Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 225 - PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS
225 ILCS 61/ - Patients' Right to Know Act.

(225 ILCS 61/1)
Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Patients' Right to Know Act.

(Source: P.A. 97-280, eff. 8-9-11.)
 
(225 ILCS 61/5)
Sec. 5. Definitions. For purposes of this Act, the
following definitions shall have the following meanings,
except where the context requires otherwise:
"Department" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
"Disciplinary Board" means the Medical Disciplinary
Board.
"Physician" means a person licensed under the
Medical Practice Act of 1987 to practice medicine in all of its
branches or a chiropractic physician licensed to treat human
ailments without the use of drugs and without
operative surgery.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

(Source: P.A. 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
 
(225 ILCS 61/10)
Sec. 10. Physician profiles. The Department shall make available to the public a profile of each physician. The Department shall make this information available through an Internet web site and, if requested, in writing. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the physician profile shall contain the following information:
A physician who has retired from active practice may use the title "Retired" in his or her physician profile. If the physician uses that title in his or her profile, he or she is not required to provide office addresses and other practice specific information.
(Source: P.A. 98-210, eff. 1-1-14; 99-330, eff. 8-10-15.)
 
(225 ILCS 61/15)
Sec. 15. Publication of physician's profiles. The Disciplinary Board shall provide individual physicians with a copy of their profiles prior to release to the public. A physician shall be provided 60 days to correct factual inaccuracies that appear in such profile.

(Source: P.A. 97-280, eff. 8-9-11.)
 
(225 ILCS 61/20)
Sec. 20. Exclusion of information from physician's profiles. A physician may elect to have his or her profile omit certain information provided pursuant to subdivisions (12) through (14) of Section 10 of this Act concerning academic appointments and teaching responsibilities, publication in peer-reviewed journals and professional and community service awards. In collecting information for such profiles and in disseminating the same, the Disciplinary Board shall inform physicians that they may choose not to provide such information required pursuant to subdivisions (12) through (14) of Section 10 of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 97-280, eff. 8-9-11.)
 
(225 ILCS 61/25)
Sec. 25. Rules. The Department shall promulgate such rules as it deems necessary to accomplish the requirements of this Act, including, but not limited to, rules requiring physicians to submit the necessary information that shall be published under this Act.

(Source: P.A. 97-280, eff. 8-9-11.)
 
(225 ILCS 61/30)
Sec. 30. Penalties. Failure to comply with this Act may be grounds for disciplinary action as provided in the Medical Practice Act of 1987.

(Source: P.A. 97-280, eff. 8-9-11.)
 
(225 ILCS 61/900)
Sec. 900. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended by repealing Section 24.1.

(Source: P.A. 97-280, eff. 8-9-11.)
 
(225 ILCS 61/999)
Sec. 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.

(Source: P.A. 97-280, eff. 8-9-11.)

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