Sen. Doris Turner
Filed: 4/6/2021
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2661
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2661 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law | ||||||
| 5 | of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by | ||||||
| 6 | adding Section 2105-365 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (20 ILCS 2105/2105-365 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 2105-365. License extension during a public health | ||||||
| 9 | emergency. | ||||||
| 10 | (a) For the purposes of this Section, "health care | ||||||
| 11 | professional" means a physician licensed under the Medical | ||||||
| 12 | Practice Act of 1987, a dentist licensed under the Illinois | ||||||
| 13 | Dental Practice Act, an optometrist licensed under the | ||||||
| 14 | Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987, a physician | ||||||
| 15 | assistant licensed under the Physician Assistant Practice Act | ||||||
| 16 | of 1987, and a registered nurse or advanced practice | ||||||
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| 1 | registered nurse licensed under the Nurse Practice Act. | ||||||
| 2 | (b) For any license of a health care professional that | ||||||
| 3 | expires during a public health emergency declared by the | ||||||
| 4 | Governor, the Department shall extend the expiration date of | ||||||
| 5 | that license by 6 months. The fees for renewal of that license | ||||||
| 6 | and the expiration date of the renewed license shall be the | ||||||
| 7 | same fees and expiration date as though the license was | ||||||
| 8 | renewed on the original expiration date.
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| 9 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 10 | becoming law.".
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