Illinois Code § 755 ILCS 45/3-3.6

Limitations on who may witness property powers.
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(a) Every property power shall bear the signature of a witness to the signing of the agency and shall be notarized. None of the following may serve as a witness to the signing of a property power or as a notary public notarizing the property power:
 
 
(1) the attending physician or mental health service 
 
provider of the principal, or a relative of the physician or provider;
 
 
(2) an owner, operator, or relative of an owner or 
 
operator of a health care facility in which the principal is a patient or resident;
 
 
(3) a parent, sibling, or descendant, or the spouse 
 
of a parent, sibling, or descendant, of either the principal or any agent or successor agent, regardless of whether the relationship is by blood, marriage, or adoption;
 
 
(4) an agent or successor agent for property. 
 
(b) The prohibition on the operator of a health care facility from serving as a witness shall extend to directors and executive officers of an operator that is a corporate entity but not other employees of the operator. 

provider of the principal, or a relative of the physician or provider;
operator of a health care facility in which the principal is a patient or resident;
of a parent, sibling, or descendant, of either the principal or any agent or successor agent, regardless of whether the relationship is by blood, marriage, or adoption;

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