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Public Act 103-0922
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| SB2779 Enrolled | LRB103 36619 AWJ 66728 b |
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section |
5-1003.5 as follows:
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(55 ILCS 5/5-1003.5 new) |
Sec. 5-1003.5. Indemnification for autopsies performed by |
physicians. A county shall indemnify and hold harmless a |
physician who has been appointed or designated by the county |
or the coroner's office to perform autopsies for all of the |
physician's acts, omissions, decisions, or conduct arising out |
of the scope of the physician's duties of performing autopsies |
for the county, except those involving willful or wanton |
misconduct. A physician who is made a party defendant to an |
action arising out of the physician's acts, omissions, |
decisions, or conduct arising out of the scope of the |
physician's duties of performing autopsies for the county |
shall, within 10 days after service of process upon the |
physician, notify the county of the fact that the action has |
been instituted and that the physician has been made a party |
defendant to the action. The notice must be in writing and be |
filed in the office of the State's Attorney and also in the |
office of the county clerk either by the physician or by the |
