Illinois Compiled Statutes 210 ILCS 70 — Emergency Medical Treatment Act.

Short title

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Emergency Medical Treatment Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

No hospital, physician, dentist or other provider of professional health care licensed under the laws of this State may refuse to provide needed emergency treatment to any person whose life would be threatened in the absence of such treatment, because of that person's inability to pay therefor, nor because of the sourc…

Findings; prohibited terms

Findings; prohibited terms. (a) The Illinois General Assembly makes all of the following findings: (1) Hospital emergency services are not always the most appropriate level of care for patients seeking unscheduled medical care or for patients who do not have a regular physician who can treat a significant or acute medi…