95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1847

 

Introduced 6/29/2007, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 60/19   from Ch. 111, par. 4400-19

    Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. In a Section concerning licensure without examination, provides that a continuous faculty appointment at a single Illinois institution for a period of at least 2 years without incident shall be deemed substantially equivalent to any clinical examination requirement for an applicant who seeks to practice medicine in all of its branches or treat human ailments without the use of drugs and without operative surgery and who holds an active Visiting Professor Permit.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended by
5 changing Section 19 as follows:
 
6     (225 ILCS 60/19)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-19)
7     (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2008)
8     Sec. 19. Licensure without examination. The Department
9 may, in its discretion, issue a license without examination to
10 any person who is currently licensed to practice medicine in
11 all of its branches, or to practice the treatment of human
12 ailments without the use of drugs or operative surgery, in any
13 other state, territory, country or province, upon the following
14 conditions:
15         (A) (Blank);
16         (B) That the applicant is of good moral character. In
17     determining moral character under this Section, the
18     Department may take into consideration whether the
19     applicant has engaged in conduct or activities which would
20     constitute grounds for discipline under this Act. The
21     Department may also request the applicant to submit, and
22     may consider as evidence of moral character, endorsements
23     from 2 or 3 individuals licensed under this Act;

 

 

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1         (C) That the applicant is physically, mentally and
2     professionally capable of practicing medicine with
3     reasonable judgment, skill and safety. In determining
4     physical, mental and professional capacity under this
5     Section the Medical Licensing Board may, upon a showing of
6     a possible incapacity, compel an applicant to submit to a
7     mental or physical examination, or both, and may condition
8     or restrict any license, subject to the same terms and
9     conditions as are provided for the Medical Disciplinary
10     Board under Section 22 of this Act. The Medical Licensing
11     Board or the Department may order the examining physician
12     to present testimony concerning this mental or physical
13     examination of the applicant. No information shall be
14     excluded by reason of any common law or statutory privilege
15     relating to communications between the applicant and the
16     examining physician. Any condition of restricted license
17     shall provide that the Chief Medical Coordinator or Deputy
18     Medical Coordinator shall have the authority to review the
19     subject physician's compliance with such conditions or
20     restrictions, including, where appropriate, the
21     physician's record of treatment and counseling regarding
22     the impairment, to the extent permitted by applicable
23     federal statutes and regulations safeguarding the
24     confidentiality of medical records of patients.
25         (D) That if the applicant seeks to practice medicine in
26     all of its branches:

 

 

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1             (1) if the applicant was licensed in another
2         jurisdiction prior to January 1, 1988, that the
3         applicant has satisfied the educational requirements
4         of paragraph (1) of subsection (A) or paragraph (2) of
5         subsection (A) of Section 11 of this Act; or
6             (2) if the applicant was licensed in another
7         jurisdiction after December 31, 1987, that the
8         applicant has satisfied the educational requirements
9         of paragraph (A)(2) of Section 11 of this Act; and
10             (3) the requirements for a license to practice
11         medicine in all of its branches in the particular
12         state, territory, country or province in which the
13         applicant is licensed are deemed by the Department to
14         have been substantially equivalent to the requirements
15         for a license to practice medicine in all of its
16         branches in force in this State at the date of the
17         applicant's license;
18         (E) That if the applicant seeks to treat human ailments
19     without the use of drugs and without operative surgery:
20             (1) the applicant is a graduate of a chiropractic
21         school or college approved by the Department at the
22         time of their graduation;
23             (2) the requirements for the applicant's license
24         to practice the treatment of human ailments without the
25         use of drugs are deemed by the Department to have been
26         substantially equivalent to the requirements for a

 

 

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1         license to practice in this State at the date of the
2         applicant's license;
3         (F) That the Department may, in its discretion, issue a
4     license, without examination, to any graduate of a medical
5     or osteopathic college, reputable and in good standing in
6     the judgment of the Department, who has passed an
7     examination for admission to the United States Public
8     Health Service, or who has passed any other examination
9     deemed by the Department to have been at least equal in all
10     substantial respects to the examination required for
11     admission to any such medical corps;
12         (G) That applications for licenses without examination
13     shall be filed with the Department, under oath, on forms
14     prepared and furnished by the Department, and shall set
15     forth, and applicants therefor shall supply such
16     information respecting the life, education, professional
17     practice, and moral character of applicants as the
18     Department may require to be filed for its use;
19         (H) That the applicant undergo the criminal background
20     check established under Section 9.7 of this Act.
21     A continuous faculty appointment at a single Illinois
22 institution for a period of at least 2 years without incident
23 shall be deemed substantially equivalent to any clinical
24 examination requirement for an applicant who seeks to practice
25 medicine in all of its branches or treat human ailments without
26 the use of drugs and without operative surgery and who holds an

 

 

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1 active Visiting Professor Permit.
2     In the exercise of its discretion under this Section, the
3 Department is empowered to consider and evaluate each applicant
4 on an individual basis. It may take into account, among other
5 things, the extent to which there is or is not available to the
6 Department, authentic and definitive information concerning
7 the quality of medical education and clinical training which
8 the applicant has had. Under no circumstances, including those
9 involving applicants who hold an active Visiting Professor
10 Permit and meet the requirements for substantial equivalency
11 for clinical examination requirements, shall a license be
12 issued under the provisions of this Section to any person who
13 has previously taken and failed the written examination
14 conducted by the Department for such license. In determining
15 moral character, the Department may take into consideration
16 whether the applicant has engaged in conduct or activities
17 which would constitute grounds for discipline under this Act.
18 The Department may also request the applicant to submit, and
19 may consider as evidence of moral character, evidence from 2 or
20 3 individuals licensed under this Act. Applicants have 3 years
21 from the date of application to complete the application
22 process. If the process has not been completed within 3 years,
23 the application shall be denied, the fees shall be forfeited,
24 and the applicant must reapply and meet the requirements in
25 effect at the time of reapplication.
26 (Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97; 90-722, eff. 1-1-99.)