(225 ILCS 125/45)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)

Sec. 45. Application of Act. This Act shall not be construed to prohibit the following:

(1) a person licensed in this State under any other Act from engaging in the practice for which he or she is licensed;

(2) a student enrolled in an accredited perfusion education program from performing perfusion services if perfusion services performed by the student:

(A) are an integral part of the student's course of study; and

(B) are performed under the direct supervision of a licensed perfusionist who is assigned to supervise the student and who is on duty and immediately available in the assigned patient care area;

(3) a new graduate from performing perfusion services for a period of 14 months after the date of his or her graduation from a perfusion education program that is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, if perfusion services performed by the new graduate perfusionist are performed under the direct supervision and responsibility of a licensed perfusionist or a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches who is assigned to supervise the graduate perfusionist and who is immediately available in the assigned patient care area;

(4) any legally qualified perfusionist employed by the United States government from engaging in the practice of perfusion while in the discharge of his or her official duties; or

(5) one or more licensed perfusionists from forming a professional service corporation in accordance with the Professional Service Corporation Act.

(Source: P.A. 96-682, eff. 8-25-09.)