HB2452enr 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB2452 Enrolled LRB098 09072 RPM 39209 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 licensed 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.

(Source: P.A. 90-331, eff. 1-1-98.)