(750 ILCS 60/401) (from Ch. 40, par. 2314-1)
Sec. 401.
Any person who is licensed, certified or otherwise
authorized by the law of this State to administer health care in the
ordinary course of business or practice of a profession shall offer to a
person suspected to be a victim of abuse immediate and adequate information
regarding services available to victims of abuse.
Any person who is licensed, certified or otherwise authorized by the
law of this State to administer health care in the ordinary course of
business, or practice of a profession and who in good faith offers to a
person suspected to be a victim of abuse information regarding services
available to victims of abuse shall not be civilly liable for any act or
omission of the agency providing those services to the victims of abuse or
for the inadequacy of those services provided by the agency.
(Source: P.A. 87-436.)
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