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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 SB2382
Introduced 2/3/2004, by Antonio Munoz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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225 ILCS 90/8 |
from Ch. 111, par. 4258 |
225 ILCS 90/8.1 |
from Ch. 111, par. 4258.1 |
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Amends the Illinois Physical Therapy Act. Makes changes in the educational requirements for licensure as a physical therapist and a physical therapist assistants. Provides that the programs of study must be accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (rather than approved by the Department). Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2382 |
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LRB093 16068 AMC 41694 b |
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| AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
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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 Physical Therapy Act is amended by |
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| changing Sections 8 and 8.1 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 90/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 4258)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2006)
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| Sec. 8. Qualifications for licensure as a Physical |
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| Therapist.
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| (a) A person is qualified to receive a license
as a |
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| physical therapist if that person has applied in writing, on |
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| forms
prescribed by the Department, has paid the required fees, |
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| and meets all
of the following requirements:
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| (1) He or she is at least 18 years of age and of good |
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| moral character.
In
determining moral character, the |
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| Department may take into consideration any
felony |
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| conviction of the applicant, but such a conviction shall |
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| not operate
automatically as a complete bar to a license.
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| (2) He or she must have a post-baccalaureate degree |
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| from a
college or university physical therapy education |
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| program approved by the Commission on Accreditation in |
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| Physical
Therapy Education. A person who graduated from a
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| physical therapy program outside the United States or its
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| territories must submit evidence that his or her
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| educational background is substantially equivalent to a
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| post-baccalaureate degree from a Commission on
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| Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education approved |
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| physical therapy educational program and conferred by a |
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| regionally accredited college or university in the United |
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| States.
He or she has graduated from a curriculum in |
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| physical therapy
approved by the Department. In approving a |
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| curriculum in physical therapy,
the Department shall |