Article II - Definitions

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(210 ILCS 25/Art. II heading)

(210 ILCS 25/2-101) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 622-101) Sec. 2-101. For the purposes of this Act, the words and phrases defined in Sections after this Section and preceding Section 3-101 have the meanings ascribed to them unless the context otherwise requires. (Source: P.A. 87-1269.)

(210 ILCS 25/2-102) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 622-102) Sec. 2-102. "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, whether organized for profit or not, or any other form of business enterprise. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3256.)

(210 ILCS 25/2-103) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 622-103) Sec. 2-103. "Clinical laboratory" or "laboratory" means a facility which performs laboratory tests or issues reports resulting from such tests and is certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act of 1988. (Source: P.A. 87-1269.)

(210 ILCS 25/2-104) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 622-104) Sec. 2-104. The "director of clinical laboratory" means an individual who administers the technical and scientific operation of a clinical laboratory, including the reporting of the findings of clinical laboratory tests. (Source: P.A. 76-1000.)

(210 ILCS 25/2-105) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 622-105) Sec. 2-105. "Department" means the Department of Public Health of the State of Illinois. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3256.)

(210 ILCS 25/2-116) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 622-116) Sec. 2-116. "Physician" means, unless otherwise indicated in this Act, (a) a person licensed by the Department of Professional Regulation, pursuant to the requirements of the Medical Practice Act of 1987; or (b) a person licensed as a physician under the laws of another state or territory of the United States. (Source: P.A. 85-1025.)

(210 ILCS 25/2-117) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 622-117) Sec. 2-117. "Test" means laboratory examinations and issuance of reports resulting from the biological, microbiological, serological, chemical, immunohematological, radioimmunological, hematological, biophysical, cytological, pathological, toxicological or other examination of materials derived from the human body for the purposes of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of any disease or impairment of, or the assessment of, the health of humans including determining drug use by humans. (Source: P.A. 85-1025.)

(210 ILCS 25/2-120) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 622-120) Sec. 2-120. "Health screening" means those tests or categories of tests set forth in the regulations adopted under this Act that are performed for the purpose of assessing a phase of the general state of health of human subjects. (a) All health screenings must be conducted under a protocol approved by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches that includes, but is not limited to, provisions concerning disclosure of the purpose and limitations of the screening tests to test subjects, proper collection of samples and administration of tests including staffing, staff training and equipment monitoring, adequate procedures for protecting the confidentiality of test subjects and test results, and appropriate referrals for medical attention. (b) Health screening protocols under this Section shall be exempt from the provisions of Sections 7-101 and 7-102 of this Act. (Source: P.A. 87-600; 87-1269.)

(210 ILCS 25/2-124) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 622-124) Sec. 2-124. "Blood bank" means any institution, building, or place that provides, through its ownership or operation, a system for the collection, processing, storage, distribution, or administration of whole human blood or its component parts. (Source: P.A. 87-1269.)

(210 ILCS 25/2-125) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 622-125) Sec. 2-125. "Medical Director of a blood bank" means an individual who administers the technical and scientific operation of a blood bank, including the reporting of the findings of blood bank tests. (Source: P.A. 87-1269.)

(210 ILCS 25/2-126) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 622-126) Sec. 2-126. "Dentist" means a person licensed in Illinois to practice dentistry. (Source: P.A. 87-1269.)

(210 ILCS 25/2-127) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 622-127) Sec. 2-127. "Podiatric physician" means a person licensed in Illinois to practice podiatry. (Source: P.A. 98-214, eff. 8-9-13.)

(210 ILCS 25/2-127.5) Sec. 2-127.5. Optometrist. "Optometrist" means a person who is licensed in Illinois to practice optometry. (Source: P.A. 98-185, eff. 1-1-14.)

(210 ILCS 25/2-128) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 622-128) Sec. 2-128. "Blood" means whole human blood or components of human blood, including plasma, that are prepared from whole human blood by physical rather than chemical processes, but does not include blood derivatives manufactured or processed for industrial use. (Source: P.A. 87-1269.)

(210 ILCS 25/2-129) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 622-129) Sec. 2-129. "Volunteer donor" means a person from whom blood is withdrawn for which he receives no monetary consideration in any form, whether he presents himself for the withdrawal of blood on his own initiative or on the initiative of another person. (Source: P.A. 87-1269.)

(210 ILCS 25/2-130) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 622-130) Sec. 2-130. "Paid donor" means a person from whom blood is withdrawn for which he receives a monetary consideration in any form, whether he presents himself for the withdrawal of blood on his own initiative or on the initiative of another person. (Source: P.A. 87-1269.)

(210 ILCS 25/2-131) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 622-131) Sec. 2-131. "Industrial use" means a use of blood in which the blood is modified by physical or chemical means to produce derivatives for therapeutic or pharmaceutic biologicals and laboratory reagents or controls. (Source: P.A. 87-1269.)

(210 ILCS 25/2-132) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 622-132) Sec. 2-132. "Transfusion" means a use of blood in which the blood is administered to a human being for treatment of sickness or injury. (Source: P.A. 87-1269.)

(210 ILCS 25/2-133) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 622-133) Sec. 2-133. "Nonreplacement fee" means a fee charged by any blood bank or other entity for nonreplacement of blood units received by patients. (Source: P.A. 87-1269.)

(210 ILCS 25/2-134) Sec. 2-134. Health care operations. "Health care operations" has the meaning ascribed to it under HIPAA, as specified in 45 CFR 164.501. (Source: P.A. 98-1046, eff. 1-1-15.)

(210 ILCS 25/2-135) Sec. 2-135. HIPAA. "HIPAA" means the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, as amended by the Health Information and Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009, Public Law 111-05, and any subsequent amendments thereto and any regulations promulgated thereunder. (Source: P.A. 98-1046, eff. 1-1-15.)

(210 ILCS 25/2-136) Sec. 2-136. Payment. "Payment" has the meaning ascribed to it under HIPAA, as specified in 45 CFR 164.501. (Source: P.A. 98-1046, eff. 1-1-15.)

(210 ILCS 25/2-137) Sec. 2-137. Treatment. "Treatment" has the meaning ascribed to it under HIPAA, as specified in 45 CFR 164.501. (Source: P.A. 98-1046, eff. 1-1-15.)