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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Registered Surgical Assistant and
5Registered Surgical Technologist Title Protection Act is
6amended by changing Sections 45 and 60 as follows:
 
7    (225 ILCS 130/45)
8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
9    Sec. 45. Registration requirements; surgical assistant. A
10person shall qualify for registration as a surgical assistant
11if he or she has applied in writing on the prescribed form, has
12paid the required fees, and meets all of the following
13requirements:
14        (1) Is at least 21 years of age.
15        (2) Has not violated a provision of Section 75 of this
16    Act. In addition the Department may take into consideration
17    any felony conviction of the applicant, but a conviction
18    shall not operate as an absolute bar to registration unless
19    otherwise provided by law.
20        (3) Has completed a medical education program approved
21    by the Department or has graduated from a United States
22    Military Program that emphasizes surgical assisting.
23        (4) Has successfully completed a national certifying

 

 

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1    examination approved by the Department.
2        (5) Is currently certified by the National Commission
3    for the Certification of Surgical Assistants National
4    Surgical Assistant Association as a Certified Surgical
5    Assistant, the National Board of Surgical Technology and
6    Surgical Assisting as a Certified Surgical First
7    Assistant, or the American Board of Surgical Assistants as
8    a Surgical Assistant-Certified.
9(Source: P.A. 98-364, eff. 12-31-13.)
 
10    (225 ILCS 130/60)
11    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
12    Sec. 60. Expiration; restoration; renewal. In order to
13renew his or her surgical assistant registration, a registrant
14must maintain current certification as required by paragraph
15(5) of Section 45 of this Act. In order to renew his or her
16surgical technologist registration, a registrant must maintain
17current certification as required by paragraph (6) of Section
1850 of this Act. The expiration date and renewal period for each
19certificate of registration issued under this Act shall be set
20by the Department by rule. Renewal shall be conditioned on
21paying the required fee and meeting other requirements as may
22be established by rule.
23    A registrant who has permitted his or her registration to
24expire or who has had his or her registration on inactive
25status may have the registration restored by making application

 

 

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1to the Department, by filing proof acceptable to the Department
2of his or her fitness to have the registration restored, and by
3paying the required fees. Proof of fitness may include sworn
4evidence certifying to active lawful practice in another
5jurisdiction.
6    If the registrant has not maintained an active practice in
7another jurisdiction satisfactory to the Department, the
8Department shall determine, by an evaluation program
9established by rule, his or her fitness for restoration of the
10registration and shall establish procedures and requirements
11for restoration. However, a registrant whose registration
12expired while he or she was (1) in federal service on active
13duty with the Armed Forces of the United States or the State
14Militia called into service or training or (2) in training or
15education under the supervision of the United States before
16induction into the military service, may have the registration
17restored without paying any lapsed renewal fees if within 2
18years after honorable termination of the service, training, or
19education he or she furnishes the Department with satisfactory
20evidence to the effect that he or she has been so engaged and
21that his or her service, training, or education has been so
22terminated.
23(Source: P.A. 93-280, eff. 7-1-04.)
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.