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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3491 Introduced 1/19/2022, by Sen. Rachelle Crowe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 225 ILCS 60/49 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-49 |
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Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that a person who does not possess a valid license and uses the title Anesthesiologist or Dermatologist violates the Act.
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| | SB3491 | | LRB102 24058 AMQ 34364 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 49 as follows:
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| 6 | | (225 ILCS 60/49) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-49)
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| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
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| 8 | | Sec. 49.
If any person does any of the following and does |
| 9 | | not possess
a valid license issued under this Act, that person |
| 10 | | shall be sentenced as
provided in Section 59: (i) holds |
| 11 | | himself or herself out to the
public as being engaged in the |
| 12 | | diagnosis or treatment of physical or
mental ailments or |
| 13 | | conditions including, but not limited to,
deformities, |
| 14 | | diseases, disorders, or injuries of human beings; (ii)
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| 15 | | suggests, recommends or prescribes any form of treatment for |
| 16 | | the
palliation, relief or cure of any physical or mental |
| 17 | | ailment or condition
of any person with the intention of |
| 18 | | receiving, either directly or
indirectly, any fee, gift, or |
| 19 | | compensation whatever;
(iii) diagnoses or attempts to |
| 20 | | diagnose, operates upon,
professes to heal, prescribes for, or |
| 21 | | otherwise treats any ailment or
condition, or supposed ailment |
| 22 | | or condition, of another; (iv) maintains an
office for |
| 23 | | examination or treatment of persons afflicted, or alleged or
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