Illinois Compiled Statutes

735 ILCS 5/8-2105 (2026)

Improper disclosure

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(735 ILCS 5/8-2105) (from Ch. 110, par. 8-2105)
    Sec. 8-2105. Improper disclosure. The disclosure of any information, records, reports, statements, notes, memoranda or other data obtained in any such medical study except that necessary for the purpose of the specific study is unlawful, and any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of Part 21 of Article VIII of this Act is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 83-707.)


 
    (735 ILCS 5/Art. VIII Pt. 22 heading)
Part 22. Coroner's records

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2012–2014 · leading case: Davis v. Kewanee Hosp., 2014 IL App (2d) 130304, 5 N.E.3d 1138.
Davis v. Kewanee Hosp., 2014 IL App (2d) 130304, 5 N.E.3d 1138. · cites it 2× “Finally, the court noted that the Medical Studies Act contained a provision making it unlawful to disclose privileged information (see 735 ILCS 5/8-2105 (West 2008)) and that the common law provided the plaintiff with a remedy in the form of a slander action.”
Tunca v. Painter, 2012 IL App (1st) 110930, 980 N.E.2d 1132. “Furthermore, not only is the improper disclosure of privileged information under the Act punishable as a Class A misdemeanor (735 ILCS 5/8-2105 (West 2010)), but the common law provides plaintiff with the remedy in the form of a slander action, as plaintiff has also pursued…”
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