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90_HB0864eng

      410 ILCS 50/6 new
          Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act to provide  that  a
      licensed  health  care  facility  shall  require a person who
      observes, examines, or treats a patient or  resident  of  the
      facility  to  wear  an identification badge disclosing his or
      her  first  name,  licensure  status,  and  staff   position.
      Provides  that  a  violation  of  this requirement is a petty
      offense with a fine of $500.
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HB0864 Engrossed                               LRB9001035DPcc
 1        AN ACT to amend the Medical Patient Rights Act by  adding
 2    Section 6.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5. The Medical Patient Rights Act is  amended  by
 6    adding Section 6 as follows:
 7        (410 ILCS 50/6 new)
 8        Sec.  6.  Identification  badges.  A health care facility
 9    licensed in this State shall  require  each  employee  of  or
10    volunteer for the facility, including a student, who examines
11    or  treats  a  patient or resident of the facility to wear an
12    identification badge that readily discloses the  first  name,
13    licensure  status,  if  any, and staff position of the person
14    examining or treating the patient or resident.

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