| 4 | | - | AN ACT concerning local government. |
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| 5 | | - | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| 6 | | - | represented in the General Assembly: |
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| 7 | | - | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section |
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| 8 | | - | 5-1003.5 as follows: |
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| 3 | + | 1 AN ACT concerning local government. |
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| 4 | + | 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| 5 | + | 3 represented in the General Assembly: |
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| 6 | + | 4 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section |
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| 7 | + | 5 5-1003.5 as follows: |
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| 8 | + | 6 (55 ILCS 5/5-1003.5 new) |
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| 9 | + | 7 Sec. 5-1003.5. Indemnification for autopsies performed by |
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| 10 | + | 8 physicians. A county shall indemnify and hold harmless a |
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| 11 | + | 9 physician who has been appointed or designated by the county |
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| 12 | + | 10 or the coroner's office to perform autopsies for all of the |
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| 13 | + | 11 physician's acts, omissions, decisions, or conduct arising out |
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| 14 | + | 12 of the scope of the physician's duties of performing autopsies |
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| 15 | + | 13 for the county, except those involving willful or wanton |
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| 16 | + | 14 misconduct. A physician who is made a party defendant to an |
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| 17 | + | 15 action arising out of the physician's acts, omissions, |
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| 18 | + | 16 decisions, or conduct arising out of the scope of the |
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| 19 | + | 17 physician's duties of performing autopsies for the county |
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| 20 | + | 18 shall, within 10 days after service of process upon the |
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| 21 | + | 19 physician, notify the county of the fact that the action has |
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| 22 | + | 20 been instituted and that the physician has been made a party |
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| 23 | + | 21 defendant to the action. The notice must be in writing and be |
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| 24 | + | 22 filed in the office of the State's Attorney and also in the |
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| 25 | + | 23 office of the county clerk either by the physician or by the |
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