Full Text of SB0218 103rd General Assembly
SB0218sam001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Ann Gillespie Filed: 3/24/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 218
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 218 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 | 5 | | is amended by changing Sections 4 and 21 and by adding Sections | 6 | | 7.6 and 7.9 as follows:
| 7 | | (225 ILCS 95/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 4604)
| 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
| 9 | | Sec. 4. Definitions. In this Act:
| 10 | | 1. "Department" means the Department of Financial and
| 11 | | Professional Regulation.
| 12 | | 2. "Secretary" means the Secretary
of Financial and | 13 | | Professional Regulation.
| 14 | | 3. "Physician assistant" means any person not holding an | 15 | | active license or permit issued by the Department pursuant to | 16 | | the Medical Practice Act of 1987 who has been
certified as a |
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| 1 | | physician assistant by the National Commission on the
| 2 | | Certification of Physician Assistants or equivalent successor | 3 | | agency and
performs procedures in collaboration with a | 4 | | physician as defined in this
Act. A physician assistant may | 5 | | perform such procedures within the
specialty of the | 6 | | collaborating physician, except that such physician shall
| 7 | | exercise such direction, collaboration, and control over such | 8 | | physician
assistants as will assure that patients shall | 9 | | receive quality medical
care. Physician assistants shall be | 10 | | capable of performing a variety of tasks
within the specialty | 11 | | of medical care in collaboration with a physician.
| 12 | | Collaboration with the physician assistant shall not be | 13 | | construed to
necessarily require the personal presence of the | 14 | | collaborating physician at
all times at the place where | 15 | | services are rendered, as long as there is
communication | 16 | | available for consultation by radio, telephone or
| 17 | | telecommunications within established guidelines as determined | 18 | | by the
physician/physician assistant team. The collaborating | 19 | | physician may delegate
tasks and duties to the physician | 20 | | assistant. Delegated tasks or duties
shall be consistent with | 21 | | physician assistant education, training, and
experience. The | 22 | | delegated tasks or duties shall be specific to the
practice | 23 | | setting and shall be implemented and reviewed under a written | 24 | | collaborative agreement
established by the physician or | 25 | | physician/physician assistant team. A
physician assistant, | 26 | | acting as an agent of the physician, shall be
permitted to |
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| 1 | | transmit the collaborating physician's orders as determined by
| 2 | | the institution's by-laws, policies, procedures, or job | 3 | | description within
which the physician/physician assistant | 4 | | team practices. Physician
assistants shall practice only in | 5 | | accordance with a written collaborative agreement.
| 6 | | Any person who holds an active license or permit issued | 7 | | pursuant to the Medical Practice Act of 1987 shall have that | 8 | | license automatically placed into inactive status upon | 9 | | issuance of a physician assistant license. Any person who | 10 | | holds an active license as a physician assistant who is issued | 11 | | a license or permit pursuant to the Medical Practice Act of | 12 | | 1987 shall have his or her physician assistant license | 13 | | automatically placed into inactive status. | 14 | | 3.5. "Physician assistant practice" means the performance | 15 | | of procedures within the specialty of the collaborating | 16 | | physician. Physician assistants shall be capable of performing | 17 | | a variety of tasks within the specialty of medical care of the | 18 | | collaborating physician. Collaboration with the physician | 19 | | assistant shall not be construed to necessarily require the | 20 | | personal presence of the collaborating physician at all times | 21 | | at the place where services are rendered, as long as there is | 22 | | communication available for consultation by radio, telephone, | 23 | | telecommunications, or electronic communications. The | 24 | | collaborating physician may delegate tasks and duties to the | 25 | | physician assistant. Delegated tasks or duties shall be | 26 | | consistent with physician assistant education, training, and |
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| 1 | | experience. The delegated tasks or duties shall be specific to | 2 | | the practice setting and shall be implemented and reviewed | 3 | | under a written collaborative agreement established by the | 4 | | physician or physician/physician assistant team. A physician | 5 | | assistant shall be permitted to transmit the collaborating | 6 | | physician's orders as determined by the institution's bylaws, | 7 | | policies, or procedures or the job description within which | 8 | | the physician/physician assistant team practices. Physician | 9 | | assistants shall practice only in accordance with a written | 10 | | collaborative agreement, except as provided in Section 7.5 of | 11 | | this Act. | 12 | | 4. "Board" means the Medical Licensing Board
constituted | 13 | | under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
| 14 | | 5. (Blank).
| 15 | | 6. "Physician" means a person licensed to
practice | 16 | | medicine in all of its branches under the Medical Practice Act | 17 | | of 1987.
| 18 | | 7. "Collaborating physician" means the physician who, | 19 | | within
his or her specialty and expertise, may delegate a | 20 | | variety of
tasks and procedures to the physician assistant. | 21 | | Such tasks and
procedures shall be delegated in accordance | 22 | | with a written
collaborative agreement when such agreement is
| 23 | | required under this Act .
| 24 | | 8. (Blank).
| 25 | | 9. "Address of record" means the designated address | 26 | | recorded by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's |
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| 1 | | application file or license file maintained by the | 2 | | Department's licensure maintenance unit.
| 3 | | 10. "Hospital affiliate" means a corporation, partnership, | 4 | | joint venture, limited liability company, or similar | 5 | | organization, other than a hospital, that is devoted primarily | 6 | | to the provision, management, or support of health care | 7 | | services and that directly or indirectly controls, is | 8 | | controlled by, or is under common control of the hospital. For | 9 | | the purposes of this definition, "control" means having at | 10 | | least an equal or a majority ownership or membership interest. | 11 | | A hospital affiliate shall be 100% owned or controlled by any | 12 | | combination of hospitals, their parent corporations, or | 13 | | physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches | 14 | | in Illinois. "Hospital affiliate" does not include a health | 15 | | maintenance organization regulated under the Health | 16 | | Maintenance Organization Act. | 17 | | 11. "Email address of record" means the designated email | 18 | | address recorded by the Department in the applicant's | 19 | | application file or the licensee's license file, as maintained | 20 | | by the Department's licensure maintenance unit. | 21 | | 12. "Federally qualified health center" means a facility | 22 | | that meets the definition in 42 U.S.C. 1396d(I)(2)(B). | 23 | | 13. "Rural health clinic" means a facility that meets the | 24 | | definition in 42 U.S.C. 1396d(I)(1). | 25 | | (Source: P.A. 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23.)
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| 1 | | (225 ILCS 95/7.6 new) | 2 | | Sec. 7.6. Written collaborative agreement; temporary | 3 | | practice. Any physician assistant required to enter into a | 4 | | written collaborative agreement with a collaborating physician | 5 | | is authorized to continue to practice for up to 90 days after | 6 | | the termination of a collaborative agreement, provided the | 7 | | physician assistant seeks any necessary collaboration at a | 8 | | local hospital and refers patients who require services beyond | 9 | | the training and experience of the physician assistant to a | 10 | | physician or other health care provider. | 11 | | (225 ILCS 95/7.9 new) | 12 | | Sec. 7.9. Optimal practice authority. | 13 | | (a) A physician assistant who practices in a federally | 14 | | qualified health center or a rural health clinic shall be | 15 | | deemed by law to possess the ability to practice without a | 16 | | written collaborative agreement as set forth in this Section. | 17 | | (b) A physician assistant who files with the Department a | 18 | | notarized attestation of completion of at least 250 hours of | 19 | | continuing education or training and at least 4,000 hours of | 20 | | clinical experience after first attaining national | 21 | | certification shall not be required to practice with a written | 22 | | collaborative agreement. Documentation of successful | 23 | | completion shall be provided to the Department upon request.
| 24 | | (225 ILCS 95/21) (from Ch. 111, par. 4621)
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| 1 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
| 2 | | Sec. 21. Grounds for disciplinary action.
| 3 | | (a) The Department may refuse to issue or to renew, or may
| 4 | | revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or take other
| 5 | | disciplinary or non-disciplinary action with regard to any | 6 | | license issued under this Act as the
Department may deem | 7 | | proper, including the issuance of fines not to exceed
$10,000
| 8 | | for each violation, for any one or combination of the | 9 | | following causes:
| 10 | | (1) Material misstatement in furnishing information to | 11 | | the Department.
| 12 | | (2) Violations of this Act, or the rules adopted under | 13 | | this Act.
| 14 | | (3) Conviction by plea of guilty or nolo contendere, | 15 | | finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment or | 16 | | sentencing, including, but not limited to, convictions, | 17 | | preceding sentences of supervision, conditional discharge, | 18 | | or first offender probation, under the laws of any | 19 | | jurisdiction of the United States that is: (i) a felony; | 20 | | or (ii) a misdemeanor, an essential element of which is | 21 | | dishonesty, or that is directly related to the practice of | 22 | | the profession.
| 23 | | (4) Making any misrepresentation for the purpose of | 24 | | obtaining licenses.
| 25 | | (5) Professional incompetence.
| 26 | | (6) Aiding or assisting another person in violating |
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| 1 | | any provision of this
Act or its rules.
| 2 | | (7) Failing, within 60 days, to provide information in | 3 | | response to a
written request made by the Department.
| 4 | | (8) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or | 5 | | unprofessional conduct, as
defined by rule, of a character | 6 | | likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the public.
| 7 | | (9) Habitual or excessive use or addiction to alcohol, | 8 | | narcotics,
stimulants, or any other chemical agent or drug | 9 | | that results in a physician
assistant's inability to | 10 | | practice with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
| 11 | | (10) Discipline by another U.S. jurisdiction or | 12 | | foreign nation, if at
least one of the grounds for | 13 | | discipline is the same or substantially equivalent
to | 14 | | those set forth in this Section.
| 15 | | (11) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving | 16 | | from any person, firm,
corporation, partnership, or | 17 | | association any fee, commission, rebate or
other form of | 18 | | compensation for any professional services not actually or
| 19 | | personally rendered. Nothing in this paragraph (11) | 20 | | affects any bona fide independent contractor or employment | 21 | | arrangements, which may include provisions for | 22 | | compensation, health insurance, pension, or other | 23 | | employment benefits, with persons or entities authorized | 24 | | under this Act for the provision of services within the | 25 | | scope of the licensee's practice under this Act.
| 26 | | (12) A finding by the Board that the licensee, after |
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| 1 | | having
his or her license placed on probationary status, | 2 | | has violated the terms of
probation.
| 3 | | (13) Abandonment of a patient.
| 4 | | (14) Willfully making or filing false records or | 5 | | reports in his or her
practice, including but not limited | 6 | | to false records filed with State agencies
or departments.
| 7 | | (15) Willfully failing to report an instance of | 8 | | suspected child abuse or
neglect as required by the Abused | 9 | | and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
| 10 | | (16) Physical illness, or mental illness or impairment
| 11 | | that results in the inability to practice the profession | 12 | | with
reasonable judgment, skill, or safety, including, but | 13 | | not limited to, deterioration through the aging process or | 14 | | loss of motor skill.
| 15 | | (17) Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated | 16 | | report by the
Department of Children and Family Services | 17 | | under the Abused and
Neglected Child Reporting Act, and | 18 | | upon proof by clear and convincing evidence
that the | 19 | | licensee has caused a child to be an abused child or | 20 | | neglected child
as defined in the Abused and Neglected | 21 | | Child Reporting Act.
| 22 | | (18) (Blank).
| 23 | | (19) Gross negligence
resulting in permanent injury or | 24 | | death
of a patient.
| 25 | | (20) Employment of fraud, deception or any unlawful | 26 | | means in applying for
or securing a license as a physician |
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| 1 | | assistant.
| 2 | | (21) Exceeding the authority delegated to him or her | 3 | | by his or her collaborating
physician in a written | 4 | | collaborative agreement when such agreement is required
| 5 | | under this Act .
| 6 | | (22) Immoral conduct in the commission of any act, | 7 | | such as sexual abuse,
sexual misconduct, or sexual | 8 | | exploitation related to the licensee's practice.
| 9 | | (23) Violation of the Health Care Worker Self-Referral | 10 | | Act.
| 11 | | (24) Practicing under a false or assumed name, except | 12 | | as provided by law.
| 13 | | (25) Making a false or misleading statement regarding | 14 | | his or her skill or
the efficacy or value of the medicine, | 15 | | treatment, or remedy prescribed by him
or her in the | 16 | | course of treatment.
| 17 | | (26) Allowing another person to use his or her license | 18 | | to practice.
| 19 | | (27) Prescribing, selling, administering, | 20 | | distributing, giving, or
self-administering a drug | 21 | | classified as a controlled substance for other than | 22 | | medically accepted therapeutic purposes.
| 23 | | (28) Promotion of the sale of drugs, devices, | 24 | | appliances, or goods
provided for a patient in a manner to | 25 | | exploit the patient for financial gain.
| 26 | | (29) A pattern of practice or other behavior that |
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| 1 | | demonstrates incapacity
or incompetence to practice under | 2 | | this Act.
| 3 | | (30) Violating State or federal laws or regulations | 4 | | relating to controlled
substances or other legend drugs or | 5 | | ephedra as defined in the Ephedra Prohibition Act.
| 6 | | (31) Exceeding the prescriptive authority delegated by | 7 | | the collaborating
physician or violating the written | 8 | | collaborative agreement delegating that
authority.
| 9 | | (32) Practicing without providing to the Department a | 10 | | notice of collaboration
or delegation of
prescriptive | 11 | | authority.
| 12 | | (33) Failure to establish and maintain records of | 13 | | patient care and treatment as required by law. | 14 | | (34) Attempting to subvert or cheat on the examination | 15 | | of the National Commission on Certification of Physician | 16 | | Assistants or its successor agency. | 17 | | (35) Willfully or negligently violating the | 18 | | confidentiality between physician assistant and patient, | 19 | | except as required by law. | 20 | | (36) Willfully failing to report an instance of | 21 | | suspected abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or | 22 | | self-neglect of an eligible adult as defined in and | 23 | | required by the Adult Protective Services Act. | 24 | | (37) Being named as an abuser in a verified report by | 25 | | the Department on Aging under the Adult Protective | 26 | | Services Act and upon proof by clear and convincing |
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| 1 | | evidence that the licensee abused, neglected, or | 2 | | financially exploited an eligible adult as defined in the | 3 | | Adult Protective Services Act. | 4 | | (38) Failure to report to the Department an adverse | 5 | | final action taken against him or her by another licensing | 6 | | jurisdiction of the United States or a foreign state or | 7 | | country, a peer review body, a health care institution, a | 8 | | professional society or association, a governmental | 9 | | agency, a law enforcement agency, or a court acts or | 10 | | conduct similar to acts or conduct that would constitute | 11 | | grounds for action under this Section. | 12 | | (39) Failure to provide copies of records of patient | 13 | | care or treatment, except as required by law. | 14 | | (40) Entering into an excessive number of written | 15 | | collaborative agreements with licensed physicians | 16 | | resulting in an inability to adequately collaborate. | 17 | | (41) Repeated failure to adequately collaborate with a | 18 | | collaborating physician. | 19 | | (42) Violating the Compassionate Use of Medical | 20 | | Cannabis Program Act. | 21 | | (b) The Department may, without a hearing, refuse to issue | 22 | | or renew or may suspend the license of any
person who fails to | 23 | | file a return, or to pay the tax, penalty or interest
shown in | 24 | | a filed return, or to pay any final assessment of the tax,
| 25 | | penalty, or interest as required by any tax Act administered | 26 | | by the
Illinois Department of Revenue, until such time as the |
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| 1 | | requirements of any
such tax Act are satisfied.
| 2 | | (b-5) The Department shall not revoke, suspend, summarily | 3 | | suspend, place on prohibition, reprimand, refuse to issue or
| 4 | | renew, or take any other disciplinary or non-disciplinary
| 5 | | action against the license or permit issued under this Act to
| 6 | | practice as a physician assistant based solely upon the
| 7 | | physician assistant providing, authorizing, recommending,
| 8 | | aiding, assisting, referring for, or otherwise participating
| 9 | | in any health care service, so long as the care was not | 10 | | unlawful
under the laws of this State,
regardless of whether | 11 | | the patient was a resident of this State
or another state. | 12 | | (b-10) The Department shall not revoke, suspend, summarily
| 13 | | suspend, place on prohibition, reprimand, refuse to issue or
| 14 | | renew, or take any other disciplinary or non-disciplinary
| 15 | | action against the license or permit issued under this Act to
| 16 | | practice as a physician assistant based upon the physician
| 17 | | assistant's license being revoked or suspended, or the
| 18 | | physician assistant being otherwise disciplined by any other
| 19 | | state, if that revocation, suspension, or other form of
| 20 | | discipline was based solely on the physician assistant
| 21 | | violating another state's laws prohibiting the provision of,
| 22 | | authorization of, recommendation of, aiding or assisting in,
| 23 | | referring for, or participation in any health care service if
| 24 | | that health care service as provided would not have been | 25 | | unlawful under the laws of this State
and is consistent with | 26 | | the standards of conduct for a physician
assistant practicing |
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| 1 | | in Illinois. | 2 | | (b-15) The conduct specified in subsections (b-5) and | 3 | | (b-10)
shall not constitute grounds for suspension under | 4 | | Section
22.13. | 5 | | (b-20) An applicant seeking licensure, certification, or
| 6 | | authorization pursuant to this Act who has been subject to
| 7 | | disciplinary action by a duly authorized professional
| 8 | | disciplinary agency of another jurisdiction solely on the
| 9 | | basis of having provided, authorized, recommended, aided,
| 10 | | assisted, referred for, or otherwise participated in health
| 11 | | care shall not be denied such licensure, certification, or
| 12 | | authorization, unless the Department determines that such | 13 | | action would have constituted professional misconduct in this
| 14 | | State; however, nothing in this Section shall be
construed as | 15 | | prohibiting the Department from evaluating the
conduct of such | 16 | | applicant and making a determination regarding
the licensure, | 17 | | certification, or authorization to practice a
profession under | 18 | | this Act. | 19 | | (c) The determination by a circuit court that a licensee | 20 | | is subject to
involuntary admission or judicial admission as | 21 | | provided in the Mental Health
and Developmental Disabilities | 22 | | Code operates as an automatic suspension.
The
suspension will | 23 | | end only upon a finding by a court that the patient is no
| 24 | | longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission | 25 | | and issues an
order so finding and discharging the patient, | 26 | | and upon the
recommendation of
the Board to the Secretary
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| 1 | | the licensee be allowed to resume
his or her practice.
| 2 | | (d) In enforcing this Section, the Department upon a | 3 | | showing of a
possible
violation may compel an individual | 4 | | licensed to practice under this Act, or
who has applied for | 5 | | licensure under this Act, to submit
to a mental or physical | 6 | | examination, or both, which may include a substance abuse or | 7 | | sexual offender evaluation, as required by and at the expense
| 8 | | of the Department. | 9 | | The Department shall specifically designate the examining | 10 | | physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches | 11 | | or, if applicable, the multidisciplinary team involved in | 12 | | providing the mental or physical examination or both. The | 13 | | multidisciplinary team shall be led by a physician licensed to | 14 | | practice medicine in all of its branches and may consist of one | 15 | | or more or a combination of physicians licensed to practice | 16 | | medicine in all of its branches, licensed clinical | 17 | | psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, licensed | 18 | | clinical professional counselors, and other professional and | 19 | | administrative staff. Any examining physician or member of the | 20 | | multidisciplinary team may require any person ordered to | 21 | | submit to an examination pursuant to this Section to submit to | 22 | | any additional supplemental testing deemed necessary to | 23 | | complete any examination or evaluation process, including, but | 24 | | not limited to, blood testing, urinalysis, psychological | 25 | | testing, or neuropsychological testing. | 26 | | The Department may order the examining physician or any |
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| 1 | | member of the multidisciplinary team to provide to the | 2 | | Department any and all records, including business records, | 3 | | that relate to the examination and evaluation, including any | 4 | | supplemental testing performed. | 5 | | The Department may order the examining physician or any | 6 | | member of the multidisciplinary team to
present
testimony | 7 | | concerning the mental or physical examination of the licensee | 8 | | or
applicant. No information, report, record, or other | 9 | | documents in any way related to the examination shall be | 10 | | excluded by reason of any common law or
statutory privilege | 11 | | relating to communications between the licensee or
applicant | 12 | | and the examining physician or any member of the | 13 | | multidisciplinary team. No authorization is necessary from the | 14 | | licensee or applicant ordered to undergo an examination for | 15 | | the examining physician or any member of the multidisciplinary | 16 | | team to provide information, reports, records, or other | 17 | | documents or to provide any testimony regarding the | 18 | | examination and evaluation. | 19 | | The individual to be examined may have, at his or her own | 20 | | expense, another
physician of his or her choice present during | 21 | | all
aspects of this examination. However, that physician shall | 22 | | be present only to observe and may not interfere in any way | 23 | | with the examination. | 24 | | Failure of an individual to submit to a mental
or
physical | 25 | | examination, when ordered, shall result in an automatic | 26 | | suspension of his or
her
license until the individual submits |
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| 1 | | to the examination.
| 2 | | If the Department finds an individual unable to practice | 3 | | because of
the
reasons
set forth in this Section, the | 4 | | Department may require that individual
to submit
to
care, | 5 | | counseling, or treatment by physicians approved
or designated | 6 | | by the Department, as a condition, term, or restriction
for | 7 | | continued,
reinstated, or
renewed licensure to practice; or, | 8 | | in lieu of care, counseling, or treatment,
the Department may | 9 | | file
a complaint to immediately
suspend, revoke, or otherwise | 10 | | discipline the license of the individual.
An individual whose
| 11 | | license was granted, continued, reinstated, renewed, | 12 | | disciplined, or supervised
subject to such terms, conditions, | 13 | | or restrictions, and who fails to comply
with
such terms, | 14 | | conditions, or restrictions, shall be referred to the | 15 | | Secretary
for
a
determination as to whether the individual | 16 | | shall have his or her license
suspended immediately, pending a | 17 | | hearing by the Department.
| 18 | | In instances in which the Secretary
immediately suspends a | 19 | | person's license
under this Section, a hearing on that | 20 | | person's license must be convened by
the Department within 30
| 21 | | days after the suspension and completed without
appreciable
| 22 | | delay.
The Department shall have the authority to review the | 23 | | subject
individual's record of
treatment and counseling | 24 | | regarding the impairment to the extent permitted by
applicable | 25 | | federal statutes and regulations safeguarding the | 26 | | confidentiality of
medical records.
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| 1 | | An individual licensed under this Act and affected under | 2 | | this Section shall
be
afforded an opportunity to demonstrate | 3 | | to the Department that he or
she can resume
practice in | 4 | | compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards under the
| 5 | | provisions of his or her license.
| 6 | | (e) An individual or organization acting in good faith, | 7 | | and not in a willful and wanton manner, in complying with this | 8 | | Section by providing a report or other information to the | 9 | | Board, by assisting in the investigation or preparation of a | 10 | | report or information, by participating in proceedings of the | 11 | | Board, or by serving as a member of the Board, shall not be | 12 | | subject to criminal prosecution or civil damages as a result | 13 | | of such actions. | 14 | | (f) Members of the Board shall be indemnified by the State | 15 | | for any actions occurring within the scope of services on the | 16 | | Board, done in good faith and not willful and wanton in nature. | 17 | | The Attorney General shall defend all such actions unless he | 18 | | or she determines either that there would be a conflict of | 19 | | interest in such representation or that the actions complained | 20 | | of were not in good faith or were willful and wanton. | 21 | | If the Attorney General declines representation, the | 22 | | member has the right to employ counsel of his or her choice, | 23 | | whose fees shall be provided by the State, after approval by | 24 | | the Attorney General, unless there is a determination by a | 25 | | court that the member's actions were not in good faith or were | 26 | | willful and wanton. |
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| 1 | | The member must notify the Attorney General within 7 days | 2 | | after receipt of notice of the initiation of any action | 3 | | involving services of the Board. Failure to so notify the | 4 | | Attorney General constitutes an absolute waiver of the right | 5 | | to a defense and indemnification. | 6 | | The Attorney General shall determine, within 7 days after | 7 | | receiving such notice, whether he or she will undertake to | 8 | | represent the member. | 9 | | (g) The Department may adopt rules to implement the | 10 | | changes made by this amendatory Act of the 102nd General | 11 | | Assembly. | 12 | | (Source: P.A. 101-363, eff. 8-9-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; | 13 | | 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23.)".
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