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755 ILCS 50/5-27

    (755 ILCS 50/5-27) (was 755 ILCS 60/3.5)
    Sec. 5-27. Notification of patient; family rights and options after circulatory death.
    (a) In this Section, "donation after circulatory death" means the donation of organs from a patient whose death is declared based upon cardiopulmonary, and not neurological, criteria, following the implementation of the decision to withdraw life support.
    (b) If (i) a potential organ donor, or an individual given authority under subsection (b) of Section 5-25 to consent to an organ donation, expresses an interest in organ donation, (ii) there has not been a certification of brain death for the potential donor, and (iii) the potential donor is a patient at a hospital that does not allow donation after circulatory death, then the organ procurement organization shall inform the patient or the individual given authority to consent to organ donation that the hospital does not allow donation after circulatory death.
    (c) In addition to providing oral notification, the organ procurement organization shall develop a written form that indicates to the patient or the individual given authority to consent to organ donation, at a minimum, the following information:
        (1) That the patient or the individual given
    
authority to consent to organ donation has received literature and has been counseled by (representative's name) of the (organ procurement organization name).
        (2) That all organ donation options have been
    
explained to the patient or the individual given authority to consent to organ donation, including the option of donation after circulatory death.
        (3) That the patient or the individual given
    
authority to consent to organ donation is aware that the hospital where the potential donor is a patient does not allow donation after circulatory death.
        (4) That the patient or the individual given
    
authority to consent to organ donation has been informed of the right to request a patient transfer to a facility allowing donation after circulatory death.
        (5) That the patient or the individual given
    
authority to consent to organ donation has been informed of another hospital that will allow donation after circulatory death and will accept a patient transfer for the purpose of donation after circulatory death; and that the cost of transferring the patient to that other hospital will be covered by the organ procurement organization, with no additional cost to the patient or the individual given authority to consent to organ donation.
    The form required under this subsection must include a place for the signatures of the patient or the individual given authority to consent to organ donation and the representative of the organ procurement organization and space to provide the date that the form was signed.
(Source: P.A. 98-172, eff. 1-1-14.)