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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 Illinois Physical Therapy Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 17 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 90/17) (from Ch. 111, par. 4267)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
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8 | Sec. 17. (1) The Department may refuse to issue or to | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | renew, or may
revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | or
take other disciplinary action as the Department deems | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | appropriate,
including the issuance of fines not to exceed | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | $5000, with regard to a
license for any one or a combination of | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | the following:
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14 | A. Material misstatement in furnishing information to | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | the Department
or otherwise making misleading, deceptive, | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | untrue, or fraudulent
representations in violation of this | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Act or otherwise in the practice of
the profession;
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18 | B. Violations of this Act, or of
the rules or | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | regulations promulgated hereunder;
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20 | C. Conviction of any crime under the laws of the United | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | States or any
state or territory thereof which is a felony | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | or which is a misdemeanor,
an essential element of which is | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | dishonesty, or of any crime which is directly
related to | |||||||||||||||||||
24 | the practice of the profession; conviction, as used in this
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25 | paragraph, shall include a finding or verdict of guilty, an | |||||||||||||||||||
26 | admission of
guilt or a plea of nolo contendere;
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27 | D. Making any misrepresentation for the purpose of | |||||||||||||||||||
28 | obtaining licenses,
or violating any provision of this Act | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | or the rules promulgated thereunder
pertaining to | |||||||||||||||||||
30 | advertising;
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31 | E. A pattern of practice or other behavior which | |||||||||||||||||||
32 | demonstrates incapacity
or incompetency to practice under |
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1 | this Act;
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2 | F. Aiding or assisting another person in violating any
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3 | provision of this Act or Rules;
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4 | G. Failing, within 60 days, to provide information in | ||||||
5 | response to a written
request made by the Department;
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6 | H. Engaging in dishonorable, unethical or | ||||||
7 | unprofessional conduct of a
character likely to deceive, | ||||||
8 | defraud or harm the public. Unprofessional
conduct shall | ||||||
9 | include any departure from or the failure to conform to the
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10 | minimal standards of acceptable and prevailing physical | ||||||
11 | therapy practice,
in which proceeding actual injury to a | ||||||
12 | patient need not be established;
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13 | I. Unlawful distribution of any drug or narcotic, or | ||||||
14 | unlawful
conversion of any drug or narcotic not belonging | ||||||
15 | to the person for such
person's own use or benefit or for | ||||||
16 | other than medically accepted
therapeutic purposes;
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17 | J. Habitual or excessive use or addiction to alcohol, | ||||||
18 | narcotics,
stimulants, or any other chemical agent or drug | ||||||
19 | which results in a physical
therapist's or physical | ||||||
20 | therapist assistant's
inability to practice with | ||||||
21 | reasonable judgment, skill or safety;
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22 | K. Revocation or suspension of a license to practice | ||||||
23 | physical therapy
as a physical therapist or physical | ||||||
24 | therapist assistant or the taking
of other disciplinary | ||||||
25 | action by the proper licensing authority of
another state, | ||||||
26 | territory or country;
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27 | L. Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving from | ||||||
28 | any person, firm,
corporation, partnership or association | ||||||
29 | any fee, commission, rebate or other
form of compensation | ||||||
30 | for any professional services not actually or
personally | ||||||
31 | rendered. Nothing contained in this paragraph prohibits | ||||||
32 | persons holding valid and current licenses under this Act | ||||||
33 | from practicing physical therapy in partnership under a | ||||||
34 | partnership agreement, including a limited liability | ||||||
35 | partnership, a limited liability company, or a corporation | ||||||
36 | under the Professional Service Corporation Act or from |
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1 | pooling, sharing, dividing, or apportioning the fees and | ||||||
2 | monies received by them or by the partnership, company, or | ||||||
3 | corporation in accordance with the partnership agreement | ||||||
4 | or the policies of the company or professional corporation;
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5 | M. A finding by the Board that the licensee after | ||||||
6 | having his or
her license
placed on probationary status has | ||||||
7 | violated the terms of probation;
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8 | N. Abandonment of a patient;
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9 | O. Willfully failing to report an instance of suspected | ||||||
10 | child abuse or
neglect as required by the Abused and | ||||||
11 | Neglected Child Reporting Act;
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12 | P. Willfully failing to report an instance of suspected | ||||||
13 | elder abuse or
neglect as required by the Elder Abuse | ||||||
14 | Reporting Act;
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15 | Q. Physical illness, including but not limited to, | ||||||
16 | deterioration through
the aging process, or loss of motor | ||||||
17 | skill which results in the inability
to practice the | ||||||
18 | profession with reasonable judgement, skill or safety;
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19 | R. The use of any words (such as physical therapy, | ||||||
20 | physical therapist
physiotherapy or physiotherapist), | ||||||
21 | abbreviations, figures or letters with
the intention of | ||||||
22 | indicating practice as a licensed physical therapist
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23 | without a valid license as a physical therapist issued | ||||||
24 | under this Act;
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25 | S. The use of the term physical therapist assistant, or | ||||||
26 | abbreviations,
figures, or letters with the intention of | ||||||
27 | indicating practice as a physical
therapist assistant | ||||||
28 | without a valid license as a physical therapist
assistant | ||||||
29 | issued under this Act;
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30 | T. Willfully violating or knowingly assisting in the | ||||||
31 | violation of any
law of this State relating to the practice | ||||||
32 | of abortion;
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33 | U. Continued practice by a person knowingly having an | ||||||
34 | infectious,
communicable or contagious disease;
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35 | V. Having treated ailments of human beings otherwise | ||||||
36 | than by
the practice of physical therapy as defined in this |
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1 | Act , or having treated
ailments of human beings as a | ||||||
2 | licensed physical therapist independent of a
documented | ||||||
3 | referral or a documented current and relevant diagnosis | ||||||
4 | from a
physician, dentist, advanced practice nurse, | ||||||
5 | physician assistant, or podiatrist, or having failed to | ||||||
6 | notify the
physician, dentist, advanced practice nurse, | ||||||
7 | physician assistant, or podiatrist who established a | ||||||
8 | documented current and
relevant diagnosis that the patient | ||||||
9 | is receiving physical therapy pursuant
to that diagnosis ;
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10 | W. Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated report | ||||||
11 | by the
Department of Children and Family Services pursuant | ||||||
12 | to the Abused and
Neglected Child Reporting Act, and upon | ||||||
13 | proof by clear and convincing
evidence that the licensee | ||||||
14 | has caused a child to be an abused child or
neglected child | ||||||
15 | as defined in the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act;
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16 | X. Interpretation of referrals, performance of | ||||||
17 | evaluation procedures,
planning or making major | ||||||
18 | modifications of patient programs by a physical
therapist | ||||||
19 | assistant;
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20 | Y. Failure by a physical therapist assistant and | ||||||
21 | supervising physical
therapist to maintain continued | ||||||
22 | contact, including periodic personal
supervision and | ||||||
23 | instruction, to insure safety and welfare of patients;
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24 | Z. Violation of the Health Care Worker Self-Referral | ||||||
25 | Act.
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26 | (2) The determination by a circuit court that a licensee is | ||||||
27 | subject to
involuntary admission or judicial admission as | ||||||
28 | provided in the Mental Health
and Developmental Disabilities | ||||||
29 | Code operates as an automatic suspension.
Such suspension will | ||||||
30 | end only upon a finding by a court that the patient is
no | ||||||
31 | longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission | ||||||
32 | and the
issuance of an order so finding and discharging the | ||||||
33 | patient; and upon the
recommendation of the Board to the | ||||||
34 | Director that the licensee be
allowed to resume his practice.
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35 | (3) The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend the | ||||||
36 | license of any
person who fails to file a return, or to pay the |
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1 | tax, penalty or interest
shown in a filed return, or to pay any | ||||||
2 | final assessment of tax, penalty or
interest, as required by | ||||||
3 | any tax Act administered by the Illinois
Department of Revenue, | ||||||
4 | until such time as the requirements of any such tax
Act are | ||||||
5 | satisfied.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 93-1010, eff. 8-24-04; 94-651, eff. 1-1-06.)
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7 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
8 | becoming law.
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