# 215 ILCS 134/10: Section 10

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## Section

- **Citation:** 215 ILCS 134/10
- **Heading:** Section 10
- **Jurisdiction:** Illinois
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Illinois Code / Chapter 215 / Act 134 / Section 10

## Text

(215 ILCS 134/10) Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act: For a health care plan under Section 45 or for a utilization review program under Section 85, "adverse determination" has the meaning given to that term in Section 10 of the Health Carrier External Review Act. "Clinical peer" means a health care professional who is in the same profession and the same or similar specialty as the health care provider who typically manages the medical condition, procedures, or treatment under review. "Department" means the Department of Insurance. "Emergency medical condition" means a medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity, regardless of the final diagnosis given, such that a prudent layperson, who possesses an average knowledge of health and medicine, could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in: (1) placing the health of the individual (or, with respect to a pregnant woman, the

## Nearby sections

- [215 ILCS 134/1 Section 1](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_C215_A134_S1.md)
- [215 ILCS 134/5 Section 5](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_C215_A134_S5.md)
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- [215 ILCS 134/15 Section 15](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_C215_A134_S15.md)
- [215 ILCS 134/20 Section 20](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_C215_A134_S20.md)
- [215 ILCS 134/25 Section 25](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_C215_A134_S25.md)
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- [215 ILCS 134/40 Section 40](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_C215_A134_S40.md)
- [215 ILCS 134/43 Section 43](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_C215_A134_S43.md)
- [215 ILCS 134/45 Section 45](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_C215_A134_S45.md)
- [215 ILCS 134/45.1 Section 45.1](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_C215_A134_S45.1.md)
- [215 ILCS 134/45.2 Section 45.2](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_C215_A134_S45.2.md)
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