Burger v. Lutheran General Hospital

Docket Nos. 89643, 89644 cons.–Agenda 19–March 2001.

DORIS BURGER, Appellee, v. LUTHERAN GENERAL

HOSPITAL et al. , Appellants.

Opinion filed October 18, 2001.

At issue in these consolidated cases is whether certain provisions of section 6.17 of the Hospital Licensing Act (Act) (210 ILCS 85/6.17 (West 2000)), as amended by Public Act 91–526 (Pub. Act 91–526, eff. January 1, 2000), violate the Illinois Constitution of 1970. The circuit court of Cook County held that portions of sections 6.17(d) and (e) and all of section 6.17(h) violate the doctrine of separation of powers (Ill. Const. 1970, art.…