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Public Act 91-0861
SB1329 Enrolled LRB9109590NTksB
AN ACT concerning higher education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by
adding Section 20 as follows:
(110 ILCS 305/20 new)
Sec. 20. Medical school research experiments; informed
consent. If a person is to participate as a subject in a
research experiment conducted at the College of Medicine but
does not understand the English language, then the informed
consent document for the research experiment must be written
in a language that the person does understand. If the person
cannot read or has difficulty reading, the document must be
read to the person in that same language.
Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management
Act is amended by adding Section 10 as follows:
(110 ILCS 520/10 new)
Sec. 10. Medical school research experiments; informed
consent. If a person is to participate as a subject in a
research experiment conducted at the School of Medicine but
does not understand the English language, then the informed
consent document for the research experiment must be written
in a language that the person does understand. If the person
cannot read or has difficulty reading, the document must be
read to the person in that same language.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
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