(410 ILCS 22/10)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
    Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
    "Adult" means an individual 18 years of age or older.
    "Advanced practice registered nurse" means an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under the Nurse Practice Act who is certified as a psychiatric mental health practitioner.
    "Aid in dying" means an end-of-life care option that allows a qualified patient to obtain a prescription for medication pursuant to this Act.
    "Attending physician" means the physician who has primary responsibility for the care of the patient and treatment of the patient's terminal disease.
    "Clinical psychologist" means a psychologist licensed under the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act.
    "Clinical social worker" means a person licensed under the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act.
    "Coercion or undue influence" means the willful attempt, whether by deception, intimidation, or any other means to:
        (1) cause a patient to request, obtain, or
    
self-administer medication pursuant to this Act with intent to cause the death of the patient; or
        (2) prevent a qualified patient, in a manner that
    
conflicts with the Health Care Right of Conscience Act, from obtaining or self-administering medication pursuant to this Act.
    "Consulting physician" means a physician who is qualified by specialty or experience to make a professional diagnosis and prognosis regarding the patient's disease.
    "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
    "Health care entity" means a hospital or hospital affiliate, nursing home, hospice or any other facility licensed under any of the following Acts: the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act; the Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act; the Hospice Program Licensing Act; the Hospital Licensing Act; the Nursing Home Care Act; or the University of Illinois Hospital Act. "Health care entity" does not include a physician.
    "Health care professional" means a physician, pharmacist, or licensed mental health professional.
    "Informed decision" means a decision by a patient with mental capacity and a terminal disease to request and obtain a prescription for medication pursuant to this Act, that the qualified patient may self-administer to bring about a peaceful death, after being fully informed by the attending physician and consulting physician of:
        (1) the patient's diagnosis and prognosis;
        (2) the potential risks and benefits associated with
    
taking the medication to be prescribed;
        (3) the probable result of taking the medication to
    
be prescribed;
        (4) the feasible end-of-life care and treatment
    
options for the patient's terminal disease, including, but not limited to, comfort care, palliative care, hospice care, and pain control, and the risks and benefits of each;
        (5) the patient's right to withdraw a request
    
pursuant this Act, or consent for any other treatment, at any time; and
        (6) the patient's right to choose not to obtain the
    
drug or to choose to obtain the drug but not to ingest it.
    "Licensed mental health care professional" means a psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, clinical social worker, or advanced practice registered nurse.
    "Mental capacity" means that, in the opinion of the attending physician or the consulting physician or, if the opinion of a licensed mental health care professional is required under Section 45, the licensed mental health care professional, the patient requesting medication pursuant to this Act has the ability to make and communicate an informed decision.
    "Oral request" means an affirmative statement that demonstrates a contemporaneous affirmatively stated desire by the patient seeking aid in dying.
    "Pharmacist" means an individual licensed to engage in the practice of pharmacy under the Pharmacy Practice Act.
    "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
    "Psychiatrist" means a physician who has successfully completed a residency program in psychiatry accredited by either the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association.
    "Qualified patient" means an adult Illinois resident with the mental capacity to make medical decisions who has satisfied the requirements of this Act in order to obtain a prescription for medication to bring about a peaceful death. No person will be considered a "qualified patient" under this Act solely because of advanced age, disability, or a mental health condition, including depression.
    "Self-administer" means an affirmative, conscious, voluntary action, performed by a qualified patient, to ingest medication prescribed pursuant to this Act to bring about the patient's peaceful death. "Self-administer" does not include administration by parenteral injection or infusion.
    "Terminal disease" means an incurable and irreversible disease that will, within reasonable medical judgment, result in death within 6 months. The existence of a terminal disease, as determined after in-person examination by the patient's physician and concurrence by another physician, shall be documented in writing in the patient's medical record. A diagnosis of a major depressive disorder, as defined in the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, alone does not qualify as a terminal disease.
(Source: P.A. 104-441, eff. 9-12-26.)