Public Act 098-0890
 
HB4033 EnrolledLRB098 15591 RLC 50622 b

    AN ACT concerning health.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Medical Patient Rights Act is amended by
changing Section 6 as follows:
 
    (410 ILCS 50/6)
    Sec. 6. Identification badges. A health care facility that
provides treatment or care to a patient in this State shall
require each employee of or volunteer for the facility,
including a student, who examines or treats a patient or
resident of the facility to wear an identification badge that
readily discloses the first name, licensure status, if any, and
staff position of the person examining or treating the patient
or resident. This Section does not apply to a facility licensed
or certified under the ID/DD Community Care Act or the
Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and
Certification Act.
(Source: P.A. 98-243, eff. 1-1-14.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2015