(740 ILCS 110/8) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 808)
Sec. 8.
In the course of an investigation, or in the course of
monitoring issues concerning the rights of recipients or the services provided
to recipients as authorized by subsection (l) of Section 5 of the
Guardianship and Advocacy Act, a regional human rights
authority of the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission created
by the Guardianship and Advocacy Act may inspect and copy any recipient's
records in the possession
of a therapist, agency, Department or facility which
provides services to a
recipient, including reports of suspected abuse or
neglect of a recipient and information regarding the disposition of such reports.
However, a regional authority
may not inspect or copy records containing personally identifiable data
which cannot be removed without imposing an unreasonable burden on the therapist,
agency, Department or facility which provides services, except
as provided herein. The regional
authority shall give written notice to the person entitled to give consent
for the identifiable recipient of services under Section 4 that it is conducting
an investigation or monitoring and indicating the nature and purpose of
the investigation or monitoring
and the need to inspect and copy the recipient's record.
If the person notified objects in writing to such inspection and copying,
the regional authority may not inspect or copy the record. The therapist,
agency, Department or facility which provides services may not
object on behalf of a recipient.
(Source: P.A. 86-820; 86-1013; 86-1475.)
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