{"data":{"id":"us-il/755-ilcs-43-45","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"755 ILCS 43/45","heading":"Principal's wishes must be followed.","body":"(1) The physician or provider may subject the principal to mental health treatment in a manner contrary to the principal's wishes as expressed in a declaration for mental health treatment only:\n(a) When a court order contradicts the principal's wishes as specified in the declaration; or\n(b) In cases of emergency endangering life or health.\n(2) A declaration does not limit any authority provided in Sections 3-100 through 3-910 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code either to take a person into custody, or to admit, retain, or treat a person in a health care facility.","path":["CHAPTER 755 ESTATES","Mental Health Treatment Preference Declaration Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=2112\u0026ChapterID=60\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:44Z","sha256":"14072d4f26b45b6ff83a2d12236e1d584182aa547dedcee918f3fdcf8fb0f8bb","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/755-ilcs-43-40","next":"us-il/755-ilcs-43-50"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}