410 ILCS 22/90: Death certificate.

(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)

(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.