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welfare agency that has accepted the referral of the infant in |
accordance with Section 50. |
If the person who relinquished or a person claiming to be |
the parent of a newborn infant returns to reclaim the infant |
within 30 days after the infant was relinquished to a |
hospital, the hospital must inform such person of the name and |
contact information of the child welfare agency to whom |
custody of the infant was transferred. |
(b) Fire stations and emergency medical facilities. Every |
fire station and emergency medical facility must accept and |
provide all necessary emergency services and care to a |
relinquished newborn infant, in accordance with this Act. |
The act of relinquishing a newborn infant serves as |
implied consent for the fire station or emergency medical |
facility and its emergency medical professionals to treat and |
provide care for the infant, to the extent that those |
emergency medical professionals are trained to provide those |
services. |
After the relinquishment of a newborn infant to a fire |
station or emergency medical facility, the fire station or |
emergency medical facility's personnel must arrange for the |
transportation of the infant to the nearest hospital as soon |
as transportation can be arranged. |
If the person who relinquished or a person claiming to be |
the parent of a newborn infant returns to reclaim the infant |
within 30 days after the infant was relinquished to a fire |
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station or emergency medical facility, the fire station or |
emergency medical facility must inform such person of the name |
and location of the hospital to which the infant was |
transported. |
(c) Police stations. Every police station must accept a |
relinquished newborn infant, in accordance with this Act. |
After the relinquishment of a newborn infant to a police |
station, the police station must arrange for the |
transportation of the infant to the nearest hospital as soon |
as transportation can be arranged. The act of relinquishing a |
newborn infant serves as implied consent for the hospital to |
which the infant is transported and that hospital's medical |
personnel and physicians on staff to treat and provide care |
for the infant. |
If the person who relinquished or a person claiming to be |
the parent of a newborn infant returns to reclaim the infant |
within 30 days after the infant was relinquished to a police |
station, the police station must inform such person of the |
name and location of the hospital to which the infant was |
transported. |
(Source: P.A. 103-501, eff. 1-1-24 .) |