BURKE-COULSON. 225 ILCS 2/20.1 new 225 ILCS 2/50 Amends the Acupuncture Practice Act. Provides that guest acupuncturists who are not licensed under the Act may lecture, demonstrate, or hold clinics for continuing education or training for acupuncture associates or scientific acupuncture foundations. Provides that the guest acupuncturist may not open an office, appoint a place to meet patients, receive calls from patients, or otherwise engage in the practice of acupuncture outside of the lectures, clinics, or demonstrations. Limits the amount of time that the guest acupuncturist may perform the lectures, clinics, or demonstrations to a maximum of 6 months. Provides that this Act does not prohibit a person from administering acupuncture treatment as part of his or her educational training at a State approved course or as a graduate student at a school of acupuncture in a postgraduate review course that does not exceed 6 months in duration. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (Department of Professional Regulation) The Department does not expect HB 2303, in its current form, to have a significant financial impact on the agency. Any im- pact would be from the loss of new application revenue if the guests are not required to have an Illinois acupuncturist license. At this time DPR is not able to provde a reasonable figure for the number of guests per year and therefore unable to derive a cost figure. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the bill as introduced with the following changes. Provides qualifications for guest instructors of acupuncture, one of which is possession of a guest acupuncturist permit issued by the Department. Permits an unlicensed graduate of a school of acupuncture to apply acupuncture techniques while (i) participating in a postgraduate training program, (ii) participating in a review course in preparation for taking the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine examination, or (iii) participating in a State-approved continuing education course offered through a State-approved provider. Provides that students and other unlicensed persons may not open an office, appoint a place to meet private patients, consult with private patients, or otherwise engage in the practice of acupuncture beyond what is required in conjunction with their education. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (Department of Professional Regulation) The Department currently anticipates the financial impact on the Department to be approximately $3,000 if the new license category has about 10 requests. FEB-22-2001 H FILED WITH CLERK FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR COULSON FEB-22-2001 H FIRST READING FEB-22-2001 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES FEB-27-2001 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE REG & REG MAR-07-2001 H FISCAL NOTE FILED MAR-07-2001 H COMMITTEE REG & REG MAR-08-2001 H DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 021-000-000 HREG MAR-08-2001 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-21-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-BURKE MAR-21-2001 H AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL MAR-21-2001 H CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-26-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-BURKE MAR-26-2001 H RULES REFERS TO HREG MAR-26-2001 H CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-27-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-BURKE MAR-27-2001 H RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HREG/018-000-000 MAR-27-2001 H CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-28-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 02-BURKE MAR-28-2001 H AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL MAR-28-2001 H CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE APR-02-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 02-BURKE APR-02-2001 H RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL/005-000-000 APR-02-2001 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE APR-02-2001 H HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE APR-02-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-BURKE APR-02-2001 H WITHDRAWN APR-02-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 02-BURKE APR-02-2001 H ADOPTED APR-02-2001 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE APR-04-2001 H FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMEND #1 APR-04-2001 H CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE APR-06-2001 H RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A) RULES HRUL JAN-07-2003 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary