(410 ILCS 50/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5404)
Sec. 4.
Violations.
Any physician or health care provider that violates
a patient's rights as set forth in subparagraph (b) of Section 3
is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined $500. Any insurance company
or health service corporation that violates a patient's rights as set forth
in subparagraph (c) of Section 3 is guilty of a petty offense and
shall be fined $1,000. Any physician, health care provider, health services
corporation or insurance company that violates a patient's rights as set forth
in subsection (d) of Section 3 is guilty of a petty offense and
shall be fined $1,000.
(Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)
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