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90_SB0236

      410 ILCS 50/3.1           from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5403.1
          Amends the Medical Patient Rights  Act.   Provides  that,
      notwithstanding requirements that an explanation be given and
      informed  consent be obtained before research is conducted on
      a patient or an experimental  procedure  is  performed  on  a
      patient,  research  programs  and experimental procedures for
      patients subject  to  a  life-threatening  emergency  may  be
      conducted  in  accordance with specified federal regulations.
      Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT  to  amend  the  Medical  Patient  Rights  Act  by
 2    changing Section 3.1.
 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    changing Section 3.1 as follows:
 7        (410 ILCS 50/3.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5403.1)
 8        Sec.  3.1.   (a)  Any  patient  who  is  the subject of a
 9    research program or an  experimental  procedure,  as  defined
10    under  the  rules  and  regulations of the Hospital Licensing
11    Act, shall have, at  a  minimum,  the  right  to  receive  an
12    explanation  of  the nature and possible consequences of such
13    research or experiment before the research or  experiment  is
14    conducted, and to consent to or reject it.
15        (b)  No  physician  may  conduct  any research program or
16    experimental  procedure  on  a  patient  without  the   prior
17    informed  consent of the patient or, if the patient is unable
18    to  consent,  the  patient's  guardian,  spouse,  parent,  or
19    authorized agent.
20        (c)  This Section shall not apply to any research program
21    or medical experimental procedure for patients subject  to  a
22    life-threatening  emergency  that  is conducted in accordance
23    with Part 50 of Title 21 of, and Part 46 of Title 45 of,  the
24    Code of Federal Regulations.
25    (Source: P.A. 86-1355.)
26        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
27    becoming law.

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