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| | SB2779 Engrossed | | LRB103 36619 AWJ 66728 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning local government. |
2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
3 | | represented in the General Assembly: |
4 | | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section |
5 | | 5-1003.5 as follows: |
6 | | (55 ILCS 5/5-1003.5 new) |
7 | | Sec. 5-1003.5. Indemnification for autopsies performed by |
8 | | physicians. A county shall indemnify and hold harmless a |
9 | | physician who has been appointed or designated by the county |
10 | | or the coroner's office to perform autopsies for all of the |
11 | | physician's acts, omissions, decisions, or conduct arising out |
12 | | of the scope of the physician's duties of performing autopsies |
13 | | for the county, except those involving willful or wanton |
14 | | misconduct. A physician who is made a party defendant to an |
15 | | action arising out of the physician's acts, omissions, |
16 | | decisions, or conduct arising out of the scope of the |
17 | | physician's duties of performing autopsies for the county |
18 | | shall, within 10 days after service of process upon the |
19 | | physician, notify the county of the fact that the action has |
20 | | been instituted and that the physician has been made a party |
21 | | defendant to the action. The notice must be in writing and be |
22 | | filed in the office of the State's Attorney and also in the |
23 | | office of the county clerk either by the physician or by the |