{"data":{"id":"us-il/410-ilcs-22-60","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"410 ILCS 22/60","heading":"Health care professional protections; no duty to provide aid in dying.","body":"(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)\n(a) A health care professional shall not be under any duty, by law or contract, to participate in the provision of aid-in-dying care to a patient as set forth in this Act.\n(b) A health care professional shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability for participating or refusing to participate in the provision of aid-in-dying care to a patient in good faith compliance with this Act.\n(c) Except as set forth in Section 65, a health care entity or licensing board shall not subject a health care professional to censure, discipline, suspension, loss of license, loss of privileges, loss of membership, or other penalty for participating or refusing to participate in accordance with this Act.\n(d) A health care professional may choose not to engage in aid-in-dying care.\n(e) Only willing health care professionals shall provide aid-in-dying care in accordance with this Act. If a health care professional is unable or unwilling to carry out a patient's request under this Act, and the patient transfers the patient's care to a new health care professional, the prior health care professional shall transmit, upon request, a copy of the patient's relevant medical records to the new health care professional without undue delay.\n(f) A health care professional shall not engage in false, misleading, or deceptive practices relating to a willingness to qualify a patient or provide aid-in-dying care. Intentionally misleading a patient constitutes coercion or undue influence.\n(g) The provisions of the Health Care Right of Conscience Act apply to this Act and are incorporated by reference.","path":["CHAPTER 410 PUBLIC HEALTH","End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=4646\u0026ChapterID=35\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:34Z","sha256":"c908a9e6c316f8ea600b0e411a3b6102570607d5f9437e79ae5d5881370c8315","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/410-ilcs-22-55","next":"us-il/410-ilcs-22-65"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}