Illinois Compiled Statutes

745 ILCS 70/4 (2026)

Liability

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(745 ILCS 70/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5304)
    Sec. 4. Liability. No physician or health care personnel shall be civilly or criminally liable to any person, estate, public or private entity or public official by reason of his or her refusal to perform, assist, counsel, suggest, recommend, refer or participate in any way in any particular form of health care service which is contrary to the conscience of such physician or health care personnel.
(Source: P.A. 90-246, eff. 1-1-98.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2012–2012 · leading case: Morr-Fitz v. Quinn, 2012 IL App (4th) 110398 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012).
Morr-Fitz v. Quinn, 2012 IL App (4th) 110398 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). · cites it 3× “” 745 ILCS 70/4 (West 2010). The General Assembly further made it unlawful for public officials to discriminate against any person, in any manner, in licensing “because of such person’s conscientious refusal to receive, obtain, accept, perform, assist, counsel, suggest,…”
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