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91_HB3440
LRB9111170DJsb
1 AN ACT in relation to minors.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
5 changing Section 2-19 as follows:
6 (705 ILCS 405/2-19) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-19)
7 Sec. 2-19. Preliminary orders after filing a petition.
8 In all cases involving physical abuse the court shall order,
9 and in all cases involving neglect or sexual abuse the court
10 may order, an examination of the child under Section 2-11 of
11 this Act or by a physician appointed or designated for this
12 purpose by the court. As part of the examination, the
13 physician shall arrange to have color photographs taken, as
14 soon as practical, of areas of trauma visible on the child
15 and may, if indicated, arrange to have a radiological
16 examination performed on the child. The physician, on the
17 completion of the examination, shall forward the results of
18 the examination together with the color photographs to the
19 State's Attorney of the county of the court ordering the such
20 examination. The court may dispense with the examination in
21 those cases which were commenced on the basis of a physical
22 examination by a physician. Unless color photographs have
23 already been taken or unless there are no areas of visible
24 trauma, the court shall arrange to have color photographs
25 taken if no such examination is conducted.
26 (Source: P.A. 87-1148.)