(745 ILCS 10/6‑101) (from Ch. 85, par. 6‑101)
Sec. 6‑101. As used in this Article, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) "Medical facility" includes a hospital, infirmary, clinic, dispensary, mental institution or similar facility.
(b) "Mental institution" means any medical facility or part of any medical facility used primarily for the care or treatment of persons committed for mental illness or addiction.
(c) "Public health clinic" means an outpatient clinic conducted by a locally based not‑for‑profit corporation, or by any local board of health whose health department is recognized by, and has a designation status established by, the Illinois Department of Public Health.
(d) "Standing orders physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in Illinois and who, under an agreement with a locally based not‑for‑profit corporation which conducts a public health clinic which provides among its services free medical services to indigent persons unable to pay for their own medical care, or a local board of health, provides medical oversight to a public health clinic in accordance with the following:
(1) reviews the protocols for the public health |
| clinic and amends the protocols from time to time in keeping with current trends in sound medical practice; | |
(2) reviews the protocols, as amended, with the |
| professional staff of the public health clinic at least once a year; | |
(3) participates in a site visit of a clinic covered |
| by the standing orders at least once a year; | |
(4) signs standing orders for medical procedures |
| conducted in the public health clinic in conformance with sound medical practice; and | |
(5) is available for consultation with the |
| professional clinic staff. | |
(Source: P.A. 86‑950.) |
(745 ILCS 10/6‑107) (from Ch. 85, par. 6‑107)
Sec. 6‑107. (a) Neither a local public entity nor a public employee acting within the scope of his employment is liable for any injury resulting from determining in accordance with any applicable enactment:
(1) Whether to confine a person for mental illness |
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(2) The terms and conditions of confinement for |
| mental illness or addiction in a medical facility operated or maintained by a local public entity. | |
(3) Whether to parole or release a person from |
| confinement for mental illness or addiction in a medical facility operated or maintained by a local public entity. | |
A public employee is not liable for carrying out a determination described in this subdivision (a).
(b) Nothing in this Section exonerates a public employee from liability for false arrest or false imprisonment.
(Source: P.A. 91‑357, eff. 7‑29‑99.) |
(745 ILCS 10/6‑101) (from Ch. 85, par. 6‑101)
Sec. 6‑101. As used in this Article, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) "Medical facility" includes a hospital, infirmary, clinic, dispensary, mental institution or similar facility.
(b) "Mental institution" means any medical facility or part of any medical facility used primarily for the care or treatment of persons committed for mental illness or addiction.
(c) "Public health clinic" means an outpatient clinic conducted by a locally based not‑for‑profit corporation, or by any local board of health whose health department is recognized by, and has a designation status established by, the Illinois Department of Public Health.
(d) "Standing orders physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in Illinois and who, under an agreement with a locally based not‑for‑profit corporation which conducts a public health clinic which provides among its services free medical services to indigent persons unable to pay for their own medical care, or a local board of health, provides medical oversight to a public health clinic in accordance with the following:
(1) reviews the protocols for the public health |
| clinic and amends the protocols from time to time in keeping with current trends in sound medical practice; | |
(2) reviews the protocols, as amended, with the |
| professional staff of the public health clinic at least once a year; | |
(3) participates in a site visit of a clinic covered |
| by the standing orders at least once a year; | |
(4) signs standing orders for medical procedures |
| conducted in the public health clinic in conformance with sound medical practice; and | |
(5) is available for consultation with the |
| professional clinic staff. | |
(Source: P.A. 86‑950.) |
(745 ILCS 10/6‑107) (from Ch. 85, par. 6‑107)
Sec. 6‑107. (a) Neither a local public entity nor a public employee acting within the scope of his employment is liable for any injury resulting from determining in accordance with any applicable enactment:
(1) Whether to confine a person for mental illness |
|
(2) The terms and conditions of confinement for |
| mental illness or addiction in a medical facility operated or maintained by a local public entity. | |
(3) Whether to parole or release a person from |
| confinement for mental illness or addiction in a medical facility operated or maintained by a local public entity. | |
A public employee is not liable for carrying out a determination described in this subdivision (a).
(b) Nothing in this Section exonerates a public employee from liability for false arrest or false imprisonment.
(Source: P.A. 91‑357, eff. 7‑29‑99.) |