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Public Act 92-0100
HB0234 Enrolled LRB9203378LBcs
AN ACT to amend the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended
by changing Section 18 as follows:
(225 ILCS 60/18) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-18)
Sec. 18. Visiting professor, physician, or resident
permits.
(A) Visiting professor permit.
(1) A visiting professor permit shall entitle a
person to practice medicine in all of its branches or to
practice the treatment of human ailments without the use
of drugs and without operative surgery provided:
(a) the person maintains an equivalent
authorization to practice medicine in all of its
branches or to practice the treatment of human
ailments without the use of drugs and without
operative surgery in good standing in their native
licensing jurisdiction during the period of the
visiting professor permit; and
(b) the person has received a faculty
appointment to teach in a medical, osteopathic or
chiropractic school in Illinois; and.
(c) the Department may prescribe the
information necessary to establish an applicant's
eligibility for a permit. This information shall
include without limitation (i) a statement from the
dean of the medical school at which the applicant
will be employed describing the applicant's
qualifications and (ii) a statement from the dean of
the medical school listing every affiliated
institution in which the applicant will be providing
instruction as part of the medical school's
education program and justifying any clinical
activities at each of the institutions listed by the
dean.
(2) Application for visiting professor permits
shall be made to the Department, in writing, on forms
prescribed by the Department and shall be accompanied by
the required fee established by rule, which shall not be
refundable. Any application shall require the
information as, in the judgment of the Department, will
enable the Department to pass on the qualifications of
the applicant.
(3) A visiting professor permit shall be valid for
no longer than 2 years one year from the date of issuance
or until the time the faculty appointment is terminated,
whichever occurs first, and may be renewed only in
accordance with subdivision (A)(6) of this Section once.
(4) The applicant may be required to appear before
the Medical Licensing Board for an interview prior to,
and as a requirement for, the issuance of the original
permit and the renewal.
(5) Persons holding a permit under this Section
shall only practice medicine in all of its branches or
practice the treatment of human ailments without the use
of drugs and without operative surgery in the State of
Illinois in their official capacity under their contract
within the medical school itself and any affiliated
institution in which the permit holder is providing
instruction as part of the medical school's educational
program and for which the medical school has assumed
direct responsibility.
(6) A visiting professor permit shall be valid
until the last day of the next physician license renewal
period, as set by rule, and may only be renewed for
applicants who meet the following requirements:
(i) have obtained the required continuing
education hours as set by rule; and
(ii) have paid the fee prescribed for a
license under Section 21 of this Act.
For initial renewal, the visiting professor must
successfully pass a general competency examination authorized
by the Department by rule.
(B) Visiting physician permit.
(1) The Department may, in its discretion, issue a
temporary visiting physician permit, without examination,
provided:
(a) (blank);
(b) that the person maintains an equivalent
authorization to practice medicine in all of its
branches or to practice the treatment of human
ailments without the use of drugs and without
operative surgery in good standing in his or her
native licensing jurisdiction during the period of
the temporary visiting physician permit;
(c) that the person has received an invitation
or appointment to study, demonstrate, or perform a
specific medical, osteopathic, chiropractic or
clinical subject or technique in a medical,
osteopathic, or chiropractic school, a hospital
licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act, a
hospital organized under the University of Illinois
Hospital Act, or a facility operated pursuant to the
Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act; and
(d) that the temporary visiting physician
permit shall only permit the holder to practice
medicine in all of its branches or practice the
treatment of human ailments without the use of drugs
and without operative surgery within the scope of
the medical, osteopathic, chiropractic, or clinical
studies for which the holder was invited or
appointed.
(2) The application for the temporary visiting
physician permit shall be made to the Department, in
writing, on forms prescribed by the Department, and shall
be accompanied by the required fee established by rule,
which shall not be refundable. The application shall
require information that, in the judgment of the
Department, will enable the Department to pass on the
qualification of the applicant, and the necessity for the
granting of a temporary visiting physician permit.
(3) A temporary visiting physician permit shall be
valid for 180 days from the date of issuance or until the
time the medical, osteopathic, chiropractic, or clinical
studies are completed, whichever occurs first.
(4) The applicant for a temporary visiting
physician permit may be required to appear before the
Medical Licensing Board for an interview prior to, and as
a requirement for, the issuance of a temporary visiting
physician permit.
(5) A limited temporary visiting physician permit
shall be issued to a physician licensed in another state
who has been requested to perform emergency procedures in
Illinois if he or she meets the requirements as
established by rule.
(C) Visiting resident permit.
(1) The Department may, in its discretion, issue a
temporary visiting resident permit, without examination,
provided:
(a) (blank);
(b) that the person maintains an equivalent
authorization to practice medicine in all of its
branches or to practice the treatment of human
ailments without the use of drugs and without
operative surgery in good standing in his or her
native licensing jurisdiction during the period of
the temporary visiting resident permit;
(c) that the applicant is enrolled in a
postgraduate clinical training program outside the
State of Illinois that is approved by the
Department;
(d) that the individual has been invited or
appointed for a specific period of time to perform a
portion of that post graduate clinical training
program under the supervision of an Illinois
licensed physician in an Illinois patient care
clinic or facility that is affiliated with the
out-of-State post graduate training program; and
(e) that the temporary visiting resident
permit shall only permit the holder to practice
medicine in all of its branches or practice the
treatment of human ailments without the use of drugs
and without operative surgery within the scope of
the medical, osteopathic, chiropractic or clinical
studies for which the holder was invited or
appointed.
(2) The application for the temporary visiting
resident permit shall be made to the Department, in
writing, on forms prescribed by the Department, and shall
be accompanied by the required fee established by rule.
The application shall require information that, in the
judgment of the Department, will enable the Department to
pass on the qualifications of the applicant.
(3) A temporary visiting resident permit shall be
valid for 180 days from the date of issuance or until the
time the medical, osteopathic, chiropractic, or clinical
studies are completed, whichever occurs first.
(4) The applicant for a temporary visiting resident
permit may be required to appear before the Medical
Licensing Board for an interview prior to, and as a
requirement for, the issuance of a temporary visiting
resident permit.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
Passed in the General Assembly May 02, 2001.
Approved July 20, 2001.
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