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Public Act 097-0462
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended by |
changing Section 2 as follows:
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(225 ILCS 60/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-2)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on November 30, 2011)
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Sec. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this Act, the
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following definitions shall have the following meanings,
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except where the context requires otherwise:
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1. "Act" means the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
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1.5. "Chiropractic physician" means a person licensed to |
treat human ailments without the use of drugs and without |
operative surgery. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to |
prohibit a chiropractic physician from providing advice |
regarding the use of non-prescription products or from |
administering atmospheric oxygen. Nothing in this Act shall be |
construed to authorize a chiropractic physician to prescribe |
drugs. |
2. "Department" means the Department of Professional |
Regulation.
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3. "Director" means the Director of Professional |
Regulation.
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4. "Disciplinary Action" means revocation,
suspension, |
probation, supervision, practice modification,
reprimand, |
required education, fines or any other action
taken by the |
Department against a person holding a license.
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5. "Disciplinary Board" means the Medical Disciplinary
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Board.
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6. "Final Determination" means the governing body's
final |
action taken under the procedure followed by a health
care |
institution, or professional association or society,
against |
any person licensed under the Act in accordance with
the bylaws |
or rules and regulations of such health care
institution, or |
professional association or society.
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7. "Fund" means the Medical Disciplinary Fund.
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8. "Impaired" means the inability to practice
medicine with |
reasonable skill and safety due to physical or
mental |
disabilities as evidenced by a written determination
or written |
consent based on clinical evidence including
deterioration |
through the aging process or loss of motor
skill, or abuse of |
drugs or alcohol, of sufficient degree to
diminish a person's |
ability to deliver competent patient
care.
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9. "Licensing Board" means the Medical Licensing Board.
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10. "Physician" means a person licensed under the
Medical |
Practice Act to practice medicine in all of its
branches or a |
chiropractic physician licensed to treat human
ailments |
without the use of drugs and without
operative surgery.
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11. "Professional Association" means an association or
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society of persons licensed under this Act, and operating
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within the State of Illinois, including but not limited to,
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medical societies, osteopathic organizations, and
chiropractic |
organizations, but this term shall not be
deemed to include |
hospital medical staffs.
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12. "Program of Care, Counseling, or Treatment" means
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written schedule of organized treatment, care, counseling,
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activities, or education, satisfactory to the Disciplinary
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Board, designed for the purpose of restoring an impaired
person |
to a condition whereby the impaired person can
practice |
medicine with reasonable skill and safety of a
sufficient |
degree to deliver competent patient care.
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(Source: P.A. 85-1209; 85-1245; 85-1440.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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