(745 ILCS 40/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5101)
Sec. 1.
Declaration
of public policy.
The availability of scientific knowledge, skills and materials for the
purpose of injecting, transfusing or transplanting human whole blood,
plasma, blood products, blood derivatives and products, corneas, bones, or
organs or other human tissue is important to the health and welfare of the
people of this State. The imposition of legal liability without fault upon
the persons and organizations engaged in such scientific procedures
inhibits the exercise of sound medical judgment and restricts the
availability of important scientific knowledge, skills and materials. It is
therefore the public policy of this State to promote the health and welfare
of the people by limiting the legal liability arising out of such
scientific procedures to instances of negligence or willful misconduct.
(Source: P.A. 77-184.)
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