93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6316

 

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Tom Cross

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 125/70

    Amends the Perfusionist Practice Act. Provides that the Department may by rule require continuing education as a condition for license renewal.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Perfusionist Practice Act is amended by
5 changing Section 70 as follows:
 
6     (225 ILCS 125/70)
7     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
8     Sec. 70. Renewal, reinstatement or restoration of license;
9 continuing education; military service. The expiration date
10 and renewal period for each license issued under this Act shall
11 be set by the Department by rule. Renewal shall be conditioned
12 on paying the required fee and meeting other requirements as
13 may be established by rule. The Department may by rule require
14 continuing education as a condition for license renewal.
15     A licensee who has permitted his or her license to expire
16 or who has had his or her license on inactive status may have
17 the license restored by making application to the Department,
18 by filing proof acceptable to the Department of his or her
19 fitness to have the license restored, and by paying the
20 required fees. Proof of fitness may include sworn evidence
21 certifying to active lawful practice in another jurisdiction.
22     If the licensee has not maintained an active practice in
23 another jurisdiction satisfactory to the Department, the
24 Department shall determine, by an evaluation program
25 established by rule, his or her fitness for restoration of the
26 license and shall establish procedures and requirements for
27 restoration. However, a licensee whose license expired while he
28 or she was (1) in federal service on active duty with the Armed
29 Forces of the United States or the State Militia called into
30 service or training or (2) in training or education under the
31 supervision of the United States before induction into the
32 military service, may have the license restored without paying

 

 

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1 any lapsed renewal fees if within 2 years after honorable
2 termination of the service, training, or education he or she
3 furnishes the Department with satisfactory evidence to the
4 effect that he or she has been so engaged and that his or her
5 service, training, or education has been so terminated.
6 (Source: P.A. 91-580, eff. 1-1-00.)