Illinois Compiled Statutes
610 ILCS 107/10 (2026)
Railroad employee access to first aid or medical treatment
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(610 ILCS 107/10)
Sec. 10. Railroad employee access to first aid or medical treatment. (a) A railroad shall make a good faith effort to provide prompt medical attention for a railroad employee who is injured in the course of his or her employment. (b) It is unlawful for a railroad or person employed by a railroad to: (1) deny, delay, or interfere with medical treatment | or first aid treatment to an employee of that railroad who has been injured during employment; or |
(2) discipline or threaten discipline to an employee | of a railroad who has been injured during employment for (i) requesting medical or first aid treatment or (ii) following the orders or treatment plan of his or her treating physician. |
(c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require a railroad or railroad employee to perform first aid or medical care. (d) This Section does not prevent an employer from: (1) noting in an employee's record that an injury | occurred; or |
(2) offering light duty or an alternate work | assignment to an injured employee if the light duty or alternate work assignment does not conflict with the orders or treatment plan of the employee's treating physician. |
(e) The Commission has exclusive jurisdiction to determine violations of this Section. If, after a proper complaint and hearing, the Commission determines that a violation has occurred, the Commission shall impose, for each violation, a penalty in an amount not exceeding $10,000. This penalty is the exclusive remedy for any violation of this Section. The Commission shall give priority to any complaint alleging a violation of this Section and shall issue its decision as promptly as possible.
(Source: P.A. 94-318, eff. 1-1-06.)