Public Act 90-0036 of the 90th General Assembly
Public Act 90-0036
SB236 Enrolled LRB9001640WHmg
AN ACT to amend the Medical Patient Rights Act by
changing Section 3.1.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Medical Patient Rights Act is amended by
changing Section 3.1 as follows:
(410 ILCS 50/3.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5403.1)
Sec. 3.1. (a) Any patient who is the subject of a
research program or an experimental procedure, as defined
under the rules and regulations of the Hospital Licensing
Act, shall have, at a minimum, the right to receive an
explanation of the nature and possible consequences of such
research or experiment before the research or experiment is
conducted, and to consent to or reject it.
(b) No physician may conduct any research program or
experimental procedure on a patient without the prior
informed consent of the patient or, if the patient is unable
to consent, the patient's guardian, spouse, parent, or
authorized agent.
(c) This Section shall not apply to any research program
or medical experimental procedure for patients subject to a
life-threatening emergency that is conducted in accordance
with Part 50 of Title 21 of, and Part 46 of Title 45 of, the
Code of Federal Regulations.
(Source: P.A. 86-1355.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.