755 ILCS 43/45

Current through Public Act 103-1052
Section 755 ILCS 43/45 - Principal's wishes must be followed
(1) The physician or provider may subject the principal to mental health treatment in a manner contrary to the principal's wishes as expressed in a declaration for mental health treatment only:
(a) When a court order contradicts the principal's wishes as specified in the declaration; or
(b) In cases of emergency endangering life or health.
(2) A declaration does not limit any authority provided in Sections 3-100 through 3-910 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code either to take a person into custody, or to admit, retain, or treat a person in a health care facility.

755 ILCS 43/45

P.A. 89-439, eff. 6/1/1996.