§ 755 ILCS 40/1 Short title
§ 755 ILCS 40/5 Legislative findings and purposes
§ 755 ILCS 40/10 Definitions
§ 755 ILCS 40/15 Applicability
§ 755 ILCS 40/20 Private decision making process
§ 755 ILCS 40/25 Surrogate decision making
§ 755 ILCS 40/30 Reliance on authority of surrogate decision maker
§ 755 ILCS 40/35 Conscience of health care provider; policy of the health care …
§ 755 ILCS 40/40 Neonates
§ 755 ILCS 40/45 Life insurance
§ 755 ILCS 40/50 Not suicide or murder
§ 755 ILCS 40/55 Preservation of existing rights
§ 755 ILCS 40/60 Health care surrogate; specific mental health services
§ 755 ILCS 40/65 Department of Public Health Uniform POLST form
§ 755 ILCS 40/70 Format
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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes > 755 ILCS 40 - Health Care Surrogate Act

  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Person under legal disability: means a person 18 years or older who (a) because of mental deterioration or physical incapacity is not fully able to manage his or her person or estate, or (b) is a person with mental illness or is a person with developmental disabilities and who because of his or her mental illness or developmental disability is not fully able to manage his or her person or estate, or (c) because of gambling, idleness, debauchery or excessive use of intoxicants or drugs, so spends or wastes his or her estate as to expose himself or herself or his or her family to want or suffering. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.06
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Units of local government: has the meaning established in Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.28