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90_HB2162
735 ILCS 5/8-2001 from Ch. 110, par. 8-2001
735 ILCS 5/8-2003 from Ch. 110, par. 8-2003
Amends provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure
concerning the inspection of hospital and medical records.
Provides that the charges imposed by a hospital or physician
for copying records may not exceed a $15 handling charge plus
20 cents per page.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Code of Civil Procedure by changing
2 Sections 8-2001 and 8-2003.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
6 changing Sections 8-2001 and 8-2003 as follows:
7 (735 ILCS 5/8-2001) (from Ch. 110, par. 8-2001)
8 Sec. 8-2001. Examination of records. Every private and
9 public hospital shall, upon the request of any patient who
10 has been treated in such hospital and after his or her
11 discharge therefrom, permit the patient or his or her
12 physician or authorized attorney or the holder of a Consent
13 pursuant to Section 2-1003 to examine the hospital records,
14 including but not limited to the history, bedside notes,
15 charts, pictures and plates, kept in connection with the
16 treatment of such patient, and permit copies of such records
17 to be made by him or her or his or her physician or
18 authorized attorney or the holder of a Consent pursuant to
19 Section 2-1003. A request for examination of the records
20 shall be in writing and shall be delivered to the
21 administrator of such hospital. If the hospital prepares
22 copies of the records, it shall not charge a fee in excess of
23 a $15 handling charge for processing the request for copies
24 and 20 cents per page for the copies.
25 The requirements of this Section shall be satisfied
26 within 60 days of the receipt of a request by a patient, for
27 his or her physician, authorized attorney, or own person or
28 the holder of a Consent pursuant to Section 2-1003.
29 Failure to comply with the time limit requirement of this
30 Section shall subject the denying party to expenses and
31 reasonable attorneys' fees incurred in connection with any
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1 court ordered enforcement of the provisions of this Section.
2 This amendatory Act of 1995 applies to causes of action
3 filed on or after its effective date.
4 (Source: P.A. 89-7, eff. 3-9-95.)
5 (735 ILCS 5/8-2003) (from Ch. 110, par. 8-2003)
6 Sec. 8-2003. Physician's and other healthcare
7 practitioner's records. Every physician and other healthcare
8 practitioner except as provided in Section 8-2004, shall,
9 upon the request of any patient who has been treated by such
10 physician or practitioner, permit such patient's physician or
11 authorized attorney or the holder of a Consent pursuant to
12 Section 2-1003 to examine and copy the patient's records,
13 including but not limited to those relating to the diagnosis,
14 treatment, prognosis, history, charts, pictures and plates,
15 kept in connection with the treatment of such patient. Such
16 request for examining and copying of the records shall be in
17 writing and shall be delivered to such physician or
18 practitioner. Such written request shall be complied with by
19 the physician or practitioner within a reasonable time after
20 receipt by him or her at his or her office or any other place
21 designated by him or her. The physician or practitioner
22 shall be reimbursed by the person requesting such records at
23 the time of such examination or copying, for all reasonable
24 expenses incurred by the physician or practitioner in
25 connection with such examination or copying not to exceed a
26 $15 handling charge for processing the request for copies and
27 20 cents per page.
28 The requirements of this Section shall be satisfied
29 within 60 days of the receipt of a request by a patient or
30 his or her physician or authorized attorney or the holder of
31 a Consent pursuant to Section 2-1003.
32 Failure to comply with the time limit requirement of this
33 Section shall subject the denying party to expenses and
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1 reasonable attorneys' fees incurred in connection with any
2 court ordered enforcement of the provisions of this Section.
3 This amendatory Act of 1995 applies to causes of action
4 filed on or after its effective date.
5 (Source: P.A. 89-7, eff. 3-9-95.)