745 ILCS 55/1
Short title
Short title. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Long-term Care Peer Review and Quality Assessment and Assurance Protection Act". (Source: P.A. 86-1198.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 745 ILCS 55 — Long-term Care Peer Review and Quality Assessment and Assurance Protection Act.
Illinois · statute · 745 ILCS 55 · 4 active provisions
745 ILCS 55/2
Definition
Definition. As used in this Act, unless the context clearly otherwise requires: "Long-term care provider" means any nursing home, sheltered care home or home for the aged, as such are defined in Section 1 of the "Nursing homes, sheltered care homes, and homes for the aged Act", approved July 17, 1945, as now or hereaft…
745 ILCS 55/3
Immunity
Immunity. Any person serving upon a peer review or quality assessment and assurance committee or any person who furnishes records, information or assistance to a peer review or a quality assessment and assurance committee whose purpose, directly or indirectly, is to evaluate the qualifications of long-term care provide…
745 ILCS 55/4
Confidentiality
Confidentiality. All proceedings and communications of a peer review or a quality assessment and assurance committee shall be privileged and confidential and shall not be revealed except pursuant to specific written procedures of the sponsoring organization. The proceedings and records of such a committee shall be held…