Full Text of SB1951 102nd General Assembly
SB1951 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB1951 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Emil Jones, III SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides for the licensure of naturopathic physicians. Makes conforming changes in various other Acts. Effective immediately.
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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 1. Findings. The General Assembly finds that: | 5 | | (1) naturopathic medicine is not currently regulated | 6 | | in Illinois, and needs to be on the principles of freedom | 7 | | of choice in healthcare and consumer protection; | 8 | | (2) naturopathic physicians are trained alongside and | 9 | | at the same standard as chiropractic physicians in | 10 | | Illinois; | 11 | | (3) naturopathic medicine has a federally recognized | 12 | | accreditation agency, the Council on Naturopathic Medical | 13 | | Education, which makes identification of properly | 14 | | credentialed individuals simple and straightforward; | 15 | | (4) naturopathic medicine has a common licensing | 16 | | examination used across North America, the Naturopathic | 17 | | Physicians Licensing Examinations (NPLEX); and | 18 | | (5) citizens of Illinois are obtaining the credentials | 19 | | for naturopathic physicians but do not currently have a | 20 | | legislative framework that allows them to practice in the | 21 | | State. | 22 | | Section 5. The Geriatric Medicine Assistance Act is | 23 | | amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
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| 1 | | (20 ILCS 3945/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 2002)
| 2 | | Sec. 2. There is created the Geriatric Medicine Assistance | 3 | | Commission. The Commission shall receive and approve | 4 | | applications for grants from schools,
recognized by the | 5 | | Department of Professional Regulation as being authorized
to | 6 | | confer doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathy, doctor of | 7 | | chiropractic , doctor of naturopathic medicine,
or registered | 8 | | professional nursing degrees in the State, to help finance
the | 9 | | establishment of geriatric medicine programs within such | 10 | | schools. In
determining eligibility for grants, the Commission | 11 | | shall give preference to
those programs which exhibit the | 12 | | greatest potential for directly benefiting
the largest number | 13 | | of elderly citizens in the State. The Commission may not
| 14 | | approve the application of any institution which is unable to | 15 | | demonstrate
its current financial stability and reasonable | 16 | | prospects for future
stability. No institution which fails to | 17 | | possess and maintain an open
policy with respect to race, | 18 | | creed, color and sex as to admission of
students, appointment | 19 | | of faculty and employment of staff shall be eligible
for | 20 | | grants under this Act. The Commission shall establish such | 21 | | rules and
standards as it deems necessary for the | 22 | | implementation of this Act.
| 23 | | The Commission shall be composed of 8 members selected as | 24 | | follows: 2
physicians licensed to practice under the Medical | 25 | | Practice Act of 1987
and specializing in geriatric medicine; a |
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| 1 | | registered professional nurse
licensed under the Nurse | 2 | | Practice Act and specializing in
geriatric health care; 2 | 3 | | representatives of organizations
interested in geriatric
| 4 | | medicine or the care of the elderly; and 3 individuals 60 or | 5 | | older who are
interested in geriatric health care or the care | 6 | | of the
elderly. The members of
the Commission shall be | 7 | | selected by the Governor from a list
of recommendations | 8 | | submitted to him by organizations concerned with geriatric
| 9 | | medicine or the care of the elderly.
| 10 | | The terms of the members of the Commission shall be 4 | 11 | | years, except that
of the members initially appointed, 2 shall | 12 | | be designated to serve until
January 1, 1986, 3 until January | 13 | | 1, 1988, and 2 until January 1, 1990.
Members of the Commission | 14 | | shall receive no compensation, but shall be
reimbursed for | 15 | | actual expenses incurred in carrying out their duties.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 95-639, eff. 10-5-07.)
| 17 | | Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing | 18 | | Sections 24-6 and 26-1 as follows:
| 19 | | (105 ILCS 5/24-6)
| 20 | | Sec. 24-6. Sick leave. The school boards of all school | 21 | | districts, including special charter
districts, but not | 22 | | including school districts in municipalities of 500,000
or | 23 | | more, shall grant their full-time teachers, and also shall | 24 | | grant
such of their other employees as are eligible to |
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| 1 | | participate in the
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund under | 2 | | the "600-Hour Standard"
established, or under such other | 3 | | eligibility participation standard as may
from time to time be | 4 | | established, by rules and regulations now or hereafter
| 5 | | promulgated by the Board of that Fund under Section 7-198 of | 6 | | the Illinois
Pension Code, as now or hereafter amended, sick | 7 | | leave
provisions not less in amount than 10 days at full pay in | 8 | | each school year.
If any such teacher or employee does not use | 9 | | the full amount of annual leave
thus allowed, the unused | 10 | | amount shall be allowed to accumulate to a minimum
available | 11 | | leave of 180 days at full pay, including the leave of the | 12 | | current
year. Sick leave shall be interpreted to mean personal | 13 | | illness, quarantine
at home, serious illness or death in the | 14 | | immediate family or household, or
birth, adoption, or | 15 | | placement for adoption.
The school board may require a | 16 | | certificate from a physician licensed in Illinois to practice | 17 | | medicine and surgery in all its branches, a chiropractic | 18 | | physician or naturopathic physician licensed under the Medical | 19 | | Practice Act of 1987, a licensed advanced practice registered | 20 | | nurse, a licensed physician assistant, or, if the treatment
is | 21 | | by prayer or spiritual means, a spiritual adviser or
| 22 | | practitioner of the teacher's or employee's faith as a basis | 23 | | for pay during leave after
an absence of 3 days for personal | 24 | | illness or 30 days for birth or as the school board may deem | 25 | | necessary in
other cases. If the school board does require a
| 26 | | certificate
as a basis for pay during leave of
less than 3 days |
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| 1 | | for personal illness, the school board shall pay, from school | 2 | | funds, the
expenses incurred by the teachers or other | 3 | | employees in obtaining the certificate. For paid leave for | 4 | | adoption or placement for adoption, the school board may | 5 | | require that the teacher or other employee provide evidence | 6 | | that the formal adoption process is underway, and such leave | 7 | | is limited to 30 days unless a longer leave has been negotiated | 8 | | with the exclusive bargaining representative.
| 9 | | If, by reason of any change in the boundaries of school | 10 | | districts, or by
reason of the creation of a new school | 11 | | district, the employment of a
teacher is transferred to a new | 12 | | or different board, the accumulated sick
leave of such teacher | 13 | | is not thereby lost, but is transferred to such new
or | 14 | | different district.
| 15 | | For purposes of this Section, "immediate family" shall | 16 | | include parents,
spouse, brothers, sisters, children, | 17 | | grandparents, grandchildren,
parents-in-law, brothers-in-law, | 18 | | sisters-in-law, and legal guardians.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 99-173, eff. 7-29-15; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18 .)
| 20 | | (105 ILCS 5/26-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-1)
| 21 | | Sec. 26-1. Compulsory school age; exemptions. Whoever has | 22 | | custody or control of any child (i) between the ages of 7 and | 23 | | 17
years (unless the child has already graduated from high | 24 | | school) for school years before the 2014-2015 school year or | 25 | | (ii) between the ages
of 6 (on or before September 1) and 17 |
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| 1 | | years (unless the child has already graduated from high | 2 | | school) beginning with the 2014-2015 school year
shall cause | 3 | | such child to attend some public school in the district
| 4 | | wherein the child resides the entire time it is in session | 5 | | during the
regular school term, except as provided in Section | 6 | | 10-19.1, and during a
required summer school program | 7 | | established under Section 10-22.33B; provided,
that
the | 8 | | following children shall not be required to attend the public | 9 | | schools:
| 10 | | 1. Any child attending a private or a parochial school | 11 | | where children
are taught the branches of education taught | 12 | | to children of corresponding
age and grade in the public | 13 | | schools, and where the instruction of the child
in the | 14 | | branches of education is in the English language;
| 15 | | 2. Any child who is physically or mentally unable to | 16 | | attend school, such
disability being certified to the | 17 | | county or district truant officer by a
competent physician | 18 | | licensed in Illinois to practice medicine and surgery in | 19 | | all its branches, a chiropractic physician or naturopathic | 20 | | physician licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, | 21 | | a licensed advanced practice registered nurse, a licensed | 22 | | physician assistant, or a Christian Science practitioner | 23 | | residing in this
State and listed in the Christian Science | 24 | | Journal; or who is excused for
temporary absence for cause | 25 | | by
the principal or teacher of the school which the child | 26 | | attends; the exemptions
in this paragraph (2) do not apply |
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| 1 | | to any female who is pregnant or the
mother of one or more | 2 | | children, except where a female is unable to attend
school | 3 | | due to a complication arising from her pregnancy and the | 4 | | existence
of such complication is certified to the county | 5 | | or district truant officer
by a competent physician;
| 6 | | 3. Any child necessarily and lawfully employed | 7 | | according to the
provisions of the law regulating child | 8 | | labor may be excused from attendance
at school by the | 9 | | county superintendent of schools or the superintendent of
| 10 | | the public school which the child should be attending, on | 11 | | certification of
the facts by and the recommendation of | 12 | | the school board of the public
school district in which | 13 | | the child resides. In districts having part-time
| 14 | | continuation schools, children so excused shall attend | 15 | | such schools at
least 8 hours each week;
| 16 | | 4. Any child over 12 and under 14 years of age while in | 17 | | attendance at
confirmation classes;
| 18 | | 5. Any child absent from a public school on a | 19 | | particular day or days
or at a particular time of day for | 20 | | the reason that he is unable to attend
classes or to | 21 | | participate in any examination, study or work requirements | 22 | | on
a particular day or days or at a particular time of day, | 23 | | because the tenets
of his religion forbid secular activity | 24 | | on a particular day or days or at a
particular time of day. | 25 | | Each school board shall prescribe rules and
regulations | 26 | | relative to absences for religious holidays including, but |
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| 1 | | not
limited to, a list of religious holidays on which it | 2 | | shall be mandatory to
excuse a child; but nothing in this | 3 | | paragraph 5 shall be construed to limit
the right of any | 4 | | school board, at its discretion, to excuse an absence on
| 5 | | any other day by reason of the observance of a religious | 6 | | holiday. A school
board may require the parent or guardian | 7 | | of a child who is to be excused
from attending school due | 8 | | to the observance of a religious holiday to give
notice, | 9 | | not exceeding 5 days, of the child's absence to the school
| 10 | | principal or other school personnel. Any child excused | 11 | | from attending
school under this paragraph 5 shall not be | 12 | | required to submit a written
excuse for such absence after | 13 | | returning to school; | 14 | | 6. Any child 16 years of age or older who (i) submits | 15 | | to a school district evidence of necessary and lawful | 16 | | employment pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Section and | 17 | | (ii) is enrolled in a graduation incentives program | 18 | | pursuant to Section 26-16 of this Code or an alternative | 19 | | learning opportunities program established pursuant to | 20 | | Article 13B of this Code;
| 21 | | 7. A child in any of grades 6 through 12 absent from a | 22 | | public school on a particular day or days or at a | 23 | | particular time of day for the purpose of sounding "Taps" | 24 | | at a military honors funeral held in this State for a | 25 | | deceased veteran. In order to be excused under this | 26 | | paragraph 7, the student shall notify the school's |
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| 1 | | administration at least 2 days prior to the date of the | 2 | | absence and shall provide the school's administration with | 3 | | the date, time, and location of the military
honors | 4 | | funeral. The school's administration may waive this 2-day | 5 | | notification requirement if the student did not receive at | 6 | | least 2 days advance notice, but the student shall notify | 7 | | the school's administration as soon as possible of the | 8 | | absence. A student whose absence is excused under this | 9 | | paragraph 7 shall be counted as if the student attended | 10 | | school for purposes of calculating the average daily | 11 | | attendance of students in the school district. A student | 12 | | whose absence is excused under this paragraph 7 must be | 13 | | allowed a reasonable time to make up school work missed | 14 | | during the absence. If the student satisfactorily | 15 | | completes the school work, the day of absence shall be | 16 | | counted as a day of compulsory attendance and he or she may | 17 | | not be penalized for that absence; and | 18 | | 8. Any child absent from a public school on a | 19 | | particular day or days or at a particular time of day for | 20 | | the reason that his or her parent or legal guardian is an | 21 | | active duty member of the uniformed services and has been | 22 | | called to duty for, is on leave from, or has immediately | 23 | | returned from deployment to a combat zone or | 24 | | combat-support postings. Such a student shall be granted 5 | 25 | | days of excused absences in any school year and, at the | 26 | | discretion of the school board, additional excused |
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| 1 | | absences to visit the student's parent or legal guardian | 2 | | relative to such leave or deployment of the parent or | 3 | | legal guardian. In the case of excused absences pursuant | 4 | | to this paragraph 8, the student and parent or legal | 5 | | guardian shall be responsible for obtaining assignments | 6 | | from the student's teacher prior to any period of excused | 7 | | absence and for ensuring that such assignments are | 8 | | completed by the student prior to his or her return to | 9 | | school from such period of excused absence. | 10 | | (Source: P.A. 99-173, eff. 7-29-15; 99-804, eff. 1-1-17; | 11 | | 100-185, eff. 8-18-17; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18; 100-863, eff. | 12 | | 8-14-18.)
| 13 | | Section 15. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by | 14 | | changing Section 122-1 as follows:
| 15 | | (215 ILCS 5/122-1) (from Ch. 73, par. 734-1)
| 16 | | Sec. 122-1. The authority and jurisdiction of Insurance | 17 | | Department.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and | 18 | | except as provided herein,
any person or other entity which | 19 | | provides coverage in this State for medical,
surgical, | 20 | | chiropractic, naturopathic, naprapathic, physical therapy, | 21 | | speech pathology,
audiology, professional mental health, | 22 | | dental, hospital, ophthalmologic, or
optometric expenses, | 23 | | whether such coverage is by direct-payment, reimbursement,
or | 24 | | otherwise, shall be presumed to be subject to the jurisdiction |
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| 1 | | of the
Department unless the person or other entity shows that | 2 | | while providing such
coverage it is subject to the | 3 | | jurisdiction of another agency of this State,
any subdivision | 4 | | of this State, or the federal government, or is a plan of
| 5 | | self-insurance or other employee welfare benefit program of an | 6 | | individual
employer or labor union established or maintained | 7 | | under or pursuant to a
collective bargaining agreement or | 8 | | other arrangement which provides for
health care services | 9 | | solely for its employees or members and their dependents.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 90-7, eff. 6-10-97.)
| 11 | | Section 20. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended by | 12 | | changing Sections 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, | 13 | | 22, 24, 33, and 34 as follows:
| 14 | | (225 ILCS 60/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-2)
| 15 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| 16 | | Sec. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this Act, the
| 17 | | following definitions shall have the following meanings,
| 18 | | except where the context requires otherwise:
| 19 | | "Act" means the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
| 20 | | "Address of record" means the designated address recorded | 21 | | by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application | 22 | | file or license file as maintained by the Department's | 23 | | licensure maintenance unit. | 24 | | "Approved naturopathic medical program" means a |
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| 1 | | naturopathic medical education program accredited or granted | 2 | | candidacy status by the United States Council on Naturopathic | 3 | | Medical Education, or an equivalent federally recognized | 4 | | accrediting body for the naturopathic medical profession | 5 | | recognized by the Board, that offers graduate-level, | 6 | | full-time, didactic, and supervised clinical training of at | 7 | | least 4,200 hours in length leading to the degree of Doctor of | 8 | | Naturopathy or Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine and is part of | 9 | | an institution of higher education that is either accredited | 10 | | or is a candidate for accreditation by a regional | 11 | | institutional accrediting agency recognized by the United | 12 | | States Secretary of Education or eligible for student loans in | 13 | | Canada. | 14 | | "Chiropractic physician" means a person licensed to treat | 15 | | human ailments without the use of drugs and without operative | 16 | | surgery. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a | 17 | | chiropractic physician from providing advice regarding the use | 18 | | of non-prescription products or from administering atmospheric | 19 | | oxygen. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize a | 20 | | chiropractic physician to prescribe drugs. | 21 | | "Department" means the Department of Financial and | 22 | | Professional Regulation.
| 23 | | "Disciplinary action" means revocation,
suspension, | 24 | | probation, supervision, practice modification,
reprimand, | 25 | | required education, fines or any other action
taken by the | 26 | | Department against a person holding a license.
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| 1 | | "Disciplinary Board" means the Medical Disciplinary
Board.
| 2 | | "Email address of record" means the designated email | 3 | | address recorded by the Department in the applicant's | 4 | | application file or the licensee's license file, as maintained | 5 | | by the Department's licensure maintenance unit. | 6 | | "Final determination" means the governing body's
final | 7 | | action taken under the procedure followed by a health
care | 8 | | institution, or professional association or society,
against | 9 | | any person licensed under the Act in accordance with
the | 10 | | bylaws or rules and regulations of such health care
| 11 | | institution, or professional association or society.
| 12 | | "Fund" means the Illinois State Medical Disciplinary Fund.
| 13 | | "Impaired" means the inability to practice
medicine with | 14 | | reasonable skill and safety due to physical or
mental | 15 | | disabilities as evidenced by a written determination
or | 16 | | written consent based on clinical evidence including
| 17 | | deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor
| 18 | | skill, or abuse of drugs or alcohol, of sufficient degree to
| 19 | | diminish a person's ability to deliver competent patient
care.
| 20 | | "Licensing Board" means the Medical Licensing Board.
| 21 | | "Naturopathic physician" means a practitioner of | 22 | | naturopathic medicine who has been properly licensed for that | 23 | | purpose by the Department under this Act. "Naturopathic | 24 | | physician" includes all titles and designations associated | 25 | | with the practice of naturopathic medicine, including, "doctor | 26 | | of naturopathic medicine", "doctor of naturopathy", |
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| 1 | | "naturopathic doctor", "naturopath", "naturopathic medical | 2 | | doctor", "N.D.", "ND", "N.M.D.", and "NMD". | 3 | | "Physician" means a person licensed under the
Medical | 4 | | Practice Act to practice medicine in all of its
branches , a | 5 | | naturopathic physician, or a chiropractic physician.
| 6 | | "Professional association" means an association or
society | 7 | | of persons licensed under this Act, and operating
within the | 8 | | State of Illinois, including but not limited to,
medical | 9 | | societies, osteopathic organizations, naturopathic | 10 | | organizations, and
chiropractic organizations, but this term | 11 | | shall not be
deemed to include hospital medical staffs.
| 12 | | "Program of care, counseling, or treatment" means
a | 13 | | written schedule of organized treatment, care, counseling,
| 14 | | activities, or education, satisfactory to the Disciplinary
| 15 | | Board, designed for the purpose of restoring an impaired
| 16 | | person to a condition whereby the impaired person can
practice | 17 | | medicine with reasonable skill and safety of a
sufficient | 18 | | degree to deliver competent patient care.
| 19 | | "Reinstate" means to change the status of a license from | 20 | | inactive or nonrenewed status to active status. | 21 | | "Restore" means to remove an encumbrance from a license | 22 | | due to probation, suspension, or revocation. | 23 | | "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of | 24 | | Financial and Professional Regulation. | 25 | | (Source: P.A. 99-933, eff. 1-27-17; 100-429, eff. 8-25-17 .)
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| 1 | | (225 ILCS 60/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-7)
| 2 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| 3 | | Sec. 7. Medical Disciplinary Board.
| 4 | | (A) There is hereby created the Illinois
State Medical | 5 | | Disciplinary Board. The Disciplinary Board shall
consist of 12 | 6 | | 11 members, to be appointed by the Governor by and
with the | 7 | | advice and consent of the Senate. All members shall be
| 8 | | residents of the State, not more than 7 6 of whom shall be
| 9 | | members of the same political party. All members shall be | 10 | | voting members. Five members shall be
physicians licensed to | 11 | | practice medicine in all of its
branches in Illinois | 12 | | possessing the degree of doctor of
medicine. One member shall | 13 | | be a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its | 14 | | branches in Illinois possessing the degree of doctor of | 15 | | osteopathy or osteopathic medicine. One member shall be a | 16 | | chiropractic physician licensed to practice in Illinois and | 17 | | possessing the degree of doctor of chiropractic. One member | 18 | | shall be a naturopathic physician licensed to practice in | 19 | | Illinois and possessing the degree of naturopathic medicine. | 20 | | Four members shall be members of the public, who shall not
be | 21 | | engaged in any way, directly or indirectly, as providers
of | 22 | | health care.
| 23 | | (B) Members of the Disciplinary Board shall be appointed
| 24 | | for terms of 4 years. Upon the expiration of the term of
any | 25 | | member, their successor shall be appointed for a term of
4 | 26 | | years by the Governor by and with the advice and
consent of the |
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| 1 | | Senate. The Governor shall fill any vacancy
for the remainder | 2 | | of the unexpired term with the
advice and consent of the | 3 | | Senate. Upon recommendation of
the Board, any member of the | 4 | | Disciplinary Board may be
removed by the Governor for | 5 | | misfeasance, malfeasance, or
wilful neglect of duty, after | 6 | | notice, and a public hearing,
unless such notice and hearing | 7 | | shall be expressly waived in
writing. Each member shall serve | 8 | | on the Disciplinary Board
until their successor is appointed | 9 | | and qualified. No member
of the Disciplinary Board shall serve | 10 | | more than 2
consecutive 4 year terms.
| 11 | | In making appointments the Governor shall attempt to
| 12 | | insure that the various social and geographic regions of the
| 13 | | State of Illinois are properly represented.
| 14 | | In making the designation of persons to act for the
| 15 | | several professions represented on the Disciplinary Board,
the | 16 | | Governor shall give due consideration to recommendations
by | 17 | | members of the respective professions and by
organizations | 18 | | therein.
| 19 | | (C) The Disciplinary Board shall annually elect one of
its | 20 | | voting members as chairperson and one as vice
chairperson. No | 21 | | officer shall be elected more than twice
in succession to the | 22 | | same office. Each officer shall serve
until their successor | 23 | | has been elected and qualified.
| 24 | | (D) (Blank).
| 25 | | (E) Six voting members of the Disciplinary Board, at least | 26 | | 4 of whom are physicians,
shall constitute a quorum. A vacancy |
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| 1 | | in the membership of
the Disciplinary Board shall not impair | 2 | | the right of a
quorum to exercise all the rights and perform | 3 | | all the duties
of the Disciplinary Board. Any action taken by | 4 | | the
Disciplinary Board under this Act may be authorized by
| 5 | | resolution at any regular or special meeting and each such
| 6 | | resolution shall take effect immediately. The Disciplinary
| 7 | | Board shall meet at least quarterly.
| 8 | | (F) Each member, and member-officer, of the
Disciplinary | 9 | | Board shall receive a per diem stipend
as the
Secretary shall | 10 | | determine. Each member shall be paid their necessary
expenses | 11 | | while engaged in the performance of their duties.
| 12 | | (G) The Secretary shall select a Chief Medical
Coordinator | 13 | | and not less than 2 Deputy Medical Coordinators
who shall not
| 14 | | be members of the Disciplinary Board. Each medical
coordinator | 15 | | shall be a physician licensed to practice
medicine in all of | 16 | | its branches, and the Secretary shall set
their rates of | 17 | | compensation. The Secretary shall assign at least
one
medical
| 18 | | coordinator to
a region composed of Cook County and
such other | 19 | | counties as the Secretary may deem appropriate,
and such | 20 | | medical coordinator or coordinators shall locate their office | 21 | | in
Chicago. The Secretary shall assign at least one medical
| 22 | | coordinator to a region composed of the balance of counties
in | 23 | | the State, and such medical coordinator or coordinators shall | 24 | | locate
their office in Springfield. The Chief Medical | 25 | | Coordinator shall be the chief enforcement officer of this | 26 | | Act. None of the functions, powers, or duties of the |
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| 1 | | Department with respect to policies regarding enforcement or | 2 | | discipline under this Act, including the adoption of such | 3 | | rules as may be necessary for the administration of this Act, | 4 | | shall be exercised by the Department except upon review of the | 5 | | Disciplinary Board.
| 6 | | The Secretary shall employ, in conformity with the
| 7 | | Personnel Code, investigators who are college graduates with | 8 | | at least 2
years of investigative experience or one year of | 9 | | advanced medical
education. Upon the written request of the | 10 | | Disciplinary
Board, the Secretary shall employ, in conformity | 11 | | with the
Personnel Code, such other professional, technical,
| 12 | | investigative, and clerical help, either on a full or
| 13 | | part-time basis as the Disciplinary Board deems necessary
for | 14 | | the proper performance of its duties.
| 15 | | (H) Upon the specific request of the Disciplinary
Board, | 16 | | signed by either the chairperson, vice chairperson, or a
| 17 | | medical coordinator of the Disciplinary Board, the
Department | 18 | | of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family | 19 | | Services, the
Department of State Police, or any other law | 20 | | enforcement agency located in this State shall make available | 21 | | any and all
information that they have in their possession | 22 | | regarding a
particular case then under investigation by the | 23 | | Disciplinary
Board.
| 24 | | (I) Members of the Disciplinary Board shall be immune
from | 25 | | suit in any action based upon any disciplinary
proceedings or | 26 | | other acts performed in good faith as members
of the |
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| 1 | | Disciplinary Board.
| 2 | | (J) The Disciplinary Board may compile and establish a
| 3 | | statewide roster of physicians and other medical
| 4 | | professionals, including the several medical specialties, of
| 5 | | such physicians and medical professionals, who have agreed
to | 6 | | serve from time to time as advisors to the medical
| 7 | | coordinators. Such advisors shall assist the medical
| 8 | | coordinators or the Disciplinary Board in their investigations | 9 | | and participation in
complaints against physicians. Such | 10 | | advisors shall serve
under contract and shall be reimbursed at | 11 | | a reasonable rate for the services
provided, plus reasonable | 12 | | expenses incurred.
While serving in this capacity, the | 13 | | advisor, for any act
undertaken in good faith and in the | 14 | | conduct of his or her duties
under this Section, shall be | 15 | | immune from civil suit.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11; 98-1140, eff. 12-30-14 .)
| 17 | | (225 ILCS 60/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-8)
| 18 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| 19 | | Sec. 8. Medical Licensing Board.
| 20 | | (A) There is hereby created a Medical
Licensing Board. The | 21 | | Licensing Board shall be composed
of 8 7 members, to be | 22 | | appointed by the Governor by and with
the advice and consent of | 23 | | the Senate; 5 of whom shall be
reputable physicians licensed | 24 | | to practice medicine in all of
its branches in Illinois, | 25 | | possessing the degree of doctor of
medicine; one member shall |
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| 1 | | be a reputable physician licensed
in Illinois to practice | 2 | | medicine in all of its branches,
possessing the degree of | 3 | | doctor of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine; one member shall | 4 | | be a reputable naturopathic physician licensed to practice in | 5 | | Illinois and possessing the degree of doctor of naturopathic | 6 | | medicine; and
one
member shall be a reputable chiropractic | 7 | | physician licensed to practice
in Illinois and possessing the | 8 | | degree of doctor of
chiropractic. Of the 5 members holding the | 9 | | degree of doctor
of medicine, one shall be a full-time or | 10 | | part-time teacher
of professorial rank in the clinical | 11 | | department of an
Illinois school of medicine.
| 12 | | (B) Members of the
Licensing Board shall be appointed for | 13 | | terms of 4 years, and until their successors are appointed and
| 14 | | qualified. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made in
the | 15 | | same manner as original appointments, for the unexpired
| 16 | | portion of the vacated term. No more than 4 members of
the | 17 | | Licensing Board shall be members of the same political
party | 18 | | and all members shall be residents of this State. No
member of | 19 | | the Licensing Board may be appointed to more than
2 successive | 20 | | 4 year terms.
| 21 | | (C) Members of the Licensing Board shall be immune
from | 22 | | suit in any action based upon any licensing proceedings
or | 23 | | other acts performed in good faith as members of the
Licensing | 24 | | Board.
| 25 | | (D) (Blank).
| 26 | | (E) The Licensing Board shall annually elect one of
its |
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| 1 | | members as chairperson and one as vice chairperson. No member
| 2 | | shall be elected more than twice in succession to the same
| 3 | | office. Each officer shall serve until his or her successor | 4 | | has
been elected and qualified.
| 5 | | (F) None of the functions, powers or duties of the
| 6 | | Department with respect to policies regarding licensure and | 7 | | examination
under
this Act, including the promulgation of such | 8 | | rules as may be
necessary for the administration of this Act, | 9 | | shall be
exercised by the Department except upon review of the
| 10 | | Licensing Board.
| 11 | | (G) The Licensing Board shall receive the same
| 12 | | compensation as the members of the
Disciplinary Board, which | 13 | | compensation shall be paid out of
the Illinois State Medical | 14 | | Disciplinary Fund.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11 .)
| 16 | | (225 ILCS 60/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-9)
| 17 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| 18 | | Sec. 9. Application for license. Each applicant for a | 19 | | license shall:
| 20 | | (A) Make application on blank forms prepared and
| 21 | | furnished by the Department.
| 22 | | (B) Submit evidence satisfactory to the Department
| 23 | | that the applicant:
| 24 | | (1) is of good moral character. In determining | 25 | | moral
character under this Section, the Department may |
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| 1 | | take into
consideration whether the applicant has | 2 | | engaged in conduct
or activities which would | 3 | | constitute grounds for discipline
under this Act. The | 4 | | Department may also request the
applicant to submit, | 5 | | and may consider as evidence of moral
character, | 6 | | endorsements from 2 or 3 individuals licensed
under | 7 | | this Act;
| 8 | | (2) has the preliminary and professional education
| 9 | | required by this Act;
| 10 | | (3) (blank); and
| 11 | | (4) is physically, mentally, and professionally | 12 | | capable
of practicing medicine with reasonable | 13 | | judgment, skill, and
safety. In determining physical | 14 | | and mental
capacity under this Section, the Licensing | 15 | | Board
may, upon a showing of a possible incapacity or | 16 | | conduct or activities that would constitute grounds | 17 | | for discipline under this Act, compel any
applicant to | 18 | | submit to a mental or physical examination and | 19 | | evaluation, or
both, as provided for in Section 22 of | 20 | | this Act. The Licensing Board may condition or | 21 | | restrict any
license, subject to the same terms and | 22 | | conditions as are
provided for the Disciplinary Board | 23 | | under Section 22
of this Act. Any such condition of a | 24 | | restricted license
shall provide that the Chief | 25 | | Medical Coordinator or Deputy
Medical Coordinator | 26 | | shall have the authority to review the
subject |
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| 1 | | physician's compliance with such conditions or
| 2 | | restrictions, including, where appropriate, the | 3 | | physician's
record of treatment and counseling | 4 | | regarding the impairment,
to the extent permitted by | 5 | | applicable federal statutes and
regulations | 6 | | safeguarding the confidentiality of medical
records of | 7 | | patients.
| 8 | | In determining professional capacity under this
| 9 | | Section, an individual may be required to
complete such | 10 | | additional testing, training, or remedial
education as the | 11 | | Licensing Board may deem necessary in order
to establish | 12 | | the applicant's present capacity to practice
medicine with | 13 | | reasonable judgment, skill, and safety. The Licensing | 14 | | Board may consider the following criteria, as they relate | 15 | | to an applicant, as part of its determination of | 16 | | professional capacity:
| 17 | | (1) Medical research in an established research | 18 | | facility, hospital, college or university, or private | 19 | | corporation. | 20 | | (2) Specialized training or education. | 21 | | (3) Publication of original work in learned, | 22 | | medical, or scientific journals. | 23 | | (4) Participation in federal, State, local, or | 24 | | international public health programs or organizations. | 25 | | (5) Professional service in a federal veterans or | 26 | | military institution. |
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| 1 | | (6) Any other professional activities deemed to | 2 | | maintain and enhance the clinical capabilities of the | 3 | | applicant. | 4 | | Any applicant applying for a license to practice | 5 | | medicine in all of its branches , for a license as a | 6 | | naturopathic physician, or for a license as a chiropractic | 7 | | physician who has not been engaged in the active practice | 8 | | of medicine or has not been enrolled in a medical program | 9 | | for 2 years prior to application must submit proof of | 10 | | professional capacity to the Licensing Board. | 11 | | Any applicant applying for a temporary license that | 12 | | has not been engaged in the active practice of medicine or | 13 | | has not been enrolled in a medical program for longer than | 14 | | 5 years prior to application must submit proof of | 15 | | professional capacity to the Licensing Board. | 16 | | (C) Designate specifically the name, location, and
| 17 | | kind of professional school, college, or institution of
| 18 | | which the applicant is a graduate and the category under
| 19 | | which the applicant seeks, and will undertake, to | 20 | | practice.
| 21 | | (D) Pay to the Department at the time of application
| 22 | | the required fees.
| 23 | | (E) Pursuant to Department rules, as required, pass an
| 24 | | examination authorized by the Department to determine
the | 25 | | applicant's fitness to receive a license.
| 26 | | (F) Complete the application process within 3 years |
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| 1 | | from the date of
application. If the process has not been | 2 | | completed within 3 years, the
application shall expire, | 3 | | application fees shall be forfeited, and the
applicant
| 4 | | must reapply and meet the requirements in effect at the | 5 | | time of
reapplication.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11; 98-1140, eff. 12-30-14 .)
| 7 | | (225 ILCS 60/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-10)
| 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| 9 | | Sec. 10. The Department shall:
| 10 | | (A) make rules for establishing reasonable minimum
| 11 | | standards of educational requirements to be observed by
| 12 | | medical, osteopathic , naturopathic, and chiropractic | 13 | | colleges;
| 14 | | (B) effectuate the policy of the State of Illinois | 15 | | that the quality of
medical training is an appropriate | 16 | | concern in the recruiting, licensing,
credentialing and | 17 | | participation in residency programs of physicians.
| 18 | | However, it is inappropriate to discriminate against any | 19 | | physician because
of national origin or geographic | 20 | | location of medical education;
| 21 | | (C) formulate rules and regulations required for the
| 22 | | administration of this Act.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 86-573 .)
| 24 | | (225 ILCS 60/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-11)
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| 1 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| 2 | | Sec. 11. Minimum education standards. The minimum | 3 | | standards of
professional
education to be enforced by the | 4 | | Department in conducting
examinations and issuing licenses | 5 | | shall be as follows:
| 6 | | (A) Practice of medicine. For the practice of
medicine | 7 | | in all of its branches:
| 8 | | (1) For applications for licensure under | 9 | | subsection (D) of Section 19
of this Act:
| 10 | | (a) that the applicant is a graduate of a | 11 | | medical or
osteopathic college in the United | 12 | | States, its territories or
Canada, that the | 13 | | applicant has completed a 2 year course of | 14 | | instruction in a
college of liberal arts, or its | 15 | | equivalent, and a course of
instruction in a | 16 | | medical or osteopathic college approved by
the | 17 | | Department or by a private, not for profit | 18 | | accrediting
body approved by the Department, and | 19 | | in addition thereto, a
course of postgraduate | 20 | | clinical training of not less than 12
months as | 21 | | approved by the Department; or
| 22 | | (b) that the applicant is a graduate of a | 23 | | medical or
osteopathic college located outside the | 24 | | United States, its
territories or Canada, and that | 25 | | the degree conferred is
officially recognized by | 26 | | the country for the purposes of
licensure, that |
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| 1 | | the applicant has completed a 2 year course of | 2 | | instruction in a
college of liberal arts or its | 3 | | equivalent, and a course of
instruction in a | 4 | | medical or osteopathic college approved by
the | 5 | | Department, which course shall have been not less | 6 | | than
132 weeks in duration and shall have been | 7 | | completed within a
period of not less than 35 | 8 | | months, and, in addition thereto,
has completed a | 9 | | course of postgraduate clinical training of not | 10 | | less than
12 months, as approved by the | 11 | | Department, and has complied with any other
| 12 | | standards established by rule.
| 13 | | For the purposes of this subparagraph (b) an | 14 | | applicant
is considered to be a graduate of a | 15 | | medical college if the
degree which is conferred | 16 | | is officially recognized by that
country for the | 17 | | purposes of receiving a license to practice
| 18 | | medicine in all of its branches or a document is | 19 | | granted by
the medical college which certifies the | 20 | | completion of all
formal training requirements | 21 | | including any internship and
social service; or
| 22 | | (c) that the applicant has studied medicine at | 23 | | a
medical or osteopathic college located outside | 24 | | the United
States, its territories, or Canada, | 25 | | that the applicant has
completed a 2 year course | 26 | | of
instruction in a college of liberal arts or its |
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| 1 | | equivalent
and all of the formal requirements of a | 2 | | foreign medical
school except internship and | 3 | | social service, which course
shall have been not | 4 | | less than 132 weeks in duration and
shall have | 5 | | been completed within a period of not less than
35 | 6 | | months; that the applicant has submitted an | 7 | | application
to a medical college accredited by the | 8 | | Liaison Committee on
Medical Education and | 9 | | submitted to such evaluation
procedures, including | 10 | | use of nationally recognized medical
student tests | 11 | | or tests devised by the individual medical
| 12 | | college, and that the applicant has satisfactorily | 13 | | completed
one academic year of supervised clinical | 14 | | training under the
direction of such medical | 15 | | college; and, in addition thereto
has completed a | 16 | | course of postgraduate clinical training of
not | 17 | | less than 12 months, as approved by the | 18 | | Department, and has
complied
with
any other | 19 | | standards established by rule.
| 20 | | (d) Any clinical clerkships must have been | 21 | | completed
in compliance with Section 10.3 of the | 22 | | Hospital Licensing
Act, as amended.
| 23 | | (2) Effective January 1, 1988, for applications | 24 | | for
licensure made subsequent to January 1, 1988, | 25 | | under Sections
9 or 17 of this Act by individuals not | 26 | | described in paragraph (3) of
subsection (A) of |
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| 1 | | Section 11 who graduated after December
31, 1984:
| 2 | | (a) that the applicant: (i) graduated from a | 3 | | medical
or osteopathic college officially | 4 | | recognized by the
jurisdiction in which it is | 5 | | located for the purpose of
receiving a license to | 6 | | practice medicine in all of its
branches, and the | 7 | | applicant has completed, as defined by the
| 8 | | Department, a 6 year postsecondary course of study
| 9 | | comprising at least 2 academic years of study in | 10 | | the basic
medical sciences; and 2 academic years | 11 | | of study in the
clinical sciences, while enrolled | 12 | | in the medical college
which conferred the degree, | 13 | | the core rotations of which must
have been | 14 | | completed in clinical teaching facilities owned,
| 15 | | operated or formally affiliated with the medical | 16 | | college
which conferred the degree, or under | 17 | | contract in teaching
facilities owned, operated or | 18 | | affiliated with another
medical college which is | 19 | | officially recognized by the
jurisdiction in which | 20 | | the medical school which conferred the
degree is | 21 | | located; or (ii) graduated from a medical or
| 22 | | osteopathic college accredited by the Liaison | 23 | | Committee on
Medical Education, the Committee on | 24 | | Accreditation of
Canadian Medical Schools in | 25 | | conjunction with the Liaison
Committee on Medical | 26 | | Education, or the Bureau of Professional Education |
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| 1 | | of
the American Osteopathic
Association; and, | 2 | | (iii) in addition
thereto, has completed 24 months | 3 | | of postgraduate clinical
training, as approved by | 4 | | the
Department; or
| 5 | | (b) that the applicant has studied medicine at | 6 | | a
medical or osteopathic college located outside | 7 | | the United
States, its territories, or Canada, | 8 | | that the applicant, in
addition to satisfying the | 9 | | requirements of subparagraph (a),
except for the | 10 | | awarding of a degree, has completed all of
the | 11 | | formal requirements of a foreign medical school | 12 | | except
internship and social service and has | 13 | | submitted an
application to a medical college | 14 | | accredited by the Liaison
Committee on Medical | 15 | | Education and submitted to such
evaluation | 16 | | procedures, including use of nationally
recognized | 17 | | medical student tests or tests devised by the
| 18 | | individual medical college, and that the applicant | 19 | | has
satisfactorily completed one academic year of | 20 | | supervised
clinical training under the direction | 21 | | of such medical
college; and, in addition thereto, | 22 | | has completed 24 months of
postgraduate clinical | 23 | | training, as
approved by the Department, and has | 24 | | complied with any other standards
established by | 25 | | rule.
| 26 | | (3) (Blank).
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| 1 | | (4) Any person granted a temporary license | 2 | | pursuant to Section 17 of
this Act who shall | 3 | | satisfactorily complete a course of postgraduate | 4 | | clinical
training and meet all of the requirements for | 5 | | licensure shall be granted a
permanent license | 6 | | pursuant to Section 9.
| 7 | | (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
| 8 | | Section an individual holding a temporary license | 9 | | under
Section 17 of this Act shall be required to | 10 | | satisfy the
undergraduate medical and post-graduate | 11 | | clinical training educational
requirements in effect | 12 | | on
the date of their application for a temporary | 13 | | license,
provided they apply for a license under | 14 | | Section 9 of this
Act and satisfy all other | 15 | | requirements of this Section while
their temporary | 16 | | license is in effect.
| 17 | | (B) Treating human ailments without drugs and without
| 18 | | operative surgery. For the practice of treating human
| 19 | | ailments without the use of drugs and without operative
| 20 | | surgery:
| 21 | | (1) For an applicant who was a resident student | 22 | | and
who is a graduate after July 1, 1926, of a | 23 | | chiropractic
college or institution, that such school, | 24 | | college or
institution, at the time of the applicant's | 25 | | graduation
required as a prerequisite to admission | 26 | | thereto a 4 year
course of instruction in a high |
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| 1 | | school, and, as a
prerequisite to graduation | 2 | | therefrom, a course of
instruction in the treatment of | 3 | | human ailments, of not less
than 132 weeks in duration | 4 | | and which shall have been
completed within a period of | 5 | | not less than 35 months except
that as to students | 6 | | matriculating or entering upon a course
of | 7 | | chiropractic study during the years 1940, 1941, 1942,
| 8 | | 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, and 1947, such elapsed time
| 9 | | shall be not less than 32 months, such high school and | 10 | | such
school, college or institution having been | 11 | | reputable and in
good standing in the judgment of the | 12 | | Department.
| 13 | | (2) For an applicant who is a matriculant in a
| 14 | | chiropractic college after September 1, 1969, that | 15 | | such
applicant shall be required to complete a 2 year | 16 | | course
of instruction in a liberal arts college or its | 17 | | equivalent and a course of instruction in a | 18 | | chiropractic
college in the treatment of human | 19 | | ailments, such course, as
a prerequisite to graduation | 20 | | therefrom, having been not less
than 132 weeks in | 21 | | duration and shall have been completed
within a period | 22 | | of not less than 35 months, such college of
liberal | 23 | | arts and chiropractic college having been reputable
| 24 | | and in good standing in the judgment of the | 25 | | Department.
| 26 | | (3) For an applicant who is a graduate of a United
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| 1 | | States chiropractic college after August 19, 1981, the
| 2 | | college of the applicant must be fully accredited by | 3 | | the
Commission on Accreditation of the Council on | 4 | | Chiropractic
Education or its successor at the time of | 5 | | graduation. Such
graduates shall be considered to have | 6 | | met the minimum
requirements which shall be in | 7 | | addition to those
requirements set forth in the rules | 8 | | and regulations
promulgated by the Department.
| 9 | | (4) For an applicant who is a graduate of a
| 10 | | chiropractic college in another country; that such
| 11 | | chiropractic college be equivalent to the standards of
| 12 | | education as set forth for chiropractic colleges | 13 | | located in
the United States.
| 14 | | (C) Practice of naturopathic medicine. For the | 15 | | practice of naturopathic medicine: | 16 | | (1) For an applicant who is a graduate of an | 17 | | approved naturopathic medical program, in accordance | 18 | | with this Act, that he or she has successfully | 19 | | completed a competency-based national naturopathic | 20 | | licensing examination administered by the North | 21 | | American Board of Naturopathic Examiners or an | 22 | | equivalent agency, as recognized by the Department. | 23 | | (2) For an applicant who is a graduate of a | 24 | | degree-granting approved naturopathic medical program | 25 | | prior to 1986, evidence of successful passage of a | 26 | | State competency examination in a licensed state or a |
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| 1 | | Canadian provincial examination in a licensed or | 2 | | regulated province approved by the Department in lieu | 3 | | of passage of a national licensing examination. | 4 | | (Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11 .)
| 5 | | (225 ILCS 60/14) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-14)
| 6 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| 7 | | Sec. 14. Chiropractic students and naturopathic medicine | 8 | | students . | 9 | | (a) Candidates for the degree of doctor of
chiropractic | 10 | | enrolled in a chiropractic college, accredited by the Council | 11 | | on
Chiropractic Education, may practice under the direct, | 12 | | on-premises supervision
of a chiropractic physician who is a | 13 | | member of the faculty of an
accredited chiropractic college.
| 14 | | (b) Candidates for the degree of doctor of
naturopathic | 15 | | medicine enrolled in a naturopathic college, accredited by the | 16 | | United States Council on Naturopathic Medical Education, may | 17 | | practice under the direct, on-premises supervision
of a | 18 | | naturopathic physician who is a member of the faculty of an
| 19 | | accredited naturopathic college. | 20 | | (Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11 .)
| 21 | | (225 ILCS 60/15) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-15)
| 22 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| 23 | | Sec. 15. Chiropractic and naturopathic physician; license | 24 | | for general practice. Any chiropractic or naturopathic |
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| 1 | | physician licensed under this
Act shall be permitted to take | 2 | | the
examination for licensure as a physician to practice | 3 | | medicine in
all its branches and
shall receive a license to | 4 | | practice medicine in all of its
branches if he or she shall | 5 | | successfully pass such
examination, upon proof of having | 6 | | successfully completed in
a medical college, osteopathic | 7 | | college , naturopathic college, or chiropractic
college | 8 | | reputable and in good standing in the judgment of
the | 9 | | Department, courses of instruction in materia medica,
| 10 | | therapeutics, surgery, obstetrics, and theory and practice
| 11 | | deemed by the Department to be equal to the courses of
| 12 | | instruction required in those subjects for admission to the
| 13 | | examination for a license to practice medicine in all of its
| 14 | | branches, together with proof of having completed (a) the
2 | 15 | | year course of instruction in a college of liberal
arts, or its | 16 | | equivalent, required under this Act, and (b) a
course of | 17 | | postgraduate clinical training of not less than 24
months as | 18 | | approved by the Department.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11 .)
| 20 | | (225 ILCS 60/16) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-16)
| 21 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| 22 | | Sec. 16. Ineligibility for examination. Any person who | 23 | | shall fail any
examination
for licensure as a medical doctor, | 24 | | doctor of osteopathy or osteopathic
medicine, doctor of | 25 | | naturopathic medicine, or
doctor of chiropractic in this or |
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| 1 | | any other jurisdiction a
total of 5 times shall thereafter be | 2 | | ineligible for further
examinations until such time as such | 3 | | person shall submit to
the Department evidence of further | 4 | | formal professional study, as required by
rule of the | 5 | | Department,
in an accredited institution.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97 .)
| 7 | | (225 ILCS 60/17) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-17)
| 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| 9 | | Sec. 17. Temporary license. Persons holding the degree of | 10 | | Doctor of
Medicine, persons
holding the degree of Doctor of
| 11 | | Osteopathy or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, persons holding | 12 | | the degree of Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, and persons | 13 | | holding the degree
of Doctor of Chiropractic or persons who | 14 | | have satisfied
the requirements
therefor and are eligible to | 15 | | receive such degree from
a medical, osteopathic, naturopathic, | 16 | | or chiropractic school, who wish to
pursue programs
of | 17 | | graduate or specialty training in this State, may receive
| 18 | | without examination, in the discretion of the Department, a
| 19 | | 3-year temporary license. In order to receive a 3-year
| 20 | | temporary license hereunder, an applicant shall submit | 21 | | evidence
satisfactory to the Department that the applicant:
| 22 | | (A) Is of good moral character. In determining moral
| 23 | | character under this Section, the Department may take into
| 24 | | consideration whether the applicant has engaged in conduct
| 25 | | or activities which would constitute grounds for |
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| 1 | | discipline
under this Act. The Department may also request | 2 | | the
applicant to submit, and may consider as evidence of | 3 | | moral
character, endorsements from 2 or 3 individuals | 4 | | licensed
under this Act;
| 5 | | (B) Has been accepted or appointed for specialty or
| 6 | | residency training by a hospital situated in this State or | 7 | | a
training program in hospitals or facilities maintained | 8 | | by
the State of Illinois or affiliated training facilities
| 9 | | which is approved by the Department for the purpose of | 10 | | such
training under this Act. The applicant shall indicate | 11 | | the
beginning and ending dates of the period for which the
| 12 | | applicant has been accepted or appointed;
| 13 | | (C) Has or will satisfy the professional education
| 14 | | requirements of Section 11 of this Act which are effective
| 15 | | at the date of application except for postgraduate | 16 | | clinical
training;
| 17 | | (D) Is physically, mentally, and professionally | 18 | | capable
of practicing medicine or treating human ailments | 19 | | without the use of drugs and without
operative surgery | 20 | | with reasonable judgment, skill, and
safety. In | 21 | | determining physical, mental and professional
capacity | 22 | | under this Section, the Licensing Board
may, upon a | 23 | | showing of a possible incapacity, compel an
applicant to | 24 | | submit to a mental or physical examination and evaluation, | 25 | | or
both, and may condition or restrict any temporary | 26 | | license,
subject to the same terms and conditions as are |
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| 1 | | provided for
the Disciplinary Board under Section 22 of | 2 | | this Act.
Any such condition of restricted temporary | 3 | | license shall
provide that the Chief Medical Coordinator | 4 | | or Deputy Medical
Coordinator shall have the authority to | 5 | | review the subject
physician's compliance with such | 6 | | conditions or restrictions,
including, where appropriate, | 7 | | the physician's record of
treatment and counseling | 8 | | regarding the impairment, to the
extent permitted by | 9 | | applicable federal statutes and
regulations safeguarding | 10 | | the confidentiality of medical
records of patients.
| 11 | | Three-year temporary licenses issued pursuant to this
| 12 | | Section shall be valid only for the period of time
designated | 13 | | therein, and may be extended or renewed pursuant
to the rules | 14 | | of the Department, and if a temporary license
is thereafter | 15 | | extended, it shall not extend beyond
completion of the | 16 | | residency program. The holder of a valid
3-year temporary | 17 | | license shall be entitled thereby to
perform only such acts as | 18 | | may be prescribed by and
incidental to his or her program of | 19 | | residency training; he or she
shall not be entitled to | 20 | | otherwise engage in the practice of
medicine in this State | 21 | | unless fully licensed in this State.
| 22 | | A 3-year temporary license may be revoked or suspended by | 23 | | the
Department upon proof that the holder thereof has engaged | 24 | | in
the practice of medicine in this State outside of the
| 25 | | program of his or her residency or specialty training, or if | 26 | | the
holder shall fail to supply the Department, within 10 days
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| 1 | | of its request, with information as to his or her current | 2 | | status
and activities in his or her specialty training | 3 | | program. Such a revocation or suspension shall comply with the | 4 | | procedures set forth in subsection (d) of Section 37 of this | 5 | | Act.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11; 98-1140, eff. 12-30-14 .)
| 7 | | (225 ILCS 60/18) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-18)
| 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| 9 | | Sec. 18. Visiting professor, physician, or resident | 10 | | permits.
| 11 | | (A) Visiting professor permit.
| 12 | | (1) A visiting professor permit shall
entitle a person | 13 | | to practice medicine in all of its branches
or to practice | 14 | | the treatment of human ailments without the
use of drugs | 15 | | and without operative surgery provided:
| 16 | | (a) the person maintains an equivalent | 17 | | authorization
to practice medicine in all of its | 18 | | branches or to practice
the treatment of human | 19 | | ailments without the use of drugs
and without | 20 | | operative surgery in good standing in his or her
| 21 | | native licensing jurisdiction during the period of the
| 22 | | visiting professor permit;
| 23 | | (b) the person has received a faculty appointment | 24 | | to
teach in a medical, osteopathic , naturopathic, or | 25 | | chiropractic school in
Illinois; and
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| 1 | | (c) the Department may prescribe the information | 2 | | necessary to
establish
an applicant's eligibility for | 3 | | a permit. This information shall include
without | 4 | | limitation (i) a statement from the dean of the | 5 | | medical school at which
the
applicant will be employed | 6 | | describing the applicant's qualifications and (ii)
a | 7 | | statement from the dean of the medical school listing | 8 | | every affiliated
institution in which the applicant | 9 | | will be providing instruction as part of the
medical | 10 | | school's education program and justifying any clinical | 11 | | activities at
each of the institutions listed by the | 12 | | dean.
| 13 | | (2) Application for visiting professor permits shall
| 14 | | be made to the Department, in writing, on forms prescribed
| 15 | | by the Department and shall be accompanied by the required
| 16 | | fee established by rule, which shall not be refundable. | 17 | | Any application
shall require the information as, in the | 18 | | judgment of the Department, will
enable the Department to | 19 | | pass on the qualifications of the applicant.
| 20 | | (3) A visiting professor permit shall be valid for no | 21 | | longer than 2
years from the date of issuance or until the | 22 | | time the
faculty appointment is terminated, whichever | 23 | | occurs first,
and may be renewed only in accordance with | 24 | | subdivision (A)(6) of this
Section.
| 25 | | (4) The applicant may be required to appear before the
| 26 | | Licensing Board for an interview prior to, and as a
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| 1 | | requirement for, the issuance of the original permit and | 2 | | the
renewal.
| 3 | | (5) Persons holding a permit under this Section shall
| 4 | | only practice medicine in all of its branches or practice
| 5 | | the treatment of human ailments without the use of drugs
| 6 | | and without operative surgery in the State of Illinois in
| 7 | | their official capacity under their contract
within the | 8 | | medical school itself and any affiliated institution in | 9 | | which the
permit holder is providing instruction as part | 10 | | of the medical school's
educational program and for which | 11 | | the medical school has assumed direct
responsibility.
| 12 | | (6) After the initial renewal of a visiting professor | 13 | | permit, a visiting professor permit shall be valid until | 14 | | the last day of the
next physician license renewal period, | 15 | | as set by rule, and may only be
renewed for applicants who | 16 | | meet the following requirements:
| 17 | | (i) have obtained the required continuing | 18 | | education hours as set by
rule; and
| 19 | | (ii) have paid the fee prescribed for a license | 20 | | under Section 21 of this
Act.
| 21 | | For initial renewal, the visiting professor must | 22 | | successfully pass a
general competency examination authorized | 23 | | by the Department by rule, unless he or she was issued an | 24 | | initial visiting professor permit on or after January 1, 2007, | 25 | | but prior to July 1, 2007.
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| 1 | | (B) Visiting physician permit.
| 2 | | (1) The Department may, in its discretion, issue a | 3 | | temporary visiting
physician permit, without examination, | 4 | | provided:
| 5 | | (a) (blank);
| 6 | | (b) that the person maintains an equivalent | 7 | | authorization to practice
medicine in all of its | 8 | | branches or to practice the treatment of human
| 9 | | ailments without the use of drugs and without | 10 | | operative surgery in good
standing in his or her | 11 | | native licensing jurisdiction during the period of the
| 12 | | temporary visiting physician permit;
| 13 | | (c) that the person has received an invitation or | 14 | | appointment to study,
demonstrate, or perform a
| 15 | | specific medical, osteopathic, naturopathic, | 16 | | chiropractic , or clinical subject or
technique in a | 17 | | medical, osteopathic, naturopathic, or chiropractic | 18 | | school, a state or national medical, osteopathic, | 19 | | naturopathic, or chiropractic professional association | 20 | | or society conference or meeting, a hospital
licensed | 21 | | under the Hospital Licensing Act, a hospital organized
| 22 | | under the University of Illinois Hospital Act, or a | 23 | | facility operated
pursuant to the Ambulatory Surgical | 24 | | Treatment Center Act; and
| 25 | | (d) that the temporary visiting physician permit | 26 | | shall only permit the
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| 1 | | all of its branches or practice the
treatment of human | 2 | | ailments without the use of drugs and without | 3 | | operative
surgery within the scope of the medical, | 4 | | osteopathic, naturopathic, chiropractic, or
clinical | 5 | | studies, or in conjunction with the state or national | 6 | | medical, osteopathic, naturopathic, or chiropractic | 7 | | professional association or society conference or | 8 | | meeting, for which the holder was invited or | 9 | | appointed.
| 10 | | (2) The application for the temporary visiting | 11 | | physician permit shall be
made to the Department, in | 12 | | writing, on forms prescribed by the
Department, and shall | 13 | | be accompanied by the required fee established by
rule, | 14 | | which shall not be refundable. The application shall | 15 | | require
information that, in the judgment of the | 16 | | Department, will enable the
Department to pass on the | 17 | | qualification of the applicant, and the necessity
for the | 18 | | granting of a temporary visiting physician permit.
| 19 | | (3) A temporary visiting physician permit shall be | 20 | | valid for no longer than (i) 180
days
from the date of | 21 | | issuance or (ii) until the time the medical, osteopathic,
| 22 | | chiropractic, naturopathic, or clinical studies are | 23 | | completed, or the state or national medical, osteopathic, | 24 | | naturopathic, or chiropractic professional association or | 25 | | society conference or meeting has concluded, whichever | 26 | | occurs first. The temporary visiting physician permit may |
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| 1 | | be issued multiple times to a visiting physician under | 2 | | this paragraph (3) as long as the total number of days it | 3 | | is active do not exceed 180 days within a 365-day period.
| 4 | | (4) The applicant for a temporary visiting physician | 5 | | permit may be
required to appear before the Licensing | 6 | | Board for an interview
prior to, and as a requirement for, | 7 | | the issuance of a temporary visiting
physician permit.
| 8 | | (5) A limited temporary visiting physician permit | 9 | | shall be issued to a
physician licensed in another state | 10 | | who has been requested to perform emergency
procedures in | 11 | | Illinois if he or she meets the requirements as | 12 | | established by
rule.
| 13 | | (C) Visiting resident permit.
| 14 | | (1) The Department may, in its discretion, issue a | 15 | | temporary visiting
resident permit, without examination, | 16 | | provided:
| 17 | | (a) (blank);
| 18 | | (b) that the person maintains an equivalent | 19 | | authorization to practice
medicine in all of its | 20 | | branches or to practice the treatment of human
| 21 | | ailments without the use of drugs and without | 22 | | operative surgery in good
standing in his or her | 23 | | native licensing jurisdiction during the period of
the | 24 | | temporary visiting resident permit;
| 25 | | (c) that the applicant is enrolled in a |
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| 1 | | postgraduate clinical training
program outside the | 2 | | State of Illinois that is approved by the Department;
| 3 | | (d) that the individual has been invited or | 4 | | appointed for a specific
period of time to perform a | 5 | | portion of that post graduate clinical training
| 6 | | program under the supervision of an Illinois licensed | 7 | | physician in an
Illinois patient care clinic or | 8 | | facility that is affiliated with the
out-of-State post | 9 | | graduate training program; and
| 10 | | (e) that the temporary visiting resident permit | 11 | | shall only permit the
holder to practice medicine in | 12 | | all of its branches or practice the
treatment of human | 13 | | ailments without the use of drugs and without | 14 | | operative
surgery within the scope of the medical, | 15 | | osteopathic, naturopathic, chiropractic , or
clinical | 16 | | studies for which the holder was invited or appointed.
| 17 | | (2) The application for the temporary visiting | 18 | | resident permit shall be
made to the Department, in | 19 | | writing, on forms prescribed by the Department,
and shall | 20 | | be accompanied by the required fee established by rule. | 21 | | The
application shall require information that, in the | 22 | | judgment of the
Department, will enable the Department to | 23 | | pass on the qualifications of
the applicant.
| 24 | | (3) A temporary visiting resident permit shall be | 25 | | valid for 180 days from
the date of issuance or until the | 26 | | time the medical, osteopathic, naturopathic,
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| 1 | | or clinical studies are completed, whichever occurs first.
| 2 | | (4) The applicant for a temporary visiting resident | 3 | | permit may be
required to appear before the Licensing | 4 | | Board for an interview
prior to, and as a requirement for, | 5 | | the issuance of a temporary visiting
resident permit.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11; 98-1140, eff. 12-30-14 .)
| 7 | | (225 ILCS 60/19) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-19)
| 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| 9 | | Sec. 19. Licensure by endorsement. The Department may, in | 10 | | its
discretion,
issue a license by endorsement to any person | 11 | | who is currently licensed
to practice medicine in all of its | 12 | | branches, a naturopathic physician,
or a chiropractic | 13 | | physician, in any other state,
territory, country or province, | 14 | | upon the following
conditions and submitting evidence | 15 | | satisfactory to the Department of the following:
| 16 | | (A) (Blank);
| 17 | | (B) That the applicant is of good moral character. In
| 18 | | determining moral character under this Section, the
| 19 | | Department may take into consideration whether the | 20 | | applicant
has engaged in conduct or activities which would | 21 | | constitute
grounds for discipline under this Act. The | 22 | | Department may
also request the applicant to submit, and | 23 | | may consider as
evidence of moral character, endorsements | 24 | | from 2 or 3
individuals licensed under this Act;
| 25 | | (C) That the applicant is physically, mentally and
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| 1 | | professionally capable of practicing medicine with
| 2 | | reasonable judgment, skill and safety. In determining
| 3 | | physical, mental and professional capacity under this
| 4 | | Section the Licensing Board may, upon a showing of
a | 5 | | possible incapacity, compel an applicant to submit to a
| 6 | | mental or physical examination and evaluation, or both, in | 7 | | the same manner as provided in Section 22 and may | 8 | | condition
or restrict any license, subject to the same | 9 | | terms and
conditions as are provided for the Disciplinary
| 10 | | Board under Section 22 of this Act.
| 11 | | (D) That if the applicant seeks to practice medicine
| 12 | | in all of its branches:
| 13 | | (1) if the applicant was licensed in another | 14 | | jurisdiction prior to
January
1,
1988, that the | 15 | | applicant has satisfied the educational
requirements | 16 | | of paragraph (1) of subsection (A) or paragraph (2) of
| 17 | | subsection (A) of Section 11 of
this Act; or
| 18 | | (2) if the applicant was licensed in another | 19 | | jurisdiction after December
31,
1987, that the | 20 | | applicant has
satisfied the educational requirements | 21 | | of paragraph (A)(2)
of Section 11 of this Act; and
| 22 | | (3) the requirements for a license to practice
| 23 | | medicine in all of its branches in the particular | 24 | | state,
territory, country or province in which the | 25 | | applicant is
licensed are deemed by the Department to | 26 | | have been
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| 1 | | for a license
to practice medicine in all of its | 2 | | branches in force in this
State at the date of the | 3 | | applicant's license;
| 4 | | (E) That if the applicant seeks to treat human
| 5 | | ailments without the use of drugs and without operative
| 6 | | surgery:
| 7 | | (1) the applicant is a graduate of a chiropractic | 8 | | or naturopathic
school or college approved by the | 9 | | Department at the time of
their graduation;
| 10 | | (2) the requirements for the applicant's license | 11 | | to
practice the treatment of human ailments without | 12 | | the use of
drugs are deemed by the Department to have | 13 | | been
substantially equivalent to the requirements for | 14 | | a license
to practice in this State at the date of the | 15 | | applicant's
license;
| 16 | | (E-5) That if the applicant seeks to practice | 17 | | naturopathic medicine: | 18 | | (1) the applicant is a graduate of a naturopathic | 19 | | school or college approved by the Department at the | 20 | | time of
their graduation; and | 21 | | (2) the requirements for the applicant's license | 22 | | to
practice naturopathic medicine are deemed by the | 23 | | Department to have been
substantially equivalent to | 24 | | the requirements for a license
to practice in this | 25 | | State at the date of the applicant's
license; | 26 | | (F) That the Department may, in its discretion, issue |
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| 1 | | a
license by endorsement to any graduate of a
medical or | 2 | | osteopathic college, reputable and
in good standing in the
| 3 | | judgment of the Department, who has passed an examination
| 4 | | for admission to the United States Public Health Service, | 5 | | or
who has passed any other examination deemed by the
| 6 | | Department to have been at least equal in all substantial
| 7 | | respects to the examination required for admission to any
| 8 | | such medical corps;
| 9 | | (G) That applications for licenses by endorsement
| 10 | | shall be filed with the Department, under oath, on forms
| 11 | | prepared and furnished by the Department, and shall set
| 12 | | forth, and applicants therefor shall supply such | 13 | | information
respecting the life, education, professional | 14 | | practice, and
moral character of applicants as the | 15 | | Department may require
to be filed for its use;
| 16 | | (H) That the applicant undergo
the criminal background | 17 | | check established under Section 9.7 of this Act.
| 18 | | In the exercise of its discretion under this Section,
the | 19 | | Department is empowered to consider and evaluate each
| 20 | | applicant on an individual basis. It may take into account,
| 21 | | among other things: the extent to which the applicant will | 22 | | bring unique experience and skills to the State of Illinois or | 23 | | the extent to which there is or is not
available to the | 24 | | Department authentic and definitive
information concerning the | 25 | | quality of medical education and
clinical training which the | 26 | | applicant has had. Under no
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| 1 | | issued under the provisions
of this Section to any person who | 2 | | has previously taken and
failed the written examination | 3 | | conducted by the Department
for such license. In the exercise | 4 | | of its discretion under this Section, the Department may | 5 | | require an applicant to successfully complete an examination | 6 | | as recommended by the Licensing Board. The Department may
also | 7 | | request the applicant to submit, and may consider as
evidence | 8 | | of moral character, evidence from 2 or 3
individuals licensed | 9 | | under this Act.
Applicants have 3 years from the date of | 10 | | application to complete the
application process. If the | 11 | | process has not been completed within 3 years, the
application | 12 | | shall be denied, the fees shall be forfeited, and the | 13 | | applicant
must reapply and meet the requirements in effect at | 14 | | the time of
reapplication.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11; 98-1140, eff. 12-30-14 .)
| 16 | | (225 ILCS 60/22) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-22)
| 17 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| 18 | | Sec. 22. Disciplinary action.
| 19 | | (A) The Department may revoke, suspend, place on | 20 | | probation, reprimand, refuse to issue or renew, or take any | 21 | | other disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as the | 22 | | Department may deem proper
with regard to the license or | 23 | | permit of any person issued
under this Act, including imposing | 24 | | fines not to exceed $10,000 for each violation, upon any of the | 25 | | following grounds:
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| 1 | | (1) (Blank).
| 2 | | (2) (Blank).
| 3 | | (3) A plea of guilty or nolo contendere, finding of | 4 | | guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment or sentencing, | 5 | | including, but not limited to, convictions, preceding | 6 | | sentences of supervision, conditional discharge, or first | 7 | | offender probation, under the laws of any jurisdiction of | 8 | | the United States of any crime that is a felony.
| 9 | | (4) Gross negligence in practice under this Act.
| 10 | | (5) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical , or | 11 | | unprofessional
conduct of a
character likely to deceive, | 12 | | defraud or harm the public.
| 13 | | (6) Obtaining any fee by fraud, deceit, or
| 14 | | misrepresentation.
| 15 | | (7) Habitual or excessive use or abuse of drugs | 16 | | defined in law
as
controlled substances, of alcohol, or of | 17 | | any other substances which results in
the inability to | 18 | | practice with reasonable judgment, skill , or safety.
| 19 | | (8) Practicing under a false or, except as provided by | 20 | | law, an
assumed
name.
| 21 | | (9) Fraud or misrepresentation in applying for, or | 22 | | procuring, a
license
under this Act or in connection with | 23 | | applying for renewal of a license under
this Act.
| 24 | | (10) Making a false or misleading statement regarding | 25 | | their
skill or the
efficacy or value of the medicine, | 26 | | treatment, or remedy prescribed by them at
their direction |
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| 1 | | in the treatment of any disease or other condition of the | 2 | | body
or mind.
| 3 | | (11) Allowing another person or organization to use | 4 | | their
license, procured
under this Act, to practice.
| 5 | | (12) Adverse action taken by another state or | 6 | | jurisdiction
against a license
or other authorization to | 7 | | practice as a medical doctor, doctor of osteopathy,
doctor | 8 | | of osteopathic medicine , doctor of naturopathic medicine, | 9 | | or
doctor of chiropractic, a certified copy of the record | 10 | | of the action taken by
the other state or jurisdiction | 11 | | being prima facie evidence thereof. This includes any | 12 | | adverse action taken by a State or federal agency that | 13 | | prohibits a medical doctor, doctor of osteopathy, doctor | 14 | | of osteopathic medicine, or doctor of chiropractic from | 15 | | providing services to the agency's participants.
| 16 | | (13) Violation of any provision of this Act or of the | 17 | | Medical
Practice Act
prior to the repeal of that Act, or | 18 | | violation of the rules, or a final
administrative action | 19 | | of the Secretary, after consideration of the
| 20 | | recommendation of the Disciplinary Board.
| 21 | | (14) Violation of the prohibition against fee | 22 | | splitting in Section 22.2 of this Act.
| 23 | | (15) A finding by the Disciplinary Board that the
| 24 | | registrant after
having his or her license placed on | 25 | | probationary status or subjected to
conditions or | 26 | | restrictions violated the terms of the probation or failed |
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comply with such terms or conditions.
| 2 | | (16) Abandonment of a patient.
| 3 | | (17) Prescribing, selling, administering, | 4 | | distributing, giving ,
or
self-administering any drug | 5 | | classified as a controlled substance (designated
product) | 6 | | or narcotic for other than medically accepted therapeutic
| 7 | | purposes.
| 8 | | (18) Promotion of the sale of drugs, devices, | 9 | | appliances , or
goods provided
for a patient in such manner | 10 | | as to exploit the patient for financial gain of
the | 11 | | physician.
| 12 | | (19) Offering, undertaking , or agreeing to cure or | 13 | | treat
disease by a secret
method, procedure, treatment , or | 14 | | medicine, or the treating, operating , or
prescribing for | 15 | | any human condition by a method, means , or procedure which | 16 | | the
licensee refuses to divulge upon demand of the | 17 | | Department.
| 18 | | (20) Immoral conduct in the commission of any act | 19 | | including,
but not limited to, commission of an act of | 20 | | sexual misconduct related to the
licensee's
practice.
| 21 | | (21) Willfully making or filing false records or | 22 | | reports in his
or her
practice as a physician, including, | 23 | | but not limited to, false records to
support claims | 24 | | against the medical assistance program of the Department | 25 | | of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Department of
| 26 | | Public Aid)
under the Illinois Public Aid Code.
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| 1 | | (22) Willful omission to file or record, or willfully | 2 | | impeding
the filing or
recording, or inducing another | 3 | | person to omit to file or record, medical
reports as | 4 | | required by law, or willfully failing to report an | 5 | | instance of
suspected abuse or neglect as required by law.
| 6 | | (23) Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated | 7 | | report by
the Department
of Children and Family Services | 8 | | under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting
Act, and | 9 | | upon proof by clear and convincing evidence that the | 10 | | licensee has
caused a child to be an abused child or | 11 | | neglected child as defined in the
Abused and Neglected | 12 | | Child Reporting Act.
| 13 | | (24) Solicitation of professional patronage by any
| 14 | | corporation, agents or
persons, or profiting from those | 15 | | representing themselves to be agents of the
licensee.
| 16 | | (25) Gross and willful and continued overcharging for
| 17 | | professional services,
including filing false statements | 18 | | for collection of fees for which services are
not | 19 | | rendered, including, but not limited to, filing such false | 20 | | statements for
collection of monies for services not | 21 | | rendered from the medical assistance
program of the | 22 | | Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly | 23 | | Department of Public Aid)
under the Illinois Public Aid
| 24 | | Code.
| 25 | | (26) A pattern of practice or other behavior which
| 26 | | demonstrates
incapacity
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| 2 | | (27) Mental illness or disability which results in the
| 3 | | inability to
practice under this Act with reasonable | 4 | | judgment, skill , or safety.
| 5 | | (28) Physical illness, including, but not limited to,
| 6 | | deterioration through
the aging process, or loss of motor | 7 | | skill which results in a physician's
inability to practice | 8 | | under this Act with reasonable judgment, skill , or
safety.
| 9 | | (29) Cheating on or attempt to subvert the licensing
| 10 | | examinations
administered under this Act.
| 11 | | (30) Willfully or negligently violating the | 12 | | confidentiality
between
physician and patient except as | 13 | | required by law.
| 14 | | (31) The use of any false, fraudulent, or deceptive | 15 | | statement
in any
document connected with practice under | 16 | | this Act.
| 17 | | (32) Aiding and abetting an individual not licensed | 18 | | under this
Act in the
practice of a profession licensed | 19 | | under this Act.
| 20 | | (33) Violating state or federal laws or regulations | 21 | | relating
to controlled
substances, legend
drugs, or | 22 | | ephedra as defined in the Ephedra Prohibition Act.
| 23 | | (34) Failure to report to the Department any adverse | 24 | | final
action taken
against them by another licensing | 25 | | jurisdiction (any other state or any
territory of the | 26 | | United States or any foreign state or country), by any |
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review body, by any health care institution, by any | 2 | | professional society or
association related to practice | 3 | | under this Act, by any governmental agency, by
any law | 4 | | enforcement agency, or by any court for acts or conduct | 5 | | similar to acts
or conduct which would constitute grounds | 6 | | for action as defined in this
Section.
| 7 | | (35) Failure to report to the Department surrender of | 8 | | a
license or
authorization to practice as a medical | 9 | | doctor, a doctor of osteopathy, a
doctor of osteopathic | 10 | | medicine, a doctor of naturopathic medicine, or doctor
of | 11 | | chiropractic in another state or jurisdiction, or | 12 | | surrender of membership on
any medical staff or in any | 13 | | medical or professional association or society,
while | 14 | | under disciplinary investigation by any of those | 15 | | authorities or bodies,
for acts or conduct similar to acts | 16 | | or conduct which would constitute grounds
for action as | 17 | | defined in this Section.
| 18 | | (36) Failure to report to the Department any adverse | 19 | | judgment,
settlement,
or award arising from a liability | 20 | | claim related to acts or conduct similar to
acts or | 21 | | conduct which would constitute grounds for action as | 22 | | defined in this
Section.
| 23 | | (37) Failure to provide copies of medical records as | 24 | | required
by law.
| 25 | | (38) Failure to furnish the Department, its | 26 | | investigators or
representatives, relevant information, |
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| 1 | | legally requested by the Department
after consultation | 2 | | with the Chief Medical Coordinator or the Deputy Medical
| 3 | | Coordinator.
| 4 | | (39) Violating the Health Care Worker Self-Referral
| 5 | | Act.
| 6 | | (40) Willful failure to provide notice when notice is | 7 | | required
under the
Parental Notice of Abortion Act of | 8 | | 1995.
| 9 | | (41) Failure to establish and maintain records of | 10 | | patient care and
treatment as required by this law.
| 11 | | (42) Entering into an excessive number of written | 12 | | collaborative
agreements with licensed advanced practice | 13 | | registered nurses resulting in an inability to
adequately | 14 | | collaborate.
| 15 | | (43) Repeated failure to adequately collaborate with a | 16 | | licensed advanced practice registered nurse. | 17 | | (44) Violating the Compassionate Use of Medical | 18 | | Cannabis Program Act.
| 19 | | (45) Entering into an excessive number of written | 20 | | collaborative agreements with licensed prescribing | 21 | | psychologists resulting in an inability to adequately | 22 | | collaborate. | 23 | | (46) Repeated failure to adequately collaborate with a | 24 | | licensed prescribing psychologist. | 25 | | (47) Willfully failing to report an instance of | 26 | | suspected abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or |
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| 1 | | self-neglect of an eligible adult as defined in and | 2 | | required by the Adult Protective Services Act. | 3 | | (48) Being named as an abuser in a verified report by | 4 | | the Department on Aging under the Adult Protective | 5 | | Services Act, and upon proof by clear and convincing | 6 | | evidence that the licensee abused, neglected, or | 7 | | financially exploited an eligible adult as defined in the | 8 | | Adult Protective Services Act. | 9 | | (49) Entering into an excessive number of written | 10 | | collaborative agreements with licensed physician | 11 | | assistants resulting in an inability to adequately | 12 | | collaborate. | 13 | | (50) Repeated failure to adequately collaborate with a | 14 | | physician assistant. | 15 | | Except
for actions involving the ground numbered (26), all | 16 | | proceedings to suspend,
revoke, place on probationary status, | 17 | | or take any
other disciplinary action as the Department may | 18 | | deem proper, with regard to a
license on any of the foregoing | 19 | | grounds, must be commenced within 5 years next
after receipt | 20 | | by the Department of a complaint alleging the commission of or
| 21 | | notice of the conviction order for any of the acts described | 22 | | herein. Except
for the grounds numbered (8), (9), (26), and | 23 | | (29), no action shall be commenced more
than 10 years after the | 24 | | date of the incident or act alleged to have violated
this | 25 | | Section. For actions involving the ground numbered (26), a | 26 | | pattern of practice or other behavior includes all incidents |
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| 1 | | alleged to be part of the pattern of practice or other behavior | 2 | | that occurred, or a report pursuant to Section 23 of this Act | 3 | | received, within the 10-year period preceding the filing of | 4 | | the complaint. In the event of the settlement of any claim or | 5 | | cause of action
in favor of the claimant or the reduction to | 6 | | final judgment of any civil action
in favor of the plaintiff, | 7 | | such claim, cause of action , or civil action being
grounded on | 8 | | the allegation that a person licensed under this Act was | 9 | | negligent
in providing care, the Department shall have an | 10 | | additional period of 2 years
from the date of notification to | 11 | | the Department under Section 23 of this Act
of such settlement | 12 | | or final judgment in which to investigate and
commence formal | 13 | | disciplinary proceedings under Section 36 of this Act, except
| 14 | | as otherwise provided by law. The time during which the holder | 15 | | of the license
was outside the State of Illinois shall not be | 16 | | included within any period of
time limiting the commencement | 17 | | of disciplinary action by the Department.
| 18 | | The entry of an order or judgment by any circuit court | 19 | | establishing that any
person holding a license under this Act | 20 | | is a person in need of mental treatment
operates as a | 21 | | suspension of that license. That person may resume his or her | 22 | | their
practice only upon the entry of a Departmental order | 23 | | based upon a finding by
the Disciplinary Board that the person | 24 | | has they have been determined to be recovered
from mental | 25 | | illness by the court and upon the Disciplinary Board's
| 26 | | recommendation that the person they be permitted to resume his |
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| 1 | | or her their practice.
| 2 | | The Department may refuse to issue or take disciplinary | 3 | | action concerning the license of any person
who fails to file a | 4 | | return, or to pay the tax, penalty , or interest shown in a
| 5 | | filed return, or to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty , | 6 | | or interest, as
required by any tax Act administered by the | 7 | | Illinois Department of Revenue,
until such time as the | 8 | | requirements of any such tax Act are satisfied as
determined | 9 | | by the Illinois Department of Revenue.
| 10 | | The Department, upon the recommendation of the | 11 | | Disciplinary Board, shall
adopt rules which set forth | 12 | | standards to be used in determining:
| 13 | | (a) when a person will be deemed sufficiently | 14 | | rehabilitated to warrant the
public trust;
| 15 | | (b) what constitutes dishonorable, unethical , or | 16 | | unprofessional conduct of
a character likely to deceive, | 17 | | defraud, or harm the public;
| 18 | | (c) what constitutes immoral conduct in the commission | 19 | | of any act,
including, but not limited to, commission of | 20 | | an act of sexual misconduct
related
to the licensee's | 21 | | practice; and
| 22 | | (d) what constitutes gross negligence in the practice | 23 | | of medicine.
| 24 | | However, no such rule shall be admissible into evidence in | 25 | | any civil action
except for review of a licensing or other | 26 | | disciplinary action under this Act.
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| 1 | | In enforcing this Section, the Disciplinary Board or the | 2 | | Licensing Board,
upon a showing of a possible violation, may | 3 | | compel, in the case of the Disciplinary Board, any individual | 4 | | who is licensed to
practice under this Act or holds a permit to | 5 | | practice under this Act, or, in the case of the Licensing | 6 | | Board, any individual who has applied for licensure or a | 7 | | permit
pursuant to this Act, to submit to a mental or physical | 8 | | examination and evaluation, or both,
which may include a | 9 | | substance abuse or sexual offender evaluation, as required by | 10 | | the Licensing Board or Disciplinary Board and at the expense | 11 | | of the Department. The Disciplinary Board or Licensing Board | 12 | | shall specifically designate the examining physician licensed | 13 | | to practice medicine in all of its branches or, if applicable, | 14 | | the multidisciplinary team involved in providing the mental or | 15 | | physical examination and evaluation, or both. The | 16 | | multidisciplinary team shall be led by a physician licensed to | 17 | | practice medicine in all of its branches and may consist of one | 18 | | or more or a combination of physicians licensed to practice | 19 | | medicine in all of its branches, licensed chiropractic | 20 | | physicians, licensed naturopathic physicians, licensed | 21 | | clinical psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, | 22 | | licensed clinical professional counselors, and other | 23 | | professional and administrative staff. Any examining physician | 24 | | or member of the multidisciplinary team may require any person | 25 | | ordered to submit to an examination and evaluation pursuant to | 26 | | this Section to submit to any additional supplemental testing |
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| 1 | | deemed necessary to complete any examination or evaluation | 2 | | process, including, but not limited to, blood testing, | 3 | | urinalysis, psychological testing, or neuropsychological | 4 | | testing.
The Disciplinary Board, the Licensing Board, or the | 5 | | Department may order the examining
physician or any member of | 6 | | the multidisciplinary team to provide to the Department, the | 7 | | Disciplinary Board, or the Licensing Board any and all | 8 | | records, including business records, that relate to the | 9 | | examination and evaluation, including any supplemental testing | 10 | | performed. The Disciplinary Board, the Licensing Board, or the | 11 | | Department may order the examining physician or any member of | 12 | | the multidisciplinary team to present testimony concerning | 13 | | this examination
and evaluation of the licensee, permit | 14 | | holder, or applicant, including testimony concerning any | 15 | | supplemental testing or documents relating to the examination | 16 | | and evaluation. No information, report, record, or other | 17 | | documents in any way related to the examination and evaluation | 18 | | shall be excluded by reason of
any common
law or statutory | 19 | | privilege relating to communication between the licensee, | 20 | | permit holder, or
applicant and
the examining physician or any | 21 | | member of the multidisciplinary team.
No authorization is | 22 | | necessary from the licensee, permit holder, or applicant | 23 | | ordered to undergo an evaluation and examination for the | 24 | | examining physician or any member of the multidisciplinary | 25 | | team to provide information, reports, records, or other | 26 | | documents or to provide any testimony regarding the |
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| 1 | | examination and evaluation. The individual to be examined may | 2 | | have, at his or her own expense, another
physician of his or | 3 | | her choice present during all aspects of the examination.
| 4 | | Failure of any individual to submit to mental or physical | 5 | | examination and evaluation, or both, when
directed, shall | 6 | | result in an automatic suspension, without hearing, until such | 7 | | time
as the individual submits to the examination. If the | 8 | | Disciplinary Board or Licensing Board finds a physician unable
| 9 | | to practice following an examination and evaluation because of | 10 | | the reasons set forth in this Section, the Disciplinary
Board | 11 | | or Licensing Board shall require such physician to submit to | 12 | | care, counseling, or treatment
by physicians, or other health | 13 | | care professionals, approved or designated by the Disciplinary | 14 | | Board, as a condition
for issued, continued, reinstated, or | 15 | | renewed licensure to practice. Any physician,
whose license | 16 | | was granted pursuant to Sections 9, 17, or 19 of this Act, or,
| 17 | | continued, reinstated, renewed, disciplined or supervised, | 18 | | subject to such
terms, conditions , or restrictions who shall | 19 | | fail to comply with such terms,
conditions , or restrictions, | 20 | | or to complete a required program of care,
counseling, or | 21 | | treatment, as determined by the Chief Medical Coordinator or
| 22 | | Deputy Medical Coordinators, shall be referred to the | 23 | | Secretary for a
determination as to whether the licensee shall | 24 | | have his or her their license suspended
immediately, pending a | 25 | | hearing by the Disciplinary Board. In instances in
which the | 26 | | Secretary immediately suspends a license under this Section, a |
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| 1 | | hearing
upon such person's license must be convened by the | 2 | | Disciplinary Board within 15
days after such suspension and | 3 | | completed without appreciable delay. The
Disciplinary Board | 4 | | shall have the authority to review the subject physician's
| 5 | | record of treatment and counseling regarding the impairment, | 6 | | to the extent
permitted by applicable federal statutes and | 7 | | regulations safeguarding the
confidentiality of medical | 8 | | records.
| 9 | | An individual licensed under this Act, affected under this | 10 | | Section, shall be
afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to | 11 | | the Disciplinary Board that he or she they can
resume practice | 12 | | in compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards under
| 13 | | the provisions of his or her their license.
| 14 | | The Department may promulgate rules for the imposition of | 15 | | fines in
disciplinary cases, not to exceed
$10,000 for each | 16 | | violation of this Act. Fines
may be imposed in conjunction | 17 | | with other forms of disciplinary action, but
shall not be the | 18 | | exclusive disposition of any disciplinary action arising out
| 19 | | of conduct resulting in death or injury to a patient. Any funds | 20 | | collected from
such fines shall be deposited in the Illinois | 21 | | State Medical Disciplinary Fund.
| 22 | | All fines imposed under this Section shall be paid within | 23 | | 60 days after the effective date of the order imposing the fine | 24 | | or in accordance with the terms set forth in the order imposing | 25 | | the fine. | 26 | | (B) The Department shall revoke the license or
permit |
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| 1 | | issued under this Act to practice medicine , a naturopathic | 2 | | physician, or a chiropractic physician who
has been convicted | 3 | | a second time of committing any felony under the
Illinois | 4 | | Controlled Substances Act or the Methamphetamine Control and | 5 | | Community Protection Act, or who has been convicted a second | 6 | | time of
committing a Class 1 felony under Sections 8A-3 and | 7 | | 8A-6 of the Illinois Public
Aid Code. A person whose license or | 8 | | permit is revoked
under
this subsection B shall be prohibited | 9 | | from practicing
medicine or treating human ailments without | 10 | | the use of drugs and without
operative surgery.
| 11 | | (C) The Department shall not revoke, suspend, place on | 12 | | probation, reprimand, refuse to issue or renew, or take any | 13 | | other disciplinary or non-disciplinary action against the | 14 | | license or permit issued under this Act to practice medicine | 15 | | to a physician: | 16 | | (1) based solely upon the recommendation of the | 17 | | physician to an eligible patient regarding, or | 18 | | prescription for, or treatment with, an investigational | 19 | | drug, biological product, or device; or | 20 | | (2) for experimental treatment for Lyme disease or | 21 | | other tick-borne diseases, including, but not limited to, | 22 | | the prescription of or treatment with long-term | 23 | | antibiotics. | 24 | | (D) The Disciplinary Board shall recommend to the
| 25 | | Department civil
penalties and any other appropriate | 26 | | discipline in disciplinary cases when the
Board finds that a |
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| 1 | | physician willfully performed an abortion with actual
| 2 | | knowledge that the person upon whom the abortion has been | 3 | | performed is a minor
or an incompetent person without notice | 4 | | as required under the Parental Notice
of Abortion Act of 1995. | 5 | | Upon the Board's recommendation, the Department shall
impose, | 6 | | for the first violation, a civil penalty of $1,000 and for a | 7 | | second or
subsequent violation, a civil penalty of $5,000.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 100-429, eff. 8-25-17; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18; | 9 | | 100-605, eff. 1-1-19; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-1137, eff. | 10 | | 1-1-19; 101-13, eff. 6-12-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-363, | 11 | | eff. 8-9-19; revised 9-20-19.)
| 12 | | (225 ILCS 60/24) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-24)
| 13 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| 14 | | Sec. 24. Report of violations; medical associations. | 15 | | (a) Any physician
licensed under this Act, the
Illinois | 16 | | State Medical Society, the Illinois Association of
Osteopathic | 17 | | Physicians and Surgeons, the Illinois
Chiropractic Society, | 18 | | the Illinois Prairie State Chiropractic Association, the | 19 | | Illinois Association of Naturopathic Physicians,
or any | 20 | | component societies of any of
these 4 groups, and any other | 21 | | person, may report to the
Disciplinary Board any information | 22 | | the physician,
association, society, or person may have that | 23 | | appears to
show that a physician is or may be in violation of | 24 | | any of
the provisions of Section 22 of this Act.
| 25 | | (b) The Department may enter into agreements with the
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| 1 | | Illinois State Medical Society, the Illinois Association of
| 2 | | Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, the Illinois Prairie | 3 | | State Chiropractic
Association, or the Illinois
Chiropractic | 4 | | Society , or the Illinois Association of Naturopathic | 5 | | Physicians to allow these
organizations to assist the | 6 | | Disciplinary Board in the review
of alleged violations of this | 7 | | Act. Subject to the approval
of the Department, any | 8 | | organization party to such an
agreement may subcontract with | 9 | | other individuals or
organizations to assist in review.
| 10 | | (c) Any physician, association, society, or person
| 11 | | participating in good faith in the making of a report under
| 12 | | this Act or participating in or assisting with an
| 13 | | investigation or review under this Act shall have
immunity | 14 | | from any civil, criminal, or other liability that might result | 15 | | by reason of those actions.
| 16 | | (d) The medical information in the custody of an entity
| 17 | | under contract with the Department participating in an
| 18 | | investigation or review shall be privileged and confidential
| 19 | | to the same extent as are information and reports under the
| 20 | | provisions of Part 21 of Article VIII of the Code of Civil
| 21 | | Procedure.
| 22 | | (e) Upon request by the Department after a mandatory | 23 | | report has been filed with the Department, an attorney for any | 24 | | party seeking to recover damages for
injuries or death by | 25 | | reason of medical, hospital, or other healing art
malpractice | 26 | | shall provide patient records related to the physician |
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| 1 | | involved in the disciplinary proceeding to the Department | 2 | | within 30 days of the Department's request for use by the | 3 | | Department in any disciplinary matter under this Act. An | 4 | | attorney who provides patient records to the Department in | 5 | | accordance with this requirement shall not be deemed to have | 6 | | violated any attorney-client privilege. Notwithstanding any | 7 | | other provision of law, consent by a patient shall not be | 8 | | required for the provision of patient records in accordance | 9 | | with this requirement.
| 10 | | (f) For the purpose of any civil or criminal proceedings,
| 11 | | the good faith of any physician, association, society
or | 12 | | person shall be presumed.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11; 98-1140, eff. 12-30-14 .)
| 14 | | (225 ILCS 60/33) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-33)
| 15 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| 16 | | Sec. 33. Legend drugs. | 17 | | (a) Any person licensed under this Act to practice | 18 | | medicine in all
of its branches shall be authorized to | 19 | | purchase legend drugs requiring an
order of a person | 20 | | authorized to prescribe drugs, and to dispense such legend
| 21 | | drugs in the regular course of practicing medicine. The | 22 | | dispensing of such
legend drugs shall be the personal act of | 23 | | the person licensed under this
Act and may not be delegated to | 24 | | any other person not licensed under this
Act or the Pharmacy | 25 | | Practice Act
unless such delegated
dispensing functions are |
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| 1 | | under the direct supervision of the physician
authorized to | 2 | | dispense legend drugs. Except when dispensing manufacturers'
| 3 | | samples or other legend drugs in a maximum 72 hour supply, | 4 | | persons licensed
under this Act shall maintain a book or file | 5 | | of prescriptions as required
in the Pharmacy Practice Act. Any | 6 | | person licensed under this
Act who dispenses any drug or | 7 | | medicine shall dispense such drug or
medicine in good faith | 8 | | and shall affix to the box, bottle,
vessel or package | 9 | | containing the same a label indicating (1)
the date on which | 10 | | such drug or medicine is dispensed; (2)
the name of the | 11 | | patient; (3) the last name of the person
dispensing such drug | 12 | | or medicine; (4) the directions for use
thereof; and (5) the | 13 | | proprietary name or names or, if there
are none, the | 14 | | established name or names of the drug or
medicine, the dosage | 15 | | and quantity, except as otherwise
authorized by regulation of | 16 | | the Department.
| 17 | | (b) The labeling requirements set forth in subsection (a) | 18 | | shall
not apply to drugs or medicines in a package which bears | 19 | | a label of the
manufacturer containing information describing | 20 | | its contents
which is in compliance with requirements of the | 21 | | Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Illinois Food, | 22 | | Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
"Drug" and "medicine" have the | 23 | | meanings ascribed to them in the Pharmacy Practice
Act, as now | 24 | | or hereafter amended; "good faith" has the meaning
ascribed to | 25 | | it in subsection (u) of Section 102 of the Illinois Controlled
| 26 | | Substances Act.
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| 1 | | (c) Prior to dispensing a prescription to a patient, the | 2 | | physician shall
offer a written prescription to the patient | 3 | | which the patient may elect to
have filled by the physician or | 4 | | any licensed pharmacy.
| 5 | | (d) A violation of any provision of this Section shall | 6 | | constitute a violation
of this Act and shall be grounds for | 7 | | disciplinary action provided for in
this Act.
| 8 | | (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to | 9 | | authorize a chiropractic physician or naturopathic physician | 10 | | to prescribe drugs. | 11 | | (Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11; 98-1140, eff. 12-30-14 .)
| 12 | | (225 ILCS 60/34) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-34)
| 13 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| 14 | | Sec. 34.
The provisions of this Act shall not be so
| 15 | | construed nor shall they be so administered as to
discriminate | 16 | | against any type or category of physician or
against any | 17 | | medical, osteopathic , naturopathic, or chiropractic college.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 85-4 .)
| 19 | | Section 25. The Patients' Right to Know Act is amended by | 20 | | changing Section 5 as follows: | 21 | | (225 ILCS 61/5)
| 22 | | Sec. 5. Definitions. For purposes of this Act, the
| 23 | | following definitions shall have the following meanings,
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| 1 | | except where the context requires otherwise: | 2 | | "Department" means the Department of Financial and | 3 | | Professional Regulation. | 4 | | "Disciplinary Board" means the Medical Disciplinary
Board. | 5 | | "Physician" means a person licensed under the
Medical | 6 | | Practice Act of 1987 to practice medicine in all of its
| 7 | | branches , a naturopathic physician, or a chiropractic | 8 | | physician licensed to treat human
ailments without the use of | 9 | | drugs and without
operative surgery. | 10 | | "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of | 11 | | Financial and Professional Regulation.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.) | 13 | | Section 30. The Naprapathic Practice Act is amended by | 14 | | changing Sections 25 and 110 as follows:
| 15 | | (225 ILCS 63/25)
| 16 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023)
| 17 | | Sec. 25. Title and designation of licensed naprapaths. | 18 | | Every person
to whom a valid existing license as a naprapath | 19 | | has been issued under this
Act shall be designated | 20 | | professionally a "naprapath", and not otherwise,
and any | 21 | | licensed naprapath may, in connection with the
practice of
his | 22 | | profession, use the title or designation of "naprapath", and, | 23 | | if
entitled by degree from a college or university recognized | 24 | | by the
Department, may use the title of "Doctor of
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| 1 | | or the abbreviation "D.N.". When the name of the licensed
| 2 | | naprapath is used professionally in oral, written, or
printed
| 3 | | announcements, professional cards, or publications for the | 4 | | information of
the public and is preceded by the title | 5 | | "Doctor" or the abbreviation
"Dr.", the explanatory | 6 | | designation of "naprapath", "naprapathy", "Doctor of
| 7 | | Naprapathy", or the designation "D.N." shall be added | 8 | | immediately following
title and name. When the announcement, | 9 | | professional cards, or
publication is in writing or in print, | 10 | | the explanatory addition shall be
in writing, type, or print | 11 | | not less than 1/2 the size of that used in the
name and title. | 12 | | No person other than the holder of a valid existing
license | 13 | | under this Act shall use the title and designation of "Doctor | 14 | | of
Naprapathy", "D.N.", or "naprapath", either directly or | 15 | | indirectly, in
connection with his or her profession or | 16 | | business.
| 17 | | A naprapath licensed under this Act shall not hold himself | 18 | | or herself
out as a Doctor of Chiropractic or a Doctor of | 19 | | Naturopathic Medicine unless he or she is licensed as a Doctor | 20 | | of
Chiropractic or Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine under the | 21 | | Medical Practice Act of 1987 or any successor Act.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 97-778, eff. 7-13-12.)
| 23 | | (225 ILCS 63/110)
| 24 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023)
| 25 | | Sec. 110. Grounds for disciplinary action; refusal, |
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| 1 | | revocation,
suspension. | 2 | | (a) The Department may refuse to issue or to renew, or may | 3 | | revoke, suspend,
place on probation, reprimand or take other | 4 | | disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as
the
Department may | 5 | | deem appropriate, including imposing fines not to exceed | 6 | | $10,000 for each
violation, with regard to any licensee or | 7 | | license for any one or
combination of
the
following causes:
| 8 | | (1) Violations of this Act or of rules adopted under | 9 | | this Act.
| 10 | | (2) Material misstatement in furnishing information to | 11 | | the Department.
| 12 | | (3) Conviction by plea of guilty or nolo contendere, | 13 | | finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment, or | 14 | | by sentencing of any crime, including, but not limited to, | 15 | | convictions, preceding sentences of supervision, | 16 | | conditional discharge, or first offender probation, under | 17 | | the laws of any jurisdiction of the United States: (i) | 18 | | that is a felony or (ii) that is a misdemeanor, an | 19 | | essential element of which is dishonesty, or that is | 20 | | directly related to the practice of the profession.
| 21 | | (4) Fraud or any misrepresentation in applying for or | 22 | | procuring a license under this Act or in connection with | 23 | | applying for renewal of a license under this Act.
| 24 | | (5) Professional incompetence or gross negligence.
| 25 | | (6) Malpractice.
| 26 | | (7) Aiding or assisting another person in violating |
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| 1 | | any
provision of
this Act or its rules.
| 2 | | (8) Failing to provide information within 60 days in | 3 | | response
to a
written request made by the Department.
| 4 | | (9) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or | 5 | | unprofessional
conduct of a
character likely to deceive, | 6 | | defraud, or harm the public.
| 7 | | (10) Habitual or excessive use or abuse of drugs | 8 | | defined in law as controlled substances, alcohol, or any | 9 | | other substance which results in the
inability to practice | 10 | | with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
| 11 | | (11) Discipline by another U.S. jurisdiction or | 12 | | foreign
nation if at
least one of the grounds for the | 13 | | discipline is the same or substantially
equivalent to | 14 | | those set forth in this Act.
| 15 | | (12) 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. This shall not be deemed to include | 20 | | rent or other
remunerations paid to an individual, | 21 | | partnership, or corporation by a
naprapath for the lease, | 22 | | rental, or use of space, owned or controlled by
the | 23 | | individual, partnership, corporation, or association. | 24 | | Nothing in this paragraph (12) affects any bona fide | 25 | | independent contractor or employment arrangements among | 26 | | health care professionals, health facilities, health care |
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| 1 | | providers, or other entities, except as otherwise | 2 | | prohibited by law. Any employment arrangements may include | 3 | | provisions for compensation, health insurance, pension, or | 4 | | other employment benefits for the provision of services | 5 | | within the scope of the licensee's practice under this | 6 | | Act. Nothing in this paragraph (12) shall be construed to | 7 | | require an employment arrangement to receive professional | 8 | | fees for services rendered.
| 9 | | (13) Using the title "Doctor" or its abbreviation | 10 | | without further
clarifying that title or abbreviation with | 11 | | the word "naprapath" or "naprapathy"
or the designation | 12 | | "D.N.".
| 13 | | (14) A finding by the Department that the licensee, | 14 | | after
having his
or her license placed on probationary | 15 | | status, has violated the terms of
probation.
| 16 | | (15) Abandonment of a patient without cause.
| 17 | | (16) Willfully making or filing false records or | 18 | | reports
relating to a licensee's
practice, including but | 19 | | not limited to, false records filed with State
agencies or | 20 | | departments.
| 21 | | (17) Willfully failing to report an instance of | 22 | | suspected
child abuse or
neglect as required by the Abused | 23 | | and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
| 24 | | (18) Physical or mental illness or disability, | 25 | | including, but not limited to,
deterioration
through the | 26 | | aging process or loss of motor skill that results in the
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| 1 | | inability to practice the profession with reasonable | 2 | | judgment, skill,
or safety.
| 3 | | (19) Solicitation of professional services by means | 4 | | other
than
permitted advertising.
| 5 | | (20) Failure to provide a patient with a copy of his or | 6 | | her
record
upon the written request of the patient.
| 7 | | (21) Cheating on or attempting to subvert the | 8 | | licensing examination administered under this Act.
| 9 | | (22) Allowing one's license under this Act to be used | 10 | | by an unlicensed person in violation of this Act.
| 11 | | (23) (Blank).
| 12 | | (24) Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated | 13 | | report by
the
Department of Children and Family Services | 14 | | under the Abused and Neglected
Child Reporting Act and | 15 | | upon proof by clear and convincing evidence that the
| 16 | | licensee has caused a child to be an abused child or a | 17 | | neglected child as
defined in the Abused and Neglected | 18 | | Child Reporting Act.
| 19 | | (25) Practicing under a false or, except as provided | 20 | | by law, an assumed name.
| 21 | | (26) Immoral conduct in the commission of any act, | 22 | | such as
sexual abuse,
sexual misconduct, or sexual | 23 | | exploitation, related to the licensee's practice.
| 24 | | (27) Maintaining a professional relationship with any | 25 | | person,
firm, or
corporation when the naprapath knows, or | 26 | | should know, that the person,
firm, or corporation is |
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| 1 | | violating this Act.
| 2 | | (28) Promotion of the sale of food supplements, | 3 | | devices,
appliances, or
goods provided for a client or | 4 | | patient in such manner as to exploit the
patient or client | 5 | | for financial gain of the licensee.
| 6 | | (29) Having treated ailments of human beings other | 7 | | than by
the
practice of naprapathy as defined in this Act, | 8 | | or having treated ailments
of human beings as a licensed | 9 | | naprapath independent of a documented
referral or | 10 | | documented current and relevant diagnosis from a | 11 | | physician,
dentist, or podiatric physician, or having | 12 | | failed to notify the physician, dentist,
or podiatric | 13 | | physician who established a documented current and | 14 | | relevant
diagnosis that the patient is receiving | 15 | | naprapathic treatment pursuant to
that diagnosis.
| 16 | | (30) Use by a registered naprapath of the word | 17 | | "infirmary",
"hospital",
"school", "university", in | 18 | | English or any other language, in connection
with the | 19 | | place where naprapathy may be practiced or demonstrated.
| 20 | | (31) Continuance of a naprapath in the employ of any | 21 | | person,
firm, or
corporation, or as an assistant to any | 22 | | naprapath or naprapaths, directly or
indirectly, after his | 23 | | or her employer or superior has been found guilty of
| 24 | | violating or has been enjoined from violating the laws of | 25 | | the State of
Illinois relating to the practice of | 26 | | naprapathy when the employer or
superior persists in that |
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| 1 | | violation.
| 2 | | (32) The performance of naprapathic service in | 3 | | conjunction
with a scheme
or plan with another person, | 4 | | firm, or corporation known to be advertising in
a manner | 5 | | contrary to this Act or otherwise violating the laws of | 6 | | the State
of Illinois concerning the practice of | 7 | | naprapathy.
| 8 | | (33) Failure to provide satisfactory proof of having
| 9 | | participated in
approved continuing education programs as | 10 | | determined by and
approved by the Secretary. Exceptions | 11 | | for extreme hardships are to be
defined by the rules of the | 12 | | Department.
| 13 | | (34) (Blank).
| 14 | | (35) Gross or willful overcharging for
professional | 15 | | services.
| 16 | | (36) (Blank).
| 17 | | All fines imposed under this Section shall be paid within | 18 | | 60 days after the effective date of the order imposing the | 19 | | fine. | 20 | | (b) The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend | 21 | | without hearing, as provided for in the Department of | 22 | | Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code, | 23 | | the license of any person who fails to file a return, or pay | 24 | | the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed return, or pay | 25 | | any final assessment of the tax, penalty, or interest as | 26 | | required by any tax Act administered by the Illinois |
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| 1 | | Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of | 2 | | any such tax Act are satisfied in accordance with subsection | 3 | | (g) of Section 2105-15 of the Department of Professional | 4 | | Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | 5 | | (c) (Blank). | 6 | | (d) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family | 7 | | Services has previously determined a licensee or a potential | 8 | | licensee is more than 30 days delinquent in the payment of | 9 | | child support and has subsequently certified the delinquency | 10 | | to the Department, the Department may refuse to issue or renew | 11 | | or may revoke or suspend that person's license or may take | 12 | | other disciplinary action against that person based solely | 13 | | upon the certification of delinquency made by the Department | 14 | | of Healthcare and Family Services in accordance with item (5) | 15 | | of subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Department of | 16 | | Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code | 17 | | of Illinois. | 18 | | (e) The determination by a circuit court that a licensee | 19 | | is subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission, as | 20 | | provided in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities | 21 | | Code, operates as an automatic suspension. The suspension | 22 | | shall end only upon a finding by a court that the patient is no | 23 | | longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission | 24 | | and the issuance of an order so finding and discharging the | 25 | | patient. | 26 | | (f) In enforcing this Act, the Department, upon a showing |
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| 1 | | of a possible violation, may compel an individual licensed to | 2 | | practice under this Act, or who has applied for licensure | 3 | | under this Act, to submit to a mental or physical examination | 4 | | and evaluation, or both, which may include a substance abuse | 5 | | or sexual offender evaluation, as required by and at the | 6 | | expense of the Department. The Department shall specifically | 7 | | designate the examining physician licensed to practice | 8 | | medicine in all of its branches or, if applicable, the | 9 | | multidisciplinary team involved in providing the mental or | 10 | | physical examination and evaluation, or both. The | 11 | | multidisciplinary team shall be led by a physician licensed to | 12 | | practice medicine in all of its branches and may consist of one | 13 | | or more or a combination of physicians licensed to practice | 14 | | medicine in all of its branches, licensed chiropractic | 15 | | physicians, licensed naturopathic physicians, licensed | 16 | | clinical psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, | 17 | | licensed clinical professional counselors, and other | 18 | | professional and administrative staff. Any examining physician | 19 | | or member of the multidisciplinary team may require any person | 20 | | ordered to submit to an examination and evaluation pursuant to | 21 | | this Section to submit to any additional supplemental testing | 22 | | deemed necessary to complete any examination or evaluation | 23 | | process, including, but not limited to, blood testing, | 24 | | urinalysis, psychological testing, or neuropsychological | 25 | | 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 that | 3 | | relate to the examination and evaluation, including any | 4 | | supplemental testing performed. The Department may order the | 5 | | examining physician or any member of the multidisciplinary | 6 | | team to present testimony concerning the examination and | 7 | | evaluation of the licensee or applicant, including testimony | 8 | | concerning any supplemental testing or documents in any way | 9 | | related to the examination and evaluation. No information, | 10 | | report, record, or other documents in any way related to the | 11 | | examination and evaluation shall be excluded by reason of any | 12 | | common law or statutory privilege relating to communications | 13 | | between the licensee or applicant and the examining physician | 14 | | or any member of the multidisciplinary team. No authorization | 15 | | is necessary from the licensee or applicant ordered to undergo | 16 | | an evaluation and examination for the examining physician or | 17 | | any member of the multidisciplinary team to provide | 18 | | information, reports, records, or other documents or to | 19 | | provide any testimony regarding the examination and | 20 | | evaluation. The individual to be examined may have, at his or | 21 | | her own expense, another physician of his or her choice | 22 | | present during all aspects of this examination. Failure of an | 23 | | individual to submit to a mental or physical examination and | 24 | | evaluation, or both, when directed, shall result in an | 25 | | automatic suspension without hearing, until such time as the | 26 | | individual submits to the examination. |
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| 1 | | A person holding a license under this Act or who has | 2 | | applied for a license under this Act who, because of a physical | 3 | | or mental illness or disability, including, but not limited | 4 | | to, deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor | 5 | | skill, is unable to practice the profession with reasonable | 6 | | judgment, skill, or safety, may be required by the Department | 7 | | to submit to care, counseling, or treatment by physicians | 8 | | approved or designated by the Department as a condition, term, | 9 | | or restriction for continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure | 10 | | to practice. Submission to care, counseling, or treatment as | 11 | | required by the Department shall not be considered discipline | 12 | | of a license. If the licensee refuses to enter into a care, | 13 | | counseling, or treatment agreement or fails to abide by the | 14 | | terms of the agreement, the Department may file a complaint to | 15 | | revoke, suspend, or otherwise discipline the license of the | 16 | | individual. The Secretary may order the license suspended | 17 | | immediately, pending a hearing by the Department. Fines shall | 18 | | not be assessed in disciplinary actions involving physical or | 19 | | mental illness or impairment. | 20 | | In instances in which the Secretary immediately suspends a | 21 | | person's license under this Section, a hearing on that | 22 | | person's license must be convened by the Department within 15 | 23 | | days after the suspension and completed without appreciable | 24 | | delay. The Department shall have the authority to review the | 25 | | subject individual's record of treatment and counseling | 26 | | regarding the impairment to the extent permitted by applicable |
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| 1 | | federal statutes and regulations safeguarding the | 2 | | confidentiality of medical records. | 3 | | An individual licensed under this Act and affected under | 4 | | this Section shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate | 5 | | to the Department that he or she can resume practice in | 6 | | compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards under the | 7 | | provisions of his or her license.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 100-872, eff. 8-14-18.)
| 9 | | Section 35. The Illinois Physical Therapy Act is amended | 10 | | by changing Section 1 as follows:
| 11 | | (225 ILCS 90/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 4251)
| 12 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
| 13 | | Sec. 1. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| 14 | | (1) "Physical therapy" means all of the following: | 15 | | (A) Examining, evaluating, and testing individuals who | 16 | | may have mechanical, physiological, or developmental | 17 | | impairments, functional limitations, disabilities, or | 18 | | other health and movement-related conditions, classifying | 19 | | these disorders, determining a rehabilitation prognosis | 20 | | and plan of therapeutic intervention, and assessing the | 21 | | ongoing effects of the interventions. | 22 | | (B) Alleviating impairments, functional limitations, | 23 | | or disabilities by designing, implementing, and modifying | 24 | | therapeutic interventions that may include, but are not |
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| 1 | | limited to, the evaluation or treatment of a person | 2 | | through the use of the effective properties of physical | 3 | | measures and heat, cold, light, water, radiant energy, | 4 | | electricity, sound, and air and use of therapeutic | 5 | | massage, therapeutic exercise, mobilization, and | 6 | | rehabilitative procedures, with or without assistive | 7 | | devices, for the purposes of preventing, correcting, or | 8 | | alleviating a physical or mental impairment, functional | 9 | | limitation, or disability. | 10 | | (C) Reducing the risk of injury, impairment, | 11 | | functional limitation, or disability, including the | 12 | | promotion and maintenance of fitness, health, and | 13 | | wellness. | 14 | | (D) Engaging in administration, consultation, | 15 | | education, and research.
| 16 | | "Physical therapy"
includes, but is not limited to: (a) | 17 | | performance
of specialized tests and measurements, (b) | 18 | | administration of specialized
treatment procedures, (c) | 19 | | interpretation of referrals from physicians, dentists, | 20 | | advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants,
and | 21 | | podiatric physicians, (d) establishment, and modification of | 22 | | physical therapy
treatment programs, (e) administration of | 23 | | topical medication used in generally
accepted physical therapy | 24 | | procedures when such medication is either prescribed
by the | 25 | | patient's physician, licensed to practice medicine in all its | 26 | | branches,
the patient's physician licensed to practice |
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| 1 | | podiatric medicine, the patient's advanced practice registered | 2 | | nurse, the patient's physician assistant, or the
patient's | 3 | | dentist or used following the physician's orders or written | 4 | | instructions, (f) supervision or teaching of physical therapy, | 5 | | and (g) dry needling in accordance with Section 1.5.
"Physical | 6 | | therapy" does not include radiology, electrosurgery, | 7 | | chiropractic
technique , naturopathic technique, or | 8 | | determination of a differential
diagnosis; provided, however,
| 9 | | the limitation on determining a differential diagnosis shall | 10 | | not in any
manner limit a physical therapist licensed under | 11 | | this Act from performing
an evaluation and establishing a | 12 | | physical therapy treatment plan pursuant to such license. | 13 | | Nothing in this Section shall limit
a physical therapist from | 14 | | employing appropriate physical therapy techniques
that he or | 15 | | she is educated and licensed to perform.
| 16 | | (2) "Physical therapist" means a person who practices | 17 | | physical therapy
and who has met all requirements as provided | 18 | | in this Act.
| 19 | | (3) "Department" means the Department of Professional | 20 | | Regulation.
| 21 | | (4) "Director" means the Director of Professional | 22 | | Regulation.
| 23 | | (5) "Board" means the Physical Therapy Licensing and | 24 | | Disciplinary Board approved
by the Director.
| 25 | | (6) "Referral" means a written or oral authorization for | 26 | | physical therapy services for a patient by a physician, |
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| 1 | | dentist, advanced practice registered nurse, physician | 2 | | assistant, or podiatric physician who maintains medical | 3 | | supervision of the patient and makes a diagnosis or verifies | 4 | | that the patient's condition is such that it may be treated by | 5 | | a physical therapist.
| 6 | | (7) (Blank).
| 7 | | (8) "State" includes:
| 8 | | (a) the states of the United States of America;
| 9 | | (b) the District of Columbia; and
| 10 | | (c) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
| 11 | | (9) "Physical therapist assistant" means a person licensed | 12 | | to assist a
physical therapist and who has met all | 13 | | requirements as provided in this Act
and who works under the | 14 | | supervision of a licensed physical therapist to assist
in | 15 | | implementing the physical therapy treatment program as | 16 | | established by the
licensed physical therapist. The patient | 17 | | care activities provided by the
physical therapist assistant | 18 | | shall not include the interpretation of referrals,
evaluation | 19 | | procedures, or the planning or major modification of patient | 20 | | programs.
| 21 | | (10) "Physical therapy aide" means a person who has | 22 | | received on
the job training, specific to the facility in | 23 | | which he is employed.
| 24 | | (11) "Advanced practice registered nurse" means a person | 25 | | licensed as an advanced practice registered nurse under the | 26 | | Nurse Practice Act. |
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| 1 | | (12) "Physician assistant" means a person licensed under | 2 | | the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987.
| 3 | | (13) "Health care professional" means a physician, | 4 | | dentist, podiatric physician, advanced practice registered | 5 | | nurse, or physician assistant. | 6 | | (Source: P.A. 99-173, eff. 7-29-15; 99-229, eff. 8-3-15; | 7 | | 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-418, eff. | 8 | | 8-25-17; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-897, | 9 | | eff. 8-16-18.)
| 10 | | Section 40. The Health Care Arbitration Act is amended by | 11 | | changing Section 2 as follows:
| 12 | | (710 ILCS 15/2) (from Ch. 10, par. 202)
| 13 | | Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| 14 | | (a) "Health care provider" means a person, partnership, | 15 | | corporation, or
other entity lawfully engaged in the practice | 16 | | of medicine, surgery,
chiropractic, naturopathy,
dentistry, | 17 | | podiatry, optometry, physical therapy or nursing.
| 18 | | (b) "Hospital" means a person, partnership, corporation or | 19 | | other entity
lawfully engaged in the operation or | 20 | | administration of a hospital, clinic,
nursing home or | 21 | | sanitarium.
| 22 | | (c) "Supplier" means a person, corporation, partnership or | 23 | | other entity
that has manufactured, designed, distributed, | 24 | | sold, or otherwise provided
any medication, device, equipment, |
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| 1 | | service, or other product used in the
diagnosis or treatment | 2 | | of a patient.
| 3 | | (d) "Health care arbitration agreement" or "agreement" | 4 | | means a written
agreement between a patient and a hospital or | 5 | | health care provider to submit
to binding arbitration a claim | 6 | | for damages arising out of (1) injuries alleged
to have been | 7 | | received by a patient or (2) death of a patient, due to | 8 | | hospital
or health care provider negligence or other wrongful | 9 | | act, but not including
intentional torts.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
| 11 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 12 | | becoming law.
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INDEX
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Statutes amended in order of appearance
| | 3 | | 20 ILCS 3945/2 | from Ch. 144, par. 2002 | | 4 | | 105 ILCS 5/24-6 | | | 5 | | 105 ILCS 5/26-1 | from Ch. 122, par. 26-1 | | 6 | | 215 ILCS 5/122-1 | from Ch. 73, par. 734-1 | | 7 | | 225 ILCS 60/2 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-2 | | 8 | | 225 ILCS 60/7 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-7 | | 9 | | 225 ILCS 60/8 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-8 | | 10 | | 225 ILCS 60/9 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-9 | | 11 | | 225 ILCS 60/10 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-10 | | 12 | | 225 ILCS 60/11 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-11 | | 13 | | 225 ILCS 60/14 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-14 | | 14 | | 225 ILCS 60/15 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-15 | | 15 | | 225 ILCS 60/16 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-16 | | 16 | | 225 ILCS 60/17 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-17 | | 17 | | 225 ILCS 60/18 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-18 | | 18 | | 225 ILCS 60/19 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-19 | | 19 | | 225 ILCS 60/22 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-22 | | 20 | | 225 ILCS 60/24 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-24 | | 21 | | 225 ILCS 60/33 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-33 | | 22 | | 225 ILCS 60/34 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-34 | | 23 | | 225 ILCS 61/5 | | | 24 | | 225 ILCS 63/25 | | | 25 | | 225 ILCS 63/110 | | |
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| 1 | | 225 ILCS 90/1 | from Ch. 111, par. 4251 | | 2 | | 710 ILCS 15/2 | from Ch. 10, par. 202 |
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