410 ILCS 22/90
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec
Illinois · Illinois Compiled Statutes 410 ILCS 22 — End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act. · Status: effective
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(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.
(2) Death in accordance with this Act shall not be designated a suicide or homicide.
(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.)