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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 Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank |
| 5 | | Act is amended by changing Sections 2-127.5, 7-101, and 7-102 |
| 6 | | as follows:
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| 7 | | (210 ILCS 25/2-127.5)
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| 8 | | Sec. 2-127.5. Optometrist Therapeutic optometrist. |
| 9 | | "Optometrist" "Therapeutic optometrist" means a
person who is |
| 10 | | licensed in Illinois to practice optometry and who is
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| 11 | | therapeutically
certified.
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| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 90-322, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| 13 | | (210 ILCS 25/7-101) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 627-101)
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| 14 | | Sec. 7-101. Examination of specimens. A clinical |
| 15 | | laboratory shall examine
specimens only at the request of (i) a |
| 16 | | licensed physician, (ii) a
licensed dentist, (iii) a licensed |
| 17 | | podiatrist, (iv) a licensed therapeutic
optometrist for |
| 18 | | diagnostic or therapeutic purposes related to the use of
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| 19 | | diagnostic topical or therapeutic ocular pharmaceutical |
| 20 | | agents, as defined in
subsections (c) and (d) of Section 15.1 |
| 21 | | of the Illinois Optometric Practice Act
of 1987,
(v) a licensed
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| 22 | | physician assistant in
accordance with the written guidelines |
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| 1 | | required under subdivision (3) of
Section 4 and under Section |
| 2 | | 7.5 of the Physician Assistant Practice Act of
1987,
(v-A) an |
| 3 | | advanced practice nurse in accordance with the
written |
| 4 | | collaborative agreement required under Section 65-35 of the |
| 5 | | Nurse Practice Act,
(vi) an authorized law enforcement agency |
| 6 | | or, in the case of blood
alcohol, at the request of the |
| 7 | | individual for whom the test is to be performed
in compliance |
| 8 | | with Sections 11-501 and 11-501.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, |
| 9 | | or (vii) a genetic counselor with the specific authority from a |
| 10 | | referral to order a test or tests pursuant to subsection (b) of |
| 11 | | Section 20 of the Genetic Counselor Licensing Act.
If the |
| 12 | | request to a laboratory is oral, the physician or other |
| 13 | | authorized
person shall submit a written request to the |
| 14 | | laboratory within 48 hours. If
the laboratory does not receive |
| 15 | | the written request within that period, it
shall note that fact |
| 16 | | in its records. For purposes of this Section, a request
made by |
| 17 | | electronic mail or fax constitutes a written request.
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| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1313, eff. 7-27-10; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
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| 19 | | (210 ILCS 25/7-102) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 627-102)
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| 20 | | Sec. 7-102. Reports of test results. The result of a test |
| 21 | | shall be reported
directly to the licensed physician or other |
| 22 | | authorized person who requested it.
No interpretation, |
| 23 | | diagnosis or prognosis or suggested treatment shall appear
on |
| 24 | | the laboratory report form except that a report made by a |
| 25 | | physician licensed
to practice medicine in Illinois, a dentist |