Definitions

410 ILCS 445/5, under Rare Disease Commission Act.

410 ILCS 445/5

(410 ILCS 445/5)     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)

    Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context requires otherwise:     "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Rare Disease Commission.     "Commission" means the Rare Disease Commission.     "Rare disease" means a disease that affects less than 200,000 people in the United States.

    "Relative" means a spouse, parent, parent-in-law, sibling, sibling-in-law, child, child-in-law, grandparent, aunt, or uncle.     "Vice-Chairperson" means the Vice-Chairperson of the Rare Disease Commission.

(Source: P.A. 99-773, eff. 1-1-17.)