Health Care Licenses Committee

Filed: 2/24/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4974

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4974 on page 1,
3 immediately below line 3, by inserting the following:
 
4     "Section 3. The Illinois Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank
5 Act is amended by changing Section 7-101 as follows:
 
6     (210 ILCS 25/7-101)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 627-101)
7     Sec. 7-101. Examination of specimens. A clinical
8 laboratory shall examine specimens only at the request of (i) a
9 licensed physician, (ii) a licensed dentist, (iii) a licensed
10 podiatrist, (iv) a therapeutic optometrist for diagnostic or
11 therapeutic purposes related to the use of diagnostic topical
12 or therapeutic ocular pharmaceutical agents, as defined in
13 subsections (c) and (d) of Section 15.1 of the Illinois
14 Optometric Practice Act of 1987, (v) a licensed physician
15 assistant in accordance with the written guidelines required
16 under subdivision (3) of Section 4 and under Section 7.5 of the

 

 

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1 Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987, (v-A) an advanced
2 practice nurse in accordance with the written collaborative
3 agreement required under Section 65-35 of the Nurse Practice
4 Act, or (vi) an authorized law enforcement agency or, in the
5 case of blood alcohol, at the request of the individual for
6 whom the test is to be performed in compliance with Sections
7 11-501 and 11-501.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, or (vii) a
8 genetic counselor with the specific authority from a referral
9 to order a test or tests pursuant to subsection (b) of Section
10 20 of the Genetic Counselor Licensing Act. If the request to a
11 laboratory is oral, the physician or other authorized person
12 shall submit a written request to the laboratory within 48
13 hours. If the laboratory does not receive the written request
14 within that period, it shall note that fact in its records. For
15 purposes of this Section, a request made by electronic mail or
16 fax constitutes a written request.
17 (Source: P.A. 95-639, eff. 10-5-07.)"; and
 
18 on page 1, line 5, after "20,", by inserting "60,"; and
 
19 on page 2, by replacing line 3 with the following:
20 "which may include the ordering of genetic tests, pursuant to a
21 referral, to"; and
 
22 on page 5, line 21, after "counselor", by inserting "pursuant
23 to a referral that gives the specific authority to order

 

 

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1 genetic tests"; and
 
2 on page 6, line 26, after "test", by inserting "(unless
3 authorized in a referral)"; and
 
4 on page 7, immediately below line 9, by inserting the
5 following:
 
6     (225 ILCS 135/60)
7     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2015)
8     Sec. 60. Temporary licensure. A temporary license may be
9 issued to an individual who has made application to the
10 Department, has submitted evidence to the Department of
11 admission to the certifying examination administered by the
12 ABGC or the ABMG or either of its successor agencies, has met
13 all of the requirements for licensure in accordance with
14 Section 55 of this Act, except the examination requirement of
15 item (4) of Section 55 of this Act, and has met any other
16 condition established by rule. The holder of a temporary
17 license shall practice only under the supervision of a
18 qualified supervisor and may not have the authority to order
19 genetic tests. Nothing in this Section prohibits an applicant
20 from re-applying for a temporary license if he or she meets the
21 qualifications of this Section.
22 (Source: P.A. 93-1041, eff. 9-29-04; 94-661, eff. 1-1-06.)".