Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 210 - HEALTH FACILITIES AND REGULATION
210 ILCS 70/ - Emergency Medical Treatment Act.

(210 ILCS 70/0.01) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6150)
Sec. 0.01.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the
Emergency Medical Treatment Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
 
(210 ILCS 70/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6151)
Sec. 1.

No hospital, physician, dentist or other provider of professional
health care licensed under the laws of this State may refuse to provide
needed emergency treatment to any person whose life would be threatened
in the absence of such treatment, because of that person's inability to
pay therefor, nor because of the source of any payment promised therefor.

(Source: P.A. 83-723.)
 
(210 ILCS 70/2)
Sec. 2. Findings; prohibited terms.
(a) The Illinois General Assembly makes all of the following findings:
(b) No person, facility, or entity shall hold itself out to the public as
an "emergi-" or "emergent" care center or use any similar
term, as defined by rule,
that would give the impression
that emergency medical treatment is
provided by the person or entity or at the facility unless the facility is the
emergency room of a
facility licensed as a hospital under the Hospital Licensing Act or a facility
licensed as a freestanding emergency center under the Emergency Medical
Services (EMS) Systems Act. This Section does not prohibit a person, facility, or entity from holding itself out to the public as an "urgi-" or "urgent" care center.
(c) Violation of this Section constitutes a business offense with a minimum
fine of $5,000 plus $1,000 per day for a continuing violation, with a maximum
of $25,000.
(d) The Director of Public Health in the name of the people of the State,
through the Attorney General, may bring an action for an injunction or to
restrain
a
violation of this Section or the rules adopted pursuant to this Section or to
enjoin the future operation or maintenance of any facility in violation of this
Section or the rules adopted pursuant to this Section.
(e) The Department of Public Health shall adopt rules necessary for the
implementation of this Section.

(Source: P.A. 98-977, eff. 1-1-15.)

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