(405 ILCS 5/3-208) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-208)
Sec. 3-208.
Whenever a petition has been executed pursuant to Section
3-507, 3-601 or 3-701, and prior to this examination for the purpose of
certification of a person 12 or over, the person conducting this examination
shall inform the person being examined in a simple comprehensible manner of the
purpose of the examination; that he does not have to talk to the examiner; and
that any statements he makes may be disclosed at a court hearing on the issue
of whether he is subject to involuntary admission. If the person being
examined has not been so informed, the examiner shall not be permitted to
testify at any subsequent court hearing concerning the respondent's admission.
(Source: P.A. 91-726, eff. 6-2-00.)
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