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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2275
Introduced 1/12/2006, by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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625 ILCS 5/6-901 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-901 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any physician assistant who has been delegated the authority to conduct examinations under the Code by his or her supervising physician and any advanced practice nurse who has a written collaborative agreement with a collaborating physician that authorizes the advanced practice nurse to conduct examinations under the Code is a medical examiner or medical practitioner. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2275 |
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LRB094 16964 DRH 52244 b |
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing |
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| Section 6-901 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/6-901) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-901)
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| Sec. 6-901. Definitions. For the purposes of this
Article:
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| "Board" means the Driver's License Medical Advisory Board.
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| "Medical examiner" or "medical practitioner" means any
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| person licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in
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| State of Illinois, any physician assistant who has been |
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| delegated the authority to conduct examinations under this Code |
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| by his or her supervising physician, or any advanced practice |
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| nurse who has a written collaborative agreement with a |
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| collaborating physician that authorizes the advanced practice |
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| nurse to conduct examinations under this Code.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-703, eff. 7-19-02.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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