(225 ILCS 60/45) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-45)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 45.
In all hearings conducted under this Act,
information received, pursuant to law, relating to any
information acquired by a physician in attending any patient
in a professional character, necessary to enable them
professionally to serve such patient, shall be deemed
strictly confidential and shall only be made available
either as part of the record of such hearing or otherwise:
(a) when such record is required, in its entirety, for
purposes of judicial review pursuant to this Act; or (b)
upon the express, written consent of the patient, or in the
case of their death or disability, of their personal
representative.
(Source: P.A. 85-4.)
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