Public Act 0890 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB4033 Enrolled LRB098 15591 RLC 50622 b

Public Act 098-0890

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.)