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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB4666
Introduced 1/12/2006, by Rep. Arthur L. Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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20 ILCS 2105/2105-400 |
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20 ILCS 2310/2310-625 |
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Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law and the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. In a Section allowing the Director of Professional Regulation to suspend certain licensing requirements after the proclamation of a disaster by the Governor for persons working for the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) and the Department of Public Health, provides that working for IEMA may also include working for an emergency services and disaster agency accredited by IEMA and that working for the Department of Public Health may also include working for a local public health department. Makes corresponding changes to a Section granting similar license suspension powers to the Director of Public Health. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4666 |
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LRB094 16412 RSP 51671 b |
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 Department of Professional Regulation Law of |
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Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by |
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| changing Section 2105-400 as follows: |
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| (20 ILCS 2105/2105-400)
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| Sec. 2105-400. Emergency Powers. |
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| (a) Upon proclamation of a disaster by the Governor, as |
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| provided for in the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, |
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| the Director of Professional Regulation shall have the |
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| following powers, which shall be exercised only in coordination |
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| with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the |
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| Department of Public Health:
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| (1) The power to suspend the requirements for permanent |
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| or temporary licensure of persons who are licensed in |
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| another state and are working under the direction of the |
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| Illinois Emergency Management Agency (or an emergency |
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| services and disaster agency accredited by the Illinois |
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| Emergency Management Agency) and the Department of Public |
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| Health (or a local public health department) pursuant to a |
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| declared disaster. |
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| (2) The power to modify the scope of practice |
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| restrictions under any licensing act administered by the |
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| Department for any person working under the direction of |
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| the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (or an emergency |
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| services and disaster agency accredited by the Illinois |
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| Emergency Management Agency) and the Illinois Department |
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| of Public Health (or a local public health department)
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| pursuant to the declared disaster. |
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| (3) The power to expand the exemption in Section 4(a) |
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| of the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987 to those licensed |