HB4033 EnrolledLRB098 15591 RLC 50622 b

1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Medical Patient Rights Act is amended by
5changing Section 6 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 50/6)
7    Sec. 6. Identification badges. A health care facility that
8provides treatment or care to a patient in this State shall
9require each employee of or volunteer for the facility,
10including a student, who examines or treats a patient or
11resident of the facility to wear an identification badge that
12readily discloses the first name, licensure status, if any, and
13staff position of the person examining or treating the patient
14or resident. This Section does not apply to a facility licensed
15or certified under the ID/DD Community Care Act or the
16Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and
17Certification Act.
18(Source: P.A. 98-243, eff. 1-1-14.)