Consent to admission by healthcare surrogate

405 ILCS 5/3-601.2 — under Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.

405 ILCS 5/3-601.2

(405 ILCS 5/3-601.2)

Sec. 3-601.2. Consent to admission by healthcare surrogate. A surrogate decision maker under the Health Care Surrogate Act may not consent to the admission to a mental health facility of a person who lacks decision making capacity. A surrogate may, however, petition for involuntary admission pursuant to this Code. This Section does not affect the authority of a court appointed guardian.

(Source: P.A. 90-538, eff. 12-1-97.)