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Protected health information (PHI) under U.S. law is any information about health status, provision of health care, or payment for health care that is created or collected by a Covered Entity (or a Business Associate of a Covered Entity), and can be linked to a specific individual. This is interpreted rather broadly and includes any part of a ...
Freedom of Information Act 83rd Illinois General Assembly Citation 5 ILCS 140/1 et seq. Public Act 83-1013 Passed June 28, 1983 Signed by Governor James R. Thompson (after amendatory veto agreed to by the General Assembly) Signed December 27, 1983 Effective July 1, 1984 Legislative history Bill title House Bill 234 Introduced by Barbara Flynn Currie (House) Terry L. Bruce (Senate) Amended by ...
Involuntary commitment, civil commitment, or involuntary hospitalization / hospitalisation[ a ] is a legal process through which an individual who is deemed by a qualified person to have symptoms of severe mental disorder is detained in a psychiatric hospital (inpatient) where they can be treated involuntarily.
Mental health-related legal concepts include mens rea, insanity defences; legal definitions of "sane," "insane," and "incompetent;" informed consent; and automatism, amongst many others. Statutory law usually takes the form of a mental health statute. An example is the Mental Health Act 1983 in England and Wales. These acts codify aspects of ...
Although privacy is often a common-law tort, most states have enacted statutes that prohibit the use of a person's name or image if used without consent for the commercial benefit of another person. [22] Appropriation of name or likeness occurs when a person uses the name or likeness of another person for personal gain or commercial advantage.
BOR, 14th. 1975. Drope v. Missouri. When deciding whether to evaluate a criminal defendant's competency, the court must consider any evidence suggestive of mental illness, even one factor alone in some circumstances. Therefore, the threshold for obtaining a competency evaluation is low.
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
Chicago-Read Mental Health Center (CRMHC, often called simply Read) is a state-run inpatient JCAHO -accredited facility with between 150 and 200 beds located in the neighborhood of Dunning on the northwest side of the city of Chicago close to O'Hare International Airport in the state of Illinois. It has served the adult residents of Chicago ...