(410 ILCS 22/90) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
Sec. 90. Death certificate. (a) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the attending physician may sign the death certificate of a qualified patient who obtained and self-administered a prescription for medication pursuant to this Act. (b) When a death has occurred in accordance with this Act, the death shall be attributed to the underlying terminal disease. (1) Death following self-administering medication |
| under this Act does not alone constitute grounds for postmortem inquiry.
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(2) Death in accordance with this Act shall not be
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(c) A qualified patient's act of self-administering medication prescribed pursuant to this Act shall not be indicated on the death certificate.
(Source: P.A. 104-441, eff. 9-12-26.)
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