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Short title. This Act may be cited as the Public Health Standing Orders Act. (Source: P.A. 97-589, eff. 1-1-12.)
Illinois · statute · 410 ILCS 125 · 7 active provisions
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Public Health Standing Orders Act. (Source: P.A. 97-589, eff. 1-1-12.)
Definitions. In this Act: "Health care personnel" means persons working within the scope of their licensure or training and experience with a public health clinic who provide medical services, including volunteers and staff not employed by the public health clinic. "Public health clinic" has the same meaning as provide…
Public health orders; standing physician protocols. Public health standing orders, also referred to as standing physician protocols, issued pursuant to this Act shall contain, at the minimum, the following elements: (1) the name of the public health clinic authorized to provide the medical services; (2) the specific me…
Health care personnel; standing orders. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, health care personnel may provide medical services within a public health clinic in conformance with standing orders issued by a public health standing orders physician without prior establishment of a physician-patient…
Health care personnel; qualifications. Health care personnel who provide medical services pursuant to a public health standing order shall: (1) be trained in the medical services to be provided; (2) verify and document the applicability of the public health standing orders to any individual; (3) complete accurate and l…
Physician delegation; hospitals. (a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect or in any way limit physician delegation, including the use of standing orders or protocols for any person or group of persons without prior establishment of a physician-patient relationship between the physician and the person receiv…
(Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 97-589, eff. 1-1-12; text omitted.)