{"data":{"id":"us-il/410-ilcs-22-90","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"410 ILCS 22/90","heading":"Death certificate.","body":"(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)\n(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.\n(b) When a death has occurred in accordance with this Act, the death shall be attributed to the underlying terminal disease.\n(1) Death following self-administering medication under this Act does not alone constitute grounds for postmortem inquiry.\n(2) Death in accordance with this Act shall not be designated a suicide or homicide.\n(c) A qualified patient's act of self-administering medication prescribed pursuant to this Act shall not be indicated on the death certificate.","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":"f4cd8bfdae251b7af17bcbb8ff348fbdba17d459b57058400d23f5495635a583","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/410-ilcs-22-85","next":"us-il/410-ilcs-22-95"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}