(755 ILCS 5/11-13.3)
Sec. 11-13.3.
Reliance on authority of guardian, standby guardian,
short-term guardian.
(a) Every health care provider and other person (reliant) has the right to
rely on any decision or direction made by the guardian, standby guardian, or
short-term guardian that is not clearly contrary to the law, to the same extent
and with the same effect as though the decision or direction had been made or
given by the parent. Any person dealing with the guardian, standby guardian,
or short-term guardian may presume in the absence of actual knowledge to the
contrary that the acts of the guardian, standby guardian, or short-term
guardian conform to the provisions of the law. A reliant shall not be
protected if the reliant has actual knowledge that the guardian, standby
guardian, or short-term guardian is not entitled to act or that any particular
action or inaction is contrary to the provisions of the law.
(b) A health care provider (provider) who relies on and carries out a
guardian's, standby guardian's, or short-term guardian's directions and who
acts with due care and in accordance with the law shall not be subject to any
claim based on lack of parental consent, or to criminal prosecution, or to
discipline for unprofessional conduct. Nothing in this Section shall be deemed
to protect a provider from liability for the provider's own negligence in the
performance of the provider's duties or in carrying out any instructions of the
guardian, standby guardian, or short-term guardian, and nothing in this Section
shall be deemed to alter the law of negligence as it applies to the acts of any
guardian, standby guardian, or short-term guardian or provider.
(c) A guardian, standby guardian, or short-term guardian who acts or
refrains from acting is not subject to criminal prosecution or any claim based
upon lack of his or her authority or failure to act, if the act or failure to
act was with due care and in accordance with law. The guardian, standby
guardian, or short-term guardian shall not be liable merely because he or she
may benefit from the act, has individual or conflicting interests in relation
to the care and affairs of the parent, or acts in a different manner with
respect to the parent's and guardian's, standby guardian's, or short-term
guardian's own care or interests.
(Source: P.A. 89-438, eff. 12-15-95.)
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