(225 ILCS 100/3) (from Ch. 111, par. 4803)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)

Sec. 3. Exceptions. This Act does not prohibit:

(A) Any person licensed in this State under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 from engaging in the practice for which he or she is licensed.

(B) The practice of podiatric medicine by a person who is employed by the United States government or any bureau, division or agency thereof while in the discharge of the employee's official duties.

(C) The practice of podiatric medicine that is included in their program of study by students enrolled in any approved college of podiatric medicine or in refresher courses approved by the Department.

(D) The practice of podiatric medicine by one who has applied in writing or electronically to the Department, in form and substance satisfactory to the Department, for a license as a podiatric physician and has complied with all the provisions under Section 10 of this Act, except the passing of an examination to be eligible to receive such license, until the decision of the Department that the applicant has failed to pass the next available examination authorized by the Department or has failed to take the next available examination authorized by the Department, or the withdrawal of the application.

(E) The practice of podiatric medicine by one who is a podiatric physician under the laws of another state, territory of the United States or country as described in Section 18 of this Act, and has applied in writing or electronically to the Department, in form and substance satisfactory to the Department, for a license as a podiatric physician and who is qualified to receive such license under Section 13 or Section 9, until:

(1) the expiration of 6 months after the filing of such written application,

(2) the withdrawal of such application, or

(3) the denial of such application by the Department.

(F) The provision of emergency care without fee by a podiatric physician assisting in an emergency as provided in Section 4.

An applicant for a license to practice podiatric medicine, practicing under the exceptions set forth in paragraphs (D) or (E), may use the title podiatric physician, podiatrist, doctor of podiatric medicine, or chiropodist as set forth in Section 5 of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 100-525, eff. 9-22-17.)