(410 ILCS 22/60) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
Sec. 60. Health care professional protections; no duty to provide aid in dying. (a) A health care professional shall not be under any duty, by law or contract, to participate in the provision of aid-in-dying care to a patient as set forth in this Act. (b) A health care professional shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability for participating or refusing to participate in the provision of aid-in-dying care to a patient in good faith compliance with this Act. (c) Except as set forth in Section 65, a health care entity or licensing board shall not subject a health care professional to censure, discipline, suspension, loss of license, loss of privileges, loss of membership, or other penalty for participating or refusing to participate in accordance with this Act. (d) A health care professional may choose not to engage in aid-in-dying care. (e) Only willing health care professionals shall provide aid-in-dying care in accordance with this Act. If a health care professional is unable or unwilling to carry out a patient's request under this Act, and the patient transfers the patient's care to a new health care professional, the prior health care professional shall transmit, upon request, a copy of the patient's relevant medical records to the new health care professional without undue delay. (f) A health care professional shall not engage in false, misleading, or deceptive practices relating to a willingness to qualify a patient or provide aid-in-dying care. Intentionally misleading a patient constitutes coercion or undue influence. (g) The provisions of the Health Care Right of Conscience Act apply to this Act and are incorporated by reference.
(Source: P.A. 104-441, eff. 9-12-26.) |