Illinois Compiled Statutes 755 ILCS 45/4-4.1 – Format
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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 755 ILCS 45/4-4.1
- Health care: means any care, treatment, service or procedure to maintain, diagnose, treat or provide for the patient's physical or mental health or personal care. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 755 ILCS 45/4-4
- Health care agency: means an agency governing any type of health care, anatomical gift, autopsy or disposition of remains for and on behalf of a patient and refers, in either hard copy or electronic format, to the power of attorney or other written instrument defining the agency or the agency, itself, as appropriate to the context. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 755 ILCS 45/4-4
Documents, writings, forms, and copies referred to in this Article may be in hard copy or electronic format. Nothing in this Article is intended to prevent the population of a written instrument of a health care agency, document, writing, or form with electronic data. An agent may present an electronic device displaying an electronic copy of an executed form as proof of the health care agency.