible coma, I
want life-sustaining treatment to be withheld or discontinued.
Initialed...........................
    I want my life to be prolonged to the greatest extent
possible without regard to my condition, the chances I have for
recovery or the cost of the procedures.
Initialed...........................
(THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY MAY BE AMENDED OR REVOKED BY YOU IN THE
MANNER PROVIDED IN SECTION 4-6 OF THE ILLINOIS "POWERS OF
ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE LAW" (SEE THE BACK OF THIS FORM).
ABSENT AMENDMENT OR REVOCATION, THE AUTHORITY GRANTED IN THIS
POWER OF ATTORNEY WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME THIS POWER
IS SIGNED AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL YOUR DEATH, AND BEYOND IF
ANATOMICAL GIFT, AUTOPSY OR DISPOSITION OF REMAINS IS
AUTHORIZED, UNLESS A LIMITATION ON THE BEGINNING DATE OR
DURATION IS MADE BY INITIALING AND COMPLETING EITHER OR BOTH OF
THE FOLLOWING:)
    3. ( ) This power of attorney shall become effective on
.............................................................
.............................................................
(insert a future date or event during your lifetime, such as
court determination of your disability, when you want this
power to first take effect)
    4. ( ) This power of attorney shall terminate on.............
.............................................................
(insert a future date or event, such as court determination of
your disability, when you want this power to terminate prior to
your death)
(IF YOU WISH TO NAME SUCCESSOR AGENTS, INSERT THE NAMES AND
ADDRESSES OF SUCH SUCCESSORS IN THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH.)
    5. If any agent named by me shall die, become incompetent,
resign, refuse to accept the office of agent or be unavailable,
I name the following (each to act alone and successively, in
the order named) as successors to such agent:
.............................................................
.............................................................
For purposes of this paragraph 5, a person shall be considered
to be incompetent if and while the person is a minor or an
adjudicated incompetent or disabled person or the person is
unable to give prompt and intelligent consideration to health
care matters, as certified by a licensed physician. (IF YOU
WISH TO NAME YOUR AGENT AS GUARDIAN OF YOUR PERSON, IN THE
EVENT A COURT DECIDES THAT ONE SHOULD BE APPOINTED, YOU MAY,
BUT ARE NOT REQUIRED TO, DO SO BY RETAINING THE FOLLOWING
PARAGRAPH. THE COURT WILL APPOINT YOUR AGENT IF THE COURT FINDS
THAT SUCH APPOINTMENT WILL SERVE YOUR BEST INTERESTS AND
WELFARE. STRIKE OUT PARAGRAPH 6 IF YOU DO NOT WANT YOUR AGENT
TO ACT AS GUARDIAN.)
    6. If a guardian of my person is to be appointed, I
nominate the agent acting under this power of attorney as such
guardian, to serve without bond or security.
    7. I am fully informed as to all the contents of this form
and understand the full import of this grant of powers to my
agent.
Signed..............................
(principal)
      
    The principal has had an opportunity to read the above form
and has signed the form or acknowledged his or her signature or
mark on the form in my presence.
..........................  Residing at......................
       (witness)
(YOU MAY, BUT ARE NOT REQUIRED TO, REQUEST YOUR AGENT AND
SUCCESSOR AGENTS TO PROVIDE SPECIMEN SIGNATURES BELOW. IF YOU
INCLUDE SPECIMEN SIGNATURES IN THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY, YOU MUST
COMPLETE THE CERTIFICATION OPPOSITE THE SIGNATURES OF THE
AGENTS.)
Specimen signatures of    I certify that the signatures of my
agent (and successors).   agent (and successors) are correct.
.........................   .................................
       (agent)                      (principal)
.........................   .
     (successor agent)              (principal)
.........................   .
      (successor agent)             (principal)"
    (b) The statutory short form power of attorney for health
care (the "statutory health care power") authorizes the agent
to make any and all health care decisions on behalf of the
principal which the principal could make if present and under
no disability, subject to any limitations on the granted powers
that appear on the face of the form, to be exercised in such
manner as the agent deems consistent with the intent and
desires of the principal. The agent will be under no duty to
exercise granted powers or to assume control of or
responsibility for the principal's health care; but when
granted powers are exercised, the agent will be required to use
due care to act for the benefit of the principal in accordance
with the terms of the statutory health care power and will be
liable for negligent exercise. The agent may act in person or
through others reasonably employed by the agent for that
purpose but may not delegate authority to make health care
decisions. The agent may sign and deliver all instruments,
negotiate and enter into all agreements and do all other acts
reasonably necessary to implement the exercise of the powers
granted to the agent. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the statutory health care power shall include the
following powers, subject to any limitations appearing on the
face of the form:
    (1) The agent is authorized to give consent to and
authorize or refuse, or to withhold or withdraw consent to, any
and all types of medical care, treatment or procedures relating
to the physical or mental health of the principal, including
any medication program, surgical procedures, life-sustaining
treatment or provision of food and fluids for the principal.
    (2) The agent is authorized to admit the principal to or
discharge the principal from any and all types of hospitals,
institutions, homes, residential or nursing facilities,
treatment centers and other health care institutions providing
personal care or treatment for any type of physical or mental
condition. The agent shall have the same right to visit the
principal in the hospital or other institution as is granted to
a spouse or adult child of the principal, any rule of the
institution to the contrary notwithstanding.
    (3) The agent is authorized to contract for any and all
types of health care services and facilities in the name of and
on behalf of the principal and to bind the principal to pay for
all such services and facilities, and to have and exercise
those powers over the principal's property as are authorized
under the statutory property power, to the extent the agent
deems necessary to pay health care costs; and the agent shall
not be personally liable for any services or care contracted
for on behalf of the principal.
    (4) At the principal's expense and subject to reasonable
rules of the health care provider to prevent disruption of the
principal's health care, the agent shall have the same right
the principal has to examine and copy and consent to disclosure
of all the principal's medical records that the agent deems
relevant to the exercise of the agent's powers, whether the
records relate to mental health or any other medical condition
and whether they are in the possession of or maintained by any
physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, therapist, hospital,
nursing home or other health care provider.
    (5) The agent is authorized: to direct that an autopsy be
made pursuant to Section 2 of "An Act in relation to autopsy of
dead bodies", approved August 13, 1965, including all
amendments; to make a disposition of any part or all of the
principal's body pursuant to the Illinois Uniform Anatomical
Gift Act, as now or hereafter amended; and to direct the
disposition of the principal's remains.
(Source: P.A. 91-240, eff. 1-1-00.)
    Section 50. The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act is amended by
changing and renumbering Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7, 8,
and 8.1 and by adding Article headings for Articles 1 and 5 and
adding Sections 1-5, 5-25, and 5-30 as follows:
 
    (755 ILCS 50/Art. 1 heading new)
Article 1.
Title and General Provisions.

 
    (755 ILCS 50/1-1 new)  (was 755 ILCS 50/1)
    Sec. 1-1 1. Short Title.
    This Act may be cited as the Illinois Uniform Anatomical
Gift Act.
(Source: P.A. 76-1209.)
 
    (755 ILCS 50/1-5 new)
    Sec. 1-5. Purpose. Illinois recognizes that there is a
critical shortage of human organs and tissues available to
citizens in need of organ and tissue transplants. This shortage
leads to the untimely death of many adults and children in
Illinois and across the nation each year. This Act is intended
to implement the public policy of encouraging timely donation
of human organs and tissue in Illinois and facilitating
transplants of those organs and tissue into patients in need of
them. Through this Act, laws relating to organ and tissue
donation and transplantation are consolidated and modified for
the purpose of furthering this public policy.
 
    (755 ILCS 50/1-10 new)  (was 755 ILCS 50/2)
    Sec. 1-10 2. Definitions.)(a)
    "Bank or storage facility" means a facility licensed,
accredited or approved under the laws of any state for storage
of human bodies or parts thereof.
    "Close friend" means any person 18 years of age or older
who has exhibited special care and concern for the decedent and
who presents an affidavit to the decedent's attending
physician, or the hospital administrator or his or her
designated representative, stating that he or she (i) was a
close friend of the decedent, (ii) is willing and able to
consent to the donation, and (iii) maintained such regular
contact with the decedent as to be familiar with the decedent's
health and social history, and religious and moral beliefs. The
affidavit must also state facts and circumstances that
demonstrate that familiarity.
    (b) "Death" means for the purposes of the Act, the
irreversible cessation of total brain function, according to
usual and customary standards of medical practice.
    (c) "Decedent" means a deceased individual and includes a
stillborn infant or fetus.
    (d) "Donor" means an individual who makes a gift of all or
parts of his body.
    "Federally designated organ procurement agency" means the
organ procurement agency designated by the Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the service
area in which a hospital is located, or the organ procurement
agency for which the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human
Services has granted the hospital a waiver pursuant to 42
U.S.C. 1320b-8(a).
    (e) "Hospital" means a hospital licensed, accredited or
approved under the laws of any state; and includes a hospital
operated by the United States government, a state, or a
subdivision thereof, although not required to be licensed under
state laws.
    "Not available" for the giving of consent or refusal means:
    (1) the existence of the person is unknown to the hospital
administrator or designee, organ procurement agency, or tissue
bank and is not readily ascertainable through the examination
of the decedent's hospital records and the questioning of any
persons who are available for giving consent;
    (2) the administrator or designee, organ procurement
agency, or tissue bank has unsuccessfully attempted to contact
the person by telephone or in any other reasonable manner; or
    (3) the person is unable or unwilling to respond in a
manner that indicates the person's refusal or consent.
    "Organ" means a human kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas,
small bowel, or other transplantable vascular body part as
determined by the Organ Procurement and Transplantation
Network, as periodically selected by the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services.
    "Tissue" means eyes, bones, heart valves, veins, skin, and
any other portions of a human body excluding blood, blood
products or organs.
    (f) "Part" means organs, tissues, eyes, bones, arteries,
blood, other fluids and any other portions of a human body.
    (g) "Person" means an individual, corporation, government
or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate,
trust, partnership or association or any other legal entity.
    (h) "Physician" or "surgeon" means a physician or surgeon
licensed or authorized to practice medicine in all of its
branches under the laws of any state.
    (i) "State" includes any state, district, commonwealth,
territory, insular possession, and any other area subject to
the legislative authority of the United States of America.
    (j) "Technician" means an individual trained and certified
to remove tissue, by a recognized medical training institution
in the State of Illinois.
    "Tissue bank" means any facility or program operating in
Illinois that is certified by the American Association of
Tissue Banks, the Eye Bank Association of America, or the
Association of Organ Procurement Organizations and is involved
in procuring, furnishing, donating, or distributing corneas,
bones, or other human tissue for the purpose of injecting,
transfusing, or transplanting any of them into the human body.
"Tissue bank" does not include a licensed blood bank. For the
purposes of this Act, "tissue" does not include organs or blood
or blood products.
(Source: P.A. 79-952.)
 
    (755 ILCS 50/Art. 5/heading new)
Article 5.
Organ Donation.

 
    (755 ILCS 50/5-5 new)  (was 755 ILCS 50/3)
    Sec. 5-5 3. Persons who may execute an anatomical gift.
    (a) Any individual of sound mind who has attained the age
of 18 may give all or any part of his or her body for any
purpose specified in Section 5-10 4. Such a gift may be
executed in any of the ways set out in Section 5-20 5, and
shall take effect upon the individual's death without the need
to obtain the consent of any survivor. An anatomical gift made
by an agent of an individual, as authorized by the individual
under the Powers of Attorney for Health Care Law, as now or
hereafter amended, is deemed to be a gift by that individual
and takes effect without the need to obtain the consent of any
other person.
    (b) If no gift has been executed under subsection (a), any
of the following persons, in the order of priority stated in
items (1) through (11) (9) below, when persons in prior classes
are not available for the giving of consent or refusal and in
the absence of (i) actual notice of contrary intentions by the
decedent and (ii) actual notice of opposition by any member
within the same priority class, may consent to give all or any
part of the decedent's body after or immediately before death
to a person who may become a donee for any purpose specified in
Section 5-10 4:
        (1) an individual acting as the decedent's agent under
    a power of attorney for health care which provides specific
    direction regarding organ donation,
        (2) the decedent's surrogate decision maker identified
    by the attending physician in accordance with the Health
    Care Surrogate Act,
        (3) the guardian of the decedent's person at the time
    of death,
        (4) (2) the decedent's spouse,
        (5) (3) any of the decedent's adult sons or daughters,
        (6) (4) either of the decedent's parents,
        (7) (5) any of the decedent's adult brothers or
    sisters,
        (8) (6) any adult grandchild of the decedent,
        (9) a close friend of the decedent,
        (10) (7) the guardian of the decedent's estate,
        (8) the decedent's surrogate decision maker under the
    Health Care Surrogate Act,
        (11) (9) any other person authorized or under legal
    obligation to dispose of the body.
    If the donee has actual notice of opposition to the gift by
the decedent or any person in the highest priority class in
which an available person can be found, then no gift of all or
any part of the decedent's body shall be accepted.
    (c) For the purposes of this Act, a person will not be
considered "available" for the giving of consent or refusal if:
        (1) the existence of the person is unknown to the donee
    and is not readily ascertainable through the examination of
    the decedent's hospital records and the questioning of any
    persons who are available for giving consent;
        (2) the donee has unsuccessfully attempted to contact
    the person by telephone or in any other reasonable manner;
        (3) the person is unable or unwilling to respond in a
    manner which indicates the person's refusal or consent.
    (c) (d) A gift of all or part of a body authorizes any
examination necessary to assure medical acceptability of the
gift for the purposes intended.
    (d) (e) The rights of the donee created by the gift are
paramount to the rights of others except as provided by Section
5-45 8(d).
    (e) (f) If no gift has been executed under this Act
Section, then no part of the decedent's body may be used for
any purpose specified in Section 4 of this Act, except in
accordance with the Organ Donation Request Act or the Corneal
Transplant Act.
(Source: P.A. 92-349, eff. 1-1-02.)
 
    (755 ILCS 50/5-10 new)  (was 755 ILCS 50/4)
    Sec. 5-10 4. Persons Who May Become Donees; Purposes for
Which Anatomical Gifts May be Made.
    The following persons may become donees of gifts of bodies
or parts thereof for the purposes stated:
    (1) any hospital, surgeon, or physician, for medical or
dental education, research, advancement of medical or dental
science, therapy, or transplantation; or
    (2) any accredited medical, chiropractic, mortuary or
dental school, college or university for education, research,
advancement of medical or dental science, or therapy; or
    (3) any bank or storage facility, for medical or dental
education, research, advancement of medical or dental science,
therapy, or transplantation; or
    (4) any federally designated organ procurement agency or
tissue bank, for medical or dental education, research,
advancement of medical or dental science, therapy, or
transplantation; or
    (5) (4) any specified individual for therapy or
transplantation needed by him or her, or for any other purpose.
(Source: P.A. 76-1209.)
 
    (755 ILCS 50/5-15 new)  (was 755 ILCS 50/4.5)
    Sec. 5-15 4.5. Disability of recipient.
    (a) No hospital, physician and surgeon, bank or storage
facility, or other person shall determine the ultimate
recipient of an anatomical gift based upon a potential
recipient's physical or mental disability, except to the extent
that the physical or mental disability has been found by a
physician and surgeon, following a case-by-case evaluation of
the potential recipient, to be medically significant to the
provision of the anatomical gift.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall apply to each part of the organ
transplant process.
    (c) The court shall accord priority on its calendar and
handle expeditiously any action brought to seek any remedy
authorized by law for purposes of enforcing compliance with
this Section.
    (d) This Section shall not be deemed to require referrals
or recommendations for or the performance of medically
inappropriate organ transplants.
    (e) As used in this Section "disability" has the same
meaning as in the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq., Public Law 101-336) as may be
amended from time to time.
(Source: P.A. 91-345, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
    (755 ILCS 50/5-20 new)  (was 755 ILCS 50/5)
    Sec. 5-20 5. Manner of Executing Anatomical Gifts. (a) A
gift of all or part of the body under Section 5-5 3 (a) may be
made by will. The gift becomes effective upon the death of the
testator without waiting for probate. If the will is not
probated, or if it is declared invalid for testamentary
purposes, the gift, to the extent that it has been acted upon
in good faith, is nevertheless valid and effective.
    (b) A gift of all or part of the body under Section 5-5 3
(a) may also be made by a written, signed document other than a
will. The gift becomes effective upon the death of the donor.
The document, which may be a card or a valid driver's license
designed to be carried on the person, must be signed by the
donor in the presence of 2 witnesses who must sign the document
in his presence and who thereby certify that he was of sound
mind and memory and free from any undue influence and knows the
objects of his bounty and affection. Such a gift may also be
made by properly executing the form provided by the Secretary
of State on the reverse side of the donor's driver's license
pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 6-110 of The Illinois
Vehicle Code. Delivery of the document of gift during the
donor's lifetime is not necessary to make the gift valid.
    (c) The gift may be made to a specified donee or without
specifying a donee. If the latter, the gift may be accepted by
the attending physician as donee upon or following death. If
the gift is made to a specified donee who is not available at
the time and place of death, then if made for the purpose of
transplantation, it shall be effectuated in accordance with
Section 5-25, and if made for any other purpose the attending
physician upon or following death, in the absence of any
expressed indication that the donor desired otherwise, may
accept the gift as donee. The physician who becomes a donee
under this subsection shall not participate either physically
or financially in the procedures for removing or transplanting
a part.
    (d) Notwithstanding Section 5-45 8 (b), the donor may
designate in his will, card, or other document of gift the
surgeon or physician to carry out the appropriate procedures.
In the absence of a designation or if the designee is not
available, the donee or other person authorized to accept the
gift may employ or authorize any surgeon or physician for the
purpose.
    (e) Any gift by a person designated in Section 5-5 3 (b)
shall be made by a document signed by him or made by his
telegraphic, recorded telephonic, or other recorded message.
(Source: P.A. 85-192.)
 
    (755 ILCS 50/5-25 new)
    Sec. 5-25. Notification; consent.
    (a) When, based upon generally accepted medical standards,
an inpatient in a general acute care hospital with more than
100 beds is a suitable candidate for organ or tissue donation
and the patient has not made an anatomical gift of all or any
part of his or her body pursuant to Section 5-20 of this Act,
the hospital shall proceed in accordance with the requirements
of 42 CFR 482.45 or any successor provisions of federal statute
or regulation, as may be amended from time to time, and the
written agreement between the hospital and the applicable organ
procurement agency executed thereunder.
    (b) In making a request for organ or tissue donation, the
hospital or the hospital's federally designated organ
procurement agency or tissue bank shall request any of the
following persons, in the order of priority stated in items (1)
through (11) below, when persons in prior classes are not
available and in the absence of (i) actual notice of contrary
intentions by the decedent, (ii) actual notice of opposition by
any member within the same priority class, and (iii) reason to
believe that an anatomical gift is contrary to the decedent's
religious beliefs, to consent to the gift of all or any part of
the decedent's body for any purpose specified in Section 5-10
of this Act:
        (1) an individual acting as the decedent's agent under
    a power of attorney for health care;
        (2) the decedent's surrogate decision maker identified
    by the attending physician in accordance with the Health
    Care Surrogate Act;
        (3) the guardian of the decedent's person at the time
    of death;
        (4) the decedent's spouse;
        (5) any of the decedent's adult sons or daughters;
        (6) either of the decedent's parents;
        (7) any of the decedent's adult brothers or sisters;
        (8) any adult grandchild of the decedent;
        (9) a close friend of the decedent;
        (10) the guardian of the decedent's estate; or
        (11) any other person authorized or under legal
    obligation to dispose of the body.
    (c) If (1) the hospital, the applicable organ procurement
agency, or the tissue bank has actual notice of opposition to
the gift by the decedent or any person in the highest priority
class in which an available person can be found, or (2) there
is reason to believe that an anatomical gift is contrary to the
decedent's religious beliefs, or (3) the Director of Public
Health has adopted a rule signifying his or her determination
that the need for organs and tissues for donation has been
adequately met, then the gift of all or any part of the
decedent's body shall not be requested. If a donation is
requested, consent or refusal may be obtained only from the
person or persons in the highest priority class available. If
the hospital administrator, or his or her designated
representative, the designated organ procurement agency, or
the tissue bank is unable to obtain consent from any of the
persons named in items (1) through (11) of subsection (b) of
this Section, the decedent's body shall not be used for an
anatomical gift unless a valid anatomical gift document was
executed under this Act.
    (d) When there is a suitable candidate for organ donation,
as described in subsection (a), or if consent to remove organs
and tissues is granted, the hospital shall notify the
applicable federally designated organ procurement agency. The
federally designated organ procurement agency shall notify any
tissue bank specified by the hospital of the suitable candidate
for tissue donation. The organ procurement agency shall
collaborate with all tissue banks in Illinois to maximize
tissue procurement in a timely manner.
 
    (755 ILCS 50/5-30 new)
    Sec. 5-30. Corneal Transplants.
    (a) Upon request by a physician licensed to practice
medicine in all its branches, or by an eye bank certified by
the Eye Bank Association of America, and approved by the
coroner or county medical examiner, in any case in which a
patient is in need of corneal tissue for a transplant, a
coroner or county medical examiner who orders the performance
of an autopsy may provide corneal tissue of a decedent whenever
all of the following conditions are met:
        (1) The decedent from whom the tissue is taken is under
    the jurisdiction of the coroner or county medical examiner.
        (2) There has been a reasonable and good faith effort
    by the coroner or county medical examiner or any authorized
    individual acting for the coroner or county medical
    examiner to contact an appropriate person as set forth in
    subsection (b) of this Section.
        (3) No objection by the decedent or, after the
    decedent's death, by an appropriate person as set forth in
    subsection (b) of this Section is known to the coroner or
    county medical examiner or authorized individual acting
    for the coroner or county medical examiner prior to removal
    of the corneal tissue.
        (4) The person designated to remove the tissue is
    qualified to do so under this Act.
        (5) Removal of the tissue will not interfere with the
    subsequent course of an investigation or autopsy.
        (6) The individual when living did not make known in
    writing his or her objection on religious grounds to the
    removal of his or her corneal tissue.
    (b) Objection to the removal of corneal tissue may be made
known to the coroner or county medical examiner or authorized
individual acting for the coroner or county medical examiner by
the individual during his or her lifetime or by the following
persons, in the order of priority stated, after the decedent's
death:
        (1) an individual acting as the decedent's agent under
    a power of attorney for health care;
        (2) the decedent's surrogate decision maker identified
    by the attending physician in accordance with the Health
    Care Surrogate Act;
        (3) the guardian of the decedent's person at the time
    of death;
        (4) the decedent's spouse;
        (5) any of the decedent's adult sons or daughters;
        (6) either of the decedent's parents;
        (7) any of the decedent's adult brothers or sisters;
        (8) any adult grandchild of the decedent;
        (9) a close friend of the decedent;
        (10) the guardian of the decedent's estate; or
        (11) any other person authorized or under legal
    obligation to dispose of the body.
    (c) If the coroner or county medical examiner or any
authorized individual acting for the coroner or county medical
examiner has actual notice of any contrary indications by the
decedent or actual notice that any member within the same class
specified in subsection (b), paragraphs (1) through (11), of
this Section, in the same order of priority, objects to the
removal, the coroner or county medical examiner shall not
approve the removal of corneal tissue.
    (d) The coroner or county medical examiner or any
authorized individual acting for the coroner or county medical
examiner authorizing the removal of corneal tissue, or the
persons or organizations listed in subsection (a) of this
Section, shall not be liable in any civil or criminal action
for removing corneal tissue from a decedent and using the same
for transplant purposes if there has been compliance with the
provisions of this Section.
 
    (755 ILCS 50/5-35 new)  (was 755 ILCS 50/6)
    Sec. 5-35 6. Delivery of Document of Gift.
    If the gift is made by the donor to a specified donee, the
will, card, or other document, or an executed copy thereof, may
be delivered to the donee to expedite the appropriate
procedures immediately after death. Delivery is not necessary
to the validity of the gift. The will, card, or other document,
or an executed copy thereof, may be deposited in any hospital,
bank or storage facility, or registry office that accepts it
for safekeeping or for facilitation of procedures after death.
On request of any interested party upon or after the donor's
death, the person in possession shall produce the document for
examination.
(Source: P.A. 76-1209.)
 
    (755 ILCS 50/5-40 new)  (was 755 ILCS 50/7)
    Sec. 5-40 7. Amendment or Revocation of the Gift.
    (a) If the will, card, or other document or executed copy
thereof, has been delivered to a specified donee, the donor may
amend or revoke the gift by:
        (1) the execution and delivery to the donee of a signed
    statement witnessed and certified as provided in Section
    5-20 5 (b); or
        (2) a signed card or document found on his person, or
    in his effects, executed at a date subsequent to the date
    the original gift was made and witnessed and certified as
    provided in Section 5-20 5 (b).
    (b) Any document of gift which has not been delivered to
the donee may be revoked by the donor in the manner set out in
subsection (a).
    (c) Any gift made by a will may also be amended or revoked
in the manner provided for amendment or revocation of wills or
as provided in subsection (a).
(Source: P.A. 87-895.)
 
    (755 ILCS 50/5-45 new)  (was 755 ILCS 50/8)
    Sec. 5-45 8. Rights and Duties at Death. (a) The donee may
accept or reject the gift. If the donee accepts a gift of the
entire body, he may, subject to the terms of the gift,
authorize embalming and the use of the body in funeral
services, unless a person named in subsection (b) of Section
5-5 3 has requested, prior to the final disposition by the
donee, that the remains of said body be returned to his or her
custody for the purpose of final disposition. Such request
shall be honored by the donee if the terms of the gift are
silent on how final disposition is to take place. If the gift
is of a part of the body, the donee or technician designated by
him upon the death of the donor and prior to embalming, shall
cause the part to be removed without unnecessary mutilation and
without undue delay in the release of the body for the purposes
of final disposition. After removal of the part, custody of the
remainder of the body vests in the surviving spouse, next of
kin, or other persons under obligation to dispose of the body,
in the order or priority listed in subsection (b) of Section
5-5 3 of this Act.
    (b) The time of death shall be determined by a physician
who attends the donor at his death, or, if none, the physician
who certifies the death. The physician shall not participate in
the procedures for removing or transplanting a part.
    (c) A person who acts in good faith in accord with the
terms of this Act and the AIDS Confidentiality Act, or the
anatomical gift laws of another state or a foreign country, is
not liable for damages in any civil action or subject to
prosecution in any criminal proceeding for his act. Any person
that participates in good faith and according to the usual and
customary standards of medical practice in the removal or
transplantation of any part of a decedent's body pursuant to an
anatomical gift made by the decedent under Section 5-20 5 of
this Act or pursuant to an anatomical gift made by an
individual as authorized by subsection (b) of Section 5-5 3 of
this Act shall have immunity from liability, civil, criminal,
or otherwise, that might result by reason of such actions. For
the purpose of any proceedings, civil or criminal, the validity
of an anatomical gift executed pursuant to Section 5-20 5 of
this Act shall be presumed and the good faith of any person
participating in the removal or transplantation of any part of
a decedent's body pursuant to an anatomical gift made by the
decedent or by another individual authorized by the Act shall
be presumed.
    (d) This Act is subject to the provisions of "An Act to
revise the law in relation to coroners", approved February 6,
1874, as now or hereafter amended, to the laws of this State
prescribing powers and duties with respect to autopsies, and to
the statutes, rules, and regulations of this State with respect
to the transportation and disposition of deceased human bodies.
    (e) If the donee is provided information, or determines
through independent examination, that there is evidence that
the gift was exposed to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
or any other identified causative agent of acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), the donee may reject the gift
and shall treat the information and examination results as a
confidential medical record; the donee may disclose only the
results confirming HIV exposure, and only to the physician of
the deceased donor. The donor's physician shall determine
whether the person who executed the gift should be notified of
the confirmed positive test result.
(Source: P.A. 85-1209.)
 
    (755 ILCS 50/5-50 new)  (was 755 ILCS 50/8.1)
    Sec. 5-50 8.1. Payment for gift. (a) Except as provided in
subsection (b), any person who knowingly pays or offers to pay
any financial consideration to a donor or to any of the persons
listed in subsection (b) of Section 5-5 3 for making or
consenting to an anatomical gift shall be guilty of a Class A
misdemeanor for the first conviction and a Class 4 felony for
subsequent convictions.
    (b) This Section does not prohibit reimbursement for
reasonable costs associated with the removal, storage or
transportation of a human body or part thereof pursuant to an
anatomical gift executed pursuant to this Act.
(Source: P.A. 85-191.)
    (755 ILCS 50/9 rep.)
    (755 ILCS 50/11 rep.)
    Section 55. The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act is amended by
repealing Sections 9 and 11.
    (755 ILCS 55/Act rep.)
    Section 60. The Illinois Corneal Transplant Act is
repealed.
    (755 ILCS 60/Act rep.)
    Section 65. The Organ Donation Request Act is repealed.
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
INDEX
Statutes amended in order of appearance
    20 ILCS 2310/2310-330 was 20 ILCS 2310/55.46
    105 ILCS 5/27-23.5
    210 ILCS 85/6.16
    210 ILCS 85/10.4 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 151.4
    410 ILCS 305/7 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7307
    625 ILCS 5/6-110 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-110
    625 ILCS 5/12-215 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-215
    720 ILCS 5/12-20 from Ch. 38, par. 12-20
    755 ILCS 35/6 from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 706
    755 ILCS 40/20 from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 851-20
    755 ILCS 40/65
    755 ILCS 45/4-7 from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 804-7
    755 ILCS 45/4-10 from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 804-10
    755 ILCS 50/Art. 1 heading
    new
    755 ILCS 50/1-1 new was 755 ILCS 50/1
    755 ILCS 50/1-5 new
    755 ILCS 50/1-10 new was 755 ILCS 50/2
    755 ILCS 50/Art. 5/heading
    new
    755 ILCS 50/5-5 new was 755 ILCS 50/3
    755 ILCS 50/5-10 new was 755 ILCS 50/4
    755 ILCS 50/5-15 new was 755 ILCS 50/4.5
    755 ILCS 50/5-20 new was 755 ILCS 50/5
    755 ILCS 50/5-25 new
    755 ILCS 50/5-30 new
    755 ILCS 50/5-35 new was 755 ILCS 50/6
    755 ILCS 50/5-40 new was 755 ILCS 50/7
    755 ILCS 50/5-45 new was 755 ILCS 50/8
    755 ILCS 50/5-50 new was 755 ILCS 50/8.1
    755 ILCS 50/9 rep.
    755 ILCS 50/11 rep.
    755 ILCS 55/Act rep.
    755 ILCS 60/Act rep.