(755 ILCS 40/35) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 851-35)
Sec. 35.
Conscience of health care provider; policy of the
health care facility. A health care provider who because of
personal views or beliefs or his or her conscience is unable to
comply with the terms of a decision to forgo life-sustaining
treatment shall, without undue delay, so notify the administration
of the health care facility. The health care provider shall then
assist the patient or surrogate in effectuating the timely transfer
of the patient to another health care provider willing to comply
with the wishes of the patient or the surrogate in accordance with
this Act or, if necessary, arrange for the patient's transfer to
another facility designated by the patient or surrogate decision
maker. If the policies of a health care facility preclude
compliance with a decision to forgo life-sustaining treatment, the
facility shall take all reasonable steps to assist the patient or
surrogate in effectuating the timely transfer of the patient to a
facility in which the decision can be carried out.
(Source: P.A. 87-749.)
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