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          Amends the Regulatory Agency Sunset  Act  to  extend  the
      sunset date of the Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act,
      the   Illinois   Nursing   Act  of  1987,  the  Nursing  Home
      Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary Act, the  Physician
      Assistant   Practice   Act   of   1987,   and   the  Illinois
      Speech-Language  Pathology  and  Audiology  Practice  Act  to
      January 1, 2008. Amends the Acupuncture Practice Act.  Grants
      additional   rulemaking   authority   to  the  Department  of
      Professional    Regulation.    Changes    the    registration
      requirements to licensing requirements. Establishes the Board
      of Acupuncture and sets forth its powers and duties. Requires
      an applicant for licensure to provide proof to the Department
      that he or she has passed the  National  Commission  for  the
      Certification    of    Acupuncturists    examination   or   a
      substantially  equivalent   examination   approved   by   the
      Department.  Provides  that an applicant has 3 years from the
      date of application to complete the application process. Sets
      forth the procedures for restoring  an  expired  license  and
      placing a license on inactive status. Amends the Marriage and
      Family  Therapy  Licensing  Act,  the Illinois Nursing Act of
      1987,  the  Nursing   Home   Administrators   Licensing   and
      Disciplinary  Act,  the  Physician  Assistant Practice Act of
      1987,  and  the  Illinois   Speech-Language   Pathology   and
      Audiology Practice Act. Allows the Department or the Board or
      Committee  to compel a licensee or applicant for licensure to
      submit to a mental or physical examination upon a showing  of
      a  possible  violation of the Acts. Amends the licensing Acts
      to delete specified fee requirements and to provide that  the
      Department  of Professional Regulation shall set by rule fees
      for  the  administration  of  each  licensing  Act.  In  each
      licensing  Act  amended,  makes  technical   and   additional
      substantive  changes.  Reorganizes  certain provisions within
      the Act. Deletes obsolete language  in  each  licensing  Act.
      Effective  December  30,  1997,  except  that  changes to the
      Acupuncture Practice Act take effect immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to extend the boards of the  Marriage  and  Family
 2    Therapy  Licensing  Act  and  the Nursing Home Administrators
 3    Licensing and Disciplinary Act  and  the  committees  of  the
 4    Illinois  Nursing  Act  of  1987  and the Physician Assistant
 5    Practice Act of 1987, concerning regulated  professions,  and
 6    amending named Acts.
 7        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 8    represented in the General Assembly:
 9        Section 5.  The Regulatory Agency Sunset Act  is  amended
10    by changing Section 4.9 and adding Section 4.18 as follows:
11        (5 ILCS 80/4.9) (from Ch. 127, par. 1904.9)
12        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-702)
13        Sec.  4.9.  The  following Acts are repealed December 31,
14    1997:
15        The Medical Practice Act of 1987.
16        The Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987.
17        The Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987.
18        The   Nursing   Home   Administrators    Licensing    and
19    Disciplinary Act.
20        The Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987.
21        The Illinois Nursing Act of 1987.
22        The Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act.
23        The Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act.
24        The  Illinois  Speech-Language  Pathology  and  Audiology
25    Practice Act.
26        The Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act.
27    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
28        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-702)
29        Sec.  4.9.  The  following Acts are repealed December 31,
30    1997:
31        The Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987.
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 1        The   Nursing   Home   Administrators    Licensing    and
 2    Disciplinary Act.
 3        The Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987.
 4        The Illinois Nursing Act of 1987.
 5        The Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act.
 6        The  Illinois  Speech-Language  Pathology  and  Audiology
 7    Practice Act.
 8        The Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act.
 9    (Source: P.A.  89-702,  eff.  7-1-97;  89-706,  eff. 1-31-97;
10    revised 2-7-97.)
11        (5 ILCS 80/4.18 new)
12        Sec. 4.18. Act repealed on January 1, 2008. The following
13    Act is repealed on January 1, 2008:
14        The   Nursing   Home   Administrators    Licensing    and
15    Disciplinary Act.
16        The Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987.
17        The Illinois Nursing Act of 1987.
18        The Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act.
19        Section  10.  The  Acupuncture Practice Act is amended by
20    changing Sections 10, 15, 20, 25, 35, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90,
21    100, 110, 130, 140, 145, 150, 155, 160, 165, 170,  175,  180,
22    185,  and  195  and by adding Sections 55, 75, 105, 135, 152,
23    and 154 as follows:
24        (225 ILCS 2/10)
25        Sec. 10.   Definitions.  As used in this Act:
26        "Acupuncture"  means  the  evaluation  or  treatment   of
27    persons affected through a method of stimulation of a certain
28    point  or  points  on or immediately below the surface of the
29    body  by  the  insertion   of   pre-sterilized,   single-use,
30    disposable needles, unless medically contraindicated, with or
31    without  the  application of heat, electronic stimulation, or
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 1    manual pressure to prevent or modify the perception of  pain,
 2    to normalize physiological functions, or for the treatment of
 3    certain  diseases  or  dysfunctions  of the body. Acupuncture
 4    does  not  include  radiology,  electrosurgery,  chiropractic
 5    technique, physical therapy, naprapathic  technique,  use  or
 6    prescribing  of  any drugs, medications, herbal preparations,
 7    nutritional   supplements,   serums,    or    vaccines,    or
 8    determination  of  a differential diagnosis. An acupuncturist
 9    registered under this Act who  is  not  also  licensed  as  a
10    physical  therapist  under  the Illinois Physical Therapy Act
11    shall not hold himself or herself out as being  qualified  to
12    provide  physical  therapy  or  physiotherapy  services.   An
13    acupuncturist shall refer to a licensed physician or dentist,
14    any patient whose condition should, at the time of evaluation
15    or treatment,  be  determined  to  be  beyond  the  scope  of
16    practice of the acupuncturist.
17        "Acupuncturist"  means a person who practices acupuncture
18    and  who  is  licensed  by  the  Department   has   met   all
19    requirements as provided in this Act.
20        "Board" means the Board of Acupuncture.
21        "Dentist"  means  a  person  licensed  under the Illinois
22    Dental Practice Act.
23        "Department"  means  the   Department   of   Professional
24    Regulation.
25        "Director" means the Director of Professional Regulation.
26        "Physician"  means  a  person  licensed under the Medical
27    Practice Act of 1987.
28        "Referral by written order"  for  purposes  of  this  Act
29    means  a diagnosis, substantiated by signature of a physician
30    or dentist, that a patient's condition is such that it may be
31    treated by acupuncture as defined in this Act.  The diagnosis
32    shall remain in effect until  changed  by  the  physician  or
33    dentist who shall maintain management of the patient.
34        "State" includes:
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 1             (1)  the states of the United States of America;
 2             (2)  the District of Columbia; and
 3             (3)  the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
 4    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
 5        (225 ILCS 2/15)
 6        Sec.   15.  Who  may  practice  acupuncture.   No  person
 7    licensed registered under this Act may treat  human  ailments
 8    otherwise  than  by the practice of acupuncture as defined in
 9    this Act; and no person licensed registered  under  this  Act
10    may  practice acupuncture on another person without having on
11    file a written referral order from  a  physician  or  dentist
12    licensed  in  Illinois.   A  physician or dentist licensed in
13    Illinois may practice acupuncture.
14    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
15        (225 ILCS 2/20)
16        Sec. 20. Registration; Exempt activities.  This Act  does
17    not  prohibit  any person licensed in this State as a dentist
18    or physician from engaging in the practice for  which  he  or
19    she is licensed.
20    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
21        (225 ILCS 2/25)
22        Sec.  25.   Powers  and duties of Department.  Subject to
23    the provisions of this Act,  The  Department  shall  exercise
24    powers and duties under this Act as follows:
25             (1)  Review    applications    to    ascertain   the
26        qualifications of applicants for licensure registration.
27             (2)  Adopt rules consistent with the  provisions  of
28        this  Act  for its administration and enforcement and may
29        prescribe forms that shall be  used  in  connection  with
30        this  Act.   The  rules may define standards and criteria
31        for professional conduct and discipline.  The  Department
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 1        shall  consult  with the Board in adopting rules.  Notice
 2        of proposed rulemaking shall be transmitted to the Board,
 3        and the Department shall review the Board's response  and
 4        any recommendations made in the response.
 5             (3)  The  Department may at any time seek the advice
 6        and the expert knowledge  of  the  Board  on  any  matter
 7        relating to the administration of this Act.
 8             (3)  Submit all registered complaints related to the
 9        profession  received by the Department to the Acupuncture
10        Examining Committee for  review.   The  Department  shall
11        also submit all complaints to the Medical Licensing Board
12        for review.
13             (4)  Maintain  a  list  of registered acupuncturists
14        authorized to practice in the  State.   This  list  shall
15        show  the name of every registrant, his or her last known
16        place of residence, and the date and number of his or her
17        registration. Any interested  person  in  the  State  may
18        obtain a copy of that list on application to the Director
19        and payment of the required fee.
20    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
21        (225 ILCS 2/35)
22        Sec.  35.  Board  of  Acupuncture.   The  Director  shall
23    appoint  a  Board  of Acupuncture to consist of 7 persons who
24    shall be appointed by and shall serve in an advisory capacity
25    to the Director. Four members must hold an active license  to
26    engage  in  the  practice  of  acupuncture in this State, one
27    member shall be a chiropractic physician licensed  under  the
28    Medical  Practice  Act of 1987 who is actively engaged in the
29    practice of acupuncture, one  member  shall  be  a  physician
30    licensed  to  practice  medicine  in  all  of its branches in
31    Illinois, and one member must be a member of the  public  who
32    is  not  licensed  under this Act or a similar Act of another
33    jurisdiction and who has no connection with  the  profession.
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 1    The  initial appointees who would otherwise be required to be
 2    licensed acupuncturists shall instead be individuals who have
 3    been practicing acupuncture for at least 5 years and who  are
 4    eligible under this Act for licensure as acupuncturists.
 5        Members   shall   serve  4-year  terms  and  until  their
 6    successors are appointed and qualified, except  that  of  the
 7    initial  appointments, one member shall be appointed to serve
 8    for 1 year, 2 members shall  be  appointed  to  serve  for  2
 9    years, 2 members shall be appointed to serve for 3 years, and
10    2  members  shall be appointed to serve for 4 years and until
11    their successors are  appointed  and  qualified.   No  member
12    shall be reappointed to the Board for a term that would cause
13    his  or her continuous service on the Board to be longer than
14    8 consecutive years.  Appointments to fill vacancies shall be
15    made in the same manner  as  original  appointments  for  the
16    unexpired  portion  of the vacated term.  Initial terms shall
17    begin upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
18        The Board  shall  annually  elect  a  chairperson  and  a
19    vice-chairperson  who  shall  preside  in  the absence of the
20    chairperson.  The membership of the Board  should  reasonably
21    reflect  representation  from  the  geographic  areas in this
22    State.  The Director may terminate  the  appointment  of  any
23    member  for cause. The Director may give due consideration to
24    all recommendations of the Board.  A majority  of  the  Board
25    members  currently  appointed  shall  constitute a quorum.  A
26    vacancy in the membership of the Board shall not  impair  the
27    right  of  a quorum to exercise the right and perform all the
28    duties of the Board.  Members of  the  Board  shall  have  no
29    liability   in   any   action  based  upon  any  disciplinary
30    proceeding or other activity performed in  good  faith  as  a
31    member  of  the  Board.  Requirements  for  registration.  No
32    person shall be registered to practice acupuncture unless  he
33    or   she   has    paid  the  required  registration  fee  and
34    demonstrated  competence   in   performing   acupuncture   by
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 1    submitting  proof  of passing the National Commission for the
 2    Certification of Acupuncturists examination.
 3    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
 4        (225 ILCS 2/40)
 5        Sec.   40.  Application   for   licensure   registration.
 6    Applications  for  original  licensure  registration  as   an
 7    acupuncturist  shall  be made to the Department in writing on
 8    forms prescribed by the Department and shall  be  accompanied
 9    by the required fee, which shall not be refundable.
10        Applicants  shall  submit  with  the application proof of
11    passing the National  Commission  for  the  Certification  of
12    Acupuncturists  examination  or  a  substantially  equivalent
13    examination  approved  by the Department or meeting any other
14    qualifications established by the Department.
15        An applicant has 3 years from the  date  of  his  or  her
16    application  to  complete  the  application  process.  If the
17    process has not been completed in 3  years,  the  application
18    shall  be  denied,  the  fee  shall  be  forfeited,  and  the
19    applicant must reapply and meet the requirements in effect at
20    the  time  of  reapplication.  Each application shall contain
21    proof  of  the  particular  qualifications  required  of  the
22    applicant and shall be verified by the applicant  under  oath
23    or affirmation.
24    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
25        (225 ILCS 2/50)
26        Sec.  50.  Practice  prohibited  Title and designation of
27    registered acupuncturists.  Unless he or she has been issued,
28    by the Department, a valid, existing license registration  as
29    an  acupuncturist under this Act, no person may use the title
30    and  designation  of  "Acupuncturist",  "Licensed  Registered
31    Acupuncturist", "Certified  Acupuncturist",  "C.A.",  "Act.",
32    "Lic.  Reg.  Act.",  or  "Lic.  Reg.  Ac." either directly or
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 1    indirectly, in connection  with  his  or  her  profession  or
 2    business.   No  person licensed registered under this Act may
 3    use the designation "medical",  directly  or  indirectly,  in
 4    connection  with  his or her profession or business.  Nothing
 5    shall  prevent  a  physician  from  using   the   designation
 6    "Acupuncturist".
 7        No  person  may  practice,  offer to practice, attempt to
 8    practice, or hold himself or herself out  to  practice  as  a
 9    licensed acupuncturist without being licensed under this Act.
10    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
11        (225 ILCS 2/55 new)
12        Sec.  55.   Endorsement.   The  Department  may,  at  its
13    discretion,  license as an acupuncturist without examination,
14    on payment of the fee, an applicant for licensure who  is  an
15    acupuncturist   under  the  laws  of  another  state  if  the
16    requirements pertaining to acupuncture in that state were  at
17    the  date  of his or her licensure substantially equal to the
18    requirements in force in Illinois  on  that  date  or  if  an
19    applicant   possesses   individual  qualifications  that  are
20    substantially equal to the requirements under this Act.
21        An applicant has 3 years from the  date  of  his  or  her
22    application  to  complete  the  application  process.  If the
23    process has not been completed in 3  years,  the  application
24    shall  be  denied,  the  fee  shall  be  forfeited,  and  the
25    applicant must reapply and meet the requirements in effect at
26    the time of reapplication.
27        (225 ILCS 2/60)
28        Sec.  60.  Display  of  license registration certificate;
29    change of  address.   A  holder  of  a  license  registration
30    certificate   under   this  Act  shall  display  the  license
31    certificate in a conspicuous place in the office  or  offices
32    where   the   holder   practices   acupuncture.   A  licensee
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 1    registrant shall, whenever  requested,  exhibit  his  or  her
 2    license  certificate of registration to any representative of
 3    the Department and shall notify the Department of the address
 4    or addresses, and of  every  change  of  address,  where  the
 5    licensee registrant practices acupuncture.
 6    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
 7        (225 ILCS 2/70)
 8        Sec.   70.  Renewal,  reinstatement,  or  restoration  of
 9    license registration; continuing education; military service.
10    The expiration date  and  renewal  period  for  each  license
11    registration issued under this Act shall be set by rule.  The
12    holder  of  a license registration certificate may renew that
13    license  registration  during   the   month   preceding   its
14    expiration date by paying the required fee.
15        In  order  to  renew  or  restore  a license, All renewal
16    applicants shall provide proof of having met the requirements
17    of continuing education registration set forth in  the  rules
18    of the Department.
19        A  person  who has permitted his or her license to expire
20    or who has had his or her license on inactive status may have
21    the license restored by  submitting  an  application  to  the
22    Department, by meeting continuing education requirements, and
23    by  filing  proof  acceptable to the Department of fitness to
24    have the license restored, which may include  sworn  evidence
25    certifying   to   active  practice  in  another  jurisdiction
26    satisfactory to the Department and  by  paying  the  required
27    restoration  fee.  If the person has not maintained an active
28    practice  in  another  jurisdiction   satisfactory   to   the
29    Department,  the Department shall determine, by an evaluation
30    program established by rule, his or  her  fitness  to  resume
31    active status and may require the person to complete a period
32    of  evaluated  clinical experience and may require successful
33    completion of a practical examination.
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 1        Any  acupuncturist  whose  license  registration  expired
 2    while he or she was (1) in federal  service  on  active  duty
 3    with  the  Armed  Forces  of  the  United States or the State
 4    Militia called into service or training or (2) in training or
 5    education  under  the  supervision  of  the   United   States
 6    preliminary  to induction into the military service, however,
 7    may have his or her registration restored without paying  any
 8    lapsed  renewal  fees  if  within  2  years  after  honorable
 9    termination  of  service,  training,  or education, he or she
10    furnishes the Department with satisfactory evidence  that  he
11    or  she  has  been  so  engaged  and that his or her service,
12    training, or education has been terminated.
13    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
14        (225 ILCS 2/75 new)
15        Sec. 75.  Inactive licenses.  A licensee who notifies the
16    Department in writing on forms prescribed by  the  Department
17    may  elect to place his or her license on inactive status and
18    shall, subject to rules of the Department,  be  excused  from
19    payment  of  renewal  fees  until  he  or  she  notifies  the
20    Department  in  writing of his or her desire to resume active
21    status.  A  licensee  requesting  restoration  from  inactive
22    status  shall  be  required  to  pay the current renewal fee,
23    shall meet the continuing education requirements,  and  shall
24    be  required  to  restore  his  or her license as provided in
25    Section 70 of this Act.
26        (225 ILCS 2/80)
27        Sec. 80.  Fees.  The Department shall provide by rule for
28    a schedule of fees for the administration and enforcement  of
29    this  Act,  including  but not limited to original licensure,
30    renewal, and restoration.  The fees shall  be  nonrefundable.
31    The  fees  for application for registration, the renewal of a
32    registration, and all other purposes are not  refundable  and
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 1    shall be adopted by rule.
 2        All fees collected under this Act shall be deposited into
 3    the   General   Professions   Dedicated  Fund  and  shall  be
 4    appropriated  to  the  Department  for   the   ordinary   and
 5    contingent  expenses  of the Department in the administration
 6    of this Act.
 7    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
 8        (225 ILCS 2/90)
 9        Sec. 90.  Roster.  The Department shall maintain a roster
10    of the names and addresses of all licensees  registrants  and
11    of  all persons person whose licenses registrations have been
12    disciplined.  This roster shall  be  available  upon  written
13    request and payment of the required fee.
14    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
15        (225 ILCS 2/100)
16        Sec.  100.  Advertisement. Any person licensed registered
17    under this Act may advertise the availability of professional
18    services in the public media or on the  premises  where  such
19    professional  services  are rendered.  Such advertising shall
20    be limited to the following information:
21             (1)  publication of the person's name, title, office
22        hours, address and telephone number;
23             (2)  information pertaining to the person's areas of
24        specialization or limitation of professional practice;
25             (3)  information on usual  and  customary  fees  for
26        routine  professional services offered, which information
27        shall include, notification that fees may be adjusted due
28        to complications or unforeseen circumstances;
29             (4)  announcement of  the  opening  of,  change  of,
30        absence from, or return to business;
31             (5)  announcement  of additions to or deletions from
32        professional registered staff; and
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 1             (6)  the issuance of business or appointment cards.
 2        It is unlawful for any person registered under  this  Act
 3    to  use testimonials or claims of superior quality of care to
 4    entice the public.  It shall be  unlawful  to  advertise  fee
 5    comparisons of available services with those of other persons
 6    providing acupuncture services.
 7        This   Act   does   not   authorize  the  advertising  of
 8    professional services that the offeror of  such  services  is
 9    not  licensed registered to render.  Nor shall the advertiser
10    use statements that contain false, fraudulent, deceptive,  or
11    misleading material or guarantees of success, statements that
12    play  upon  the  vanity or fears of the public, or statements
13    that promote or produce unfair competition.
14    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
15        (225 ILCS 2/105 new)
16        Sec. 105.  Unlicensed practice; civil penalty.  A  person
17    who  practices,  offers to practice, attempts to practice, or
18    holds himself or  herself  out  to  practice  as  a  licensed
19    acupuncturist without being licensed under this Act shall, in
20    addition  to  any  other penalty provided by law, pay a civil
21    penalty to the Department in an amount not to  exceed  $5,000
22    for  each offense as determined by the Department.  The civil
23    penalty shall be assessed by the Department after  a  hearing
24    is  held  in accordance with the provisions set forth in this
25    Act regarding the provision of a hearing for  the  discipline
26    of a licensee.
27        (225 ILCS 2/110)
28        Sec. 110.  Grounds for disciplinary action.
29        (a)  The  Department  may  refuse  to  issue or to renew,
30    place  on  probation,   suspend,   revoke   or   take   other
31    disciplinary  action  as  deemed  appropriate  including  the
32    imposition  of  or  may revoke a registration or impose fines
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 1    not to exceed $5,000 for each violation,  as  the  Department
 2    may  deem  proper,  with regard to a license registration for
 3    any one or combination of the following causes:
 4             (1)  Violations of the Act or its rules.
 5             (2)  Conviction of any crime under the laws  of  any
 6        U.S.   jurisdiction   that   is  (i)  a  felony,  (ii)  a
 7        misdemeanor, an essential element of which is dishonesty,
 8        or  (iii)  directly  related  to  the  practice  of   the
 9        profession.
10             (3)  Making any misrepresentation for the purpose of
11        obtaining a license registration.
12             (4)  Aiding or assisting another person in violating
13        any provision of this Act or its rules.
14             (5)  Failing  to  provide information within 60 days
15        in response to a written request made by  the  Department
16        which  has  been  sent by certified or registered mail to
17        the licensee's registrant's last known address.
18             (6)  Discipline  by  another  U.S.  jurisdiction  or
19        foreign nation, if at least one of the  grounds  for  the
20        discipline is the same or substantially equivalent to one
21        set forth in this Section.
22             (7)  Solicitation  of professional services by means
23        other than permitted under this Act advertising.
24             (8) Failure to provide a patient with a copy of  his
25        or her record upon the written request of the patient.
26             (9)  Gross negligence in the practice of acupuncture
27        Conviction by any court of competent jurisdiction, either
28        within or outside of this State, or any violation of  any
29        law  governing the practice of acupuncture; conviction in
30        this or another state of any  crime  which  is  a  felony
31        under the laws of this State or conviction of a felony in
32        a  federal  court,  if  the  Department  determines after
33        investigation that the person has not  been  sufficiently
34        rehabilitated to warrant the public trust.
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 1             (10)  Habitual  or  excessive  use  or  addiction to
 2        alcohol, narcotics, stimulants,  or  any  other  chemical
 3        agent   or   drug  that  results  in  an  acupuncturist's
 4        inability to practice with reasonable judgment, skill, or
 5        safety.
 6             (11) (10)  A finding that licensure registration has
 7        been applied for or obtained by fraudulent means.
 8             (12)  A pattern of practice or other  behavior  that
 9        demonstrates incapacity or incompetence to practice under
10        this Act.
11             (13)  (11)  Being  named  as  a  perpetrator  in  an
12        indicated report by the Department of Children and Family
13        Services  under  the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting
14        Act and upon proof by clear and convincing evidence  that
15        the  licensee  registrant  has  caused  a  child to be an
16        abused child or a  neglected  child  as  defined  in  the
17        Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
18             (14) (12)  Wilfully failing to report an instance of
19        suspected  child  abuse  or  neglect  as  required by the
20        Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
21             (15) (13)  The  use  of  any  words,  abbreviations,
22        figures  or  letters  (such  as  Acupuncturist,  Licensed
23        Registered  Acupuncturist, Certified Acupuncturist, C.A.,
24        Act.,  Lic.  Reg.  Act.,  or  Lic.  Reg.  Ac.)  with  the
25        intention of indicating practice as a licensed registered
26        acupuncturist without a valid license registration as  an
27        acupuncturist issued under this Act.
28             (16)  Using   testimonials  or  claims  of  superior
29        quality of care to entice the public or  advertising  fee
30        comparisons  of  available  services  with those of other
31        persons providing acupuncture services.
32             (17)  Advertising of professional services that  the
33        offeror  of  the  services  is  not  licensed  to render.
34        Advertising of professional services that contains false,
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 1        fraudulent,  deceptive,   or   misleading   material   or
 2        guarantees  of  success,  statements  that  play upon the
 3        vanity or fears of the public, or statements that promote
 4        or produce unfair competition.
 5             (14)  The  performance  of  acupuncture  service  in
 6        conjunction with a scheme or plan  with  another  person,
 7        firm,  or  corporation  known  by  the  registrant  to be
 8        advertising in a manner contrary to this Act or otherwise
 9        violating the laws of the State  of  Illinois  concerning
10        the practice of acupuncture.
11             (18)  (15)  Having  treated ailments of human beings
12        other than by the practice of acupuncture as  defined  in
13        this Act, or having treated ailments of human beings as a
14        licensed   registered   acupuncturist  independent  of  a
15        written referral order from a physician  or  dentist,  or
16        having  failed  to  notify  the  physician or dentist who
17        established the diagnosis that the patient  is  receiving
18        acupuncture treatment pursuant to that diagnosis.
19             (19)  Unethical,   unauthorized,  or  unprofessional
20        conduct as defined by rule.
21             (20)  Physical illness including but not limited  to
22        deterioration  through the aging process, mental illness,
23        or disability that results in the inability  to  practice
24        the  profession  with  reasonable  judgment,  skill,  and
25        safety.
26             (21)  Violation    of   the   Health   Care   Worker
27        Self-Referral Act.
28        The entry of an order by  a  circuit  court  establishing
29    that  any  person holding a license under this Act is subject
30    to involuntary admission or judicial  admission  as  provided
31    for  in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code
32    operates as an automatic suspension of  that  license.   That
33    person  may  have  his  or her license restored only upon the
34    determination by a circuit  court  that  the  patient  is  no
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 1    longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission
 2    and  the  issuance of an order so finding and discharging the
 3    patient and upon the Board's recommendation to the Department
 4    that the license be restored.   Where  the  circumstances  so
 5    indicate,  the  Board may recommend to the Department that it
 6    require  an  examination  prior  to  restoring  a   suspended
 7    license.
 8        The  Department  may refuse to issue or renew the license
 9    registration of any person who fails to (i) file a return  or
10    to  pay  the tax, penalty or interest shown in a filed return
11    or (ii) pay any final assessment  of  the  tax,  penalty,  or
12    interest  as  required  by  any  tax  Act administered by the
13    Illinois Department of  Revenue,  until  the  time  that  the
14    requirements of that tax Act are satisfied.
15        In enforcing this Section, the Department or Board upon a
16    showing  of  a  possible  violation  may compel an individual
17    licensed to practice under this Act, or who has  applied  for
18    licensure  under  this Act, to submit to a mental or physical
19    examination, or both, as required by and at  the  expense  of
20    the  Department.  The  Department  or  Board  may  order  the
21    examining  physician  to  present  testimony  concerning  the
22    mental  or physical examination of the licensee or applicant.
23    No information shall be excluded by reason of any common  law
24    or statutory privilege relating to communications between the
25    licensee  or  applicant  and  the  examining  physician.  The
26    examining  physicians shall be specifically designated by the
27    Board or Department. The individual to be examined may  have,
28    at  his  or  her own expense, another physician of his or her
29    choice  present  during  all  aspects  of  this  examination.
30    Failure of an individual to submit to a  mental  or  physical
31    examination,  when  directed, shall be grounds for suspension
32    of his or her license until the  individual  submits  to  the
33    examination   if  the  Department  finds,  after  notice  and
34    hearing, that the refusal to submit to  the  examination  was
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 1    without reasonable cause.
 2        If  the Department or Board finds an individual unable to
 3    practice because of the reasons set forth  in  this  Section,
 4    the Department or Board may require that individual to submit
 5    to  care,  counseling, or treatment by physicians approved or
 6    designated by the Department or Board, as a condition,  term,
 7    or   restriction   for   continued,  reinstated,  or  renewed
 8    licensure to practice; or, in lieu of  care,  counseling,  or
 9    treatment,   the  Department  may  file,  or  the  Board  may
10    recommend  to  the  Department  to  file,  a   complaint   to
11    immediately  suspend,  revoke,  or  otherwise  discipline the
12    license of the individual. An individual  whose  license  was
13    granted,   continued,  reinstated,  renewed,  disciplined  or
14    supervised   subject   to   such   terms,   conditions,    or
15    restrictions,  and  who  fails  to  comply  with  such terms,
16    conditions,  or  restrictions,  shall  be  referred  to   the
17    Director  for  a  determination  as to whether the individual
18    shall have his or her license suspended immediately,  pending
19    a hearing by the Department.
20        In instances in which the Director 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 and Board shall have the authority to
25    review the  subject  individual's  record  of  treatment  and
26    counseling  regarding  the impairment to the extent permitted
27    by applicable federal statutes and  regulations  safeguarding
28    the confidentiality of medical records.
29        An  individual licensed under this Act and affected under
30    this Section shall be afforded an opportunity to  demonstrate
31    to the Department or Board that he or she can resume practice
32    in  compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards under
33    the provisions of his or her license.
34    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
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 1        (225 ILCS 2/130)
 2        Sec.  130.  Injunctions;  criminal  offenses;  cease  and
 3    desist order.
 4        (a)  If any person violates the provisions of  this  Act,
 5    the  Director  may, in the name of the People of the State of
 6    Illinois, through  the  Attorney  General  of  the  State  of
 7    Illinois  or the State's Attorney for any county in which the
 8    action is  brought,  petition  for  an  order  enjoining  the
 9    violation or for an order enforcing compliance with this Act.
10    Upon  the  filing  of a verified petition in court, the court
11    may issue a temporary restraining order,  without  notice  or
12    condition  bond, and may preliminarily and permanently enjoin
13    the violation.  If it is  established  that  the  person  has
14    violated or is violating the injunction, the Court may punish
15    the  offender  for contempt of court.  Proceedings under this
16    Section shall be in addition to, and  not  in  lieu  of,  all
17    other remedies and penalties provided by this Act.
18        (b)  Whenever  in  the opinion of the Department a person
19    violates a provision of this Act, the Department may issue  a
20    rule  to  show  cause why an order to cease and desist should
21    not be entered against that person.  The rule  shall  clearly
22    set forth the grounds relied upon by the Department and shall
23    allow  at  least  7 days from the date of the rule to file an
24    answer to the satisfaction of  the  Department.   Failure  to
25    answer  to  the satisfaction of the Department shall cause an
26    order to cease and desist to be issued immediately.
27        (c) (b)  Other than as provided in  Section  20  of  this
28    Act,  if  any  person  practices as an acupuncturist or holds
29    himself or herself out as a licensed registered acupuncturist
30    under this Act without being issued a valid existing  license
31    registration by the Department,  then any licensed registered
32    acupuncturist,  any  interested  party, or any person injured
33    thereby may, in addition to the Director, petition for relief
34    as provided in subsection (a) of this Section.
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 1        Whoever  knowingly  practices  or  offers   to   practice
 2    acupuncture  in  this State without being registered for that
 3    purpose shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and for each
 4    subsequent conviction, shall be guilty of a Class  4  felony.
 5    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, all criminal
 6    fines, monies, or other property collected or received by the
 7    Department  under  this Section or any other State or federal
 8    statute, including, but not limited to, property forfeited to
 9    the Department under Section 505 of the  Illinois  Controlled
10    Substances  Act,  shall  be  deposited  into the Professional
11    Regulation Evidence Fund.
12        (c)  Whenever in the opinion of the Department any person
13    violates any provision of this Act, the Department may  issue
14    a  rule to show cause why an order to cease and desist should
15    not be entered against that person.  The rule  shall  clearly
16    set  forth  the  grounds relied upon the Department and shall
17    provide a period of 7 days from the date of the rule to  file
18    an  answer to the satisfaction of the Department.  Failure to
19    answer to the satisfaction of the Department shall  cause  an
20    order to cease and desist to be issued immediately.
21    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
22        (225 ILCS 2/135 new)
23        Sec.   135.    Criminal  violations.   Whoever  knowingly
24    practices or offers to practice  acupuncture  in  this  State
25    without  being licensed for that purpose shall be guilty of a
26    Class A misdemeanor and for each subsequent conviction  shall
27    be  guilty  of  a  Class 4 felony.  Notwithstanding any other
28    provision of this Act, all criminal fines, moneys,  or  other
29    property  collected  or received by the Department under this
30    Section or any other State or federal statute, including  but
31    not  limited  to  property  forfeited to the Department under
32    Section 505 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act,  shall
33    be deposited into the Professional Regulation Evidence Fund.
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 1        (225 ILCS 2/140)
 2        Sec.  140.  Investigation; notice; hearing.  Licenses may
 3    be refused, revoked, suspended, or otherwise  disciplined  in
 4    the  manner  provided  by  this  Act  and not otherwise.  The
 5    Department may  upon  its  own  motion  and  shall  upon  the
 6    verified  complaint  in  writing  of any person setting forth
 7    facts that if proven would constitute grounds for refusal  to
 8    issue  or  for  suspension  or  revocation  under  this  Act,
 9    investigate the actions of a person applying for, holding, or
10    claiming  to  hold  a  license.  The Department shall, before
11    refusing to issue or renew, suspending, or revoking a license
12    or taking other discipline pursuant to Section  110  of  this
13    Act,  and  at  least  30  days  prior to the date set for the
14    hearing, notify in writing the applicant or licensee  of  any
15    charges  made,  shall  afford  the  applicant  or licensee an
16    opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel in  reference
17    to  the charges, and direct the applicant or licensee to file
18    a written answer to the Department under oath within 20  days
19    after  the  service of the notice and inform the applicant or
20    licensee that failure  to  file  an  answer  will  result  in
21    default  being  taken  against  the applicant or licensee and
22    that  the  license  may  be  suspended,  revoked,  placed  on
23    probationary status, or  other  disciplinary  action  may  be
24    taken,  including  limiting  the  scope, nature, or extent of
25    practice, as the Director may deem  proper.   Written  notice
26    may  be  served  by  personal  delivery  to  the applicant or
27    licensee or by mailing the notice by certified mail to his or
28    her last known place of residence or to the place of business
29    last specified by the applicant or licensee  in  his  or  her
30    last  notification to the Department.  If the person fails to
31    file an answer after receiving notice,  his  or  her  license
32    may,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Department, be suspended,
33    revoked, or placed on probationary status or  the  Department
34    may   take   whatever   disciplinary  action  deemed  proper,
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 1    including limiting  the  scope,  nature,  or  extent  of  the
 2    person's  practice  or  the  imposition  of a fine, without a
 3    hearing, if the act or  acts  charged  constitute  sufficient
 4    grounds  for  such  action  under  this Act.  At the time and
 5    place fixed in the notice, the Department  shall  proceed  to
 6    hearing of the charges and both the applicant or licensee and
 7    the  complainant  shall  be  afforded  ample  opportunity  to
 8    present,  in person or by counsel, any statements, testimony,
 9    evidence, and arguments that may be pertinent to the  charges
10    or  to  their defense.  The Department may continue a hearing
11    from time to time. If the Board is not sitting  at  the  time
12    and  place  fixed  in  the notice or at the time and place to
13    which the hearing shall have been continued,  the  Department
14    may  continue the hearing for a period not to exceed 30 days.
15    Investigation;   notice;   hearing.    The   Department   may
16    investigate the actions of any applicant or of any person  or
17    persons  holding  or claiming to hold a registration.  Before
18    taking  any  disciplinary   action   with   regard   to   any
19    registration,  at least 30 days prior to the date set for the
20    hearing, the Department  shall  (i)  notify  the  accused  in
21    writing  of  any  charges  made  and the time and place for a
22    hearing of the charges before the Department, (ii) direct him
23    or her to file a written answer  with  the  Department  under
24    oath  within  20  days  after  the service of the notice, and
25    (iii) inform him or her that failure answer shall  result  in
26    default  being  taken  against  him  or  her  and  his or her
27    registration being disciplined, as the  Department  may  deem
28    proper.   The  written  notice  may  be  served  by  personal
29    delivery  or  certified  delivery  or certified or registered
30    mail to the registrant.  At the time and place fixed  in  the
31    notice,  the Department shall proceed to hear the charges and
32    the parties,  or  their  counsel,  shall  be  accorded  ample
33    opportunity  to  present  any statements, testimony, evidence
34    and argument that may be pertinent to the charges or to their
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 1    defense.  The Department may continue the hearing  from  time
 2    to  time.   At  the  discretion  of the Director, the accused
 3    person's registration may be disciplined as the Director  may
 4    deem  proper, including limiting the scope, nature, or extent
 5    of the person's practice, without a hearing, if  the  act  or
 6    acts  charged  constitute  sufficient grounds for that action
 7    under this Act.
 8    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
 9        (225 ILCS 2/145)
10        Sec. 145.  Formal hearing; preservation of  record.   The
11    Department,  at  its  expense, shall preserve a record of all
12    proceedings at the formal hearing of any case  involving  the
13    refusal   to   issue  or  renew  a  license  registration  or
14    discipline of a licensee registrant.  The notice of  hearing,
15    complaint, and all other documents in the nature of pleadings
16    and  written motions filed in the proceedings, the transcript
17    of testimony, the report of the hearing officer, and order of
18    the Department shall be the record of the proceeding.
19    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
20        (225 ILCS 2/150)
21        Sec. 150.  Witnesses; production of documents;  contempt.
22    Any  circuit court may, upon application of the Department or
23    its designee or  of  the  applicant  or  licensee  registrant
24    against  whom  proceedings  under Section 140 of this Act are
25    pending, enter an order requiring the attendance of witnesses
26    and their testimony and the production of documents,  papers,
27    files,  books,  and records in connection with any hearing or
28    investigation.  The court may compel obedience to  its  order
29    by proceedings for contempt.
30    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
31        (225 ILCS 2/152 new)
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 1        Sec. 152.  Certification of record.  The Department shall
 2    not  be  required  to certify a record to the court, file any
 3    answer in court, or  otherwise  appear  in  any  court  in  a
 4    judicial  review  proceeding,  unless  there  is filed in the
 5    court with  the  complaint  a  receipt  from  the  Department
 6    acknowledging   payment   of  the  costs  of  furnishing  and
 7    certifying the record.  Failure on the part of the  plaintiff
 8    to  file a receipt in court shall be grounds for dismissal of
 9    the action.
10        (225 ILCS 2/154 new)
11        Sec. 154. Compelling testimony.  Any circuit  court  may,
12    upon  application of the Department or its designee or of the
13    applicant or licensee against whom  proceedings  pursuant  to
14    Section 140 of this Act are pending, enter an order requiring
15    the  attendance  of  witnesses  and  their testimony, and the
16    production of documents, papers, files, books, and records in
17    connection with any hearing or investigation.  The court  may
18    compel   obedience  to  its  order  through  proceedings  for
19    contempt.
20        (225 ILCS 2/155)
21        Sec. 155.  Subpoena; oaths.  The  Department  shall  have
22    power  to  subpoena  and  bring  before it any person in this
23    State and to take testimony either orally or by deposition or
24    both with the same fees and mileage and in the same manner as
25    prescribed by law in judicial proceedings in civil  cases  in
26    circuit  courts of this State. The Department shall also have
27    the power to subpoena the production  of  documents,  papers,
28    files,  books,  and  records  in connection with a hearing or
29    investigation.
30        The Director and the hearing officer  designated  by  the
31    Director  shall  each  have  power  to  administer  oaths  to
32    witnesses at any hearing that the Department is authorized to
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 1    conduct  under  this  Act  and  any  other  oaths required or
 2    authorized to be administered by the  Department  under  this
 3    Act.
 4    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
 5        (225 ILCS 2/160)
 6        Section  160.  Findings of facts, conclusions of law, and
 7    recommendations.  At  the  conclusion  of  the  hearing,  the
 8    hearing  officer  shall  present  to  the  Director a written
 9    report of its findings  of  fact,  conclusions  of  law,  and
10    recommendations.   The report shall contain a finding whether
11    or not the accused person violated  this  Act  or  failed  to
12    comply with the conditions required in this Act.  The hearing
13    officer  shall specify the nature of the violation or failure
14    to comply and shall make his or her  recommendations  to  the
15    Director.
16        The  report  of findings of fact, conclusions of law, and
17    recommendations of the hearing officer may shall be the basis
18    of the order of the Department.  If the Director disagrees in
19    any regard with  the  report  of  the  hearing  officer,  the
20    Director  shall  may  issue  an order in contravention of the
21    report.  Within 60 days after taking that action the Director
22    shall provide a written report to the hearing officer on  any
23    deviation  and  shall  specify with particularity the reasons
24    for the action in  the  final  order.   The  finding  is  not
25    admissible  in  evidence  against  the  person  in a criminal
26    prosecution brought for the violation of this  Act,  but  the
27    hearing  and findings are not a bar to a criminal prosecution
28    brought for the violation of this Act.
29    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
30        (225 ILCS 2/165)
31        Sec. 165.  Hearing officer. The Director shall  have  the
32    authority  to  appoint any attorney duly licensed to practice
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 1    law in the State of Illinois to serve as the hearing  officer
 2    in  any  action for discipline of a license registration. The
 3    hearing officer shall have  full  authority  to  conduct  the
 4    hearing. The hearing officer shall report his or her findings
 5    of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations to the Board
 6    and the Director.  The Board shall have 60 days after receipt
 7    of the report to review the report of the hearing officer and
 8    to  present  its  findings  of  fact, conclusions of law, and
 9    recommendations to the Director.
10    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
11        (225 ILCS 2/170)
12        Sec. 170.  Service of report; rehearing; order.   In  any
13    case  involving  the  discipline of a license registration, a
14    copy of the hearing officer's report shall be served upon the
15    respondent  by  the  Department,  either  personally  or   as
16    provided  in  this  Act  for  the  service  of  the notice of
17    hearing.  Within 20 days after the  service,  the  respondent
18    may  present  to  the  Department  a  motion in writing for a
19    rehearing that  shall  specify  the  particular  grounds  for
20    rehearing.    If  no motion for rehearing is filed, then upon
21    the expiration of the time specified for filing a motion,  or
22    if a motion for rehearing is denied, then upon the denial the
23    Director  may enter an order in accordance with this Act.  If
24    the respondent orders from the reporting office and pays  for
25    a  transcript  of  the  record  within  the time for filing a
26    motion for rehearing, the 20  day  period  within  which  the
27    motion  may  be filed shall commence upon the delivery of the
28    transcript to the respondent.
29    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
30        (225 ILCS 2/175)
31        Sec. 175.  Substantial justice  to  be  done;  rehearing.
32    Whenever  the  Director is satisfied that substantial justice
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 1    has  not  been  done  in  the   discipline   of   a   license
 2    registration,  the Director may order a rehearing by the same
 3    or another hearing officer.
 4    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
 5        (225 ILCS 2/180)
 6        Sec. 180.  Order or certified copy as prima facie  proof.
 7    An  order  or  a certified copy thereof, over the seal of the
 8    Department and purporting to be signed by the Director, shall
 9    be prima facie proof:
10             (1)  that the signature is the genuine signature  of
11        the Director; and
12             (2)  that   such  Director  is  duly  appointed  and
13        qualified; and.
14             (3)  that the Board and its members are qualified to
15        act.
16    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
17        (225 ILCS 2/185)
18        Sec. 185.  Restoration of license registration.   At  any
19    time  after  the  suspension  or  revocation  of  any license
20    registration the Department may restore  it  to  the  accused
21    person,  unless  after  an  investigation  and  a hearing the
22    Department determines that restoration is not in  the  public
23    interest.  Where circumstances of suspension or revocation so
24    indicate, the Department may require an  examination  of  the
25    accused person prior to restoring his or her license.
26    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
27        (225 ILCS 2/195)
28        Sec.   195.  Imminent   danger   to   public;   temporary
29    suspension.  The Director may temporarily suspend the license
30    registration   of   an   acupuncturist   without  a  hearing,
31    simultaneously with the  institution  of  proceedings  for  a
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 1    hearing  provided  for  in  Section  140  of this Act, if the
 2    Director finds that  evidence  in  his  or  her    possession
 3    indicates  that  continuation in practice would constitute an
 4    imminent danger  to  the  public.   In  the  event  that  the
 5    Director  temporarily suspends a license registration without
 6    a hearing, a hearing by the Department must be held within 30
 7    days after the  suspension  has  occurred  and  be  concluded
 8    without appreciable delay.
 9    (Source: P.A. 89-706, eff. 1-31-97.)
10        (225 ILCS 2/45 rep.)
11        (225 ILCS 2/205 rep.)
12        Section  15.  The  Acupucture  Practice Act is amended by
13    repealing Sections 45 and 205.
14        Section 20. The Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act
15    is amended by changing Sections 20, 25, 30, 40, 45,  55,  60,
16    65, 85, 90, 95, and 165 as follows:
17        (225 ILCS 55/20) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-20)
18        Sec.  20.  Powers  and duties of the Department.  Subject
19    to the provisions of this Act, the Department shall  exercise
20    the following functions, powers, and duties:
21             (a)  Conduct  or authorize examinations to ascertain
22        the  fitness  and  qualifications   of   applicants   for
23        licensure and issue licenses to those who are found to be
24        fit and qualified.
25             (b)  Prescribe rules and regulations for a method of
26        examination of candidates.
27             (b-5)  Prescribe   rules  for  determining  approved
28        graduate programs and prepare  and  maintain  a  list  of
29        colleges and universities offering approved programs.
30             (c)  Conduct  hearings  on  proceedings  to  revoke,
31        suspend, or refuse to issue licenses.
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 1             (d)  Promulgate  rules  and regulations required for
 2        the administration of this Act.
 3        The Board may make recommendations on matters relating to
 4    continuing education, including the number of hours necessary
 5    for license renewal, waivers for those  unable  to  meet  the
 6    requirements, and acceptable course content.
 7    (Source: P.A. 87-783; 87-1237.)
 8        (225 ILCS 55/25) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-25)
 9        Sec.  25.  Marriage  and  Family  Therapy  Licensing  and
10    Disciplinary Board.
11        (a)  There  is  established  within  the  Department  the
12    Marriage  and Family Therapy Licensing and Disciplinary Board
13    to be appointed by the Director.  The Board shall be composed
14    of 7 persons who shall serve in an advisory capacity  to  the
15    Director.  The  Board  shall  elect  a chairperson and a vice
16    chairperson chairman.
17        (b)  In appointing members of  the  Board,  the  Director
18    shall give due consideration to recommendations by members of
19    the  profession  of  marriage  and  family therapy and by the
20    statewide organizations solely representing the interests  of
21    marriage and family therapists.
22        (c)  Five  members  of  the  Board  shall be marriage and
23    family therapists who have been in  active  practice  for  at
24    least  5  years  immediately  preceding their appointment, or
25    engaged in the education and training of  masters,  doctoral,
26    or  post-doctoral students of marriage and family therapy, or
27    engaged  in  marriage  and  family  therapy  research.   Each
28    marriage or family therapy teacher or researcher  shall  have
29    spent  the  majority  of  the  time  devoted  to the study or
30    research of marriage and family therapy during  the  2  years
31    immediately  preceding  his  or her appointment to the Board.
32    The initial appointees  shall  be  licensed  under  this  Act
33    within one year after appointment to the Board.
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 1        (d)  Two  members shall be representatives of the general
 2    public who have no direct affiliation or work experience with
 3    the practice of marriage and family therapy and  who  clearly
 4    represent consumer interests.
 5        (e)  Board  members Of the first Board members appointed,
 6    3 members shall be appointed to serve for 2 years, 2 shall be
 7    appointed to serve for 3 years, and the remaining 2 shall  be
 8    appointed  to  serve  for  4 years. Their successors shall be
 9    appointed for terms of 4 years each, except that  any  person
10    chosen  to  fill  a  vacancy  shall be appointed only for the
11    unexpired term of the Board  member  whom  he  or  she  shall
12    succeed.  Upon the expiration of this term of office, a Board
13    member shall continue to serve until a successor is appointed
14    and qualified. No member shall be reappointed  to  the  Board
15    for  a  term that would cause continuous service on the Board
16    to be longer than 8 years.
17        (f)  The membership of the Board shall reasonably reflect
18    representation from  the  various  geographic  areas  of  the
19    State.
20        (g)  Members  of  the  Board shall be immune from suit in
21    any action based upon any disciplinary proceedings  or  other
22    activities performed in good faith as members of the Board.
23        (h)  The  Director may remove any member of the Board for
24    any cause that, in the opinion of  the  Director,  reasonably
25    justifies termination.
26        (i)  The Director may consider the recommendations of the
27    Board  on  questions  of  standards  of professional conduct,
28    discipline, and  qualification  of  candidates  or  licensees
29    under this Act.
30        (j)  The members of the Board shall be reimbursed for all
31    legitimate, necessary, and authorized expenses.
32        (k)  A  majority of the Board members currently appointed
33    shall constitute a quorum. A vacancy in the membership of the
34    Board shall not impair the right of a quorum to exercise  all
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 1    the   rights  and  perform  all  the  duties  of  the  Board.
 2    (Source: P.A. 87-783; 87-1237.)
 3        (225 ILCS 55/30) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-30)
 4        Sec. 30.  Application.
 5        (a)  Applications for original licensure shall be made to
 6    the  Department  in  writing  on  forms  prescribed  by   the
 7    Department  and  shall  be  accompanied  by  the  appropriate
 8    documentation   and   the   required   fee,   which   fee  is
 9    nonrefundable.    Any   application   shall   require    such
10    information  as,  in  the  judgment  of  the Department, will
11    enable the Department to pass on the  qualifications  of  the
12    applicant for licensing.
13        (b)  Applicants have 3 years from the date of application
14    to  complete  the application process. If the application has
15    not been completed within 3 years, the application  shall  be
16    denied,  the  fee  shall be forfeited, and the applicant must
17    reapply and meet the requirements in effect at  the  time  of
18    reapplication.
19        (c)  A  license  shall  not  be  denied  to  an applicant
20    because of the applicant's race,  religion,  creed,  national
21    origin,  political  beliefs  or  activities, age, sex, sexual
22    orientation, or physical impairment If an applicant neglects,
23    fails or refuses to take an examination, or fails to pass  an
24    examination for a license under this Act within 3 years after
25    filing  an  application, the application is denied.  However,
26    the  applicant  may  thereafter  make   a   new   application
27    accompanied   by   the   required  fee  and  shall  meet  the
28    requirements  in  force  at  the  time  of  making  the   new
29    application.
30    (Source: P.A. 87-783; 87-1237.)
31        (225 ILCS 55/40) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-40)
32        Sec. 40.  Qualifications for licensure.
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 1        (a)  A  person  is  qualified for licensure as a marriage
 2    and family therapist if that person:
 3             (1)  is at least 21 years of age;
 4             (2)  has applied in writing on  forms  prepared  and
 5        furnished by the Department;
 6             (3)  (blank);
 7             (4)  has  not  engaged  or  is  not  engaged  in any
 8        practice  or  conduct   that   would   be   grounds   for
 9        disciplining a licensee under Section 85 of this Act;
10             (5)  satisfies    the   education   and   experience
11        requirements of subsection (b) of this Section; and
12             (6)  passes a written examination authorized by  the
13        Department.
14        (b)  Any  person  who  applies to the Department shall be
15    issued a license by the Department if the  person  meets  the
16    qualifications  set  forth  in subsection (a) of this Section
17    and provides evidence to the Department that the person:
18             (1)  holds a master's or doctoral degree in marriage
19        and family therapy approved  by  the  Department  from  a
20        regionally  accredited  educational  institution; holds a
21        master's or doctoral degree from a regionally  accredited
22        educational institution in marriage and family therapy or
23        in  a related field with an equivalent course of study in
24        marriage and family therapy that is  recommended  by  the
25        Board and approved by the Department; or holds a master's
26        or  doctoral  degree  from  a  program  accredited by the
27        commission on  accreditations  for  marriage  and  family
28        therapy   education   of  the  American  Association  for
29        Marriage and Family Therapists;
30             (2)  following the receipt of the  first  qualifying
31        degree, has at least 2 years of experience, as defined by
32        rule,  in  the  practice  of marriage and family therapy,
33        including at least 1,000 hours  of  face-to-face  contact
34        with  couples  and families for the purpose of evaluation
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 1        and treatment;
 2             (3)  has completed at least 200 hours of supervision
 3        of marriage and family therapy, as defined by rule.
 4    (Source: P.A. 89-387, eff. 8-20-95.)
 5        (225 ILCS 55/45) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-45)
 6        Sec.  45.  Licenses;  renewals;  restoration;  person  in
 7    military service.
 8        (a)  The expiration date  and  renewal  period  for  each
 9    license  issued  under  this  Act  shall be set by rule. As a
10    condition for renewal of a license,  the  licensee  shall  be
11    required  to complete continuing education under requirements
12    set forth in rules of the Department.
13        (b)  Any person who has permitted his or her  license  to
14    expire  may  have  his  or  her  license  restored  by making
15    application to the Department and filing proof acceptable  to
16    the  Department  of  fitness  to  have  his  or  her  license
17    restored,  which  may  include  sworn  evidence certifying to
18    active practice in another jurisdiction satisfactory  to  the
19    Department,   complying   with   any   continuing   education
20    requirements, and paying the required restoration fee.
21        (c)  If  the person has not maintained an active practice
22    in another jurisdiction satisfactory to the  Department,  the
23    Board  shall  determine, by an evaluation program established
24    by rule, the person's fitness to resume active status and may
25    require the person to complete a period of evaluated clinical
26    experience  and  successful   completion   of   a   practical
27    examination.
28        However,  any  person  whose license expired while (i) in
29    federal service on active duty with the Armed Forces  of  the
30    United  States  or  called  into service or training with the
31    State Militia, or (ii) in training  or  education  under  the
32    supervision  of  the  United  States preliminary to induction
33    into the military service may have his or her license renewed
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 1    or restored without paying any lapsed renewal fees if, within
 2    2 years after honorable termination of the service,  training
 3    or education, except under condition other than honorable, he
 4    or she furnishes the Department with satisfactory evidence to
 5    the  effect  that  he or she has been so engaged and that the
 6    service, training, or education has been so terminated.
 7        (d)  Any person who notifies the Department,  in  writing
 8    on  forms  prescribed by the Department, may place his or her
 9    license on inactive status and  shall  be  excused  from  the
10    payment  of  renewal  fees  until  the  person  notifies  the
11    Department  in  writing  of  the  intention  to resume active
12    practice.
13        (e)  Any person requesting his or her license be  changed
14    from  inactive  to active status shall be required to pay the
15    current renewal fee and  shall  also  demonstrate  compliance
16    with the continuing education requirements.
17        (f)  Any  marriage  and family therapist whose license is
18    nonrenewed or on inactive status  shall  not  engage  in  the
19    practice  of  marriage  and  family  therapy  in the State of
20    Illinois and use the  title  or  advertise  that  he  or  she
21    performs  the  services  of  a  "licensed marriage and family
22    therapist".
23        (g)  Any person violating subsection (f) of this  Section
24    shall  be  considered  to be practicing without a license and
25    will be subject to the disciplinary provisions of this Act.
26        (h)  (Blank) A license to practice shall  not  be  denied
27    any  applicant  because  of  the  applicant's race, religion,
28    creed, national origin, political beliefs or activities, age,
29    sex, sexual orientation, or physical impairment.
30    (Source: P.A. 87-783; 87-1237.)
31        (225 ILCS 55/55) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-55)
32        Sec. 55. Fees. The fees imposed under  this  Act  are  as
33    follows and are not refundable:
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 1        (a)  Except  as  provided in subsection (c), the fees for
 2    the administration and enforcement of this Act, including but
 3    not limited to original licensure, renewal, and  restoration,
 4    shall  be  set  by  rule of the Department. The fees shall be
 5    nonrefundable The fee for original application for a  license
 6    as a licensed marriage and family therapist is $100.
 7        (b)  (Blank) The fee for a temporary license is $100.
 8        (c)  In  addition  to the application fee, applicants for
 9    the examination are required to pay, either to the Department
10    or the designated testing service, a fee covering the cost of
11    determining an  applicant's  eligibility  and  providing  the
12    examination.   Failure  to  appear for the examination on the
13    scheduled date, at the time and place  specified,  after  the
14    applicant's  application  and  fee  for examination have been
15    received and acknowledged by the Department or the designated
16    testing service, shall result in the forfeiture of the fee.
17        (d)  The fee for the renewal of  a  license  is  $60  per
18    year.
19        (e)  The  fee  for  the restoration of a license that has
20    been expired for 5 years or less is $20 plus payment  of  all
21    unpaid fees for every year the license has been lapsed.
22        (f)  The  fee  for  the restoration of a license that has
23    been expired for more than 5 years is $200.
24        (g)  The fee for the issuance of a duplicate  license,  a
25    replacement  license  for  a  license  that  has been lost or
26    destroyed, or a license with a change  of  name  or  address,
27    other  than  during  the  renewal  period  is $20.  No fee is
28    required for name and address changes on  Department  records
29    when no duplicate license is issued.
30        (h)  The  fee  for the certification of a license for any
31    purpose is $20.
32        (i)  The fee  to  have  the  scoring  of  an  examination
33    administered  by the Department reviewed and verified is $20,
34    plus any fee charged by the testing service.
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 1        (j)  The fee for a wall license is  the  actual  cost  of
 2    producing the license.
 3        (k)  The fee for a roster of persons licensed as marriage
 4    and family therapists is the actual cost of production of the
 5    roster.
 6        (l)  The  fee for application for a license by a marriage
 7    and family therapist  licensed  under  the  laws  of  another
 8    jurisdiction is $200.
 9        (m)  The  fee  for  application as a continuing education
10    sponsor is $500. State agencies,  State  colleges  and  State
11    universities in Illinois are exempt from paying this fee.
12        (n)  The  fee  for  renewal  as  a  continuing  education
13    sponsor is $125 per year.
14    (Source: P.A. 87-783; 87-1237.)
15        (225 ILCS 55/60) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-60)
16        Sec.  60.  Payments;  penalty for insufficient funds. Any
17    person  who  delivers  a  check  or  other  payment  to   the
18    Department  that  is returned to the Department unpaid by the
19    financial institution upon which it is drawn shall pay to the
20    Department, in addition to the amount  already  owed  to  the
21    Department,  a  fine  of  $50.  If a person practices without
22    paying the renewal fee or issuance fee and the fine  due,  an
23    additional  fine  of $100 shall be imposed. The fines imposed
24    by this Section are  in  addition  to  any  other  discipline
25    provided  under  this  Act prohibiting unlicensed practice or
26    practice on a nonrenewed license. The Department shall notify
27    the person that payment of fees and fines shall  be  paid  to
28    the  Department  by  certified check or money order within 30
29    calendar days after notification. If, after the expiration of
30    30 days from the date of the  notification,  the  person  has
31    failed  to  submit  the  necessary remittance, the Department
32    shall automatically terminate the license or  certificate  or
33    deny  the application, without hearing. If, after termination
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 1    or denial, the person seeks a license or certificate,  he  or
 2    she shall apply to the Department for restoration or issuance
 3    of  the license or certificate and pay all fees and fines due
 4    to the Department. The Department may establish a fee for the
 5    processing of an application for restoration of a license  or
 6    certificate   to   pay   all   expenses  of  processing  this
 7    application. The Director may waive the fines due under  this
 8    Section in individual cases where the Director finds that the
 9    fines would be unreasonable or unnecessarily burdensome.
10    (Source: P.A. 87-783; 87-1031; 87-1237; 88-45.)
11        (225 ILCS 55/65) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-65)
12        Sec. 65.  Endorsement. The Department may issue a license
13    as  a  licensed  marriage  and  family therapist, without the
14    required examination, to an applicant licensed under the laws
15    of another state if the requirements for  licensure  in  that
16    state  are,  on the date of licensure, substantially equal to
17    the requirements of this Act or to a person who, at the  time
18    of his or her application for licensure, possessed individual
19    qualifications  that  were  substantially  equivalent  to the
20    requirements then in force in this State. An applicant  under
21    this Section shall pay all of the required fees.
22        Applicants  have  3 years from the date of application to
23    complete the application process. If the process has not been
24    completed within  the  3  years,  the  application  shall  be
25    denied,  the  fee  shall be forfeited, and the applicant must
26    reapply and meet the requirements in effect at  the  time  of
27    reapplication.
28    (Source: P.A. 87-783; 87-1237.)
29        (225 ILCS 55/85) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-85)
30        Sec. 85.  Refusal, revocation or suspension.
31        (a)  The  Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may
32    revoke a license, or may suspend, place on  probation,  fine,
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 1    or  take  any  disciplinary action as the Department may deem
 2    proper,  including  fines  not  to  exceed  $1000  for   each
 3    violation, with regard to any licensee or certificate for any
 4    one or combination of the following causes:
 5             (1)  Material misstatement in furnishing information
 6        to the Department.
 7             (2)  Violations of this Act or its rules.
 8             (3)  Conviction  of  any crime under the laws of the
 9        United States or any state or territory thereof  that  is
10        (i) a felony, (ii) a misdemeanor, an essential element of
11        which  is  dishonesty,  or  (iii)  a  crime that which is
12        related to the practice of the profession.
13             (4)  Making any misrepresentation for the purpose of
14        obtaining a license or violating any  provision  of  this
15        Act or its rules.
16             (5)  Professional incompetence or gross negligence.
17             (6)  Malpractice.
18             (7)  Aiding or assisting another person in violating
19        any provision of this Act or its rules.
20             (8)  Failing, within 60 days, to provide information
21        in response to a written request made by the Department.
22             (9)  Engaging   in   dishonorable,   unethical,   or
23        unprofessional  conduct of a character likely to deceive,
24        defraud or harm the public as defined by the rules of the
25        Department,  or  violating  the  rules  of   professional
26        conduct  adopted  by  the  Board  and  published  by  the
27        Department.
28             (10)  Habitual  or  excessive  use  or  addiction to
29        alcohol, narcotics, stimulants,  or  any  other  chemical
30        agent  or  drug that results in the inability to practice
31        with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
32             (11)  Discipline by  another  state,  territory,  or
33        country if at least one of the grounds for the discipline
34        is  the  same  or  substantially  equivalent to those set
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 1        forth in this Act.
 2             (12)  Directly or indirectly giving to or  receiving
 3        from   any  person,  firm,  corporation,  partnership  or
 4        association any fee, commission, rebate, or other form of
 5        compensation for any professional services  not  actually
 6        or personally rendered.
 7             (13)  A finding by the Department that the licensee,
 8        after  having  his  or her license placed on probationary
 9        status, has violated the terms of probation.
10             (14)  Abandonment of a patient without cause.
11             (15)  Willfully making or filing  false  records  or
12        reports  relating to a licensee's practice, including but
13        not limited to, false records filed with  State  agencies
14        or departments.
15             (16)  Wilfully  failing  to  report  an  instance of
16        suspected child abuse  or  neglect  as  required  by  the
17        Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
18             (17)  Being  named  as a perpetrator in an indicated
19        report by the Department of Children and Family  Services
20        under  the  Abused  and Neglected Child Reporting Act and
21        upon proof by clear  and  convincing  evidence  that  the
22        licensee  has  caused  a  child  to be an abused child or
23        neglected child as defined in the  Abused  and  Neglected
24        Child Reporting Act.
25             (18)  Physical   or   mental  disability,  including
26        deterioration through  the  aging  process,  or  loss  of
27        abilities  and skills that which results in the inability
28        to practice  the  profession  with  reasonable  judgment,
29        skill, or safety.
30             (19)  Solicitation of professional services by using
31        false or misleading advertising.
32             (20)  A  finding that licensure has been applied for
33        or obtained by fraudulent means.
34             (21)  Practicing or attempting to practice  under  a
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 1        name  other than the full name as shown on the license or
 2        any other legally authorized name.
 3             (22)  Gross overcharging for  professional  services
 4        including  filing  statements  for  collection of fees or
 5        moneys monies for which services are not rendered.
 6        (b)  The Department shall  deny  any  application  for  a
 7    license,  without  hearing,  or renewal under this Act to any
 8    person who has defaulted on an educational loan guaranteed by
 9    the Illinois  Student  Assistance  Commission;  however,  the
10    Department  may  issue  a license or renewal if the person in
11    default has established a satisfactory  repayment  record  as
12    determined by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
13        (c)  The determination by a circuit court that a licensee
14    is subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission, as
15    provided  in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
16    Code, operates as an automatic  suspension.   The  suspension
17    will  terminate  only  upon  a  finding  by  a court that the
18    patient is no longer  subject  to  involuntary  admission  or
19    judicial  admission  and  the issuance of an order so finding
20    and discharging the patient, and upon the  recommendation  of
21    the  Board  to  the  Director that the licensee be allowed to
22    resume his or her practice as a licensed marriage and  family
23    therapist.
24        (d)  The  Department  may  refuse to issue or may suspend
25    the license of any person who fails to file a return, pay the
26    tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed return or pay  any
27    final assessment of tax, penalty, or interest, as required by
28    any  tax  Act  administered  by  the  Illinois  Department of
29    Revenue, until the time the requirements of the tax  Act  are
30    satisfied.
31        (e)  In  enforcing  this Section, the Department or Board
32    upon  a  showing  of  a  possible  violation  may  compel  an
33    individual licensed to practice under this Act,  or  who  has
34    applied  for  licensure under this Act, to submit to a mental
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 1    or physical examination, or both, as required by and  at  the
 2    expense  of the Department. The Department or Board may order
 3    the examining physician to present testimony  concerning  the
 4    mental  or physical examination of the licensee or applicant.
 5    No information shall be excluded by reason of any common  law
 6    or statutory privilege relating to communications between the
 7    licensee  or  applicant  and  the  examining  physician.  The
 8    examining  physicians shall be specifically designated by the
 9    Board or Department. The individual to be examined may  have,
10    at  his  or  her own expense, another physician of his or her
11    choice  present  during  all  aspects  of  this  examination.
12    Failure of an individual to submit to a  mental  or  physical
13    examination,  when  directed, shall be grounds for suspension
14    of his or her license until the  individual  submits  to  the
15    examination   if  the  Department  finds,  after  notice  and
16    hearing, that the refusal to submit to  the  examination  was
17    without reasonable cause.
18        If  the Department or Board finds an individual unable to
19    practice because of the reasons set forth  in  this  Section,
20    the Department or Board may require that individual to submit
21    to  care,  counseling, or treatment by physicians approved or
22    designated by the Department or Board, as a condition,  term,
23    or   restriction   for   continued,  reinstated,  or  renewed
24    licensure to practice; or, in lieu of  care,  counseling,  or
25    treatment,   the  Department  may  file,  or  the  Board  may
26    recommend  to  the  Department  to  file,  a   complaint   to
27    immediately  suspend,  revoke,  or  otherwise  discipline the
28    license of the individual. An individual  whose  license  was
29    granted,   continued,  reinstated,  renewed,  disciplined  or
30    supervised   subject   to   such   terms,   conditions,    or
31    restrictions,  and  who  fails  to  comply  with  such terms,
32    conditions,  or  restrictions,  shall  be  referred  to   the
33    Director  for  a  determination  as to whether the individual
34    shall have his or her license suspended immediately,  pending
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 1    a hearing by the Department.
 2        In instances in which the Director immediately suspends a
 3    person's  license  under  this  Section,  a  hearing  on that
 4    person's license must be convened by the Department within 15
 5    days after the suspension and completed  without  appreciable
 6    delay.  The  Department and Board shall have the authority to
 7    review the  subject  individual's  record  of  treatment  and
 8    counseling  regarding  the impairment to the extent permitted
 9    by applicable federal statutes and  regulations  safeguarding
10    the confidentiality of medical records.
11        An  individual licensed under this Act and affected under
12    this Section shall be afforded an opportunity to  demonstrate
13    to the Department or Board that he or she can resume practice
14    in  compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards under
15    the provisions of his or her license.
16    (Source: P.A. 87-783; 87-1237.)
17        (225 ILCS 55/90) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-90)
18        Sec.  90.   Violations;  injunctions;  cease  and  desist
19    order.
20        (a)  If any person violates a provision of this Act,  the
21    Director  may,  in  the  name  of  the People of the State of
22    Illinois, through  the  Attorney  General  of  the  State  of
23    Illinois,  petition  for  an order enjoining the violation or
24    for an order enforcing compliance with this  Act.   Upon  the
25    filing of a verified petition in court, the court may issue a
26    temporary  restraining order, without notice or bond, and may
27    preliminarily and permanently enjoin the violation.  If it is
28    established that the person has violated or is violating  the
29    injunction, the Court may punish the offender for contempt of
30    court.   Proceedings  under  this Section are in addition to,
31    and not in lieu of, all other remedies and penalties provided
32    by this Act.
33        (b)  If any person practices as  a  marriage  and  family
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 1    therapist  or  holds  himself  or herself out as such without
 2    having a valid license certificate under this Act,  then  any
 3    licensee,  any interested party or any person injured thereby
 4    may, in addition to the  Director,  petition  for  relief  as
 5    provided in subsection (a) of this Section.
 6        (c)  Whenever in the opinion of the Department any person
 7    violates  any provision of this Act, the Department may issue
 8    a rule to show cause why an order to cease and desist  should
 9    not  be  entered  against him or her.  The rule shall clearly
10    set forth the grounds relied upon by the Department and shall
11    provide a period of 7 days from the date of the rule to  file
12    an  answer to the satisfaction of the Department.  Failure to
13    answer to the satisfaction of the Department shall  cause  an
14    order to cease and desist to be issued immediately.
15    (Source: P.A. 87-783.)
16        (225 ILCS 55/95) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-95)
17        Sec.   95.   Investigation;   notice  and  hearing.   The
18    Department may investigate the actions or  qualifications  of
19    any  person  or persons holding or claiming to hold a license
20    certificate of  registration.  Before  suspending,  revoking,
21    placing   on   probationary   status,  or  taking  any  other
22    disciplinary action as the Department may  deem  proper  with
23    regard  to  any  license  or  certificate of registration, at
24    least 30 days before  the  date  set  for  the  hearing,  the
25    Department  shall  (i)  notify  the accused in writing of any
26    charges made and the time and place  for  a  hearing  on  the
27    charges  before  the  Board, (ii) direct him or her to file a
28    written answer to the  charges  with  the  Board  under  oath
29    within  20  days  after  the  service  on  him or her of such
30    notice, and (iii) inform him or her that if he or  she  fails
31    to  file  an answer, default will be taken against him or her
32    and his or her license or certificate of registration may  be
33    suspended,  revoked,  placed on probationary status, or other
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 1    disciplinary action taken  with  regard  to  the  license  or
 2    certificate,  including limiting the scope, nature, or extent
 3    of his or her practice, as the Department may deem proper. In
 4    case the person, after receiving notice,  fails  to  file  an
 5    answer,  his  or  her  license  or  certificate  may,  in the
 6    discretion of the Department, be suspended,  revoked,  placed
 7    on  probationary  status, or the Department may take whatever
 8    disciplinary action deemed  proper,  including  limiting  the
 9    scope,  nature,  or  extent  of  the person's practice or the
10    imposition of a fine, without a hearing, if the act  or  acts
11    charged constitute sufficient for such action under this Act.
12    This   written  notice  and  any  notice  in  the  subsequent
13    proceedings may be served by personal delivery to the accused
14    person, or by registered or certified  mail  to  the  address
15    last specified by the accused in his last notification to the
16    Department.  In case the person fails to file an answer after
17    receiving notice, his or her license or certificate  may,  in
18    the  discretion  of the Department, be suspended, revoked, or
19    placed on probationary status, or  the  Department  may  take
20    whatever   disciplinary   action   deemed  proper,  including
21    limiting  the  scope,  nature,  or  extent  of  the  person's
22    practice or the imposition of a fine, without a  hearing,  if
23    the  act  or  acts  charged constitute sufficient grounds for
24    such action under this  Act.  The  written  answer  shall  be
25    served by personal delivery, certified delivery, or certified
26    or  registered mail to the Department.  At the time and place
27    fixed in the notice, the Department shall proceed to hear the
28    charges and the parties or their counsel  shall  be  accorded
29    ample  opportunity  to  present  such  statements, testimony,
30    evidence, and argument as may be pertinent to the charges  or
31    to  the  defense  thereto.   The Department may continue such
32    hearing from time to time.  At the discretion of the Director
33    after having first received the recommendation of the  Board,
34    the  accused person's license certificate of registration may
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 1    be  suspended  or  revoked,  if  the   evidence   constitutes
 2    sufficient grounds for such action under this Act.
 3    (Source: P.A. 87-783; 87-1031; 87-1237; 88-45.)
 4        (225 ILCS 55/165) (from Ch. 111, par. 8351-165)
 5        Sec.  165.   Illinois  Administrative Procedure Act.  The
 6    Illinois Administrative Procedure Act  is  expressly  adopted
 7    and  incorporated  in this Act as if all of the provisions of
 8    that Act were included in this Act, except that the provision
 9    of  paragraph  (d)  of  Section   10-65   of   the   Illinois
10    Administrative Procedure Act, which provides that at hearings
11    the   license  certificate  holder  has  the  right  to  show
12    compliance  with  all  lawful  requirements  for   retention,
13    continuation  or  renewal of the certificate, is specifically
14    excluded.  For the purpose of this Act  the  notice  required
15    under  Section 10-25 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure
16    Act is deemed  sufficient  when  mailed  to  the  last  known
17    address of a party.
18    (Source: P.A. 87-783; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
19        (225 ILCS 55/50 rep.)
20        Section 25. The Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act
21    is amended by repealing Section 50.
22        Section  30.  The Illinois Nursing Act of 1987 is amended
23    by changing Sections 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 21, 23,
24    24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40,  42,  43,
25    and 47 as follows:
26        (225 ILCS 65/3) (from Ch. 111, par. 3503)
27        Sec.  3.  Definitions.  Each of the following terms, when
28    used in this Act, shall have  the meaning ascribed to  it  in
29    this  Section,  except  where  the  context clearly indicates
30    otherwise:
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 1        (a)  "Department" means the  Department  of  Professional
 2    Regulation;
 3        (b)  "Director"  means  the Director of the Department of
 4    Professional Regulation;
 5        (c)  "Board Committee" means the Board  of  Committee  on
 6    Nursing appointed by the Director;
 7        (d)  "Academic  year" means the customary annual schedule
 8    of courses at a  college,  university,  or  approved  school,
 9    customarily regarded as the school year as distinguished from
10    the calendar year;
11        (e)  "Approved program of professional nursing education"
12    and  "approved  program  of  practical nursing education" are
13    programs of professional or practical nursing,  respectively,
14    approved by the Department under the provisions of this Act;
15        (f)  "Nursing   Act   Coordinator"   means  a  registered
16    professional nurse appointed by the Director to carry out the
17    administrative policies of the Department;
18        (g)  "Assistant  Nursing   Act   Coordinator"   means   a
19    registered  professional  nurse  appointed by the Director to
20    assist in carrying out the  administrative  policies  of  the
21    Department;
22        (h)  "Registered" is the equivalent of "licensed";
23        (i)  "Practical  nurse"  or  "licensed  practical  nurse"
24    means  a  person  who  is licensed as a practical nurse under
25    this Act  and  practices  practical  nursing  as  defined  in
26    paragraph  (j)  of  this  Section.   Only  a  practical nurse
27    licensed  under  this  Act  is  entitled  to  use  the  title
28    "licensed practical nurse" and the abbreviation "L.P.N.";
29        (j)  "Practical  nursing"  means  the  performance,   for
30    compensation,  of  acts  in  the care of the ill, injured, or
31    infirmed, selected by and performed under the direction of  a
32    registered  professional nurse, licensed physician,  dentist,
33    or podiatrist, requiring the basic nursing  skill,  judgment,
34    and  knowledge  acquired  by  means  of a completed course of
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 1    study in an approved practical nursing education program;
 2        (k)  "Registered  nurse"  or   "registered   professional
 3    nurse" means a person who is licensed as a professional nurse
 4    under  this Act and practices nursing as defined in paragraph
 5    (l) of this Section.  Only a registered nurse licensed  under
 6    this Act is entitled to use the titles "registered nurse" and
 7    "registered professional nurse" and the abbreviation, "R.N.";
 8        (l)  "Professional nursing" includes all its specialties,
 9    and  means  the  performance  for compensation of any nursing
10    act, (1) in the nursing evaluation,  observation,  care,  and
11    counsel  of  the  ill,  injured,  or  infirmed;  (2)  in  the
12    maintenance of health or prevention of illness of others; (3)
13    in  the  administration  of  medications  and  treatments  as
14    prescribed  by  a licensed physician, dentist, or podiatrist;
15    or (4) any act in the supervision  or  teaching  of  nursing,
16    which  requires  substantial,  specialized judgment and skill
17    the proper performance of which is  based  on  knowledge  and
18    application  of  the  principles of biological, physical, and
19    social science acquired by means of a completed course in  an
20    approved school of professional nursing.  The foregoing shall
21    not  be  deemed to include those acts of medical diagnosis or
22    prescription of therapeutic or corrective measures that which
23    are properly performed only by  physicians  licensed  in  the
24    State of Illinois; and
25        (m)  "Current  nursing  practice  update  course" means a
26    planned  nursing  education  curriculum   approved   by   the
27    Department   consisting   of   activities   that  which  have
28    educational objectives,  instructional  methods,  content  or
29    subject  matter,  clinical  practice, and evaluation methods,
30    related to basic review and updating content and specifically
31    planned for those nurses previously licensed  in  the  United
32    States  or  its  territories  and  preparing for reentry into
33    nursing practice.
34    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
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 1        (225 ILCS 65/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 3504)
 2        Sec. 4. Policy; application of Act. For the protection of
 3    life and the promotion  of  health,  and  the  prevention  of
 4    illness  and  communicable diseases, any person practicing or
 5    offering to practice professional and  practical  nursing  in
 6    Illinois shall submit evidence that he or she is qualified to
 7    practice, and shall be licensed as hereinafter provided under
 8    this  Act.   No  person  shall  practice or offer to practice
 9    professional or practical nursing  in  Illinois  or  use  any
10    title, sign, card or device to indicate that such a person is
11    practicing  professional  or  practical  nursing  unless such
12    person has been licensed under the provisions of this Act.
13        This Act does not prohibit the following:
14        (a)  The practice of nursing in Federal employment in the
15    discharge of  the  employee's  duties  by  a  person  who  is
16    employed  by  the  United  States  government  or any bureau,
17    division or agency thereof and is  a  legally  qualified  and
18    licensed  nurse  of  another  state  or  territory and not in
19    conflict with Sections 6, 12, 13, and 25 of this Act;
20        (b)  Nursing that which is included in their  program  of
21    study  by  students  enrolled  in  programs  of nursing or in
22    current  nurse  practice  update  courses  approved  by   the
23    Department;
24        (c)  The   furnishing   of   nursing   assistance  in  an
25    emergency;
26        (d)  The practice of nursing by  a  nurse  who  holds  an
27    active  license  in  another state when providing services to
28    patients in  Illinois  during  a  bonafide  emergency  or  in
29    immediate preparation for or during interstate transit;
30        (e)  The  incidental  care  of the sick by members of the
31    family, domestic servants or housekeepers,  or  care  of  the
32    sick where treatment is by prayer or spiritual means;
33        (f)  Persons   from  being  employed  as  nursing  aides,
34    attendants, orderlies and other auxiliary workers in  private
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 1    homes,  long  term  care  facilities, nurseries, hospitals or
 2    other institutions;
 3        (g)  The practice of practical nursing  by  one  who  has
 4    applied  in  writing  to the Department in form and substance
 5    satisfactory to the Department, for a license as  a  licensed
 6    practical  nurse  and  has  complied  with all the provisions
 7    under Section 12 13, except the passing of an examination  to
 8    be  eligible to receive such license, until:  the decision of
 9    the Department that the applicant has failed to pass the next
10    available  examination  authorized  by  the  Department,   or
11    failed,   without  an  approved  excuse,  to  take  the  next
12    available examination authorized by the  Department,  or  the
13    withdrawal  of  the  application, not to exceed 3 months.  No
14    applicant for licensure practicing under  the  provisions  of
15    this  paragraph shall practice practical nursing except under
16    the direct supervision of  a  registered  professional  nurse
17    licensed  under  this Act or a licensed physician, dentist or
18    podiatrist.  In no instance shall any such applicant practice
19    or be employed in any supervisory capacity;
20        (h)  The practice of practical nursing by one  who  is  a
21    licensed  practical  nurse  under  the  laws  of another U.S.
22    jurisdiction and has applied in writing to the Department, in
23    form and substance satisfactory  to  the  Department,  for  a
24    license as a licensed practical nurse and who is qualified to
25    receive  such  license  under  Section  12 13, until: (1) the
26    expiration of 6 months  after  the  filing  of  such  written
27    application,  or  (2)  the withdrawal of such application, or
28    (3) the denial of such application by the Department;
29        (i)  The practice of professional nursing by one who  has
30    applied  in  writing  to the Department in form and substance
31    satisfactory to the Department for a license as a  registered
32    professional  nurse  and has complied with all the provisions
33    under Section 12 except the passing of an examination  to  be
34    eligible  to receive such license until:  the decision of the
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 1    Department that the applicant has failed  to  pass  the  next
 2    available   examination  authorized  by  the  Department,  or
 3    failed,  without  an  approved  excuse,  to  take  the   next
 4    available  examination  authorized  by  the Department or the
 5    withdrawal of the application, not to  exceed  3  months.  No
 6    applicant  for  licensure  practicing under the provisions of
 7    this paragraph shall  practice  professional  nursing  except
 8    under  the  direct  supervision  of a registered professional
 9    nurse licensed under this Act.  In no instance shall any such
10    applicant  practice  or  be  employed  in   any   supervisory
11    capacity;
12        (j)  The practice of professional nursing by one who is a
13    registered  professional  nurse  under  the  laws  of another
14    state, territory of the United  States  or  country  and  has
15    applied  in  writing to the Department, in form and substance
16    satisfactory to the Department, for a license as a registered
17    professional nurse and  who  is  qualified  to  receive  such
18    license under Section 12, until:  (1)  the expiration of 6 12
19    months  after  the filing of such written application, or (2)
20    the withdrawal of such application, or (3) the denial of such
21    application by the Department;
22        (k)  The practice of professional nursing that  which  is
23    included  in  a  program  of study by one who is a registered
24    professional  nurse  under  the  laws  of  another  state  or
25    territory of the United States or foreign country,  territory
26    or  province  and  who  is  enrolled  in  a  graduate nursing
27    education program or  a  program  for  the  completion  of  a
28    baccalaureate  nursing  degree  in  this  State which program
29    includes clinical supervision by faculty as determined by the
30    educational institution offering the program and  the  health
31    care  organization where the practice of nursing occurs.  The
32    educational institution will file with  the  Department  each
33    academic  term  a  list of the names and origin of license of
34    all professional nurses practicing nursing as part  of  their
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 1    programs under this provision; or
 2        (l)  Any  person  licensed  in this State under any other
 3    Act from engaging in the practice for  which  she  or  he  is
 4    licensed.
 5        An  applicant for license practicing under the exceptions
 6    set forth in subparagraphs (g), (h), (i),  and  (j)  of  this
 7    Section  shall  use  the title R.N. Lic. Pend. or L.P.N. Lic.
 8    Pend. respectively and no other.
 9    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
10        (225 ILCS 65/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 3507)
11        Sec. 7. Board.
12        (a)  The Director shall appoint the Board Committee which
13    shall be composed of  9  registered  professional  nurses,  2
14    licensed  practical nurses and one public member who shall be
15    a non-voting member and who is not  a  licensed  health  care
16    provider.  Three  registered  nurses  shall  hold  at least a
17    master's degree in nursing and be educators  in  professional
18    nursing  programs,  one  representing  baccalaureate  nursing
19    education,   one   representing   associate   degree  nursing
20    education,  and  one  representing  diploma  education;   one
21    registered nurse shall hold at least a bachelor's degree with
22    a major in nursing and be an educator in a licensed practical
23    nursing  program;  one registered nurse shall hold a master's
24    degree  in  nursing   and  shall  represent  nursing  service
25    administration; 2 registered nurses shall represent  clinical
26    nursing  practice, one of whom shall have at least a master's
27    degree in nursing; and 2 registered  nurses  shall  represent
28    advanced specialty practice. Each of the 11 nurses shall have
29    had  a  minimum  of 5 years experience in nursing, 3 three of
30    which shall be in  the  area  they  represent  on  the  Board
31    committee and be actively engaged in the area of nursing they
32    represent  at the time of appointment and during their tenure
33    on the Board Committee.  Members shall  be  appointed  for  a
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 1    term of 3 years.  No member shall be eligible for appointment
 2    to  more than 2 consecutive terms and any appointment to fill
 3    a vacancy shall be for the unexpired portion of the term.  In
 4    making Board Committee appointments, the Director shall  give
 5    consideration   to   recommendations   submitted  by  nursing
 6    organizations.    Consideration  shall  be  given  to   equal
 7    geographic representation.  The Board Committee shall receive
 8    actual  and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of
 9    their duties.
10        In making the initial appointments,  the  Director  shall
11    appoint  all  new  members  for terms of 2, 3 and 4 years and
12    such terms  shall  be  staggered  as  follows:   3  shall  be
13    appointed  for  terms  of  2  years; 3 shall be appointed for
14    terms of 3 years;, and 3 shall be appointed for  terms  of  4
15    years.    However, such appointment shall be made in a manner
16    so that each member appointed prior to January 1, 1987, whose
17    current appointed term has not expired, will  be  allowed  to
18    serve out the remainder of his or her term.
19        The Director may remove any member of the Board committee
20    for misconduct, incapacity, or neglect of duty.  The Director
21    shall reduce to writing any causes for removal.
22        The  Board  Committee  shall  meet  annually  to  elect a
23    chairperson and vice chairperson.  The  Board  Committee  may
24    hold  such other meetings during the year as may be necessary
25    to conduct its business.  Six voting  members  of  the  Board
26    Committee  shall  constitute  a  quorum  at any meeting.  Any
27    action  taken  by  the  Board  Committee  must  be   on   the
28    affirmative  vote of 6 members.  Voting by proxy shall not be
29    permitted.
30        The Board Committee shall submit an annual report to  the
31    Director.
32        The  members  of the Board Committee shall be immune from
33    suit in any action based upon any disciplinary proceedings or
34    other acts performed in good faith as members  of  the  Board
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 1    Committee.
 2        (b)  The Board Committee is authorized to:
 3             (1)  recommend  the adoption and, from time to time,
 4        the revision of such rules that and regulations which may
 5        be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act;
 6             (2)  conduct hearings and  disciplinary  conferences
 7        upon  charges  calling  for  discipline  of a licensee as
 8        provided in Section 25;
 9             (3)  report to the Department, upon completion of  a
10        hearing, the disciplinary actions recommended to be taken
11        against persons violating this Act;
12             (4)  recommend  the  approval,  denial  of approval,
13        withdrawal  of  approval,  or   discipline   of   nursing
14        education programs;
15             (5)  participate in a national organization of state
16        boards of nursing; and
17             (6)  recommend  a  list  of the registered nurses to
18        serve as Nursing Act Coordinator  and  Assistant  Nursing
19        Act Coordinator, respectively.
20    (Source: P.A. 87-268.)
21        (225 ILCS 65/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 3510)
22        Sec. 10. Department powers and duties.
23        (a)  The  Department shall exercise the powers and duties
24    prescribed by the Civil Administrative Code of  Illinois  for
25    administration  of  licensing  acts  and  shall exercise such
26    other  powers  and  duties  necessary  for  effectuating  the
27    purpose of this Act.  None of the functions, powers or duties
28    of the Department with respect to licensure and  examination,
29    shall  be  exercised  by the Department except upon review by
30    the Board Committee.  The Department shall  promulgate  rules
31    to  implement, interpret, or make specific the provisions and
32    purposes of this Act; however no  such  rulemaking  shall  be
33    promulgated by the Department except upon review by the Board
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 1    the affirmative vote of 5 members of the Committee.
 2        (b)  The Department shall:
 3             (1)  (blank);  Issue  quarterly  to  the Committee a
 4        report of the status of all formal  complaints  filed  by
 5        the  Department  and  significant issues as determined by
 6        the Committee.
 7             (2)  prepare  and  maintain  a  list   of   approved
 8        programs  of  professional nursing education and programs
 9        of practical  nursing  education  in  this  State,  whose
10        graduates,    if    they   have   the   other   necessary
11        qualifications provided in this Act, shall be eligible to
12        apply for a license to practice nursing in this State;
13             (3)  promulgate rules defining what  constitutes  an
14        approved  program  of  professional nursing education and
15        what constitutes an approved program of practical nursing
16        education; and
17             (4)  promulgate rules for examination of  candidates
18        for  licenses;  and  for issuance of licenses authorizing
19        candidates upon passing an examination to practice  under
20        this Act.
21    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
22        (225 ILCS 65/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 3511)
23        Sec.  11.  Nursing  Act Coordinator. The Department shall
24    obtain, pursuant to the Personnel Code, as amended, a Nursing
25    Act Coordinator and assistants.  The Nursing Act  Coordinator
26    and  assistants shall be professional nurses licensed in this
27    State and graduated from approved  schools  of  nursing,  and
28    each  shall  have  been actively engaged in nursing education
29    not less than one year prior to appointment.  The Nursing Act
30    Coordinator shall hold at least a master's degree in  nursing
31    from  an  approved college or university; and have at least 5
32    years'   experience   since   graduation   in   progressively
33    responsible positions in nursing education.   Each  assistant
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 1    shall  hold  at  least  a  master's degree in nursing from an
 2    approved college or university; and have at  least  3  years'
 3    experience  since  graduation  in  progressively  responsible
 4    positions  in nursing education.  The Nursing Act Coordinator
 5    and assistants shall perform such administrative functions as
 6    may be delegated to them by the Director.
 7    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
 8        (225 ILCS 65/12) (from Ch. 111, par. 3512)
 9        Sec. 12. Qualifications for licensure.
10        (a)  Each   applicant   who   successfully   meets    the
11    requirements  of  this Section shall be entitled to licensure
12    as a Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse,  whichever
13    is applicable.
14        (b)  An   applicant   for  licensure  by  examination  to
15    practice as a registered nurse or  licensed  practical  nurse
16    shall:
17             (1)  submit  a  completed  written  application,  on
18        forms  provided by the Department and fees as established
19        by the Department;
20             (2)  for registered nurse licensure, have  completed
21        an approved professional nursing education program of not
22        less  than  2  academic years and have graduated from the
23        program; for licensed  practical  nurse  licensure,  have
24        completed an approved practical nursing education program
25        of  not  less  than  one academic year and have graduated
26        from the program;
27             (3)  have not violated the provisions of Section  25
28        of  this Act.  The Department may take into consideration
29        any felony  conviction  of  the  applicant,  but  such  a
30        conviction  shall  not  operate  as  an  absolute  bar to
31        licensure;
32             (4)  meet all other requirements as  established  by
33        rule;
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 1             (5)  pay, either to the Department or its designated
 2        testing service, a fee covering the cost of providing the
 3        examination. Failure to appear for the examination on the
 4        scheduled  date at the time and place specified after the
 5        applicant's application for examination has been received
 6        and acknowledged by  the  Department  or  the  designated
 7        testing  service  shall  result  in the forfeiture of the
 8        examination fee.
 9        If an applicant neglects, fails, or refuses  to  take  an
10    examination  or  fails  to  pass an examination for a license
11    under this Act within 3 years after filing  the  application,
12    the  application shall be denied.  However, the applicant may
13    make a new application accompanied by the  required  fee  and
14    provide  evidence of meeting the requirements in force at the
15    time of the new application.
16        An applicant  shall  have  one  year  from  the  date  of
17    notification  of  successful completion of the examination to
18    apply to the Department for a license.  If an applicant fails
19    to apply within one year, the applicant shall be required  to
20    again  take  and  pass  the  examination  unless  licensed in
21    another jurisdiction of the United States within 2  years  of
22    passing the examination.
23        (c)  An  applicant  for  licensure  who  is  a registered
24    professional nurse or a licensed practical nurse licensed  by
25    examination  under  the laws of another state or territory of
26    the United States shall:
27             (1)  submit  a  completed  written  application,  on
28        forms supplied by the Department, and fees as established
29        by the Department;
30             (2)  for registered nurse licensure, have  completed
31        an approved professional nursing education program of not
32        less  than  2  academic years and have graduated from the
33        program; for licensed  practical  nurse  licensure,  have
34        completed an approved practical nursing education program
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 1        of  not  less  than  one academic year and have graduated
 2        from the program;
 3             (3)  submit   verification   of   licensure   status
 4        directly  from  the   United   States   jurisdiction   of
 5        licensure;
 6             (4)  have  passed  the examination authorized by the
 7        Department;
 8             (5)  meet all other requirements as  established  by
 9        rule.
10        (d)  All   applicants  for  licensure  pursuant  to  this
11    Section who are graduates of nursing educational programs  in
12    a  country  other  than  the United States or its territories
13    must submit to the  Department  certification  of  successful
14    completion  of the Commission of Graduates of Foreign Nursing
15    Schools (CGFNS) examination. An applicant, who is  unable  to
16    provide  appropriate documentation to satisfy CGFNS of her or
17    his educational qualifications  for  the  CGFNS  examination,
18    shall  be  required to pass an examination to test competency
19    in the English language which  shall  be  prescribed  by  the
20    Department, if the applicant is determined by the Board to be
21    educationally  prepared  in  nursing.   The  Board shall make
22    appropriate  inquiry  into  the  reasons  for   any   adverse
23    determination by CGFNS before making its own decision.
24        An  applicant  licensed in another state or territory who
25    is applying  for  licensure  and  has  received  her  or  his
26    education  in  a  country other than the United States or its
27    territories shall  be  exempt  from  the  completion  of  the
28    Commission  of  Graduates  of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS)
29    examination if the  applicant  meets  all  of  the  following
30    requirements:
31             (1)  successful passage of the licensure examination
32        authorized by the Department;
33             (2)  holds   an   active,  unencumbered  license  in
34        another state; and
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 1             (3)  has been actively practicing for a minimum of 2
 2        years in another state.
 3        (e)  No  applicant  shall  be  issued  a  license  as   a
 4    registered nurse or practical nurse under this Section unless
 5    he  or  she  has  passed  the  examination  authorized by the
 6    Department within 3 years of completion and  graduation  from
 7    an  approved nursing education program, unless such applicant
 8    submits    proof    of    successful    completion    of    a
 9    Department-authorized remedial nursing education  program  or
10    recompletion  of  an  approved  registered nursing program or
11    licensed practice nursing program, as appropriate.
12        (f)  Pending the issuance of a license  under  subsection
13    (b)  of this Section, the Department may grant an applicant a
14    temporary license to practice nursing as a  registered  nurse
15    or  as  a  licensed  practical  nurse  if  the  Department is
16    satisfied that the applicant holds  an  active,  unencumbered
17    license  in  good  standing  in another jurisdiction.  If the
18    applicant holds more than one current active license, or  one
19    or  more  active temporary licenses from other jurisdictions,
20    the Department shall not issue a temporary license  until  it
21    is  satisfied  that  each  current active license held by the
22    applicant is  unencumbered.   The  temporary  license,  which
23    shall  be  issued  no  later  than  14 working days following
24    receipt by the Department of an application for the temporary
25    license,  shall  be  granted  upon  the  submission  of   the
26    following to the Department:
27             (1)  a   signed   and   completed   application  for
28        licensure under subsection  (a)  of  this  Section  as  a
29        registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse;
30             (2)  proof  of a current, active license in at least
31        one other jurisdiction and proof that each current active
32        license or temporary license held  by  the  applicant  is
33        unencumbered;
34             (3)  a   signed  and  completed  application  for  a
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 1        temporary license; and
 2             (4)  the required permit fee.
 3        (g)  The Department may refuse to issue  an  applicant  a
 4    temporary  license  authorized  pursuant  to this Section if,
 5    within  14  working  days  following  its   receipt   of   an
 6    application   for   a   temporary   license,  the  Department
 7    determines that:
 8             (1)  the applicant has been  convicted  of  a  crime
 9        under  the  laws  of a jurisdiction of the United States:
10        (i) which is a felony; or (ii)  which  is  a  misdemeanor
11        directly  related  to  the  practice  of  the profession,
12        within the last 5 years;
13             (2)  within the last 5 years the applicant has had a
14        license or permit related  to  the  practice  of  nursing
15        revoked,  suspended,  or  placed  on probation by another
16        jurisdiction,  if  at  least  one  of  the  grounds   for
17        revoking, suspending, or placing on probation is the same
18        or substantially equivalent to grounds in Illinois; or
19             (3)  it intends to deny licensure by endorsement.
20        For  purposes  of this Section, an "unencumbered license"
21    means a license against which no disciplinary action has been
22    taken or is pending and for which all fees  and  charges  are
23    paid and current.
24        (h)  The Department may revoke a temporary license issued
25    pursuant to this Section if:
26             (1)  it  determines  that  the  applicant  has  been
27        convicted of a crime under the law of any jurisdiction of
28        the  United  States  that  is  (i)  a  felony  or  (ii) a
29        misdemeanor directly  related  to  the  practice  of  the
30        profession, within the last 5 years;
31             (2)  it  determines that within the last 5 years the
32        applicant has had a license  or  permit  related  to  the
33        practice  of  nursing  revoked,  suspended,  or placed on
34        probation by another jurisdiction, if at least one of the
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 1        grounds for revoking, suspending, or placing on probation
 2        is the same or substantially  equivalent  to  grounds  in
 3        Illinois; or
 4             (3)  it determines that it intends to deny licensure
 5        by endorsement.
 6        A  temporary  license  or renewed temporary license shall
 7    expire (i) upon issuance of an Illinois license or (ii)  upon
 8    notification that the Department intends to deny licensure by
 9    endorsement.   A temporary license shall expire 6 months from
10    the date of issuance.  Further renewal may be granted by  the
11    Department in hardship cases, as defined by rule.  However, a
12    temporary license shall automatically expire upon issuance of
13    the Illinois license or upon notification that the Department
14    intends  to  deny  licensure,  whichever  occurs  first.   No
15    extensions  shall be granted beyond the 6-month period unless
16    approved by the Director.   Notification  by  the  Department
17    under  this Section shall be by certified or registered mail.
18    The Department shall issue a license to  a  person  qualified
19    for  licensure  as  a  registered  professional nurse if that
20    person:
21             (a)  has applied in writing in  form  and  substance
22        acceptable  to  the  Department  and has not violated the
23        provisions of Section 25 of this Act. The Department  may
24        take  into  consideration  any  felony  conviction of the
25        applicant, but such a conviction shall not operate as  an
26        absolute bar to licensure;
27             (b)  has  completed an approved professional nursing
28        education program of not less than 2 academic  years  and
29        has graduated from the program;
30             (c)  has  satisfactorily  completed  an  examination
31        authorized by the Department; and
32             (d)  has paid the required fees.
33        An applicant who received her or his nursing education in
34    a  country  other  than  the United States or its territories
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 1    shall be required to submit to the  Department  certification
 2    of  successful  completion  of the Commission of Graduates of
 3    Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS)  Examination.   An  applicant
 4    who is unable to provide appropriate documentation to satisfy
 5    CGFNS  of her or his educational qualifications for the CGFNS
 6    examination shall be required to pass an examination to  test
 7    competency  in the English language which shall be prescribed
 8    by the Department, if  determined  by  the  Committee  to  be
 9    educationally prepared in nursing.
10        An  applicant  licensed in another State or territory who
11    is applying  for  licensure  and  has  received  his  or  her
12    education  in  a  country other than the United States or its
13    territories shall be exempt from completion of the Commission
14    of Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools  (CGFNS)  Examination
15    if the applicant meets all of the following requirements:
16             (1)  successful    passage    of   the   examination
17        authorized by the Department;
18             (2)  holds  an  active,  unencumbered   license   in
19        another state; and
20             (3)  has been actively practicing for a minimum of 2
21        years in the other state.
22        The  Committee  shall  make  appropriate inquiry into the
23    reasons for any adverse determination by CGFNS before  making
24    its own decision.
25    (Source: P.A. 88-218.)
26        (225 ILCS 65/14) (from Ch. 111, par. 3514)
27        Sec.  14.  Except  for those applicants who have received
28    advanced graduate degrees in nursing from an approved program
29    with concurrent theory and clinical practice, the educational
30    requirements   of   Section   12   relating   to   registered
31    professional nursing and of Section 13 relating  to  licensed
32    practical  nursing shall not be deemed to have been satisfied
33    by the completion of any correspondence course or any program
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 1    of  nursing  that  which  does  not  require  coordinated  or
 2    concurrent theory and clinical practice.
 3    (Source: P.A. 88-595, eff. 8-26-94.)
 4        (225 ILCS 65/16) (from Ch. 111, par. 3516)
 5        Sec. 16. Expiration of license; renewal.  The  expiration
 6    date  and  renewal  period for each license issued under this
 7    Act shall be set by rule.  The holder of a license may  renew
 8    the  license  such certificate during the month preceding the
 9    expiration date of the license thereof by paying the required
10    fee. It is the responsibility of the licensee to  notify  the
11    Department in writing of a change of address.
12    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
13        (225 ILCS 65/17) (from Ch. 111, par. 3517)
14        Sec. 17.  Restoration of license; temporary permit.
15        (a)  Any  license  issued  under  this Act that which has
16    expired or that which is on inactive status may  be  restored
17    by  making  application to the Department and filing proof of
18    fitness acceptable to the Department as specified by rule, to
19    have  the  license  restored,  and  by  paying  the  required
20    restoration fee.  Such proof of fitness may include  evidence
21    certifying to active lawful practice in another jurisdiction.
22        However,  any  license  issued  under this Act that which
23    expired while the licensee was  (1)  in  federal  service  on
24    active  duty  with  the Armed Forces of the United States, or
25    the State Militia called into service or training, or (2)  in
26    training  or  education  under  the supervision of the United
27    States preliminary to induction into  the  military  service,
28    may  have  the  license  restored  without  paying any lapsed
29    renewal fees if within 2 years after honorable termination of
30    such service, training, or education, the applicant furnishes
31    the Department with satisfactory evidence to the effect  that
32    the  applicant  has been so engaged and that the individual's
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 1    service, training, or education has been so terminated.
 2        Any licensee who shall engage in the practice of  nursing
 3    with  a  lapsed  license or while on inactive status shall be
 4    considered to be practicing without a license which shall  be
 5    grounds for discipline under Section 25 of this Act.
 6        (b)  Pending  restoration  of  a license under subsection
 7    (a) of this Section, the Department may grant an applicant  a
 8    temporary  license permit to practice nursing as a registered
 9    nurse or as a licensed practical nurse if the  Department  is
10    satisfied  that  the  applicant holds an active, unencumbered
11    license in good standing  in  another  jurisdiction.  If  the
12    applicant  holds more than one current active license, or one
13    or  more  active  temporary  licenses  permits   from   other
14    jurisdictions,  the  Department  shall  not issue a temporary
15    license permit until it is satisfied that each current active
16    license and permit held by the applicant is unencumbered. The
17    temporary license permit, which shall be issued no later than
18    14 working days following receipt by  the  Department  of  an
19    application  for the license therefore, shall be granted upon
20    the submission of the following to the Department:
21             (1)  a  signed   and   completed   application   for
22        restoration   of   licensure  under  this  Section  as  a
23        registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse;
24             (2)  proof of (i) a current, active  license  in  at
25        least one other jurisdiction and proof that each current,
26        active  license or temporary permit held by the applicant
27        is unencumbered or (ii) fitness to  practice  nursing  in
28        Illinois as specified by rule;
29             (3)  a   signed  and  completed  application  for  a
30        temporary permit; and
31             (4)  the required permit fee of $25.
32        (c)  The Department may refuse to issue to an applicant a
33    temporary permit authorized under this Section if, within  14
34    working  days  following  its receipt of an application for a
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 1    temporary permit, the Department determines that:
 2             (1)  the applicant has  been  convicted  within  the
 3        last  5  years  of  any  crime  under  the  laws  of  any
 4        jurisdiction  of  the United States that is  (i) a felony
 5        or (ii) a misdemeanor directly related to the practice of
 6        the profession;
 7             (2)  within the last 5 years  the  applicant  had  a
 8        license  or  permit  related  to  the practice of nursing
 9        revoked, suspended, or placed  on  probation  by  another
10        jurisdiction if at least one of the grounds for revoking,
11        suspending,  or  placing  on  probation  is  the  same or
12        substantially equivalent to grounds in Illinois; or
13             (3)  it is determined  by  the  Department  that  it
14        intends to deny restoration of the license.
15        For  purposes  of this Section, an "unencumbered license"
16    means any license against which no  disciplinary  action  has
17    been  taken  or is pending and for which all fees and charges
18    are paid and current.
19        (d)  The Department may revoke a temporary permit  issued
20    under this Section if:
21             (1)  it  determines  that  the  applicant  has  been
22        convicted  within the last 5 years of any crime under the
23        law of any jurisdiction of the United States that is  (i)
24        a  felony  or  (ii) a misdemeanor directly related to the
25        practice of the profession;
26             (2)  within the last 5 years  the  applicant  had  a
27        license  or  permit  related  to  the practice of nursing
28        revoked, suspended, or placed  on  probation  by  another
29        jurisdiction,   if  at  least  one  of  the  grounds  for
30        revoking, suspending, or placing on probation is the same
31        or substantially equivalent to grounds in Illinois; or
32             (3)  it is determined  by  the  Department  that  it
33        intends to deny restoration of the license.
34        A  temporary  permit  or  renewed  temporary permit shall
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 1    expire (i) upon issuance of an Illinois license or (ii)  upon
 2    notification  that the Department intends to deny restoration
 3    of licensure. A temporary permit shall expire 6  months  from
 4    the  date  of issuance. Further renewal may be granted by the
 5    Department,  in  hardship  cases,  that  shall  automatically
 6    expire  upon  issuance  of  the  Illinois  license  or   upon
 7    notification  that  the Department intends to deny licensure,
 8    whichever occurs first. No extensions shall be granted beyond
 9    the  6  months  period  unless  approved  by  the   Director.
10    Notification by the Department under this Section shall be by
11    certified or registered mail.
12    (Source: P.A. 86-615; 87-1156.)
13        (225 ILCS 65/21) (from Ch. 111, par. 3521)
14        Sec. 21.  Returned checks; fines. Any person who delivers
15    a  check  or other payment to the Department that is returned
16    to the Department unpaid by the  financial  institution  upon
17    which it is drawn shall pay to the Department, in addition to
18    the  amount already owed to the Department, a fine of $50. If
19    the check or other payment was for a renewal or issuance  fee
20    and  that  person practices without paying the renewal fee or
21    issuance fee and the fine due, an  additional  fine  of  $100
22    shall  be  imposed.  The fines imposed by this Section are in
23    addition to any other discipline provided under this Act  for
24    unlicensed  practice or practice on a nonrenewed license. The
25    Department shall notify the person that payment of  fees  and
26    fines  shall  be paid to the Department by certified check or
27    money order within 30 calendar days of the notification.  If,
28    after  the  expiration  of  30  days  from  the  date  of the
29    notification, the person has failed to submit  the  necessary
30    remittance,  the Department shall automatically terminate the
31    license or  certificate  or  deny  the  application,  without
32    hearing.  If, after termination or denial, the person seeks a
33    license  or  certificate,  he  or  she  shall  apply  to  the
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 1    Department for restoration or  issuance  of  the  license  or
 2    certificate and pay all fees and fines due to the Department.
 3    The  Department  may establish a fee for the processing of an
 4    application for restoration of a license  or  certificate  to
 5    pay all expenses of processing this application. The Director
 6    may  waive  the  fines  due  under this Section in individual
 7    cases where the  Director  finds  that  the  fines  would  be
 8    unreasonable or unnecessarily burdensome.
 9    (Source: P.A. 86-596; 87-1031.)
10        (225 ILCS 65/23) (from Ch. 111, par. 3523)
11        Sec. 23. Fees. The following fees are not refundable:
12        (a)  The  Department shall provide by rule for a schedule
13    of fees to be paid for licenses by all applicants.
14        (a-5)  Except as provided in subsection (b), the fees for
15    the administration and enforcement of this Act, including but
16    not limited to original licensure, renewal, and  restoration,
17    shall  be  set by rule. The fees shall not be refundable. The
18    fee for application for a Certificate of  Registration  as  a
19    registered  professional nurse and a licensed practical nurse
20    is $50.
21        (b)  In addition, applicants for  any  examination  as  a
22    Registered  Professional  Nurse or a Licensed Practical Nurse
23    shall be required to pay, either to the Department or to  the
24    designated  testing  service,  a  fee  covering  the  cost of
25    providing  the  examination.   Failure  to  appear  for   the
26    examination  on  the  scheduled  date,  at the time and place
27    specified, after the applicant's application for  examination
28    has  been  received and acknowledged by the Department or the
29    designated testing service, shall result in the forfeiture of
30    the examination fee.
31        (c)  The  fee  for  the  renewal  of  a  Certificate   of
32    Registration shall be calculated at the rate of $20 per year.
33        (d)  The  fee  for  the  restoration  of a certificate of
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 1    registration other than from  inactive  status  is  $15  plus
 2    payment of all lapsed renewal fees, but not to exceed $60.
 3        (e)  The fee for a license issued under the provisions of
 4    Section 20, to a nurse licensed by examination under the laws
 5    of another United States jurisdiction is $50.
 6        (f)  The fee for the issuance of a duplicate license, for
 7    the issuance of a replacement license for a license which has
 8    been  lost or destroyed or for the issuance of a license with
 9    a change of name or address other  than  during  the  renewal
10    period  is  $15.   No  fee  is  required for name and address
11    changes on Department records when no  duplicate  certificate
12    is issued.
13        (g)  The fee for a certification of a registrant's record
14    for any purpose is $15.
15        (h)  The  fee  to  have  the  scoring  of  an examination
16    authorized by the Department reviewed  and  verified  is  $15
17    plus any fees charged by the applicable testing service.
18        (i)  The  fee for a wall certificate showing registration
19    shall be the actual cost of producing such certificate.
20        (j)  The fee  for  a  roster  of  persons  registered  as
21    Registered  Professional  Nurse  in  this  State shall be the
22    actual cost of producing such a roster.
23        (k)  All of the fees collected by the Department pursuant
24    to this Section shall be paid into the Nursing Dedicated  and
25    Professional Fund.
26        (l)  The   fee   for  nurse  licensing,  disciplinary  or
27    investigative records obtained pursuant to a subpoena  is  $1
28    per page.
29    (Source: P.A. 86-596; 86-1475.)
30        (225 ILCS 65/24) (from Ch. 111, par. 3524)
31        Sec.  24.  Fund. There is hereby created within the State
32    Treasury the Nursing Dedicated and  Professional  Fund.   The
33    monies  in the Fund may shall be used by and at the direction
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 1    of the Department for the administration and  enforcement  of
 2    this Act, including but not limited to:
 3             (a)  Distribution  and  publication of "the Illinois
 4        Nursing Act" of 1987 and the rules and regulations at the
 5        time of renewal to all Registered Professional Nurses and
 6        Licensed Practical Nurses licensed by the Department.;
 7             (b)  Employment     of     secretarial,     nursing,
 8        administrative, enforcement,  and  other  staff  research
 9        assistance  for  the  administration  of this Act.  After
10        January 1, 1991, the Director shall employ, in conformity
11        with the Personnel Code, one full-time  investigator  for
12        every 10,000 nurses licensed to practice in the State;
13             (c)  Conducting  a  survey, as prescribed by rule of
14        the Department, once every 4  years  during  the  license
15        renewal  period. Surveying, every license renewal period,
16        the  nurse  population  of  Illinois,   its   employment,
17        earnings,  distribution, education and other professional
18        and demographic characteristics, and for the  publication
19        and distribution of the survey; and
20             (d)  Conducting  of  training seminars for licensees
21        under   this   Act   relating   to    the    obligations,
22        responsibilities, enforcement and other provisions of the
23        Act and its rules the regulations thereunder.
24             (e)  Disposition of Fees:
25                  (i)  (Blank)  Until January 1, 1991, 50% of the
26             fees  collected  pursuant  to  this  Act  shall   be
27             deposited  in the Nursing Dedicated and Professional
28             Fund and 50%  shall  be  deposited  in  the  General
29             Revenue Fund.
30                  (ii)  On  or  after January 1, 1991, All of the
31             fees and fines collected pursuant to this Act  shall
32             be   deposited   in   the   Nursing   Dedicated  and
33             Professional Fund.
34                  (iii)  For the fiscal year  beginning  July  1,
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 1             1988,  the  moneys  monies  deposited in the Nursing
 2             Dedicated   and   Professional   Fund    shall    be
 3             appropriated  to  the Department for expenses of the
 4             Department  and   the   Board   Committee   in   the
 5             administration  of  this Act.  All earnings received
 6             from investment of  moneys  monies  in  the  Nursing
 7             Dedicated  and  Professional Fund shall be deposited
 8             in the Nursing Dedicated and Professional  Fund  and
 9             shall   be  used  for  the  same  purposes  as  fees
10             deposited in the Fund.
11                  (iv)  For the fiscal  year  beginning  July  1,
12             1991 and for each fiscal year thereafter, either 10%
13             of  the  moneys  monies  deposited  in  the  Nursing
14             Dedicated  and  Professional  Fund  each  year,  not
15             including   interest   accumulated  on  such  moneys
16             monies, or any moneys monies deposited in  the  Fund
17             in  each  year  which  are  in  excess of the amount
18             appropriated in  that  year  to  meet  ordinary  and
19             contingent   expenses   of   the   Board  Committee,
20             whichever  is  less,  shall   be   set   aside   and
21             appropriated  to  the  Illinois Department of Public
22             Health for nursing scholarships awarded pursuant  to
23             the Nursing Education Scholarship Law.
24                  (v)  Moneys  in  the Fund may be transferred to
25             the Professions Indirect  Cost  Fund  as  authorized
26             under  Section  61e of the Civil Administrative Code
27             of Illinois.
28        In addition to any other permitted use of moneys  in  the
29    Fund,  and  notwithstanding any restriction on the use of the
30    Fund, moneys in the Nursing Dedicated and  Professional  Fund
31    may  be transferred to the General Revenue Fund as authorized
32    by this amendatory Act of 1992.  The General  Assembly  finds
33    that  an  excess of moneys exists in the Fund. On February 1,
34    1992,  the  Comptroller  shall  order  transferred  and   the
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 1    Treasurer  shall  transfer $200,000 (or such lesser amount as
 2    may be on deposit in the Fund and unexpended and  unobligated
 3    on that date) from the Fund to the General Revenue Fund.
 4    (Source:  P.A.  89-204,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-237,  eff. 8-4-95;
 5    89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
 6        (225 ILCS 65/25) (from Ch. 111, par. 3525)
 7        Sec. 25. Grounds for disciplinary action.
 8        (a)  The Department may, upon recommendation of the Board
 9    Committee on Nursing, refuse to issue or  to  renew,  or  may
10    revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or take other
11    disciplinary  action  as the Department may deem appropriate,
12    with regard to a license for any one or a combination of  the
13    causes  set forth in subsection (b) below in 25(b).  Fines up
14    to $2,500 may be imposed in conjunction with other  forms  of
15    disciplinary action for those violations that which result in
16    monetary  gain  for  the  licensee.  Fines  shall  not be the
17    exclusive disposition of any disciplinary action arising  out
18    of  conduct resulting in death or injury to a patient.  Fines
19    shall not  be  assessed  in  disciplinary  actions  involving
20    mental   or  physical  illness  or  impairment.    All  fines
21    collected under  this  Section  shall  be  deposited  in  the
22    Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund.
23        (b)  The causes for disciplinary action are:
24             (1) 1.  Material deception in furnishing information
25        to the Department.;
26             (2) 2.  Material violations of any provision of this
27        Act  or  of the Illinois Nursing Act, prior to the repeal
28        of this Act, or  violation  of  the  rules  of  or  final
29        administrative    action    of    the   Director,   after
30        consideration  of  the  recommendation  of   the   Board.
31        Committee;
32             (3)  3.  Conviction  of  any crime under the laws of
33        any jurisdiction of the United States:  (i)  which  is  a
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 1        felony;  or  (ii)  which  is  a misdemeanor, an essential
 2        element of which is dishonesty, or  (iii)  of  any  crime
 3        which   is  directly  related  to  the  practice  of  the
 4        profession.;
 5             (4) 4.  A pattern  of  practice  or  other  behavior
 6        which demonstrates incapacity or incompetency to practice
 7        under this Act.;
 8             (5) 5.  Knowingly aiding or assisting another person
 9        in violating any provision of this Act or rules.;
10             (6)  6.  Failing,  within  90  days,  to  provide  a
11        response  to  a  request for information in response to a
12        written request  made  by  the  Department  by  certified
13        mail.;
14             (7)   7.  Engaging  in  dishonorable,  unethical  or
15        unprofessional conduct of a character likely to  deceive,
16        defraud or harm the public, as defined by rule.;
17             (8)  8.  Unlawful  sale or distribution of any drug,
18        narcotic, or prescription device, or unlawful  conversion
19        of any drug, narcotic or prescription device.;
20             (9)  9.  Habitual  or  excessive use or addiction to
21        alcohol, narcotics, stimulants,  or  any  other  chemical
22        agent  or  drug  which  results  in a nurses inability to
23        practice with reasonable judgment, skill or safety.;
24             (10) 10.  Discipline by another U.S. jurisdiction or
25        foreign nation, if at least one of the  grounds  for  the
26        discipline  is  the  same  or substantially equivalent to
27        those set forth in this Section. herein;
28             (11) 11.  A finding that the licensee, after  having
29        her  or  his  license  placed on probationary status, has
30        violated the terms of probation.;
31             (12)  12.  Being  named  as  a  perpetrator  in   an
32        indicated report by the Department of Children and Family
33        Services   and  under  the  Abused  and  Neglected  Child
34        Reporting Act, and upon proof  by  clear  and  convincing
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 1        evidence  that  the  licensee has caused a child to be an
 2        abused child or neglected child as defined in the  Abused
 3        and Neglected Child Reporting Act.;
 4             (13)  13.  Willful  omission  to  file or record, or
 5        willfully impeding the filing or  recording  or  inducing
 6        another  person to omit to file or record medical reports
 7        as required by law or  willfully  failing  to  report  an
 8        instance  of suspected child abuse or neglect as required
 9        by the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.;
10             (14)  14.  Gross  negligence  in  the  practice   of
11        nursing.;
12             (15)  15.  Holding  oneself  out  to  be  practicing
13        nursing under any name other than one's own.;
14             (16)  16.  Fraud,  deceit  or  misrepresentation  in
15        applying  for or procuring a license under this Act or in
16        connection with applying for renewal of a  license  under
17        this Act.;
18             (17) 17.  Allowing another person or organization to
19        use the licensees' license to deceive the public.;
20             (18)  18.  Willfully  making or filing false records
21        or  reports  in  the  licensee's  practice  as  a  nurse,
22        including, but not limited to, false records  to  support
23        claims  against  the  medical  assistance  program of the
24        Department of Public Aid under the  Illinois  Public  Aid
25        Code.;
26             (19)  19.  Attempting to subvert or cheat on a nurse
27        licensing examination administered under this Act.;
28             (20) 20.  Willfully  or  negligently  violating  the
29        confidentiality  between  nurse  and  patient  except  as
30        required by law.;
31             (21)  21.  The  use  of  any  false,  fraudulent, or
32        deceptive statement in any document  connected  with  the
33        practice of nursing under this Act.;
34             (22)  22.  Failure  of  a  licensee to report to the
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 1        Department any adverse final action  taken  against  such
 2        licensee  by  another  licensing  jurisdiction (any other
 3        jurisdiction of the United States or any foreign state or
 4        country), by any peer review body,  by  any  health  care
 5        institution,  by  any  professional or nursing society or
 6        association, by  any  governmental  agency,  by  any  law
 7        enforcement   agency,  or  by  any  court  or  a  nursing
 8        liability claim related to acts  or  conduct  similar  to
 9        acts  or  conduct that which would constitute grounds for
10        action as defined in this Section.;
11             (23) 23.  Failure of a licensee  to  report  to  the
12        Department  surrender  by  the  licensee  of a license or
13        authorization to practice nursing  in  another  state  or
14        jurisdiction,  or  current  surrender  by the licensee of
15        membership on any nursing staff  or  in  any  nursing  or
16        professional   association   or   society   while   under
17        disciplinary investigation by any of those authorities or
18        bodies  for  acts  or  conduct similar to acts or conduct
19        that which would constitute grounds for action as defined
20        by this Section.;
21             (24) 24.  The determination by a circuit court  that
22        a   licensee  is  subject  to  involuntary  admission  or
23        judicial admission as provided in the Mental  Health  and
24        Developmental  Disabilities Code, as amended, operates as
25        an automatic suspension. The  Such  suspension  will  end
26        only  upon  a  finding  by a court that the patient is no
27        longer  subject  to  involuntary  admission  or  judicial
28        admission and issues an order so finding and  discharging
29        the  patient;  and  upon  the recommendation of the Board
30        Committee to the Director that the licensee be allowed to
31        resume his or her practice.;
32             (25) 25.  The Department may refuse to issue or  may
33        suspend  the  license  of  any person who fails to file a
34        return, or to pay the tax, penalty or interest shown in a
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 1        filed return, or to pay any final assessment of the  tax,
 2        penalty,   or   interest  as  required  by  any  tax  Act
 3        administered by the Illinois Department of Revenue, until
 4        such time as the requirements of any  such  tax  Act  are
 5        satisfied.; and
 6             (26)   26.  Violation  of  the  Health  Care  Worker
 7        Self-Referral Act.
 8             (27)  Physical illness, including but not limited to
 9        deterioration through the aging process or loss of  motor
10        skill,  mental illness, or disability that results in the
11        inability to  practice  the  profession  with  reasonable
12        judgment, skill, or safety.
13        (c)  In  enforcing  this Section, the Department or Board
14    upon  a  showing  of  a  possible  violation  may  compel  an
15    individual licensed to practice under this Act,  or  who  has
16    applied  for  licensure under this Act, to submit to a mental
17    or physical examination, or both, as required by and  at  the
18    expense  of the Department. The Department or Board may order
19    the examining physician to present testimony  concerning  the
20    mental  or physical examination of the licensee or applicant.
21    No information shall be excluded by reason of any common  law
22    or statutory privilege relating to communications between the
23    licensee  or  applicant  and  the  examining  physician.  The
24    examining  physicians shall be specifically designated by the
25    Board or Department. The individual to be examined may  have,
26    at  his  or  her own expense, another physician of his or her
27    choice  present  during  all  aspects  of  this  examination.
28    Failure of an individual to submit to a  mental  or  physical
29    examination,  when  directed, shall be grounds for suspension
30    of his or her license until the  individual  submits  to  the
31    examination   if  the  Department  finds,  after  notice  and
32    hearing, that the refusal to submit to  the  examination  was
33    without reasonable cause.
34        If  the Department or Board finds an individual unable to
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 1    practice because of the reasons set forth  in  this  Section,
 2    the Department or Board may require that individual to submit
 3    to  care,  counseling, or treatment by physicians approved or
 4    designated by the Department or Board, as a condition,  term,
 5    or   restriction   for   continued,  reinstated,  or  renewed
 6    licensure to practice; or, in lieu of  care,  counseling,  or
 7    treatment,   the  Department  may  file,  or  the  Board  may
 8    recommend  to  the  Department  to  file,  a   complaint   to
 9    immediately  suspend,  revoke,  or  otherwise  discipline the
10    license of the individual. An individual  whose  license  was
11    granted,   continued,  reinstated,  renewed,  disciplined  or
12    supervised   subject   to   such   terms,   conditions,    or
13    restrictions,  and  who  fails  to  comply  with  such terms,
14    conditions,  or  restrictions,  shall  be  referred  to   the
15    Director  for  a  determination  as to whether the individual
16    shall have his or her license suspended immediately,  pending
17    a hearing by the Department.
18        In instances in which the Director immediately suspends a
19    person's  license  under  this  Section,  a  hearing  on that
20    person's license must be convened by the Department within 15
21    days after the suspension and completed  without  appreciable
22    delay.  The  Department and Board shall have the authority to
23    review the  subject  individual's  record  of  treatment  and
24    counseling  regarding  the impairment to the extent permitted
25    by applicable federal statutes and  regulations  safeguarding
26    the confidentiality of medical records.
27        An  individual licensed under this Act and affected under
28    this Section shall be afforded an opportunity to  demonstrate
29    to the Department or Board that he or she can resume practice
30    in  compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards under
31    the provisions of his or her license.
32    (Source: P.A. 86-596; 87-1207.)
33        (225 ILCS 65/26) (from Ch. 111, par. 3526)
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 1        Sec.  26.  Limitation  on  action.  All  proceedings   to
 2    suspend, revoke, or take any other disciplinary action as the
 3    Department  may  deem proper, with regard to a license on any
 4    of the foregoing grounds may not be commenced  later  than  3
 5    years  next after the commission of any act which is a ground
 6    for discipline or a final conviction order  for  any  of  the
 7    acts described herein.  In the event of the settlement of any
 8    claim  or  cause  of  action  in favor of the claimant or the
 9    reduction to the final judgment of any civil action in  favor
10    of the plaintiff, such claim, cause of action or civil action
11    being  rounded on the allegation that a person licensed under
12    this Act was negligent  in  providing  care,  the  Department
13    shall  have an additional period of one year from the date of
14    such settlement or final judgment in which to investigate and
15    commence formal disciplinary proceedings under Section 25  of
16    this  Act,  except  as  otherwise  provided by law.  The time
17    during which the holder of the license was outside the  State
18    of  Illinois  shall not be included within any period of time
19    limiting the commencement of disciplinary action by the Board
20    Committee.
21    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
22        (225 ILCS 65/27) (from Ch. 111, par. 3527)
23        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
24        Sec. 27. Suspension for imminent danger. The Director  of
25    the  Department  may, upon receipt of a written communication
26    from the Director of the  Department  of  Mental  Health  and
27    Developmental  Disabilities  or  Department  of Public Aid or
28    Department of Public Health that continuation of practice  of
29    a  person  licensed  under  this Act constitutes an immediate
30    danger to the public, immediately suspend the license of such
31    person without a hearing.  In instances in which the Director
32    immediately suspends a license under this Section, a  hearing
33    upon such person's license must be convened by the Department
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 1    within 30 15 days after such suspension and completed without
 2    appreciable  delay, such hearing held to determine whether to
 3    recommend to  the  Director  that  the  person's  license  be
 4    revoked,   suspended,   placed   on  probationary  status  or
 5    reinstated, or such person be subject to  other  disciplinary
 6    action.   In  such hearing, the written communication and any
 7    other evidence  submitted  therewith  may  be  introduced  as
 8    evidence  against such person; provided, however, the person,
 9    or  his  or  her  counsel,  shall  have  the  opportunity  to
10    discredit or  impeach  and  submit  evidence  rebutting  such
11    evidence.
12    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
13        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
14        Sec.  27. Suspension for imminent danger. The Director of
15    the Department may, upon receipt of a  written  communication
16    from  the Secretary of Human Services, the Director of Public
17    Aid, or the Director of Public Health  that  continuation  of
18    practice  of  a person licensed under this Act constitutes an
19    immediate danger  to  the  public,  immediately  suspend  the
20    license  of  such  person without a hearing.  In instances in
21    which the Director immediately suspends a license under  this
22    Section,  a  hearing  upon  such  person's  license  must  be
23    convened  by  the  Department  within  30  15 days after such
24    suspension and  completed  without  appreciable  delay,  such
25    hearing  held  to  determine  whether  to  recommend  to  the
26    Director  that  the  person's  license be revoked, suspended,
27    placed on probationary status or reinstated, or  such  person
28    be  subject  to  other disciplinary action.  In such hearing,
29    the written communication and any  other  evidence  submitted
30    therewith  may be introduced as evidence against such person;
31    provided, however, the person, or his or her  counsel,  shall
32    have  the  opportunity  to  discredit  or  impeach and submit
33    evidence rebutting such evidence.
34    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
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 1        (225 ILCS 65/30) (from Ch. 111, par. 3530)
 2        Sec.  30.  Right  to  legal  counsel.   No  action  of  a
 3    disciplinary discliplinary nature that which is predicated on
 4    charges alleging unethical or  unprofessional  conduct  of  a
 5    person  who  is a registered professional nurse or a licensed
 6    practical nurse and that which can be reasonably expected  to
 7    affect  adversely  that  person's  maintenance  of her or his
 8    present, or her or his securing of future, employment as such
 9    a nurse may be taken by the Department, by  any  association,
10    or  by any person unless the person against whom such charges
11    are made is afforded the right to  be  represented  by  legal
12    counsel  of  her  or his choosing and to present any witness,
13    whether an  attorney  or  otherwise  to  testify  on  matters
14    relevant to such charges.
15    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
16        (225 ILCS 65/32) (from Ch. 111, par. 3532)
17        Sec.   32.   Investigation;  notice;  hearing.  Prior  to
18    bringing an action before the Board Committee, the Department
19    may investigate the actions of any applicant or of any person
20    or persons holding  or  claiming  to  hold  a  license.   The
21    Department  shall,  before  suspending,  revoking, placing on
22    probationary status, or taking any other disciplinary  action
23    as  the Department may deem proper with regard to any license
24    or certificate, at least 30 days prior to the  date  set  for
25    the  hearing,  notify  the  accused in writing of any charges
26    made and the time and place for  a  hearing  of  the  charges
27    before  the  Board  Committee,  direct  her  or him to file a
28    written answer thereto to  the  Board  Committee  under  oath
29    within  20  days  after the service of such notice and inform
30    the licensee that if she or he  fails  to  file  such  answer
31    default  will  be taken against the licensee and such license
32    or  certificate  may  be  suspended,   revoked,   placed   on
33    probationary  status,  or  have  other  disciplinary  action,
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 1    including  limiting the scope, nature or extent of her or his
 2    practice, as the Department may deem proper taken with regard
 3    thereto. Such  written  notice  may  be  served  by  personal
 4    delivery or certified or registered mail to the respondent at
 5    the   address   of  her  or  his  last  notification  to  the
 6    Department.  At the time and place fixed in the  notice,  the
 7    Department  shall proceed to hear the charges and the parties
 8    or their counsel  shall  be  accorded  ample  opportunity  to
 9    present  such statements, testimony, evidence and argument as
10    may be pertinent to the charges or  to  the  defense  to  the
11    charges  thereto.  The Department may continue a such hearing
12    from time  to  time.   In  case  the  accused  person,  after
13    receiving notice, fails to file an answer, her or his license
14    or  certificate may in the discretion of the Director, having
15    received first the recommendation of the Board Committee,  be
16    suspended,  revoked,  placed  on  probationary status, or the
17    Director may take whatever disciplinary action as he  or  she
18    may  deem  proper,  including  limiting the scope, nature, or
19    extent of said person's practice, without a hearing,  if  the
20    act  or  acts  charged constitute sufficient grounds for such
21    action under this Act.
22    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
23        (225 ILCS 65/33) (from Ch. 111, par. 3533)
24        Sec. 33.  Stenographer; transcript.  The  Department,  at
25    its  expense,  shall  provide a stenographer to take down the
26    testimony and preserve a record of  all  proceedings  at  the
27    hearing  of any case wherein any disciplinary action is taken
28    regarding a license.  The notice of  hearing,  complaint  and
29    all  other  documents  in the nature of pleadings and written
30    motions  filed  in  the  proceedings,   the   transcript   of
31    testimony,  the  report of the Board Committee and the orders
32    of the Department shall be the  record  of  the  proceedings.
33    The  Department  shall  furnish a transcript of the record to
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 1    any person interested in the hearing upon payment of the  fee
 2    required  under  Section 60f of the Civil Administrative Code
 3    of Illinois.
 4    (Source: P.A. 87-1031.)
 5        (225 ILCS 65/35) (from Ch. 111, par. 3535)
 6        Sec. 35. Subpoena power; oaths. The Department shall have
 7    power to subpoena and bring before  it  any  person  in  this
 8    State  and  to take testimony, either orally or by deposition
 9    or both, with the same fees  and  mileage  and  in  the  same
10    manner  as prescribed by law in judicial proceedings in civil
11    cases in circuit courts of this State.
12        The Director, and  any  member  of  the  Board  Committee
13    designated   by  the  Director,  shall  each  have  power  to
14    administer oaths  to  witnesses  at  any  hearing  which  the
15    Department  is  authorized to conduct under this Act, and any
16    other oaths required or authorized to be administered by  the
17    Department under this Act hereunder.
18    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
19        (225 ILCS 65/36) (from Ch. 111, par. 3536)
20        Sec.  36.  Board report. At the conclusion of the hearing
21    the Board committee shall present to the Director  a  written
22    report  of  its  findings  of  fact,  conclusions of law, and
23    recommendations.  The report shall contain a finding  whether
24    or  not  the  accused  person  violated this Act or failed to
25    comply with the conditions required in this Act.  The  report
26    shall  specify  the  nature  of  the  violation or failure to
27    comply,   and   the   Board   Committee   shall   make    its
28    recommendations to the Director.
29        The  report  of findings of fact, conclusions of law, and
30    recommendation of the Board committee shall be the basis  for
31    the  Department's  order  of refusal or for the granting of a
32    license or permit unless the Director  shall  determine  that
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 1    the  report  is  contrary  to  the  manifest  weight  of  the
 2    evidence,  in  which  case the Director may issue an order in
 3    contravention of the report.  The findings are not admissible
 4    in evidence against the  person  in  a  criminal  prosecution
 5    brought  for  the  violation of this Act, but the hearing and
 6    findings are not a bar to a criminal prosecution brought  for
 7    the violation of this Act.
 8    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
 9        (225 ILCS 65/37) (from Ch. 111, par. 3537)
10        Sec.  37.  Hearing  officer.  The Director shall have the
11    authority to appoint an attorney duly  licensed  to  practice
12    law in the State of Illinois to serve as the hearing  officer
13    in any action  before the Board Committee to revoke, suspend,
14    place  on  probation,  reprimand,  fine,  or  take  any other
15    disciplinary action with regard to a  license.   The  hearing
16    officer  shall  have  full  authority to conduct the hearing.
17    The Board Committee shall have the right to have at least one
18    member present at  any  hearing  conducted  by  such  hearing
19    officer.   There may be present at least one RN member of the
20    Board  Committee  at  any  such   hearing   or   disciplinary
21    conference.  An LPN member or LPN educator may be present for
22    hearings and disciplinary conferences of an LPN.  The hearing
23    officer  shall report her or his findings and recommendations
24    to the Board Committee within 30 days of the receipt  of  the
25    record.   The Board Committee shall have 90 days from receipt
26    of the report to review the report of the hearing officer and
27    present their  findings  of  fact,  conclusions  of  law  and
28    recommendations  to  the  Director.   If  the Board Committee
29    fails to present its report within  the  90-day  period,  the
30    Director  may  issue  an  order  based  on  the report of the
31    hearing officer.    However,  if  the  Board  Committee  does
32    present  its  report  within  the  specified  90    days, the
33    Director's order shall be based upon the report of the  Board
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 1    Committee.
 2    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
 3        (225 ILCS 65/38) (from Ch. 111, par. 3538)
 4        Sec.  38.  Motion  for  rehearing.  In any case involving
 5    refusal to issue, renew, or the discipline of  a  license,  a
 6    copy  of  the Board's Committee's report shall be served upon
 7    the respondent by the Department,  either  personally  or  as
 8    provided  in  this  Act,  for  the  service  of the notice of
 9    hearing.  Within 20 days after such service,  the  respondent
10    may  present  to  the  Department  a  motion in writing for a
11    rehearing, which motion shall specify the particular  grounds
12    for  a  rehearing  therefor.  If  no  motion for rehearing is
13    filed, then upon the expiration of the time  then  upon  such
14    denial  the  Director  may  enter an order in accordance with
15    recommendations of the Board Committee except as provided  in
16    Section 36 and 37 of this Act.  If the respondent shall order
17    from  the  reporting service, and pay for a transcript of the
18    record within the time for filing a motion for rehearing, the
19    20 day period within which such a motion may be  filed  shall
20    commence   upon   the  delivery  of  the  transcript  to  the
21    respondent.
22    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
23        (225 ILCS 65/39) (from Ch. 111, par. 3539)
24        Sec. 39. Order for rehearing. Whenever  the  Director  is
25    satisfied  that  substantial justice has not been done in the
26    revocation, suspension,  or  refusal  to  issue  or  renew  a
27    license,  the  Director  may  order  a hearing by the same or
28    another hearing officer or the Board Committee.
29    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
30        (225 ILCS 65/40) (from Ch. 111, par. 3540)
31        Sec. 40.  Order  of  Director.  An  order  regarding  any
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 1    disciplinary  action,  or  a  certified copy thereof over the
 2    seal of the Department and purporting to  be  signed  by  the
 3    Director shall be prima facie evidence that:
 4        (a)  such  signature  is  the  genuine  signature  of the
 5    Director;
 6        (b)  that such Director is duly appointed and  qualified;
 7    and
 8        (c)  that  the  Board  Committee  and  the  Board members
 9    thereof are qualified to act.
10    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
11        (225 ILCS 65/42) (from Ch. 111, par. 3542)
12        Sec.  42.  Surrender  of  license.  Upon  revocation   or
13    suspension  of any license or certificate, the licensee shall
14    forthwith surrender the license to the Department and if  the
15    licensee  fails to do so, the Department shall have the right
16    to seize the license.
17    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
18        (225 ILCS 65/43) (from Ch. 111, par. 3543)
19        Sec.  43.  Temporary   suspension.   The   Director   may
20    temporarily suspend the license of a nurse without a hearing,
21    simultaneously  with  the  institution  of  proceedings for a
22    hearing provided for in  Section  32  of  this  Act,  if  the
23    Director  finds  that  evidence  in  his  or  her  possession
24    indicates  that  continuation in practice would constitute an
25    imminent danger  to  the  public.   In  the  event  that  the
26    Director   suspends,  temporarily,  this  license  without  a
27    hearing, a hearing by the Department must be held  within  30
28    days after the such suspension has occurred, and be concluded
29    without appreciable delay.
30        Proceedings for judicial review shall be commenced in the
31    circuit  court  of the county in which the party applying for
32    review resides; but if the party is not a  resident  of  this
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 1    State, the venue shall be in Sangamon County.
 2    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
 3        (225 ILCS 65/47) (from Ch. 111, par. 3547)
 4        Sec.  47.  Pending  actions.  All  licenses  in effect on
 5    December 31, 1987 and issued pursuant to the Illinois Nursing
 6    Act, approved June 14, 1951, as amended, are  reinstated  for
 7    the balance of the term for which last issued.  All rules and
 8    regulations  in  effect  on December 31, 1987 and promulgated
 9    pursuant to the Illinois Nursing Act, approved June 14, 1951,
10    as amended, shall remain in full  force  and  effect  on  the
11    effective date of this Act without being promulgated again by
12    the  Department,  except  to  the  extent  any  such  rule or
13    regulation is inconsistent with any provision  of  this  Act.
14    All  disciplinary  actions  taken  or pending pursuant to the
15    Illinois Nursing Act, approved June  14,  1951,  as  amended,
16    shall,  for  the actions taken, remain in effect, and for the
17    actions pending, shall be continued, on the effective date of
18    this  Act  without  having  separate  actions  filed  by  the
19    Department.
20    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
21        (225 ILCS 65/8 rep.)
22        (225 ILCS 65/9 rep.)
23        (225 ILCS 65/13 rep.)
24        (225 ILCS 65/15 rep.)
25        (225 ILCS 65/19 rep.)
26        Section 35. The Illinois Nursing Act of 1987  is  amended
27    by repealing Sections 8, 9, 13, 15, and 19.
28        Section 40. The Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and
29    Disciplinary  Act is amended by changing Sections 4, 5, 6, 7,
30    8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,
31    and 28 and by adding Sections 5.1, 20.1, and 24.1 as follows:
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 1        (225 ILCS 70/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 3654)
 2        Sec. 4.  Definitions.:  For purposes  of  this  Act,  the
 3    following  definitions  shall  have  the  following meanings,
 4    except where the context requires otherwise:
 5             (1) 1.  "Act" means the Nursing Home  Administrators
 6        Licensing and Disciplinary Act.;
 7             (2)   2.  "Department"   means   the  Department  of
 8        Professional Regulation.;
 9             (3)   3.  "Director"   means   the    Director    of
10        Professional Regulation.;
11             (4)    4.  "Board"    means    the    Nursing   Home
12        Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary Board appointed
13        by the Governor.;
14             (5)  5.  "Nursing  home  administrator"  means   the
15        individual   licensed   under   this   Act  and  directly
16        responsible  for  planning,  organizing,  directing   and
17        supervising  the  operation  of a nursing home, or who in
18        fact  performs  such  functions,  whether  or  not   such
19        functions are delegated to one or more other persons.;
20             (6)  6.  "Nursing  home"  or  "facility"  means  any
21        entity  that  which  is  required  to  be licensed by the
22        Illinois Department of Public Health  under  the  Nursing
23        Home  Care  Act, as amended, other than a "sheltered care
24        home" as defined thereunder, and includes  private  homes
25        home,   institutions,  buildings,  residences,  or  other
26        places, whether operated for profit or not,  irrespective
27        of  the  names  attributed  to them, county homes for the
28        infirm and  chronically  ill  operated  pursuant  to  the
29        County  Nursing  Home  Act,  as  amended, and any similar
30        institutions operated by a political subdivision  of  the
31        State  of  Illinois  that  which  provide,  though  their
32        ownership  or management, maintenance, personal care, and
33        nursing for 3 or more persons, not related to  the  owner
34        by  blood or marriage, or any similar facilities in which
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 1        maintenance is provided to  3  or  more  persons  who  by
 2        reason  of illness of physical infirmity require personal
 3        care and nursing.;
 4             (7)  7.  "Maintenance"  means  food,   shelter   and
 5        laundry.;
 6             (8) 8.  "Personal care" means assistance with meals,
 7        dressing,  movement,  bathing,  or  other  personal needs
 8        need, or general supervision of the physical  and  mental
 9        well-being of an individual who because of age, physical,
10        or  mental  disability,  emotion or behavior disorder, or
11        mental retardation is incapable of managing  his  or  her
12        person,  whether or not a guardian has been appointed for
13        such individual. For  the  purposes  of  this  Act,  this
14        definition  does not include the professional services of
15        a nurse.;
16             (9)  9.  "Nursing"  means  professional  nursing  or
17        practical nursing as  those  terms  are  defined  in  the
18        Illinois  Nursing  Act  of  1987, as amended, for sick or
19        infirm persons who are under the care and supervision  of
20        licensed physicians or dentists.;
21             (10)  10.  "Disciplinary  action"  means revocation,
22        suspension, probation, supervision,  reprimand,  required
23        education,  fines  or  any  other  action  taken  by  the
24        Department against a person holding a license.;
25             (11) 11.  "Impaired" means the inability to practice
26        with  reasonable  skill  and  safety  due  to physical or
27        mental   disabilities   as   evidenced   by   a   written
28        determination  or  written  consent  based  on   clinical
29        evidence   including   deterioration  through  the  aging
30        process or loss of motor skill,  or  abuse  of  drugs  or
31        alcohol,  of  sufficient  degree  to  diminish a person's
32        ability to administer a nursing home.
33    (Source: P.A. 86-820.)
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 1        (225 ILCS 70/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 3655)
 2        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
 3        Sec. 5. Board.
 4        (a)  There   is   hereby   created   the   Nursing   Home
 5    Administrators  Administrator's  Licensing  and  Disciplinary
 6    Board.  The Board shall consist of 9 members appointed by the
 7    Governor.  All shall be residents of the State  of  Illinois.
 8    Three members shall be representatives of the general public.
 9    Six  members  shall be nursing home administrators who for at
10    least 5 years prior to their appointments were licensed under
11    this Act.  The public members shall  have  no  responsibility
12    for  management  or formation of policy of, nor any financial
13    interest in, nursing homes as defined in this  Act,  nor  any
14    other connection with the profession.  In appointing licensed
15    nursing  home  administrators,  the  Governor shall take into
16    consideration  the  recommendations  of  the   nursing   home
17    professional associations.
18        (b)  Members  Initial  terms shall begin January 1, 1988.
19    Of the members of the  Board  first  appointed,  3  shall  be
20    appointed  for  terms  of  2  years; 3 shall be appointed for
21    terms of 3 years, and 3 shall be appointed  for  terms  of  4
22    years.   Upon the expiration of the term of any member, their
23    successor shall be appointed for a term of  4  years  by  the
24    Governor.   The  Governor  shall  fill  any  vacancy  for the
25    remainder of the unexpired term. Any member of the Board  may
26    be  removed  by  the  Governor  for cause.  Each member shall
27    serve on the Board  until  his  or  her  their  successor  is
28    appointed  and qualified.  No member of the Board shall serve
29    more than 2 consecutive 4 year terms.
30        In making appointments  the  Governor  shall  attempt  to
31    insure  that  the  various geographic regions of the State of
32    Illinois are properly represented.
33        The Board in existence on the effective date of this  Act
34    shall  continue  to  exercise the powers and duties specified
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 1    under this Act until a successor Board is designated  by  the
 2    Governor.   The  Governor shall designate the successor Board
 3    within 90 days of the effective date of this Act.
 4        (c)  The Board shall annually elect one of its members as
 5    chairperson and chairman, one as  vice  chairperson  chairman
 6    and  one  as secretary. No officer shall be elected more than
 7    twice in succession to the same office.  Each  officer  shall
 8    serve  until  his or her their successor has been elected and
 9    qualified.
10        (d)  A majority of the Board members currently  appointed
11    shall  constitute  a  quorum  Five members of the Board shall
12    constitute a quorum. A vacancy in the membership of the Board
13    shall not impair the right of a quorum to  exercise  all  the
14    rights  and  perform  all the duties of the Board. Any action
15    taken by the Board  under  this  Act  may  be  authorized  by
16    resolution  at  any  regular or special meeting and each such
17    resolution shall take effect immediately.   The  Board  shall
18    meet at least quarterly.  The Board is empowered to adopt all
19    rules  and  regulations  necessary and incident to the powers
20    granted to it under this Act.
21        (e)  Each member, and member-officer, of the Board  shall
22    receive a per diem stipend as the Director of the Department,
23    hereinafter  referred  to  as  the Director, shall determine.
24    Each member shall be  paid  their  necessary  expenses  while
25    engaged in the performance of his or her their duties.
26        (f)  (Blank)  The  Director  shall  select a Nursing Home
27    Administrator Coordinator who shall not be a  member  of  the
28    Board.  The  Nursing  Home Administrator coordinator shall be
29    the designated administrator of this Act.
30        The  Director  shall  employ,  in  conformity  with   the
31    Personnel Code, not less than one investigator for every 5000
32    Nursing  Home  Administrators  licensed  in  the State.  Each
33    investigator shall be a college  graduate  with  at  least  2
34    years' investigative experience or be a licensed Nursing Home
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 1    Administrator  for  2 years.  Upon the written request of the
 2    Board, the Director shall  employ,  in  conformity  with  the
 3    Personnel   Code,   such   other   professional,   technical,
 4    investigative,  and  clerical  help,  either  on  a  full  or
 5    part-time  basis  as the Board deems necessary for the proper
 6    performance of its duties.
 7        (g)  (Blank) Upon the written request of the Board or the
 8    Nursing Home Administrator  Coordinator,  the  Department  of
 9    Alcoholism  and  Substance  Abuse  or the Department of State
10    Police  may  cooperate  and  assist  in   any   investigation
11    undertaken by the Board.
12        (h)  Members  of  the  Board shall be immune from suit in
13    any action based upon any disciplinary proceedings  or  other
14    acts performed in good faith as members of the Board.
15        (i)  (Blank)  The  Board  may  compile  and  establish  a
16    statewide  roster  of  Nursing  Home Administrators and other
17    associated field professionals, including the several medical
18    specialties, who have agreed to serve from time  to  time  as
19    advisors to the Nursing Home Administrator Coordinator.  Such
20    advisors   shall   assist   the  Nursing  Home  Administrator
21    Coordinator in investigations and participation in complaints
22    against Nursing Home  Administrators.   Such  advisors  shall
23    serve under contract and shall be reimbursed at a rate set by
24    the  Director  for  each and every day they shall be actually
25    advising the Nursing  Home  Administrator  Coordinator,  plus
26    reasonable   expenses   incurred.    While  serving  in  this
27    capacity, the advisor, for any act undertaken in  good  faith
28    and  in the conduct of their duties under this Section, shall
29    be immune from civil suit.
30        The Department  shall  exercise  the  powers  and  duties
31    prescribed  by  the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois for
32    administration of licensing  acts  and  shall  exercise  such
33    other  powers  and  duties  necessary  for  effectuating  the
34    purpose  of  this Act.  The Department shall promulgate rules
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 1    to implement, interpret, or make specific  the provisions and
 2    purposes of this Act; however no  such  rulemaking  shall  be
 3    promulgated by the Department except upon the Board's written
 4    approval.
 5        (j)  The  Director  shall  give  due consideration to all
 6    recommendations of the Board. If the Director disagrees  with
 7    or takes action contrary to a recommendation of the Board, he
 8    or  she  shall  provide the Board with a written and specific
 9    explanation of his or her action.
10    (Source: P.A. 85-932.)
11        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
12        Sec. 5. Board.
13        (a)  There   is   hereby   created   the   Nursing   Home
14    Administrators  Administrator's  Licensing  and  Disciplinary
15    Board.  The Board shall consist of 9 members appointed by the
16    Governor.  All shall be residents of the State  of  Illinois.
17    Three members shall be representatives of the general public.
18    Six  members  shall be nursing home administrators who for at
19    least 5 years prior to their appointments were licensed under
20    this Act.  The public members shall  have  no  responsibility
21    for  management  or formation of policy of, nor any financial
22    interest in, nursing homes as defined in this  Act,  nor  any
23    other connection with the profession.  In appointing licensed
24    nursing  home  administrators,  the  Governor shall take into
25    consideration  the  recommendations  of  the   nursing   home
26    professional associations.
27        (b)  Members  Initial  terms shall begin January 1, 1988.
28    Of the members of the  Board  first  appointed,  3  shall  be
29    appointed  for  terms  of  2  years; 3 shall be appointed for
30    terms of 3 years, and 3 shall be appointed  for  terms  of  4
31    years.   Upon the expiration of the term of any member, their
32    successor shall be appointed for a term of  4  years  by  the
33    Governor.   The  Governor  shall  fill  any  vacancy  for the
34    remainder of the unexpired term. Any member of the Board  may
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 1    be  removed  by  the  Governor  for cause.  Each member shall
 2    serve on the Board  until  his  or  her  their  successor  is
 3    appointed  and qualified.  No member of the Board shall serve
 4    more than 2 consecutive 4 year terms.
 5        In making appointments  the  Governor  shall  attempt  to
 6    insure  that  the  various geographic regions of the State of
 7    Illinois are properly represented.
 8        The Board in existence on the effective date of this  Act
 9    shall  continue  to  exercise the powers and duties specified
10    under this Act until a successor Board is designated  by  the
11    Governor.   The  Governor shall designate the successor Board
12    within 90 days of the effective date of this Act.
13        (c)  The Board shall annually elect one of its members as
14    chairperson and chairman, one as  vice  chairperson  chairman
15    and  one as secretary.  No officer shall be elected more than
16    twice  in succession to the same office.  Each officer  shall
17    serve  until  his or her their successor has been elected and
18    qualified.
19        (d)  A majority of the Board members currently  appointed
20    shall  constitute  a  quorum  Five members of the Board shall
21    constitute a quorum. A vacancy in the membership of the Board
22    shall not impair the right of a quorum to  exercise  all  the
23    rights  and  perform  all the duties of the Board. Any action
24    taken by the Board  under  this  Act  may  be  authorized  by
25    resolution  at  any  regular or special meeting and each such
26    resolution shall take effect immediately.   The  Board  shall
27    meet at least quarterly.  The Board is empowered to adopt all
28    rules  and  regulations  necessary and incident to the powers
29    granted to it under this Act.
30        (e)  Each member, and member-officer, of the Board  shall
31    receive a per diem stipend as the Director of the Department,
32    hereinafter  referred  to  as  the Director, shall determine.
33    Each member shall be  paid  their  necessary  expenses  while
34    engaged in the performance of his or her their duties.
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 1        (f)  (Blank)  The  Director  shall  select a Nursing Home
 2    Administrator Coordinator who shall not be a  member  of  the
 3    Board.  The  Nursing  Home Administrator coordinator shall be
 4    the designated administrator of this Act.
 5        The  Director  shall  employ,  in  conformity  with   the
 6    Personnel Code, not less than one investigator for every 5000
 7    Nursing  Home  Administrators  licensed  in  the State.  Each
 8    investigator shall be a college  graduate  with  at  least  2
 9    years' investigative experience or be a licensed Nursing Home
10    Administrator  for  2 years.  Upon the written request of the
11    Board, the Director shall  employ,  in  conformity  with  the
12    Personnel   Code,   such   other   professional,   technical,
13    investigative,  and  clerical  help,  either  on  a  full  or
14    part-time  basis  as the Board deems necessary for the proper
15    performance of its duties.
16        (g)  (Blank) Upon the written request of the Board or the
17    Nursing Home Administrator  Coordinator,  the  Department  of
18    Human   Services  or  the  Department  of  State  Police  may
19    cooperate and assist in any investigation undertaken  by  the
20    Board.
21        (h)  Members  of  the  Board shall be immune from suit in
22    any action based upon any disciplinary proceedings  or  other
23    acts performed in good faith as members of the Board.
24        (i)  (Blank)  The  Board  may  compile  and  establish  a
25    statewide  roster  of  Nursing  Home Administrators and other
26    associated field professionals, including the several medical
27    specialties, who have agreed to serve from time  to  time  as
28    advisors to the Nursing Home Administrator Coordinator.  Such
29    advisors   shall   assist   the  Nursing  Home  Administrator
30    Coordinator in investigations and participation in complaints
31    against Nursing Home  Administrators.   Such  advisors  shall
32    serve under contract and shall be reimbursed at a rate set by
33    the  Director  for  each and every day they shall be actually
34    advising the Nursing  Home  Administrator  Coordinator,  plus
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 1    reasonable   expenses   incurred.    While  serving  in  this
 2    capacity, the advisor, for any act undertaken in  good  faith
 3    and  in the conduct of their duties under this Section, shall
 4    be immune from civil suit.
 5        The Department  shall  exercise  the  powers  and  duties
 6    prescribed  by  the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois for
 7    administration of licensing  acts  and  shall  exercise  such
 8    other  powers  and  duties  necessary  for  effectuating  the
 9    purpose  of  this Act.  The Department shall promulgate rules
10    to implement, interpret, or make specific  the provisions and
11    purposes of this Act; however no  such  rulemaking  shall  be
12    promulgated by the Department except upon the Board's written
13    approval.
14        (j)  The  Director  shall  give  due consideration to all
15    recommendations of the Board. If the Director disagrees  with
16    or  takes action contrary to the recommendation of the Board,
17    he or she shall provide the Board with a written and specific
18    explanation of his or her action.
19    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
20        (225 ILCS 70/5.1 new)
21        Sec. 5.1. Powers and duties; rules. The Department  shall
22    exercise  the  powers  and  duties  prescribed  by  the Civil
23    Administrative  Code  of  Illinois  for   administration   of
24    licensing  acts  and  shall  exercise  such  other powers and
25    duties necessary for effectuating the purposes of  this  Act.
26    The  Department shall adopt rules to implement, interpret, or
27    make specific the provisions and purposes of this Act and may
28    prescribe forms that  shall  be  issued  in  connection  with
29    rulemaking.   The  Department  shall  transmit  the  proposed
30    rulemaking to the Board.
31        The Department may solicit the advice of the Board on any
32    matter relating to the administration and enforcement of this
33    Act.
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 1        The  Director  shall  employ,  in  conformity  with   the
 2    Personnel  Code,  professional, technical, investigative, and
 3    clerical help on a full-time or part-time  basis as necessary
 4    for the proper performance of its duties.
 5        Upon  the  written  request  of   the   Department,   the
 6    Department  of  Human  Services  or  the  Department of State
 7    Police  may  cooperate  and  assist  in   any   investigation
 8    undertaken by the Board.
 9        (225 ILCS 70/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 3656)
10        Sec.  6. Application procedure. Applications for original
11    licenses shall be made to the Department in writing on  forms
12    prescribed  by the Department and shall be accompanied by the
13    required fee, which shall not be  refundable.  The  Any  such
14    application shall require such information as in the judgment
15    of the Department will enable the Department Board to pass on
16    the qualifications of the applicant for a license.
17    (Source: P.A. 85-932.)
18        (225 ILCS 70/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 3657)
19        Sec.  7.  Examination.  The  Department  shall  authorize
20    examinations  of applicants as nursing home administrators at
21    such times and places as it may determine. Examinations shall
22    be held not less frequently than  2  times  every  year.  The
23    examination  of  applicants shall be of a character to give a
24    fair test of the qualifications of the applicant to  practice
25    nursing home administration.
26        Applicants for examination as nursing home administrators
27    shall  be  required  to  pay, either to the Department or the
28    designated testing  service,  a  fee  covering  the  cost  of
29    providing   the   examination.  Failure  to  appear  for  the
30    examination on the scheduled date,  at  the  time  and  place
31    specified,  after the applicant's application for examination
32    has been received and acknowledged by the Department  or  the
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 1    designated testing service, shall result in the forfeiture of
 2    the examination fee.
 3        If  an  applicant  neglects,  fails or refuses to take an
 4    examination or fails to pass an  examination  for  a  license
 5    under  this  Act  within  3  years  after  filing  his or her
 6    licensure application, the application shall  be  denied  and
 7    the  examination  shall  be void. However, such applicant may
 8    thereafter make a new application for examination accompanied
 9    by the required  fee,  and  must  furnish  proof  of  meeting
10    qualifications  for  examination in effect at the time of new
11    application.
12        An applicant  shall  have  one  year  from  the  date  of
13    notification  of  successful completion of the examination to
14    apply to the Department for a license. If an applicant  fails
15    to  apply within one year, the applicant shall be required to
16    again take and pass the examination.
17        The Department may employ consultants for the purpose  of
18    preparing and conducting examinations.
19    (Source: P.A. 85-932.)
20        (225 ILCS 70/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 3658)
21        Sec.   8.   Qualifications  for  license.   A  person  is
22    qualified  to  receive  a   license   as   a   nursing   home
23    administrator:
24             (a)  who is at least 21 years of age,
25             (b)  who  has  not  engaged  in  conduct or behavior
26        determined to be grounds for discipline under this Act,
27             (c)   who is in sound physical and mental health,
28             (d)  (blank),
29             (e)  who is a graduate of a  college  or  university
30        deemed  reputable and in good standing by the Department,
31        or  who  has  satisfactorily  completed   a   course   of
32        instruction   approved   by   the  Department  containing
33        subjects embracing the laws governing  the  operation  of
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 1        nursing homes, the protection of the health and safety of
 2        patients  in  nursing  homes  and  the  elements of sound
 3        nursing home administration, or who presents evidence  to
 4        the  Department  of  education,  training  and experience
 5        deemed by the Department to be equivalent to of either of
 6        the above,
 7             (f)  who passes a written examination  conducted  by
 8        the Department to determine his or her fitness to receive
 9        a license as a nursing home administrator, and
10             (g)  who pays the required fee.
11    (Source: P.A. 89-387, eff. 8-20-95.)
12        (225 ILCS 70/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 3659)
13        Sec.   9.  Temporary  license  without  examination.  The
14    Department may in its discretion issue without examination  a
15    temporary  license  as  a  nursing  home administrator to any
16    applicant who  furnishes  the  Department  with  satisfactory
17    proof under oath, on forms prescribed by the Department, that
18    he or she:
19             (a)  is at least 21 years of age,
20             (b)  who  has  not  engaged  in  conduct or behavior
21        determined to be grounds for discipline under this Act,
22             (c)  is in sound physical and mental health,
23             (d)  (blank) is a citizen of the United States or is
24        a lawfully admitted alien,
25             (e)  is a graduate of a college or university deemed
26        reputable and in good standing by the Department, or  who
27        has  satisfactorily  completed  a  course  of instruction
28        approved by the Department containing subjects  embracing
29        the  laws  governing  the operation of nursing homes, the
30        protection of  the  health  and  safety  of  patients  in
31        nursing  homes  and  the  elements  of sound nursing home
32        administration,  or  who   presents   evidence   to   the
33        Department  of education, training, and experience deemed
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 1        by the Department to  be  equivalent  to  either  of  the
 2        above,
 3             (f) (g)  has been accepted or appointed as a nursing
 4        home  administrator  in  a  facility  licensed to provide
 5        nursing care by the Illinois Department of Public Health,
 6        and
 7             (g) (h)  pays the required fee.
 8        The applicant shall indicate the beginning  date  of  the
 9    period  for  which  he or she has been accepted or appointed,
10    and shall specify the particular facility in which he or  she
11    will serve as administrator.
12        After  receiving  a temporary license under this Section,
13    the holder of a temporary license shall take the  examination
14    for  a  license  under this Act that is scheduled to be given
15    before his or her temporary license  expires.  The  temporary
16    license  of an individual who passes the examination shall be
17    valid until he or she applies  for  and  receives  a  license
18    under Section 7 of this Act.
19        Temporary  licenses issued pursuant to this Section shall
20    be valid only for a period of one year from date of issuance.
21    A temporary license issued under this Section may be extended
22    only for one additional one-year period if the applicant took
23    the examination during the period of  his  or  her  temporary
24    license.  The applicant shall retake the examination prior to
25    the expiration of the extended temporary license.  The holder
26    of  a  temporary  license  shall  be  entitled  to serve as a
27    nursing  home  administrator  in  the   particular   facility
28    indicated  on his or her application, but he or she shall not
29    be entitled  to  engage  in  the  practice  of  nursing  home
30    administration  in  any other facility without first applying
31    to  the  Department  and  having  been  granted  an   amended
32    temporary license designating a different facility.
33        Upon  the  termination of his or her service or the lapse
34    or revocation of his or her license, whichever is sooner, the
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 1    holder of a temporary  license  shall  surrender  it  to  the
 2    Department.
 3        A temporary license may be revoked by the Department upon
 4    proof  that the holder has engaged in the practice of nursing
 5    home administration in this State in a facility not named  on
 6    his or her application.
 7        An  applicant  for  a temporary license as a nursing home
 8    administrator may act as a nursing home administrator  for  a
 9    period of up to 60 days prior to the issuance of a license if
10    the   applicant   has  submitted  the  required  fee  and  an
11    application for licensure to  the  Department.   This  60-day
12    period may be extended until the next Board meeting if action
13    by the Board is required.  The applicant shall keep a copy of
14    the submitted application on the premises where the applicant
15    is engaged in the practice as a nursing home administrator.
16        The  authority  to  practice  shall terminate immediately
17    upon the  denial  of  licensure  by  the  Department  or  the
18    withdrawal of the application.
19    (Source: P.A. 89-197, eff. 7-21-95.)
20        (225 ILCS 70/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 3660)
21        Sec.  10.  License  requirement. It shall be unlawful for
22    any person to operate or manage a nursing home in  the  State
23    of  Illinois  unless  he or she is licensed as a nursing home
24    administrator in accordance with this Act.
25        The practice of nursing home administration, or  the  use
26    of  the  title  "Licensed  Nursing  Home  Administrator", the
27    initials  "N.H.A."  or  any  other   word   or   abbreviation
28    indicating that he or she is a nursing home administrator, by
29    any person who has not been issued a license or whose license
30    has  been  suspended  or  revoked  is  hereby  declared to be
31    inimical to public health and welfare  and  to  constitute  a
32    public nuisance.
33        Nothing  in  this  Act  or in the rules adopted hereunder
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 1    shall require an administrator of any facility or institution
 2    operated solely by and for persons who rely exclusively  upon
 3    treatment   by  spiritual  means  through  prayer  alone,  in
 4    accordance with the creed or tenets  of  any  well-recognized
 5    church or religious denomination, to be licensed as a nursing
 6    home administrator.
 7    (Source: P.A. 86-130.)
 8        (225 ILCS 70/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 3661)
 9        Sec.  11.  Expiration; renewal; continuing education. The
10    expiration date and renewal period for  each  license  issued
11    under this Act shall be set by rule.
12        Each  licensee  shall provide proof of having obtained 36
13    hours of continuing education in the 2 year period  preceding
14    the  renewal  date  of  the license as a condition of license
15    renewal.  The continuing education requirement may be  waived
16    in  part or in whole for such good cause as may be determined
17    by rule.
18        Any  continuing  education  course   for   nursing   home
19    administrators  approved by the National Continuing Education
20    Review Service of  the  National  Association  of  Boards  of
21    Examiners  of  Nursing  Home  Administrators will be accepted
22    toward toward satisfaction of these requirements.
23        Any  continuing  education  course   for   nursing   home
24    administrators  sponsored  by  the  Life  Services Network of
25    Illinois  Illinois  Association  of  Homes  for  the   Aging,
26    Illinois  Council  on  Long  Term  Care,  County Nursing Home
27    Association of Illinois, Illinois  Health  Care  Association,
28    Illinois   Chapter   of   American  College  of  Health  Care
29    Administrators, and the Illinois Nursing Home  Administrators
30    Association  will  be  accepted  toward satisfaction of these
31    requirements.
32        Any school, college or university, State agency, or other
33    entity may apply to the Department Board for  approval  as  a
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 1    continuing education sponsor. Criteria for qualification as a
 2    continuing education sponsor shall be established by rule.
 3        It   shall  be  the  responsibility  of  each  continuing
 4    education sponsor to maintain records, as prescribed by rule,
 5    to verify attendance.
 6        The Department shall establish by rule a  means  for  the
 7    verification   of  completion  of  the  continuing  education
 8    required  by  this  Section.   This   verification   may   be
 9    accomplished   through   audits   of  records  maintained  by
10    registrants; by requiring the filing of continuing  education
11    certificates   with   the   Department;  or  by  other  means
12    established by the Department.
13        Any nursing home administrator who has permitted  his  or
14    her  license  to  expire or who has had his or her license on
15    inactive status may have  his  or  her  license  restored  by
16    making   application  to  the  Department  and  filing  proof
17    acceptable to the Department of his or her  fitness  to  have
18    his  or  her license restored and by paying the required fee.
19    Proof of fitness may include evidence  certifying  to  active
20    lawful  practice  in another jurisdiction satisfactory to the
21    Department and by paying the required restoration fee.
22        However, any nursing  home  administrator  whose  license
23    expired  while he or she was (1) in federal service on active
24    duty with the Armed Forces of the United States, or the State
25    Militia called into service or training, or (2)  in  training
26    or  education  under  the  supervision  of  the United States
27    preliminary to induction into the military services, may have
28    his or her license renewed or  restored  without  paying  any
29    lapsed  renewal  fees  if  within  2  years  after  honorable
30    termination of such service, training or education, he or she
31    furnishes  the  Department  with satisfactory evidence to the
32    effect that he or she has been so engaged and that his or her
33    service, training or education has been so terminated.
34    (Source: P.A. 86-1472; 87-546.)
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 1        (225 ILCS 70/12) (from Ch. 111, par. 3662)
 2        Sec. 12. Inactive status. Any nursing home  administrator
 3    who notifies the Department in writing on forms prescribed by
 4    the  Department,  may elect to place his or her license on an
 5    inactive  status  and  shall,  subject  to   rules   of   the
 6    Department,  be  excused from payment of renewal fees and the
 7    completion of continuing education requirements until  he  or
 8    she  notifies  the Department in writing of his or her intent
 9    to restore his or her license.
10        Any nursing  home  administrator  requesting  restoration
11    from  inactive  status  shall  be required to pay the current
12    renewal fee and shall be  required  to  restore  his  or  her
13    license, as provided by rule of the Department.
14        Any  nursing  home  administrator  whose license is in an
15    inactive  status  shall  not  practice  as  a  nursing   home
16    administrator in the State of Illinois.
17        Any  licensee  who  shall  practice  as  a  nursing  home
18    administrator  while  his  or  her  license  is  lapsed or on
19    inactive status shall be considered to be practicing  without
20    a license which shall be grounds for discipline under Section
21    17 of this Act.
22    (Source: P.A. 85-932.)
23        (225 ILCS 70/13) (from Ch. 111, par. 3663)
24        Sec.   13.   Endorsement.  The  Department  may,  in  its
25    discretion, license as a nursing home administrator,  without
26    examination, on payment of the required fee, an applicant who
27    is  so  licensed under the laws of another U.S. jurisdiction,
28    if the requirements for licensure in the  other  jurisdiction
29    in which the applicant was licensed, were, at the date of his
30    or   her   licensure,   substantially   equivalent   to   the
31    requirements   then  in  force  in  this  State;  or  if  the
32    applicant's qualifications were, at the date of  his  or  her
33    licensure in the other jurisdiction, substantially equivalent
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 1    to the requirements then in force in this State.
 2        Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  this  Section,  all
 3    applicants  seeking  licensure  under  this  Section shall be
 4    required  to  take  and  pass  an  examination  testing   the
 5    applicant's   knowledge  of  Illinois  law  relating  to  the
 6    practice of nursing home administration.
 7        Applicants have 3 years from the date of  application  to
 8    complete  the  application  process.   If the process has not
 9    been completed in 3 years, the application shall  be  denied,
10    the  fee  shall  be forfeited, and the applicant must reapply
11    and  meet  the  requirements  in  effect  at  the   time   of
12    reapplication.
13    (Source: P.A. 86-596.)
14        (225 ILCS 70/14) (from Ch. 111, par. 3664)
15        Sec. 14. Fees.
16        (a)  Except  as  provided in subsection (b), the fees for
17    the administration and enforcement of this Act, including but
18    not limited to original licensure, renewal,  and  restoration
19    fees,  shall  be set by rule of the Department. The following
20    fees shall are not be refundable.
21        1.  The fee for application for a license is $100.
22        (b)  Applicants  2.  In  addition,  applicants  for   any
23    examination   shall   be  required  to  pay,  either  to  the
24    Department or  to  the  designated  testing  service,  a  fee
25    covering  the cost of determining the applicant's eligibility
26    and providing the examination.  Failure  to  appear  for  the
27    examination  on  the  scheduled  date,  the  time,  and place
28    specified, after the applicant's application for  examination
29    has  been  received and acknowledged by the Department or the
30    designated testing service, shall result in the forfeiture of
31    the examination fee.
32        3.   The  fee  for  a  license   for   a   nursing   home
33    administrator  registered  or  licensed  under  the  laws  of
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 1    another U.S. jurisdiction is $150.
 2        4.  The  fee  for  the  renewal  of  a  license  shall be
 3    calculated at the rate of $50 per year.
 4        5.  The fee for the restoration of a license  other  than
 5    from  inactive  status  is  $10  plus  payment  of all lapsed
 6    renewal fees.
 7        6.  The fee to be paid by an applicant  for  a  temporary
 8    license as provided under Section 9 of this Act is $75.
 9        7.  The  fee for the issuance of a duplicate license, for
10    the issuance of a replacement license for a license which has
11    been lost or destroyed or for the issuance of a license  with
12    a  change  of  name  or address other than during the renewal
13    period is $20.
14        8.  The  fee  to  be  paid  for  a  certification  of   a
15    licensee's record for any purpose is $20.
16        9.  The  fee  to  be  paid  to  have  the  scoring  of an
17    examination  administered  by  the  Department  reviewed  and
18    verified is $20 in  addition  to  the  fee  required  by  the
19    testing service.
20        10.  The fee by a licensee for a wall certificate showing
21    his  licensure  shall  be  the  actual cost of producing such
22    certificate.
23        11.  The fee for a roster of persons licensed as  nursing
24    home administrators in this State shall be the actual cost of
25    producing such a roster.
26        12.  The  annual fee for continuing education sponsors is
27    $500, however State agencies, colleges and universities shall
28    be exempt from the payment of this fee.
29    (Source: P.A. 85-932.)
30        (225 ILCS 70/15) (from Ch. 111, par. 3665)
31        Sec. 15.  Returned checks; fines. Any person who delivers
32    a check or other payment to the Department that  is  returned
33    to  the  Department  unpaid by the financial institution upon
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 1    which it is drawn shall pay to the Department, in addition to
 2    the amount already owed to the Department, a fine of $50.  If
 3    the  check or other payment was for a renewal or issuance fee
 4    and that person practices without paying the renewal  fee  or
 5    issuance  fee  and  the  fine due, an additional fine of $100
 6    shall be imposed. The fines imposed by this  Section  are  in
 7    addition  to any other discipline provided under this Act for
 8    unlicensed practice or practice on a nonrenewed license.  The
 9    Department  shall  notify the person that payment of fees and
10    fines shall be paid to the Department by certified  check  or
11    money  order within 30 calendar days of the notification. If,
12    after the  expiration  of  30  days  from  the  date  of  the
13    notification,  the  person has failed to submit the necessary
14    remittance, the Department shall automatically terminate  the
15    license  or  certificate  or  deny  the  application, without
16    hearing. If, after termination or denial, the person seeks  a
17    license  or  certificate,  he  or  she  shall  apply  to  the
18    Department  for  restoration  or  issuance  of the license or
19    certificate and pay all fees and fines due to the Department.
20    The Department may establish a fee for the processing  of  an
21    application  for  restoration  of a license or certificate to
22    pay all expenses of processing this application. The Director
23    may waive the fines due  under  this  Section  in  individual
24    cases  where  the  Director  finds  that  the  fines would be
25    unreasonable or unnecessarily burdensome.
26    (Source: P.A. 86-596; 87-1031.)
27        (225 ILCS 70/17) (from Ch. 111, par. 3667)
28        Sec. 17. Grounds for disciplinary action.
29        (a)  The  Department  may  impose  fines  not  to  exceed
30    $1,000, or may refuse to issue or to renew,  or  may  revoke,
31    suspend, place on probation, censure, reprimand or take other
32    disciplinary action with regard to the license of any person,
33    for any one or combination of the following causes:
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 1             (1)   1.  Intentional   material   misstatement   in
 2        furnishing information to the Department.
 3             (2)  2.  Conviction  of  any crime under the laws of
 4        the United States or any state or territory thereof  that
 5        which is a felony or which is  a misdemeanor of which, an
 6        essential element of which is dishonesty, or of any crime
 7        that  which  is  directly  related to the practice of the
 8        profession of nursing home administration.
 9             (3) 3.  Making any misrepresentation for the purpose
10        of  obtaining  a  license  licenses,  or  violating   any
11        provision of this Act.
12             (4)  4.  Immoral  conduct  in  the commission of any
13        act, such as sexual abuse or sexual  misconduct,  related
14        to the licensee's practice.
15             (5)  5.  Failing  to  respond  within  60 days, to a
16        written request made by the  Department  for  information
17        after  consultation  with  the Nursing Home Administrator
18        Coordinator.
19             (6)  6.  Engaging  in  dishonorable,  unethical   or
20        unprofessional  conduct of a character likely to deceive,
21        defraud or harm the public.
22             (7)  7.  Habitual  use  or  addiction  to   alcohol,
23        narcotics,  stimulants,  or  any  other chemical agent or
24        drug which results in  the  inability  to  practice  with
25        reasonable judgment, skill or safety.
26             (8)  8.  Discipline  by another U.S. jurisdiction if
27        at least one of the grounds for  the  discipline  is  the
28        same  or  substantially  equivalent  to  those  set forth
29        herein.
30             (9)  9.  A  finding  by  the  Department  that   the
31        licensee,  after  having  his  or  her  license placed on
32        probationary status has violated the terms of probation.
33             (10) 10.  Willfully making or filing  false  records
34        or  reports  in  his  or  her practice, including but not
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 1        limited to false records filed  with  State  agencies  or
 2        departments.
 3             (11)   11.  Physical   illness,  including  but  not
 4        limited to, deterioration through the aging  process,  or
 5        loss  of  motor skill that which results in the inability
 6        to practice  the  profession  with  reasonable  judgment,
 7        skill or safety.
 8             (12)  12.  Disregard  or violation of this Act or of
 9        any rule  or  regulation  issued  pursuant  to  this  Act
10        thereto.
11             (13)   13.  Aiding   or   abetting  another  in  the
12        violation of this Act or any rule  or  regulation  issued
13        pursuant to this Act thereto.
14             (14)  14.  Allowing  one's  license to be used by an
15        unlicensed person.
16             (15)  15.  Conviction  of  any  crime  an  essential
17        element of which is misstatement, fraud or dishonesty, or
18        conviction in this State or another state  of  any  crime
19        that  which  is  a felony under the laws of this State or
20        conviction of a felony in a federal court.
21             (16) 16.  Professional incompetence in the  practice
22        of nursing home administration.
23             (17) 17.  Conviction of a violation of Section 12-19
24        of  the  Criminal  Code  of  1961 for the abuse and gross
25        neglect of a long term care facility resident.
26             (18) 18.  Violation of the Nursing Home Care Act  or
27        of any rule issued under the Nursing Home Care Act.
28        All proceedings to suspend, revoke, place on probationary
29    status,   or  take  any  other  disciplinary  action  as  the
30    Department may deem proper, with regard to a license  on  any
31    of  the  foregoing  grounds, must be commenced within 3 years
32    next after receipt by  the  Department  of  (i)  a  complaint
33    alleging  the commission of or notice of the conviction order
34    for any of the acts described herein or (ii) a  referral  for
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 1    investigation  under  Section  3-108 of the Nursing Home Care
 2    Act.
 3        The entry of an order or judgment by  any  circuit  court
 4    establishing that any person holding a license under this Act
 5    is  a  person  in  need  of  mental  treatment  operates as a
 6    suspension of that license.  That  person  may  resume  their
 7    practice only upon the entry of a Department order based upon
 8    a  finding  by the Board that they have been determined to be
 9    recovered from mental illness  by  the  court  and  upon  the
10    Board's recommendation that they be permitted to resume their
11    practice.
12        The  Department,  upon  the  recommendation of the Board,
13    shall adopt rules which set forth standards  to  be  used  in
14    determining what constitutes:
15             (a)  when  a  person  will  be  deemed  sufficiently
16        rehabilitated to warrant the public trust;
17             (b)  dishonorable,   unethical   or   unprofessional
18        conduct  of  a  character  likely to deceive, defraud, or
19        harm the public;
20             (c)  immoral conduct in the commission  of  any  act
21        related to the licensee's practice; and
22             (d)  professional  incompetence  in  the practice of
23        nursing home administration.
24        However, no such rule shall be admissible  into  evidence
25    in any civil action except for review of a licensing or other
26    disciplinary action under this Act.
27        In  enforcing this Section, the Department or Board, upon
28    a showing of a possible violation of paragraph 7  or  11,  of
29    subsection  (a),  of  Section  17,  may compel any individual
30    licensed to practice under this Act, or who has  applied  for
31    licensure  pursuant  to  this  Act,  to submit to a mental or
32    physical examination, or both, as  required  by  and  at  the
33    expense  of  the  Department.   The  examining  physician  or
34    physicians  shall  be  those  specifically  designated by the
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 1    Department or Board. The Department or Board  may  order  the
 2    examining  physician  to  present  testimony  concerning this
 3    mental or physical examination of the licensee or  applicant.
 4    No  information shall be excluded by reason of any common law
 5    or statutory privilege relating to communications between the
 6    licensee  or  applicant  and  the  examining  physician.  The
 7    individual to be  examined  may  have,  at  his  or  her  own
 8    expense,  another  physician  of  his  or  her choice present
 9    during all  aspects  of  the  examination.   Failure  of  any
10    individual  to submit to mental or physical examination, when
11    directed, shall be grounds  for  suspension  of  his  or  her
12    license  until  such  time  as  the individual submits to the
13    examination if the Department Board finds, after  notice  and
14    hearing,  that  the  refusal to submit to the examination was
15    without reasonable cause.
16        If the Department or Board finds an individual a  Nursing
17    Home  Administrator unable to practice because of the reasons
18    set forth in this Section,  the  Department  or  Board  shall
19    require  such  individual  to  submit to care, counseling, or
20    treatment  by  physicians  approved  or  designated  by   the
21    Department or Board, as a condition, term, or restriction for
22    continued,  reinstated,  or renewed licensure to practice; or
23    in lieu of care, counseling, or treatment, the Department may
24    file, or the Board may recommend to the Department to file, a
25    complaint  to  immediately  suspend,  revoke,  or   otherwise
26    discipline  the  license  of  the  individual. Any individual
27    Administrator, whose license was  granted  pursuant  to  this
28    Act,  or,  continued,  reinstated,  renewed,  disciplined  or
29    supervised, subject to such terms, conditions or restrictions
30    who  shall  fail  to  comply  with  such terms, conditions or
31    restrictions, or to complete  a  required  program  of  care,
32    counseling,  or  treatment, as determined by the Nursing Home
33    Administrator Coordinator, shall be referred to the  Director
34    for a determination as to whether the licensee shall have his
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 1    or her their license suspended immediately, pending a hearing
 2    by  the  Department Board. In instances in which the Director
 3    immediately suspends a license under this Section, a  hearing
 4    upon  such  person's  license  must  be convened by the Board
 5    within 15 days after such suspension  and  completed  without
 6    appreciable  delay.   The Department and Board shall have the
 7    authority to review the  subject  administrator's  record  of
 8    treatment  and  counseling  regarding  the impairment, to the
 9    extent  permitted  by   applicable   federal   statutes   and
10    regulations   safeguarding  the  confidentiality  of  medical
11    records.
12        An individual licensed under  this  Act,  affected  under
13    this Section, shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate
14    to  the  Department  or  Board that he or she they can resume
15    practice  in  compliance  with  acceptable   and   prevailing
16    standards under the provisions of his or her their license.
17        (b)  Immunity   from   prosecution.   Any  individual  or
18    organization acting in good faith, and not in  a  wilful  and
19    wanton  manner,  in  complying with this Act by providing any
20    report or other  information  to  the  Department  Board,  or
21    assisting   in  the  investigation  or  preparation  of  such
22    information,  or  by  participating  in  proceedings  of  the
23    Department Board, or by serving as a  member  of  the  Board,
24    shall  not,  as  a  result  of  such  actions,  be subject to
25    criminal prosecution or civil damages.
26        (c)  Indemnification. Members of the Board,  and  persons
27    retained under contract to assist and advise the Nursing Home
28    Administrator  Coordinator  in  an  investigation,  shall  be
29    indemnified by the State for any actions occurring within the
30    scope of services on or for the Board, done in good faith and
31    not  wilful and wanton in nature.  The Attorney General shall
32    defend all such actions unless he or  she  determines  either
33    that   there   would  be  a  conflict  of  interest  in  such
34    representation or that the actions complained of were not  in
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 1    good faith or were wilful and wanton.
 2        Should  the  Attorney  General  decline representation, a
 3    person entitled to indemnification under this  Section  shall
 4    have  the right to employ counsel of his or her choice, whose
 5    fees shall be provided by the State, after  approval  by  the
 6    Attorney  General, unless there is a determination by a court
 7    that the member's actions were not  in  good  faith  or  were
 8    wilful and wanton.
 9        A  person  entitled to indemnification under this Section
10    must notify the Attorney General within 7 days of receipt  of
11    notice  of the initiation of any action involving services of
12    the Board.  Failure to so notify the Attorney  General  shall
13    constitute  an  absolute waiver of the right to a defense and
14    indemnification.
15        The Attorney General shall determine within 7 days  after
16    receiving  such  notice,  whether he or she will undertake to
17    represent a person entitled  to  indemnification  under  this
18    Section.
19        (d)  The determination by a circuit court that a licensee
20    is  subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission as
21    provided in the "Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
22    Code", as amended, operates as an automatic suspension.  Such
23    suspension will end only upon a finding by a court  that  the
24    patient  is  no  longer  subject  to involuntary admission or
25    judicial  admission  and  issues  an  order  so  finding  and
26    discharging the patient; and upon the recommendation  of  the
27    Board  to the Director that the licensee be allowed to resume
28    his or her practice.
29        (e)  The Department may refuse to issue  or  may  suspend
30    the  license  certificate  of  any person who fails to file a
31    return, or to pay the tax, penalty or  interest  shown  in  a
32    filed  return, or to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty
33    or interest, as required by any tax Act administered  by  the
34    Illinois  Department  of  Revenue,  until  such  time  as the
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 1    requirements of any such tax Act are satisfied.
 2        (f)  The  Illinois  Department  of  Public  Health  shall
 3    transmit to the Department a list of those  facilities  which
 4    receive  an  "A" violation as defined in Section 1-129 of the
 5    Nursing Home Care Act.
 6    (Source: P.A. 89-197, eff. 7-21-95.)
 7        (225 ILCS 70/18) (from Ch. 111, par. 3668)
 8        Sec. 18. Cease and desist order.
 9        (a)  If any person who is not  a  licensed  nursing  home
10    administrator  violates  a  the  provision  of  this Act, the
11    Director may, in the name of  the  People  of  the  State  of
12    Illinois,  through  the  Attorney  General  of  the  State of
13    Illinois or the State's Attorney of any county in  which  the
14    action  is  brought,  petition,  for  an order enjoining such
15    violation or for an order enforcing compliance with this Act.
16    Upon the filing of a verified petition in  court,  the  court
17    may  issue  a  temporary restraining order, without notice or
18    bond, and  may  preliminarily  and  permanently  enjoin  such
19    violation.,  and  If  it  is established that such person has
20    violated or is violating the injunction, the Court may punish
21    the offender for contempt of court.  Proceedings  under  this
22    Section  shall  be  in  addition  to, and not in lieu of, all
23    other remedies and penalties provided by this Act.
24        (b)  If any person  shall  practice  as  a  nursing  home
25    administrator  or  hold  himself  or herself out as a nursing
26    home  administrator  without   being   licensed   under   the
27    provisions  of  this  Act,  then  any  licensed  nursing home
28    administrator, any interested party, or  any  person  injured
29    thereby may, in addition to the Director, petition for relief
30    as provided in subsection (a) of this Section.
31        Whoever knowingly practices or offers to practice nursing
32    home  administration in this State without being licensed for
33    that purpose shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and for
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 1    each subsequent conviction, shall be  guilty  of  a  Class  4
 2    felony.
 3        (c)  Whenever in the opinion of the Department any person
 4    not  licensed in good standing violates any provision of this
 5    Act, the Department may issue a rule to  show  cause  why  an
 6    order  to  cease and desist should not be entered against him
 7    or her. The rule shall clearly set forth the  grounds  relied
 8    upon  by  the  Department  and  shall  provide  a period of 7
 9    working days from the date of the rule to file an  answer  to
10    the satisfaction of the Department.  Failure to answer to the
11    satisfaction  of the Department shall cause an order to cease
12    and desist to be issued immediately forthwith.
13    (Source: P.A. 85-932.)
14        (225 ILCS 70/19) (from Ch. 111, par. 3669)
15        Sec. 19. Investigation; hearing  notification.  Upon  the
16    motion  of  either  the  Department  or the Board or upon the
17    verified complaint in writing of  any  person  setting  forth
18    facts  that  which,  if  proven, would constitute grounds for
19    suspension or revocation under Section 17 of  this  Act,  the
20    Department  shall  investigate  the actions of any person, so
21    accused, who holds or represents that he or  she  holds  they
22    hold  a  license.  Such  a  person  is hereinafter called the
23    accused.
24        The  Department  shall,  before   suspending,   revoking,
25    placing   on   probationary   status,  or  taking  any  other
26    disciplinary action as the Department may  deem  proper  with
27    regard  to any license at least 30 days prior to the date set
28    for the hearing, notify the accused in writing of any charges
29    made and the time and place for  a  hearing  of  the  charges
30    before the Board, direct them to file their written answer to
31    such  notice  thereto  to the Board under oath within 30 days
32    after the service on them of such notice and inform them that
33    if they fail to  file  such  answer  default  will  be  taken
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 1    against  them  and  their  license may be suspended, revoked,
 2    placed on probationary status,  or  have  other  disciplinary
 3    action,  including  limiting  the  scope, nature or extent of
 4    their practice, as the Department may deem proper taken  with
 5    regard thereto.
 6        Such  written  notice  and any notice in such proceedings
 7    thereafter may be served by delivery of the same, personally,
 8    to the accused person, or by mailing the same  by  registered
 9    or  certified  mail to the address last theretofore specified
10    by the accused in their last notification to the Department.
11    (Source: P.A. 85-932.)
12        (225 ILCS 70/20) (from Ch. 111, par. 3670)
13        Sec. 20. Board hearing; recommendation. At the  time  and
14    place fixed in the notice, the Board provided for in this Act
15    shall proceed to hear the charges and both the accused person
16    and  the  complainant  shall be accorded ample opportunity to
17    present in person, or by counsel, such statements, testimony,
18    evidence and argument as may be pertinent to the  charges  or
19    to  any defense thereto.  The Board may continue such hearing
20    from time to time.  If the Board is not sitting at  the  time
21    and  place  fixed  in  the notice or at the time and place to
22    which the hearing has been continued,  the  Department  shall
23    continue such hearing for a period not to exceed 30 days.
24        In case the accused person, after receiving notice, fails
25    to  file  an  answer, the Board may recommend that his or her
26    license be  suspended,  revoked  or  placed  on  probationary
27    status,  or  the  Board  may  recommend whatever disciplinary
28    action as it may deem proper, without a hearing, if  the  act
29    or acts charged constitute sufficient grounds for such action
30    under this Act.
31        The  Board has the authority to recommend to the Director
32    that probation be granted or that other disciplinary  action,
33    be  taken  as it deems proper.  If disciplinary action, other
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 1    than  suspension  or  revocation,  is  taken  the  Board  may
 2    recommend that the Director impose reasonable limitations and
 3    requirements upon the accused registrant to insure compliance
 4    with the terms of the probation or other disciplinary action,
 5    including, but not  limited  to,  regular  reporting  by  the
 6    accused   to   the   Department  of  their  actions,  placing
 7    themselves under  the  care  of  a  qualified  physician  for
 8    treatment,  or  limiting their practice in such manner as the
 9    Director may require.
10        The Director, after consultation with  the  Nursing  Home
11    Administrator   Coordinator,   may  temporarily  suspend  the
12    license of a nursing home administrator  without  a  hearing,
13    simultaneously  with  the  institution  of  proceedings for a
14    hearing provided under this Section  if  the  Director  finds
15    that  evidence  in  his  or  her possession indicates that an
16    administrator's continuation in practice would constitute  an
17    immediate  danger  to  the public.  If the Director suspends,
18    temporarily,  the  license  of  an  administrator  without  a
19    hearing, a hearing by the Board shall be held within 15  days
20    after  such  suspension  has  occurred and shall be concluded
21    without appreciable delay.
22    (Source: P.A. 85-932.)
23        (225 ILCS 70/20.1 new)
24        Sec. 20.1. Summary suspension. The Director may summarily
25    suspend the license of a nursing home administrator without a
26    hearing, simultaneously with the institution  of  proceedings
27    for  a  hearing  provided  under this Section if the Director
28    finds that evidence in his or her possession  indicates  that
29    an  administrator's continuation in practice would constitute
30    an immediate danger to the public. If the Director  summarily
31    suspends the license of an administrator without a hearing, a
32    hearing shall be held within 30 days after the suspension has
33    occurred.
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 1        (225 ILCS 70/21) (from Ch. 111, par. 3671)
 2        Sec.  21.  Appointment  of  hearing officer. The Director
 3    shall have the authority to appoint an attorney duly licensed
 4    to practice law in the State of  Illinois  to  serve  as  the
 5    hearing officer in any action for refusal to issue, renew, or
 6    discipline  a  license  before  the Board to suspend, revoke,
 7    place on probationary status, or take any other  disciplinary
 8    action  with  regard  to a license. The hearing officer shall
 9    have full authority to conduct the hearing.  There  shall  be
10    present at least one member of the Board at any such hearing.
11    The hearing officer shall report his or her findings of fact,
12    conclusions  of  law, and recommendations to the Board within
13    30 days of the receipt of the record. The Board shall have 60
14    90 days after from receipt of the report to review the report
15    of the hearing officer and  present  its  their  findings  of
16    fact,   conclusions   of  law,  and  recommendations  to  the
17    Director. If the Board fails to present its report within the
18    60 90 day period, the Director may issue an  order  based  on
19    the  report  of  the  hearing officer.  However, if the Board
20    does present its report within the specified 60 90 days,  the
21    Director's order shall be based upon the report of the Board.
22    If  the  Director  disagrees  with  the recommendation of the
23    Board or the hearing officer, the Director may issue an order
24    in contravention of the Board's report.  The  Director  shall
25    promptly  provide  a  written explanation to the Board on any
26    such disagreement.
27    (Source: P.A. 85-932.)
28        (225 ILCS 70/22) (from Ch. 111, par. 3672)
29        Sec. 22. Subpoena power.  The  Board  or  Department  has
30    power  to  subpoena  and  bring  before it any person in this
31    State and to take testimony either orally or  by  deposition,
32    or  both,  with  the  same  fees  and mileage and in the same
33    manner as is prescribed by law for  judicial  proceedings  in
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 1    civil cases.
 2        The  Department Board, upon a determination that probable
 3    cause exists that a violation of one or more of  the  grounds
 4    for  discipline  listed  in  Section  17  has  occurred or is
 5    occurring, may subpoena the records of an individual licensed
 6    under this Act, provided, that prior  to  the  submission  of
 7    such  records  to  the  Board, all information indicating the
 8    identity of any resident shall be removed and  deleted.   The
 9    use  of  such  records  shall be restricted to members of the
10    Board,  the  Nursing  Home  Administrator  Coordinator,   and
11    appropriate  staff  of  the  Department  for  the  purpose of
12    determining  the  existence  of  one  or  more  grounds   for
13    discipline  of the nursing home administrator as provided for
14    by Section 17 of this Act.  Any  such  review  of  individual
15    residents'  records shall be conducted by the Board in strict
16    confidentiality, provided that such resident records shall be
17    admissible in a disciplinary hearing, before  the  Department
18    Board,   when  necessary  to  substantiate  the  grounds  for
19    discipline alleged against the administrator  licensed  under
20    this  Act, and provided further, that nothing herein shall be
21    deemed to supersede the provisions of Part 21 of Article VIII
22    of the  "Code  of  Civil  Procedure",  as  now  or  hereafter
23    amended, to the extent applicable.
24        The  Director,  the  designated  hearing officer, and any
25    member of the Board each have the power to  administer  oaths
26    at  any  hearing  that  which  the  Board  or  Department  is
27    authorized  by  law to conduct and any other oaths authorized
28    in an Act administered by the Department.
29    (Source: P.A. 85-932.)
30        (225 ILCS 70/23) (from Ch. 111, par. 3673)
31        Sec. 23. Record of proceedings. Stenographer; transcript.
32    The Department, at its expense, shall provide a  stenographer
33    to  take  down  the  testimony   and preserve a record of all
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 1    proceedings at any formal the hearing of any case  wherein  a
 2    license  may  be  revoked,  suspended, placed on probationary
 3    status,  or  other  disciplinary  action  taken  with  regard
 4    thereto. The notice of  hearing,  complaint,  and  all  other
 5    documents  in  the  nature  of  pleadings and written motions
 6    filed in the proceedings, the transcript  of  testimony,  the
 7    report  of  the Board, and the orders of the Department shall
 8    be constitute the record of the proceedings.  The  Department
 9    shall  furnish  a  transcript  of  the  record  to any person
10    interested in such hearing upon payment of the  fee  required
11    under  Section  60f  of  the  Civil  Administrative  Code  of
12    Illinois.
13    (Source: P.A. 87-1031.)
14        (225 ILCS 70/24) (from Ch. 111, par. 3674)
15        Sec.  24.  Motion for rehearing.  The Board shall present
16    to  the  Director  a  written  report  of  its  findings  and
17    recommendations.  A copy of such report shall be served  upon
18    the  accused  person,  either  personally or by registered or
19    certified mail.  Within 20 30 days after  such  service,  the
20    accused  person may present to the Department a their motion,
21    in writing, for  a  rehearing,  which  written  motion  shall
22    specify the particular grounds for rehearing ground therefor.
23    If the accused person orders and pays for a transcript of the
24    record   as   provided  in  Section  23,  the  time  elapsing
25    thereafter and before such transcript is ready  for  delivery
26    to them shall not be counted as part of such 30 days.
27        At the expiration of the time allowed for filing a motion
28    for  rehearing,  the Director may take the action recommended
29    by the Board. Upon the suspension, revocation,  placement  on
30    probationary  status, or the taking of any other disciplinary
31    action, deemed proper  by  the  Board,  with  regard  to  the
32    license,  the  accused  shall  surrender their license to the
33    Department, if ordered to do so  by the Department, and  upon
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 1    their  failure  or refusal so to do, the Department may seize
 2    the same.
 3        Each  order   of   revocation,   suspension,   or   other
 4    disciplinary  action shall contain a brief, concise statement
 5    of the ground or grounds upon which the  Department's  action
 6    is  based,  as  well  as the specific terms and conditions of
 7    such action.  This document shall be retained as a  permanent
 8    record by the Board and the Director.
 9        The  Department shall at least annually publish a list of
10    the names of all persons disciplined under this  Act  in  the
11    preceding  12  months.   Such  lists  shall  be mailed by the
12    Department to any person in the State upon request.
13        In  those  instances  where  an  order   of   revocation,
14    suspension, or other disciplinary action has been rendered by
15    virtue  of  a  Nursing Home Administrator's physical illness,
16    including, but not  limited  to,  deterioration  through  the
17    aging  process,  or  loss  of motor skill which results in an
18    inability to practice with  reasonable  judgment,  skill,  or
19    safety,  the  Department shall only permit this document, and
20    the record of the hearing incident thereto, to  be  observed,
21    inspected, viewed, or copied pursuant to court order.
22    (Source: P.A. 85-932.)
23        (225 ILCS 70/24.1 new)
24        Sec.   24.1.   Surrender  of  license;  record;  list  of
25    disciplinees. Upon the suspension, revocation,  placement  on
26    probationary  status, or the taking of any other disciplinary
27    action deemed proper by the Board with regard to  a  license,
28    the  accused  shall  surrender  his  or  her  license  to the
29    Department, if ordered to do so by the Department,  and  upon
30    his  or  her  failure or refusal to do so, the Department may
31    seize the license.
32        Each  order   of   revocation,   suspension,   or   other
33    disciplinary  action shall contain a brief, concise statement
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 1    of the ground or grounds upon which the  Department's  action
 2    is  based,  as  well  as the specific terms and conditions of
 3    such action.  This document shall be retained as a  permanent
 4    record by the Board and the Director.
 5        The  Department shall at least annually publish a list of
 6    the names of all persons disciplined under this  Act  in  the
 7    preceding  12  months.   Such  lists  shall  be mailed by the
 8    Department to any person in the State upon request.
 9        In  those  instances  where  an  order   of   revocation,
10    suspension, or other disciplinary action has been rendered by
11    virtue  of  a  nursing home administrator's physical illness,
12    including but not limited to deterioration through the  aging
13    process,  or loss of motor skill that results in an inability
14    to practice with reasonable judgment, skill, or  safety,  the
15    Department shall only permit this document, and the record of
16    the  hearing  incident  thereto,  to  be observed, inspected,
17    viewed, or copied pursuant to court order.
18        (225 ILCS 70/28) (from Ch. 111, par. 3678)
19        Sec. 28. Rehearing on order  of  Director.  Whenever  the
20    Director believes justice has not been done in the refusal to
21    issue  or  renew  a  license  or  revocation,  suspension, or
22    discipline of a license, he or she  may  order  a  rehearing.
23    None   of  the  disciplinary  functions,  powers  and  duties
24    enumerated in this Act shall be exercised by  the  Department
25    except upon the action and report in writing of the Board.
26        In  all instances, under this Act, in which the Board has
27    rendered a recommendation to the Director with respect  to  a
28    particular  administrator,  the  Director shall, in the event
29    that he or she disagrees with or takes action contrary to the
30    recommendation of the Board, file  with  the  Board  and  the
31    Secretary  of  State  his  or her specific written reasons of
32    disagreement with the Board.  Such  reasons  shall  be  filed
33    within  30  days of the occurrence of the Director's contrary
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 1    position having been taken.
 2        The action and report in writing of  a  majority  of  the
 3    Board  designated  is  sufficient  authority  upon  which the
 4    Director may act.
 5        Whenever  the  Director  is  satisfied  that  substantial
 6    justice has not been done either in an examination, or  in  a
 7    formal  disciplinary action, or refusal to restore a license,
 8    he or she may order a re-examination  or  re-hearing  by  the
 9    same or other examiners.
10    (Source: P.A. 85-932.)
11        (225 ILCS 70/37 rep.)
12        Section 45. The Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and
13    Disciplinary Act is amended by repealing Section 37.
14        Section  50. The Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987
15    is amended by changing Sections 6, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 21,
16    22.1, 22.2, 22.5, 22.7, 22.11, 22.12, and 24  and  by  adding
17    Section 14.1 as follows:
18        (225 ILCS 95/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 4606)
19        Sec.  6. Title; billing. No physician assistant shall use
20    the title of doctor or associate with his or her name or  any
21    other term that which would indicate to other persons that he
22    or  she  is  qualified  to  engage in the general practice of
23    medicine.  A physician assistant shall not be allowed to bill
24    patients or in any way to charge for  services.   Nothing  in
25    this  Act,  however,  shall be so construed as to prevent the
26    employer of a physician assistant from charging for  services
27    rendered   by   the  physician  assistant.   The  supervising
28    physician  shall  file  with   the   Department   notice   of
29    employment,  discharge, or supervisory control of a physician
30    assistant at the time of employment, discharge, or assumption
31    of supervisory control of a physician assistant.
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 1    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
 2        (225 ILCS 95/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 4609)
 3        Sec.  9.  Application  for  licensure.  Applications  for
 4    original licenses shall be made to the Department in  writing
 5    on   forms   prescribed   by  the  Department  and  shall  be
 6    accompanied  by  the  required  fee,  which  shall   not   be
 7    refundable.  An  Any  such  application  shall  require  such
 8    information  that  as  in the judgment of the Department will
 9    enable the Department to pass on the  qualifications  of  the
10    applicant  for  a  license. An Such application shall include
11    evidence of  passage  of  the  examination  of  the  National
12    Commission  on  the Certification of Physician Assistants, or
13    its successor agency, and proof that the  applicant  holds  a
14    valid certificate issued by that Commission.
15        Applicants  have  3 years from the date of application to
16    complete the application process. If the process has not been
17    completed in 3 years, the application shall  be  denied,  the
18    fee  shall  be  forfeited, and the applicant must reapply and
19    meet the requirements in effect at the time of reapplication.
20        If an applicant fails to obtain registration  under  this
21    Act   within  3  years  after  filing  his  application,  the
22    application shall be denied. However, such applicant may make
23    a new application, accompanied by the required fee.
24    (Source: P.A. 86-596.)
25        (225 ILCS 95/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 4610)
26        Sec. 10. Identification. No person shall use the title or
27    perform the duties of "Physician assistant" unless he or  she
28    is  a  qualified holder of a license issued by the Department
29    certificate as provided in this Act.  A  physician  assistant
30    shall  wear  on  his  or  her person a visible identification
31    indicating that  he  or  she  is  certified  as  a  physician
32    assistant while acting in the course of his or her duties.
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 1    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
 2        (225 ILCS 95/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 4611)
 3        Sec.  11.  Committee.  There  is  established a physician
 4    assistant advisory committee to the Medical Licensing  Board.
 5    The  physician  assistant advisory committee shall review and
 6    make recommendations  to  the  Board  regarding  all  matters
 7    relating  to  physician  assistants.  The physician assistant
 8    advisory committee shall be composed of 7 members.  Three  of
 9    the 7 members shall be physicians, 2 of whom shall be members
10    of  the  Board and appointed to the advisory committee by the
11    chairman. One physician, not a member of the Board, shall  be
12    a  supervisor of a certified physician assistant and shall be
13    approved by the Governor from a list of  Illinois  physicians
14    supervising  certified  physician  assistants.  Three members
15    shall be physician assistants, certified under  the  law  and
16    appointed by the Governor from a list of 10 names recommended
17    by  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Illinois  Academy  of
18    Physician  Assistants. One member, not employed or having any
19    material  interest  in  any  health  care  field,  shall   be
20    appointed  by  the  Governor  and  represent  the public. The
21    chairman of the physician assistant advisory committee  shall
22    be  a  member  elected  by  a  majority vote of the physician
23    assistant advisory committee unless already a member  of  the
24    Board. The physician assistant advisory committee is required
25    to  meet  and  report to the Board quarterly and as physician
26    assistant issues arise. Initial appointment to the  physician
27    assistant  advisory  committee  shall  be made within 90 days
28    after the effective date of this Section. The terms of office
29    of each of the original  7  members  shall  be  at  staggered
30    intervals.  One  physician  and one physician assistant shall
31    serve for a 2 year term.  One  physician  and  one  physician
32    assistant  shall  serve  a  3  year  term. One physician, one
33    physician assistant and the public member  shall  serve  a  4
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 1    year term. Upon the expiration of the term of any member, his
 2    successor  shall  be  appointed  for a term of 4 years in the
 3    same manner as the initial appointment. No member shall serve
 4    more than 2 consecutive terms.
 5        The members of the physician assistant advisory committee
 6    shall  be  reimbursed  for  all  authorized  legitimate   and
 7    necessary  expenses incurred in attending the meetings of the
 8    committee.
 9        A majority of the physician assistant advisory  committee
10    members  currently  appointed  shall  constitute  a quorum. A
11    vacancy in the membership of the committee shall  not  impair
12    the  right  of  a  quorum to perform all of the duties of the
13    committee.
14        Members of the  physician  assistant  advisory  committee
15    shall   have  no  liability  for  any  action  based  upon  a
16    disciplinary proceeding or other activity performed  in  good
17    faith as a member of the committee.
18    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
19        (225 ILCS 95/14) (from Ch. 111, par. 4614)
20        Sec. 14. Issuance of license.
21        (a)  Upon  the satisfactory completion of application and
22    examination procedures and  compliance  with  the  applicable
23    rules  of  the  Department,  the  Department  shall  issue  a
24    physician  assistant  license  certificate  to the qualifying
25    applicant who holds a  certificate  issued  by  the  National
26    Commission  on  the  Certification of Physician Assistants or
27    equivalent successor agency.
28        (b)  Those Individuals who have successfully completed an
29    approved physician assistant program as determined  by  rules
30    of  the  Department,  and  who  have  made application to the
31    Department  and  submitted  evidence  to  the  Department  of
32    admission to the certifying examination administered  by  the
33    National   Commission   on  the  Certification  of  Physician
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 1    Assistants, or its  successor  agency,   shall  be  issued  a
 2    temporary  license  that  certificate  which  shall allow the
 3    applicant to practice until:
 4             (1)  he  or  she  receives  certification  from  the
 5        National Commission on  the  Certification  of  Physician
 6        Assistants or its successor agency; or
 7             (2)  fifteen  months  have  elapsed, whichever comes
 8        first.
 9        Under no circumstances shall such applicant  continue  to
10    practice   on   the   temporary   license  certificate  after
11    notification that he or she has failed the examination.  Such
12    authorization shall not be renewable.
13    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
14        (225 ILCS 95/14.1 new)
15        Sec. 14.1. Fees.
16        (a)  The Department shall provide by rule for a  schedule
17    of  fees  to be paid for licenses by all applicants. All fees
18    are not refundable.
19        (b)  Except as provided in subsection (c) below, the fees
20    for the administration and enforcement of this Act, including
21    but  not  limited  to  original   licensure,   renewal,   and
22    restoration, shall be set by rule.
23        (c)  All   moneys   collected   under  this  Act  by  the
24    Department shall be deposited in the Illinois  State  Medical
25    Disciplinary  Fund  in the State Treasury and used (1) in the
26    exercise of its powers and performance of  its  duties  under
27    this  Act,  as  such  use  is made by the Department; (2) for
28    costs directly related to license renewal of persons licensed
29    under this Act; (3) for the costs incurred by  the  physician
30    assistant  advisory  committee  in the exercise of its powers
31    and performance of its duties under this Act, as such use  is
32    made  by  the  Department;  and  (4) for direct and allocable
33    indirect  costs  related  to  the  public  purposes  of   the
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 1    Department of Professional Regulation.
 2        All  earnings  received  from investment of moneys in the
 3    Illinois State Medical Disciplinary Fund shall  be  deposited
 4    into  the  Illinois State Medical Disciplinary Fund and shall
 5    be used for the same purposes as fees deposited in the Fund.
 6        (225 ILCS 95/16) (from Ch. 111, par. 4616)
 7        Sec. 16. Expiration; renewal.  The  expiration  date  and
 8    renewal  period  for each license issued under this Act shall
 9    be set by rule.  Renewal shall be conditioned on  paying  the
10    required fee and by meeting such other requirements as may be
11    established by rule.
12        Any  physician  assistant  who  has  permitted his or her
13    license to expire or who  has  had  his  or  her  license  on
14    inactive  status  may have the his license restored by making
15    application to the Department and filing proof acceptable  to
16    the  Department of his or her fitness to have the his license
17    restored, and by paying the  required  fees.  Such  Proof  of
18    fitness  may  include  sworn  evidence  certifying  to active
19    lawful practice in another jurisdiction.
20        If the physician assistant has not maintained  an  active
21    practice   in   another   jurisdiction  satisfactory  to  the
22    Department, the Department shall determine, by an  evaluation
23    program   established   by  rule,  his  or  her  fitness  for
24    restoration of the his license and shall establish procedures
25    and requirements for such restoration.
26        However, any physician assistant  whose  license  expired
27    while  he  or  she  was (1) in federal service on active duty
28    with the Armed Forces of the  United  States,  or  the  State
29    Militia  called  into service or training, or (2) in training
30    or education under  the  supervision  of  the  United  States
31    preliminary  to induction into the military service, may have
32    the his license restored without paying  any  lapsed  renewal
33    fees  if  within  2 years after honorable termination of such
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 1    service, training, or  education  he  or  she  furnishes  the
 2    Department  with  satisfactory evidence to the effect that he
 3    or she has been so engaged  and  that  his  or  her  service,
 4    training, or education has been so terminated.
 5    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
 6        (225 ILCS 95/17) (from Ch. 111, par. 4617)
 7        Sec.  17.  Inactive  status.  Any physician assistant who
 8    notified the Department in writing on forms prescribed by the
 9    Department, may elect to place  his  or  her  license  on  an
10    inactive   status   and   shall,  subject  to  rules  of  the
11    Department, be excused from payment of renewal fees until  he
12    or  she  notifies  the  Department  in  writing of his or her
13    intention to restore the his license.
14        Any  physician  assistant  requesting  restoration   from
15    inactive  status shall be required to pay the current renewal
16    fee and shall be required to restore his or her  license,  as
17    provided in Section 16 of this Act.
18        Any  physician  assistant whose license is in an inactive
19    status shall not practice in the State of Illinois.
20        Any licensee who shall engage in practice  while  his  or
21    her  license  is  lapsed  or  on  inactive  status  shall  be
22    considered to be practicing without a license, which shall be
23    grounds for discipline under Section 21 of this Act.
24    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
25        (225 ILCS 95/21) (from Ch. 111, par. 4621)
26        Sec. 21. Grounds for disciplinary action.
27        (a)  The  Department  may refuse to issue or to renew, or
28    may  revoke,  suspend,  place  on   probation,   censure   or
29    reprimand,  or  take other disciplinary action with regard to
30    any license issued under this Act as the Department may  deem
31    proper,  including  the issuance of fines not to exceed $5000
32    for each  violation,  for  any  one  or  combination  of  the
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 1    following causes:
 2             (1)    1.  Material   misstatement   in   furnishing
 3        information to the Department.;
 4             (2) 2.  Violations of this Act, or the rules adopted
 5        under this Act promulgated hereunder.;
 6             (3) 3.  Conviction of any crime under  the  laws  of
 7        any  U.S.  jurisdiction that thereof which is a felony or
 8        that which is a  misdemeanor,  an  essential  element  of
 9        which  is  dishonesty,  or of any crime which is directly
10        related to the practice of the profession.;
11             (4) 4.  Making any misrepresentation for the purpose
12        of obtaining licenses.;
13             (5) 5.  Professional incompetence.;
14             (6)  6.  Aiding  or  assisting  another  person   in
15        violating any provision of this Act or its rules.;
16             (7)   7.  Failing,   within   60  days,  to  provide
17        information in response to a written request made by  the
18        Department.;
19             (8)  8.  Engaging  in  dishonorable,  unethical,  or
20        unprofessional   conduct,   as  defined  by  rule,  of  a
21        character  likely  to  deceive,  defraud,  or  harm   the
22        public.;
23             (9)  9.  Habitual  or  excessive use or addiction to
24        alcohol, narcotics, stimulants,  or  any  other  chemical
25        agent   or   drug  that  which  results  in  a  physician
26        assistant's  assistants'  inability  to   practice   with
27        reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.;
28             (10) 10.  Discipline by another U.S. jurisdiction or
29        foreign  nation,  if  at  least  one of the grounds for a
30        discipline is the same  or  substantially  equivalent  to
31        those set forth in this Section. herein;
32             (11)   11.  Directly  or  indirectly  giving  to  or
33        receiving   from   any   person,    firm,    corporation,
34        partnership,  or  association any fee, commission, rebate
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 1        or  other  form  of  compensation  for  any  professional
 2        services not actually or personally rendered.;
 3             (12) 12.  A finding by the Disciplinary  Board  that
 4        the  licensee,  after having his or her license placed on
 5        probationary status has violated the terms of probation.;
 6             (13) 13.  Abandonment of a patient.;
 7             (14) 14.  Willfully making or filing  false  records
 8        or  reports  in  his  or  her practice, including but not
 9        limited to false records filed  with  state  agencies  or
10        departments.;
11             (15) 15.  Willfully failing to report an instance of
12        suspected  child  abuse  or  neglect  as  required by the
13        Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.;
14             (16)  16.  Physical  illness,  including   but   not
15        limited  to,  deterioration through the aging process, or
16        loss of motor skill, mental illness, or  disability  that
17        which results in the inability to practice the profession
18        with reasonable judgment, skill or safety.;
19             (17)   17.  Being  named  as  a  perpetrator  in  an
20        indicated report by the Department of Children and Family
21        Services under the Abused and Neglected  Child  Reporting
22        Act, and upon proof by clear and convincing evidence that
23        the  licensee has caused a child to be an abused child or
24        neglected child as defined in the  Abused  and  Neglected
25        Child Reporting Act.;
26             (18)  18.  Conviction in this State or another state
27        of any crime that which is a felony  under  the  laws  of
28        this  State,  or  conviction  of  a  felony  in a federal
29        court.;
30             (19) 19.  Gross malpractice resulting  in  permanent
31        injury or death of a patient.;
32             (20)  20.  Employment  of  fraud,  deception, or any
33        unlawful means in applying for or securing a license as a
34        physician assistant.;
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 1             (21) 21.  Exceeding the authority delegated  to  him
 2        or her  by his or her supervising physician in guidelines
 3        established by the physician/physician assistant team.;
 4             (22)  22.  Immoral  conduct in the commission of any
 5        act, such as sexual abuse, sexual  misconduct  or  sexual
 6        exploitation, related to the licensee's practice.;
 7             (23)   23.  Violation  of  the  Health  Care  Worker
 8        Self-Referral Act.
 9        (b)  The Department may refuse to issue  or  may  suspend
10    the  license  of any person who fails to file a return, or to
11    pay the tax, penalty or interest shown in a filed return,  or
12    to  pay any final assessment of the tax, penalty, or interest
13    as required by any  tax  Act  administered  by  the  Illinois
14    Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of
15    any such tax Act are satisfied.
16        (c)  The determination by a circuit court that a licensee
17    is  subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission as
18    provided in the Mental Health and Developmental  Disabilities
19    Code operates as an automatic suspension. The Such suspension
20    will  end  only upon a finding by a court that the patient is
21    no  longer  subject  to  involuntary  admission  or  judicial
22    admission and issues an order so finding and discharging  the
23    patient,;  and  upon  the  recommendation of the Disciplinary
24    Board to the Director that the licensee be allowed to  resume
25    his or her practice.
26        (d)  In  enforcing  this  Section,  the Department upon a
27    showing of a possible  violation  may  compel  an  individual
28    licensed  to  practice under this Act, or who has applied for
29    licensure under this Act, to submit to a mental  or  physical
30    examination,  or  both,  as required by and at the expense of
31    the  Department.  The  Department  may  order  the  examining
32    physician to  present  testimony  concerning  the  mental  or
33    physical   examination  of  the  licensee  or  applicant.  No
34    information shall be excluded by reason of any common law  or
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 1    statutory  privilege  relating  to communications between the
 2    licensee  or  applicant  and  the  examining  physician.  The
 3    examining physicians shall be specifically designated by  the
 4    Department. The individual to be examined may have, at his or
 5    her  own  expense,  another  physician  of  his or her choice
 6    present during all aspects of this examination.   Failure  of
 7    an  individual to submit to a mental or physical examination,
 8    when directed, shall be grounds for suspension of his or  her
 9    license  until  the  individual submits to the examination if
10    the Department finds, after  notice  and  hearing,  that  the
11    refusal  to  submit to the examination was without reasonable
12    cause.
13        If the Department finds an individual unable to  practice
14    because  of  the  reasons  set  forth  in  this  Section, the
15    Department may require that individual  to  submit  to  care,
16    counseling, or treatment by physicians approved or designated
17    by  the  Department, as a condition, term, or restriction for
18    continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure to practice;  or,
19    in lieu of care, counseling, or treatment, the Department may
20    file a complaint to immediately suspend, revoke, or otherwise
21    discipline the license of the individual. An individual whose
22    license   was   granted,   continued,   reinstated,  renewed,
23    disciplined, or supervised subject to such terms, conditions,
24    or restrictions, and who fails to  comply  with  such  terms,
25    conditions,   or  restrictions,  shall  be  referred  to  the
26    Director for a determination as  to  whether  the  individual
27    shall  have his or her license suspended immediately, pending
28    a hearing by the Department.
29        In instances in which the Director immediately suspends a
30    person's license  under  this  Section,  a  hearing  on  that
31    person's license must be convened by the Department within 15
32    days  after  the suspension and completed without appreciable
33    delay. The Department shall have the authority to review  the
34    subject  individual's  record  of  treatment  and  counseling
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 1    regarding   the   impairment   to  the  extent  permitted  by
 2    applicable federal statutes and regulations safeguarding  the
 3    confidentiality of medical records.
 4        An  individual licensed under this Act and affected under
 5    this Section shall be afforded an opportunity to  demonstrate
 6    to  the  Department  that  he  or  she can resume practice in
 7    compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards under the
 8    provisions of his or her license.
 9    (Source: P.A. 87-1207.)
10        (225 ILCS 95/22.1) (from Ch. 111, par. 4622.1)
11        Sec. 22.1. Injunction.
12        (a)  If any person violates the provision  of  this  Act,
13    the  Director  may, in the name of the People of the State of
14    Illinois, through  the  Attorney  General  of  the  State  of
15    Illinois,  or the State's Attorney of any county in which the
16    action is brought, petition, for an order enjoining the  such
17    violation or for an order enforcing compliance with this Act.
18    Upon  the  filing  of a verified petition in court, the court
19    may issue a temporary restraining order,  without  notice  or
20    bond,  and  may  preliminarily  and  permanently  enjoin such
21    violation, and if it is  established  that  such  person  has
22    violated or is violating the injunction, the Court may punish
23    the  offender  for contempt of court.  Proceedings under this
24    Section shall be in addition to, and  not  in  lieu  of,  all
25    other remedies and penalties provided by this Act.
26        (b)  If   any   person  shall  practice  as  a  physician
27    assistant or hold himself  or  herself  out  as  a  physician
28    assistant without being licensed under the provisions of this
29    Act,  then  any  licensed physician assistant, any interested
30    party or any person injured thereby may, in addition  to  the
31    Director,  petition  for relief as provided in subsection (a)
32    of this Section.
33        (c)  Whenever in the opinion of the Department any person
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 1    violates any provision of this Act, the Department may  issue
 2    a  rule to show cause why an order to cease and desist should
 3    not be entered against him.  The rule shall clearly set forth
 4    the grounds relied upon by the Department and shall provide a
 5    period of 7 days from the date of the rule to file an  answer
 6    to  the satisfaction of the Department.  Failure to answer to
 7    the satisfaction of the Department shall cause  an  order  to
 8    cease and desist to be issued forthwith.
 9    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
10        (225 ILCS 95/22.2) (from Ch. 111, par. 4622.2)
11        Sec. 22.2. Investigation; notice; hearing. The Department
12    may investigate the actions of any applicant or of any person
13    or  persons  holding  or  claiming  to  hold  a license.  The
14    Department shall, before  suspending,  revoking,  placing  on
15    probationary  status, or taking any other disciplinary action
16    as the Department may deem proper with regard to any  license
17    or  certificate,  at  least 30 days prior to the date set for
18    the hearing, notify the  applicant  or  licensee  accused  in
19    writing  of  any  charges  made  and the time and place for a
20    hearing of the charges before the Disciplinary Board,  direct
21    him  or  her to file his or her written answer thereto to the
22    Disciplinary Board  under  oath  within  20  days  after  the
23    service  on  him  or her of such notice and inform him or her
24    that if he or she fails to file such answer default  will  be
25    taken   against  him  or  her  and  his  or  her  license  or
26    certificate may be suspended, revoked, placed on probationary
27    status, or have other disciplinary action, including limiting
28    the scope, nature or extent of his or her  practice,  as  the
29    Department  may  deem  proper taken with regard thereto. Such
30    written  notice  may  be  served  by  personal  delivery   or
31    certified  or  registered  mail at the last address of his or
32    her last notification to the Department.   At  the  time  and
33    place  fixed  in  the notice, the Department shall proceed to
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 1    hear the charges and the parties or their  counsel  shall  be
 2    accorded   ample  opportunity  to  present  such  statements,
 3    testimony, evidence, and argument as may be pertinent to  the
 4    charges  or  to  the  defense  thereto.   The  Department may
 5    continue  such  hearing  from  time  to  time.  In  case  the
 6    applicant or licensee accused person, after receiving notice,
 7    fails to file an answer, his or her  license  or  certificate
 8    may  in the discretion of the Director, having received first
 9    the recommendation of the Disciplinary Board,  be  suspended,
10    revoked,  placed  on probationary status, or the Director may
11    take whatever disciplinary action  as  he  or  she  may  deem
12    proper,  including  limiting  the scope, nature, or extent of
13    such person's practice, without a hearing, if the act or acts
14    charged constitute sufficient grounds for such  action  under
15    this Act.
16    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
17        (225 ILCS 95/22.5) (from Ch. 111, par. 4622.5)
18        Sec.  22.5.  Subpoena  power; oaths. The Department shall
19    have power to subpoena and bring before it any person in this
20    State and to take testimony either orally or by deposition or
21    both, with the same fees and mileage and in the  same  manner
22    as  prescribed  by law in judicial proceedings in civil cases
23    in circuit courts of this State.
24        The Director, the designated  hearing  officer,  and  any
25    member  of  the Disciplinary Board designated by the Director
26    shall each have power to administer oaths to witnesses at any
27    hearing which the Department is authorized to  conduct  under
28    this  Act,  and  any other oaths required or authorized to be
29    administered by the Department under this Act hereunder.
30    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
31        (225 ILCS 95/22.7) (from Ch. 111, par. 4622.7)
32        Sec.  22.7.    Hearing   officer.   Notwithstanding   the
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 1    provisions  of  Section  22.2 of this Act, the Director shall
 2    have the authority to appoint any attorney duly  licensed  to
 3    practice law in the State of Illinois to serve as the hearing
 4    officer  in any action for refusal to issue or, renew, or for
 5    discipline of, a license or certificate. The  Director  shall
 6    notify  the  Disciplinary Board of any such appointment.  The
 7    hearing officer shall have  full  authority  to  conduct  the
 8    hearing.   The  hearing  officer  shall  report  his  or  her
 9    findings  of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations to
10    the Disciplinary Board and the  Director.   The  Disciplinary
11    Board shall have 60 days from receipt of the report to review
12    the  report of the hearing officer and present their findings
13    of fact, conclusions  of  law,  and  recommendations  to  the
14    Director.    If  the  Disciplinary Board fails to present its
15    report within the 60 day period, the Director shall issue  an
16    order  based  on  the  report of the hearing officer.  If the
17    Director disagrees in any  regard  with  the  report  of  the
18    Disciplinary Board or hearing officer, he or she may issue an
19    order in contravention thereof.  The Director shall provide a
20    written  explanation  to  the  Disciplinary Board on any such
21    deviation, and shall specify with particularity  the  reasons
22    for such action in the final order.
23    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
24        (225 ILCS 95/22.11) (from Ch. 111, par. 4622.11)
25        Sec. 22.11. Restoration of license. At any time after the
26    suspension  or  revocation  of any license the Department may
27    restore it to the licensee accused person,  unless  after  an
28    investigation  and  a hearing, the Department determines that
29    restoration  is   not   in   the   public   interest.   Where
30    circumstances  of  suspension  or revocation so indicate, the
31    Department may require an examination of the  licensee  prior
32    to restoring his or her license.
33    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
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 1        (225 ILCS 95/22.12) (from Ch. 111, par. 4622.12)
 2        Sec.  22.12. Surrender of license. Upon the revocation or
 3    suspension of any license,  the  licensee  shall  immediately
 4    forthwith surrender the license to the Department. and If the
 5    licensee  fails to do so, the Department shall have the right
 6    to seize the license.
 7    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
 8        (225 ILCS 95/24) (from Ch. 111, par. 4624)
 9        Sec. 24. Pending  actions.  All  licenses  in  effect  on
10    December  31,  1987  and  issued pursuant to the "Physician's
11    Assistants Practice Act", approved  September  11,  1975,  as
12    amended, are reinstated for the balance of the term for which
13    last issued.  All rules and regulations in effect on December
14    31,   1987  and  promulgated  pursuant  to  the  "Physician's
15    Assistants Practice Act", approved  September  11,  1975,  as
16    amended,  shall  remain  in  full  force  and  effect  on the
17    effective date of this Act without being promulgated again by
18    the Department,  except  to  the  extent  any  such  rule  or
19    regulation  is  inconsistent  with any provision of this Act.
20    All disciplinary actions taken or  pending  pursuant  to  the
21    "Physician's Assistants Practice Act", approved September 11,
22    1975,  as  amended,  shall,  for the actions taken, remain in
23    effect, and for the actions pending, shall be  continued,  on
24    the  effective  date  of  this  Act  without  having separate
25    actions filed by the Department.
26    (Source: P.A. 85-981.)
27        (225 ILCS 95/18 rep.)
28        Section 55. The Physician Assistant Practice Act of  1987
29    is amended by repealing Section 18.
30        Section  70.  The Professional Geologist Licensing Act is
31    amended by changing Sections 25, 52, and 65 as follows:
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 1        (225 ILCS 745/25)
 2        Sec. 25.  Restrictions and limitations.  No person shall,
 3    without a valid license issued by the Department (i)  in  any
 4    manner  hold  himself  or  herself  out  to  the  public as a
 5    licensed  professional  geologist;  (ii)  attach  the   title
 6    "Licensed  Professional  Geologist"  to  his  or her name; or
 7    (iii) render or offer to render to individuals, corporations,
 8    or public agencies  services  constituting  the  practice  of
 9    professional geology.
10        Individuals  practicing  geology  in  Illinois  as of the
11    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 may continue to
12    practice as provided in this Act  until  the  Department  has
13    adopted  rules implementing this Act.  To continue practicing
14    geology after the adoption of rules, individuals shall  apply
15    for licensure within 180 days after the effective date of the
16    rules.   If  an  application  is  received during the 180-day
17    period, the individual may continue  to  practice  until  the
18    Department   acts   to   grant  or  deny  licensure.   If  an
19    application is not  filed  within  the  180-day  period,  the
20    individual   must  cease  the  practice  of  geology  at  the
21    conclusion of the 180-day period  and  until  the  Department
22    acts to grant a license to the individual.
23    (Source: P.A. 89-366, eff. 7-1-96.)
24        (225 ILCS 745/52)
25        Sec.  52.   Alternate  qualification  for  licensure. The
26    Department may  issue  a  license  to  practice  professional
27    geology  in  Illinois to any applicant who, on or before July
28    1, 1998 within one calendar year after the effective date  of
29    this Act, meets the following qualifications:
30             (1)  The applicant has completed an application form
31        and remitted the application fee.
32             (2)  The applicant meets all of the requirements for
33        a  license  under  subsection (a) of Section 50 excluding
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 1        the requirements for passing the required examination.
 2    (Source: P.A. 89-366, eff. 7-1-96.)
 3        (225 ILCS 745/65)
 4        Sec.  65.   Expiration  and  renewal  of  license.    The
 5    expiration  date and renewal period for each license shall be
 6    set by rule.  A  professional  geologist  whose  license  has
 7    expired may reinstate his or her license at any time within 5
 8    years  after  the  expiration  thereof,  by  making a renewal
 9    application and by paying the  required  fee.   However,  any
10    professional  geologist whose license expired while he or she
11    was (i) on active duty with the Armed Forces  of  the  United
12    States  or  called  into  service  or  training  by the State
13    militia  or  (ii)  in  training  or   education   under   the
14    supervision  of  the  United  States preliminary to induction
15    into  the  military  service,  may  have   his   professional
16    geologist  license  renewed,  reinstated, or restored without
17    paying any lapsed  renewal  fees  if  within  2  years  after
18    termination  of  the  service,  training,  or  education  the
19    professional   geologist   furnishes   the   Department  with
20    satisfactory evidence of service, training, or education  and
21    it has been terminated under honorable conditions.
22        Any  professional geologist whose license has expired for
23    more than 5 years may have it restored by making  application
24    to  the  Department,  paying  the  required  fee,  and filing
25    acceptable proof of fitness to have the license restored. The
26    proof may include sworn evidence certifying  active  practice
27    in  another  jurisdiction. If the geologist has not practiced
28    for 5  years  or  more,  the  Board  shall  determine  by  an
29    evaluation   program   established   by  rule,  whether  that
30    individual is fit to resume active status and may require the
31    professional geologist to  complete  a  period  of  evaluated
32    professional  clinical  experience and may require successful
33    completion of an examination.
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 1        The Department may refuse to issue  or  may  suspend  the
 2    license  of  any person who fails to file a return, or to pay
 3    the tax, penalty or interest shown in a filed return,  or  to
 4    pay  any  final  assessment  of tax, penalty, or interest, as
 5    required  by  any  tax  Act  administered  by  the   Illinois
 6    Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of
 7    any such tax Act are satisfied.
 8    (Source: P.A. 89-366, eff. 7-1-96.)
 9        Section  95.   No  acceleration or delay.  Where this Act
10    makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
11    text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for  example,  a
12    Section  represented  by  multiple versions), the use of that
13    text does not accelerate or delay the taking  effect  of  (i)
14    the  changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
15    any other Public Act.
16        Section  99.  Effective  date.  This  Act  takes   effect
17    December  30,  1997, except that Sections 10, 15, and 99 take
18    effect upon becoming law.
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 1                                INDEX
 2               Statutes amended in order of appearance
 3    5 ILCS 80/4.9             from Ch. 127, par. 1904.9
 4    5 ILCS 80/4.18 new
 5    225 ILCS 2/10
 6    225 ILCS 2/15
 7    225 ILCS 2/20
 8    225 ILCS 2/25
 9    225 ILCS 2/35
10    225 ILCS 2/40
11    225 ILCS 2/50
12    225 ILCS 2/55 new
13    225 ILCS 2/60
14    225 ILCS 2/70
15    225 ILCS 2/75 new
16    225 ILCS 2/80
17    225 ILCS 2/90
18    225 ILCS 2/100
19    225 ILCS 2/105 new
20    225 ILCS 2/110
21    225 ILCS 2/130
22    225 ILCS 2/135 new
23    225 ILCS 2/140
24    225 ILCS 2/145
25    225 ILCS 2/150
26    225 ILCS 2/152 new
27    225 ILCS 2/154 new
28    225 ILCS 2/155
29    225 ILCS 2/160
30    225 ILCS 2/165
31    225 ILCS 2/170
32    225 ILCS 2/175
33    225 ILCS 2/180
34    225 ILCS 2/185
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 1    225 ILCS 2/195
 2    225 ILCS 2/45 rep.
 3    225 ILCS 2/205 rep.
 4    225 ILCS 55/20            from Ch. 111, par. 8351-20
 5    225 ILCS 55/25            from Ch. 111, par. 8351-25
 6    225 ILCS 55/30            from Ch. 111, par. 8351-30
 7    225 ILCS 55/40            from Ch. 111, par. 8351-40
 8    225 ILCS 55/45            from Ch. 111, par. 8351-45
 9    225 ILCS 55/55            from Ch. 111, par. 8351-55
10    225 ILCS 55/60            from Ch. 111, par. 8351-60
11    225 ILCS 55/65            from Ch. 111, par. 8351-65
12    225 ILCS 55/85            from Ch. 111, par. 8351-85
13    225 ILCS 55/90            from Ch. 111, par. 8351-90
14    225 ILCS 55/95            from Ch. 111, par. 8351-95
15    225 ILCS 55/165           from Ch. 111, par. 8351-165
16    225 ILCS 55/50 rep.
17    225 ILCS 65/3             from Ch. 111, par. 3503
18    225 ILCS 65/4             from Ch. 111, par. 3504
19    225 ILCS 65/7             from Ch. 111, par. 3507
20    225 ILCS 65/10            from Ch. 111, par. 3510
21    225 ILCS 65/11            from Ch. 111, par. 3511
22    225 ILCS 65/12            from Ch. 111, par. 3512
23    225 ILCS 65/14            from Ch. 111, par. 3514
24    225 ILCS 65/16            from Ch. 111, par. 3516
25    225 ILCS 65/17            from Ch. 111, par. 3517
26    225 ILCS 65/21            from Ch. 111, par. 3521
27    225 ILCS 65/23            from Ch. 111, par. 3523
28    225 ILCS 65/24            from Ch. 111, par. 3524
29    225 ILCS 65/25            from Ch. 111, par. 3525
30    225 ILCS 65/26            from Ch. 111, par. 3526
31    225 ILCS 65/27            from Ch. 111, par. 3527
32    225 ILCS 65/30            from Ch. 111, par. 3530
33    225 ILCS 65/32            from Ch. 111, par. 3532
34    225 ILCS 65/33            from Ch. 111, par. 3533
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 1    225 ILCS 65/35            from Ch. 111, par. 3535
 2    225 ILCS 65/36            from Ch. 111, par. 3536
 3    225 ILCS 65/37            from Ch. 111, par. 3537
 4    225 ILCS 65/38            from Ch. 111, par. 3538
 5    225 ILCS 65/39            from Ch. 111, par. 3539
 6    225 ILCS 65/40            from Ch. 111, par. 3540
 7    225 ILCS 65/42            from Ch. 111, par. 3542
 8    225 ILCS 65/43            from Ch. 111, par. 3543
 9    225 ILCS 65/47            from Ch. 111, par. 3547
10    225 ILCS 65/8 rep.
11    225 ILCS 65/9 rep.
12    225 ILCS 65/13 rep.
13    225 ILCS 65/15 rep.
14    225 ILCS 65/19 rep.
15    225 ILCS 70/4             from Ch. 111, par. 3654
16    225 ILCS 70/5             from Ch. 111, par. 3655
17    225 ILCS 70/5.1 new
18    225 ILCS 70/6             from Ch. 111, par. 3656
19    225 ILCS 70/7             from Ch. 111, par. 3657
20    225 ILCS 70/8             from Ch. 111, par. 3658
21    225 ILCS 70/9             from Ch. 111, par. 3659
22    225 ILCS 70/10            from Ch. 111, par. 3660
23    225 ILCS 70/11            from Ch. 111, par. 3661
24    225 ILCS 70/12            from Ch. 111, par. 3662
25    225 ILCS 70/13            from Ch. 111, par. 3663
26    225 ILCS 70/14            from Ch. 111, par. 3664
27    225 ILCS 70/15            from Ch. 111, par. 3665
28    225 ILCS 70/17            from Ch. 111, par. 3667
29    225 ILCS 70/18            from Ch. 111, par. 3668
30    225 ILCS 70/19            from Ch. 111, par. 3669
31    225 ILCS 70/20            from Ch. 111, par. 3670
32    225 ILCS 70/20.1 new
33    225 ILCS 70/21            from Ch. 111, par. 3671
34    225 ILCS 70/22            from Ch. 111, par. 3672
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 1    225 ILCS 70/23            from Ch. 111, par. 3673
 2    225 ILCS 70/24            from Ch. 111, par. 3674
 3    225 ILCS 70/24.1 new
 4    225 ILCS 70/28            from Ch. 111, par. 3678
 5    225 ILCS 70/37 rep.
 6    225 ILCS 95/6             from Ch. 111, par. 4606
 7    225 ILCS 95/9             from Ch. 111, par. 4609
 8    225 ILCS 95/10            from Ch. 111, par. 4610
 9    225 ILCS 95/11            from Ch. 111, par. 4611
10    225 ILCS 95/14            from Ch. 111, par. 4614
11    225 ILCS 95/14.1 new
12    225 ILCS 95/16            from Ch. 111, par. 4616
13    225 ILCS 95/17            from Ch. 111, par. 4617
14    225 ILCS 95/21            from Ch. 111, par. 4621
15    225 ILCS 95/22.1          from Ch. 111, par. 4622.1
16    225 ILCS 95/22.2          from Ch. 111, par. 4622.2
17    225 ILCS 95/22.5          from Ch. 111, par. 4622.5
18    225 ILCS 95/22.7          from Ch. 111, par. 4622.7
19    225 ILCS 95/22.11         from Ch. 111, par. 4622.11
20    225 ILCS 95/22.12         from Ch. 111, par. 4622.12
21    225 ILCS 95/24            from Ch. 111, par. 4624
22    225 ILCS 95/18 rep.
23    225 ILCS 110/3            from Ch. 111, par. 7903
24    225 ILCS 110/3.5 new
25    225 ILCS 110/5            from Ch. 111, par. 7905
26    225 ILCS 110/7            from Ch. 111, par. 7907
27    225 ILCS 110/8            from Ch. 111, par. 7908
28    225 ILCS 110/9.5 new
29    225 ILCS 110/11           from Ch. 111, par. 7911
30    225 ILCS 110/13           from Ch. 111, par. 7913
31    225 ILCS 110/14           from Ch. 111, par. 7914
32    225 ILCS 110/16           from Ch. 111, par. 7916
33    225 ILCS 110/16.5 new
34    225 ILCS 110/17           from Ch. 111, par. 7917
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 1    225 ILCS 110/18           from Ch. 111, par. 7918
 2    225 ILCS 110/21           from Ch. 111, par. 7921
 3    225 ILCS 110/22           from Ch. 111, par. 7922
 4    225 ILCS 110/28           from Ch. 111, par. 7928
 5    225 ILCS 110/28.5 new
 6    225 ILCS 110/29.5 new
 7    225 ILCS 110/30           from Ch. 111, par. 7930
 8    225 ILCS 110/33           from Ch. 111, par. 7933
 9    225 ILCS 110/6 rep.
10    225 ILCS 110/7.5 rep.
11    225 ILCS 110/9 rep.
12    225 ILCS 110/12 rep.
13    225 ILCS 110/31 rep.
14    225 ILCS 110/32 rep.

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