94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1591

 

Introduced 2/16/2005, by Rep. Angelo Saviano

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987 to include naturopathic physicians. Provides for the licensure of naturopathic physicians by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Provides that the Department may grant authority to treat human ailments with limited prescriptive authority or through the performance of minor office procedures to applicants who meet certain requirements. Replaces one public member of the Medical Disciplinary Board (now, 2 members of the Board shall be members of the public) with a physician licensed to practice in Illinois and possessing the degree of doctor of naturopathic medicine. Changes the number of members of the Medical Licensing Board from 7 to 8 and provides that one member of the Board shall be a reputable physician licensed to practice in Illinois and possessing the degree of naturopathic medicine. Sets forth minimum education standards for naturopathic licensure applicants for the practice of treating human ailments without the use of drugs and without operative surgery. Sets forth minimum education standards for applicants for authorization for treating human ailments with limited prescriptive authority and for treating human ailments through the performance of minor office procedures. Makes corresponding changes throughout the Act. Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act to include a chiropractic or naturopathic physician with limited prescriptive authority, who issues a prescription for a Schedule III, IV, or V controlled substance in accordance with certain provisions of the Medical Practice Act of 1987, to the definition of "prescriber". Effective 6 months after becoming law.


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1     AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended by
5 changing Sections 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,
6 20, 22, 23, 24, 34, and 51 and by adding Sections 3.1, 3.2, and
7 33.5 as follows:
 
8     (225 ILCS 60/2)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-2)
9     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
10     Sec. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this Act, the
11 following definitions shall have the following meanings,
12 except where the context requires otherwise:
13     1. "Act" means the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
14     2. "Department" means the Department of Professional
15 Regulation.
16     3. "Director" means the Director of Professional
17 Regulation.
18     4. "Disciplinary Action" means revocation, suspension,
19 probation, supervision, practice modification, reprimand,
20 required education, fines or any other action taken by the
21 Department against a person holding a license.
22     5. "Disciplinary Board" means the Medical Disciplinary
23 Board.
24     6. "Final Determination" means the governing body's final
25 action taken under the procedure followed by a health care
26 institution, or professional association or society, against
27 any person licensed under the Act in accordance with the bylaws
28 or rules and regulations of such health care institution, or
29 professional association or society.
30     7. "Fund" means the Medical Disciplinary Fund.
31     8. "Impaired" means the inability to practice medicine with
32 reasonable skill and safety due to physical or mental

 

 

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1 disabilities as evidenced by a written determination or written
2 consent based on clinical evidence including deterioration
3 through the aging process or loss of motor skill, or abuse of
4 drugs or alcohol, of sufficient degree to diminish a person's
5 ability to deliver competent patient care.
6     9. "Licensing Board" means the Medical Licensing Board.
7     10. "Physician" means a person licensed under the Medical
8 Practice Act to practice medicine in all of its branches or a
9 chiropractic or naturopathic physician licensed to treat human
10 ailments without the use of drugs and without operative
11 surgery, with limited prescriptive authority, or through the
12 performance of minor office procedures.
13     11. "Professional Association" means an association or
14 society of persons licensed under this Act, and operating
15 within the State of Illinois, including but not limited to,
16 medical societies, osteopathic organizations, and chiropractic
17 organizations, but this term shall not be deemed to include
18 hospital medical staffs.
19     12. "Program of Care, Counseling, or Treatment" means a
20 written schedule of organized treatment, care, counseling,
21 activities, or education, satisfactory to the Disciplinary
22 Board, designed for the purpose of restoring an impaired person
23 to a condition whereby the impaired person can practice
24 medicine with reasonable skill and safety of a sufficient
25 degree to deliver competent patient care.
26     13. "Limited prescriptive authority" means the limited
27 authority to prescribe certain drugs, as determined by the
28 qualifications set forth in this Act and approved by the Board.
29     14. "Minor office procedures" means the methods used for
30 the repair and care incidental to superficial lacerations and
31 abrasions, superficial lesions, and the removal of foreign
32 bodies located in the superficial tissues.
33 (Source: P.A. 85-1209; 85-1245; 85-1440.)
 
34     (225 ILCS 60/3)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-3)
35     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)

 

 

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1     Sec. 3. Licensure requirement. No person shall practice
2 medicine, or any of its branches, or treat human ailments with
3 limited prescriptive authority, through the performance of
4 minor office procedures, or without the use of drugs and
5 without operative surgery, without a valid, existing license to
6 do so, except that a physician who holds an active license in
7 another state or a second year resident enrolled in a residency
8 program accredited by the Liaison Committee on Graduate Medical
9 Education or the Bureau of Professional Education of the
10 American Osteopathic Association may provide medical services
11 to patients in Illinois during a bonafide emergency in
12 immediate preparation for or during interstate transit.
13 (Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97.)
 
14     (225 ILCS 60/3.1 new)
15     Sec. 3.1. Licensure; naturopathic medicine. The Department
16 may issue a license to any applicant for a license to practice
17 naturopathic medicine who (i) has received a degree of "Doctor
18 of Naturopathic Medicine" or "Doctor of Naturopathy" from a
19 school or college that meets the criteria specified in
20 paragraphs (5), (6), or (7) of subsection (B) of Section 11 of
21 this Act, (ii) has successfully passed the national
22 naturopathic physicians licensing examination, and (iii) meets
23 all applicable qualifications set forth in Section 11.
 
24     (225 ILCS 60/3.2 new)
25     Sec. 3.2. Limited prescriptive authority; authority to
26 perform minor office procedures.
27     (A) The Department may grant authority to treat human
28 ailments with limited prescriptive authority to any applicant
29 who meets the requirements set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2)
30 of subsection (C) of Section 11 of this Act, subject to Section
31 33.5 of this Act.
32     (B) The Department may grant authority to treat human
33 ailments through the performance of minor office procedures to
34 any applicant who meets the requirements set forth in

 

 

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1 paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (D) of Section 11 of this
2 Act.
 
3     (225 ILCS 60/7)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-7)
4     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
5     Sec. 7. Medical Disciplinary Board.
6     (A) There is hereby created the Illinois State Medical
7 Disciplinary Board (hereinafter referred to as the
8 "Disciplinary Board"). The Disciplinary Board shall consist of
9 9 members, to be appointed by the Governor by and with the
10 advice and consent of the Senate. All shall be residents of the
11 State, not more than 5 of whom shall be members of the same
12 political party. Five members shall be physicians licensed to
13 practice medicine in all of its branches in Illinois possessing
14 the degree of doctor of medicine. One Two shall be a member
15 members of the public, who shall not be engaged in any way,
16 directly or indirectly, as a provider providers of health care.
17 The 2 public member members shall act as a non-voting,
18 ex-officio member and shall not be considered in determining
19 the existence, or lack of existence, of a quorum for all
20 purposes for which a quorum may be called pursuant to this Act
21 voting members. One member shall be a physician licensed to
22 practice in Illinois possessing the degree of doctor of
23 osteopathy or osteopathic medicine. One member shall be a
24 physician licensed to practice in Illinois and possessing the
25 degree of doctor of naturopathic medicine. One member shall be
26 a physician licensed to practice in Illinois and possessing the
27 degree of doctor of chiropractic.
28     (B) Members of the Disciplinary Board shall be appointed
29 for terms of 4 years. Upon the expiration of the term of any
30 member, their successor shall be appointed for a term of 4
31 years by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the
32 Senate. The Governor shall fill any vacancy for the remainder
33 of the unexpired term by and with the advice and consent of the
34 Senate. Upon recommendation of the Board, any member of the
35 Disciplinary Board may be removed by the Governor for

 

 

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1 misfeasance, malfeasance, or wilful neglect of duty, after
2 notice, and a public hearing, unless such notice and hearing
3 shall be expressly waived in writing. Each member shall serve
4 on the Disciplinary Board until their successor is appointed
5 and qualified. No member of the Disciplinary Board shall serve
6 more than 2 consecutive 4 year terms.
7     In making appointments the Governor shall attempt to insure
8 that the various social and geographic regions of the State of
9 Illinois are properly represented.
10     In making the designation of persons to act for the several
11 professions represented on the Disciplinary Board, the
12 Governor shall give due consideration to recommendations by
13 members of the respective professions and by organizations
14 therein.
15     (C) The Disciplinary Board shall annually elect one of its
16 voting members as chairperson and one as vice chairperson. No
17 officer shall be elected more than twice in succession to the
18 same office. Each officer shall serve until their successor has
19 been elected and qualified.
20     (D) (Blank).
21     (E) Four voting members of the Disciplinary Board shall
22 constitute a quorum. A vacancy in the membership of the
23 Disciplinary Board shall not impair the right of a quorum to
24 exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the
25 Disciplinary Board. Any action taken by the Disciplinary Board
26 under this Act may be authorized by resolution at any regular
27 or special meeting and each such resolution shall take effect
28 immediately. The Disciplinary Board shall meet at least
29 quarterly. The Disciplinary Board is empowered to adopt all
30 rules and regulations necessary and incident to the powers
31 granted to it under this Act.
32     (F) Each member, and member-officer, of the Disciplinary
33 Board shall receive a per diem stipend as the Director of the
34 Department, hereinafter referred to as the Director, shall
35 determine. The Director shall also determine the per diem
36 stipend that each ex-officio member shall receive. Each member

 

 

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1 shall be paid their necessary expenses while engaged in the
2 performance of their duties.
3     (G) The Director shall select a Chief Medical Coordinator
4 and a Deputy Medical Coordinator who shall not be members of
5 the Disciplinary Board. Each medical coordinator shall be a
6 physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches,
7 and the Director shall set their rates of compensation. The
8 Director shall assign one medical coordinator to a region
9 composed of Cook County and such other counties as the Director
10 may deem appropriate, and such medical coordinator shall locate
11 their office in Chicago. The Director shall assign the
12 remaining medical coordinator to a region composed of the
13 balance of counties in the State, and such medical coordinator
14 shall locate their office in Springfield. Each medical
15 coordinator shall be the chief enforcement officer of this Act
16 in their assigned region and shall serve at the will of the
17 Disciplinary Board.
18     The Director shall employ, in conformity with the Personnel
19 Code, not less than one full time investigator for every 5000
20 physicians licensed in the State. Each investigator shall be a
21 college graduate with at least 2 years' investigative
22 experience or one year advanced medical education. Upon the
23 written request of the Disciplinary Board, the Director shall
24 employ, in conformity with the Personnel Code, such other
25 professional, technical, investigative, and clerical help,
26 either on a full or part-time basis as the Disciplinary Board
27 deems necessary for the proper performance of its duties.
28     (H) Upon the specific request of the Disciplinary Board,
29 signed by either the chairman, vice chairman, or a medical
30 coordinator of the Disciplinary Board, the Department of Human
31 Services or the Department of State Police shall make available
32 any and all information that they have in their possession
33 regarding a particular case then under investigation by the
34 Disciplinary Board.
35     (I) Members of the Disciplinary Board shall be immune from
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1 other acts performed in good faith as members of the
2 Disciplinary Board.
3     (J) The Disciplinary Board may compile and establish a
4 statewide roster of physicians and other medical
5 professionals, including the several medical specialties, of
6 such physicians and medical professionals, who have agreed to
7 serve from time to time as advisors to the medical
8 coordinators. Such advisors shall assist the medical
9 coordinators in their investigations and participation in
10 complaints against physicians. Such advisors shall serve under
11 contract and shall be reimbursed at a reasonable rate for the
12 services provided, plus reasonable expenses incurred. While
13 serving in this capacity, the advisor, for any act undertaken
14 in good faith and in the conduct of their duties under this
15 Section, shall be immune from civil suit.
16 (Source: P.A. 93-138, eff. 7-10-03.)
 
17     (225 ILCS 60/8)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-8)
18     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
19     Sec. 8. Medical Licensing Board.
20     (A) There is hereby created a Medical Licensing Board
21 (hereinafter referred to as the "Licensing Board"). The
22 Licensing Board shall be composed of 8 7 members, to be
23 appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of
24 the Senate; 5 of whom shall be reputable physicians licensed to
25 practice medicine in all of its branches in Illinois,
26 possessing the degree of doctor of medicine; one member shall
27 be a reputable physician licensed in Illinois to practice
28 medicine in all of its branches, possessing the degree of
29 doctor of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine; one member shall
30 be a reputable physician licensed to practice in Illinois and
31 possessing the degree of doctor of naturopathic medicine; and
32 one member shall be a reputable physician licensed to practice
33 in Illinois and possessing the degree of doctor of
34 chiropractic. Of the 5 members holding the degree of doctor of
35 medicine, one shall be a full-time or part-time teacher of

 

 

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1 professorial rank in the clinical department of an Illinois
2 school of medicine.
3     (B) Members of the Licensing Board shall be appointed for
4 terms of 4 years, and until their successors are appointed and
5 qualified. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made in the
6 same manner as original appointments, for the unexpired portion
7 of the vacated term. No more than 4 members of the Licensing
8 Board shall be members of the same political party and all
9 members shall be residents of this State. No member of the
10 Licensing Board may be appointed to more than 2 successive 4
11 year terms. This limitation shall only apply to individuals
12 appointed to the Licensing Board after the effective date of
13 this Act.
14     (C) Members of the Licensing Board shall be immune from
15 suit in any action based upon any licensing proceedings or
16 other acts performed in good faith as members of the Licensing
17 Board.
18     (D) (Blank).
19     (E) The Licensing Board shall annually elect one of its
20 members as chairperson and one as vice chairperson. No member
21 shall be elected more than twice in succession to the same
22 office. Each officer shall serve until their successor has been
23 elected and qualified.
24     (F) None of the functions, powers or duties of the
25 Department with respect to policies regarding licensure and
26 examination under this Act, including the promulgation of such
27 rules as may be necessary for the administration of this Act,
28 shall be exercised by the Department except upon review of the
29 Licensing Board.
30     (G) The Licensing Board shall receive the same compensation
31 as the members of the Medical Disciplinary Board, which
32 compensation shall be paid out of the Illinois State Medical
33 Disciplinary Fund.
34 (Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97.)
 
35     (225 ILCS 60/9)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-9)

 

 

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1     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
2     Sec. 9. Application for license. Each applicant for a
3 license shall:
4         (A) Make application on blank forms prepared and
5     furnished by the Department of Professional Regulation
6     hereinafter referred to as the Department.
7         (B) Submit evidence satisfactory to the Department
8     that the applicant:
9             (1) is of good moral character. In determining
10         moral character under this Section, the Department may
11         take into consideration whether the applicant has
12         engaged in conduct or activities which would
13         constitute grounds for discipline under this Act. The
14         Department may also request the applicant to submit,
15         and may consider as evidence of moral character,
16         endorsements from 2 or 3 individuals licensed under
17         this Act;
18             (2) has the preliminary and professional education
19         required by this Act;
20             (3) (blank); and
21             (4) is physically, mentally, and professionally
22         capable of practicing medicine with reasonable
23         judgment, skill, and safety. In determining physical,
24         mental and professional capacity under this Section,
25         the Medical Licensing Board may, upon a showing of a
26         possible incapacity, compel any applicant to submit to
27         a mental or physical examination, or both. The
28         Licensing Board may condition or restrict any license,
29         subject to the same terms and conditions as are
30         provided for the Medical Disciplinary Board under
31         Section 22 of this Act. Any such condition of a
32         restricted license shall provide that the Chief
33         Medical Coordinator or Deputy Medical Coordinator
34         shall have the authority to review the subject
35         physician's compliance with such conditions or
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1         physician's record of treatment and counseling
2         regarding the impairment, to the extent permitted by
3         applicable federal statutes and regulations
4         safeguarding the confidentiality of medical records of
5         patients.
6         In determining professional capacity under this
7     Section any individual who has not been actively engaged in
8     the practice of medicine or as a medical, osteopathic,
9     naturopathic, or chiropractic student or who has not been
10     engaged in a formal program of medical education during the
11     2 years immediately preceding their application may be
12     required to complete such additional testing, training, or
13     remedial education as the Licensing Board may deem
14     necessary in order to establish the applicant's present
15     capacity to practice medicine with reasonable judgment,
16     skill, and safety.
17         (C) Designate specifically the name, location, and
18     kind of professional school, college, or institution of
19     which the applicant is a graduate and the category under
20     which the applicant seeks, and will undertake, to practice.
21         (D) Pay to the Department at the time of application
22     the required fees.
23         (E) Pursuant to Department rules, as required, pass an
24     examination authorized by the Department to determine the
25     applicant's fitness to receive a license.
26         (F) Complete the application process within 3 years
27     from the date of application. If the process has not been
28     completed within 3 years, the application shall be denied,
29     application fees shall be forfeited, and the applicant must
30     reapply and meet the requirements in effect at the time of
31     reapplication.
32 (Source: P.A. 89-387, eff. 8-20-95; 89-702, eff. 7-1-97.)
 
33     (225 ILCS 60/10)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-10)
34     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
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1     (A) Make rules for establishing reasonable minimum
2 standards of educational requirements to be observed by
3 medical, osteopathic, naturopathic, and chiropractic colleges;
4     (B) Effectuate the policy of the State of Illinois that the
5 quality of medical training is an appropriate concern in the
6 recruiting, licensing, credentialing and participation in
7 residency programs of physicians. However, it is inappropriate
8 to discriminate against any physician because of national
9 origin or geographic location of medical education;
10     (C) Formulate rules and regulations required for the
11 administration of this Act.
12 (Source: P.A. 86-573.)
 
13     (225 ILCS 60/11)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-11)
14     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
15     Sec. 11. Minimum education standards. The minimum
16 standards of professional education to be enforced by the
17 Department in conducting examinations and issuing licenses
18 shall be as follows:
19         (A) Practice of medicine. For the practice of medicine
20     in all of its branches:
21             (1) For applications for licensure under
22         subsection (D) of Section 19 of this Act:
23                 (a) that the applicant is a graduate of a
24             medical or osteopathic college in the United
25             States, its territories or Canada, that the
26             applicant has completed a 2 year course of
27             instruction in a college of liberal arts, or its
28             equivalent, and a course of instruction in a
29             medical or osteopathic college approved by the
30             Department or by a private, not for profit
31             accrediting body approved by the Department, and
32             in addition thereto, a course of postgraduate
33             clinical training of not less than 12 months as
34             approved by the Department; or
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1             medical or osteopathic college located outside the
2             United States, its territories or Canada, and that
3             the degree conferred is officially recognized by
4             the country for the purposes of licensure, that the
5             applicant has completed a 2 year course of
6             instruction in a college of liberal arts or its
7             equivalent, and a course of instruction in a
8             medical or osteopathic college approved by the
9             Department, which course shall have been not less
10             than 132 weeks in duration and shall have been
11             completed within a period of not less than 35
12             months, and, in addition thereto, has completed a
13             course of postgraduate clinical training of not
14             less than 12 months, as approved by the Department,
15             and has complied with any other standards
16             established by rule.
17                 For the purposes of this subparagraph (b) an
18             applicant is considered to be a graduate of a
19             medical college if the degree which is conferred is
20             officially recognized by that country for the
21             purposes of receiving a license to practice
22             medicine in all of its branches or a document is
23             granted by the medical college which certifies the
24             completion of all formal training requirements
25             including any internship and social service; or
26                 (c) that the applicant has studied medicine at
27             a medical or osteopathic college located outside
28             the United States, its territories, or Canada,
29             that the applicant has completed a 2 year course of
30             instruction in a college of liberal arts or its
31             equivalent and all of the formal requirements of a
32             foreign medical school except internship and
33             social service, which course shall have been not
34             less than 132 weeks in duration and shall have been
35             completed within a period of not less than 35
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1             application to a medical college accredited by the
2             Liaison Committee on Medical Education and
3             submitted to such evaluation procedures, including
4             use of nationally recognized medical student tests
5             or tests devised by the individual medical
6             college, and that the applicant has satisfactorily
7             completed one academic year of supervised clinical
8             training under the direction of such medical
9             college; and, in addition thereto has completed a
10             course of postgraduate clinical training of not
11             less than 12 months, as approved by the Department,
12             and has complied with any other standards
13             established by rule.
14                 (d) Any clinical clerkships must have been
15             completed in compliance with Section 10.3 of the
16             Hospital Licensing Act, as amended.
17             (2) Effective January 1, 1988, for applications
18         for licensure made subsequent to January 1, 1988, under
19         Sections 9 or 17 of this Act by individuals not
20         described in paragraph (3) of subsection (A) of Section
21         11 who graduated after December 31, 1984:
22                 (a) that the applicant: (i) graduated from a
23             medical or osteopathic college officially
24             recognized by the jurisdiction in which it is
25             located for the purpose of receiving a license to
26             practice medicine in all of its branches, and the
27             applicant has completed, as defined by the
28             Department, a 6 year postsecondary course of study
29             comprising at least 2 academic years of study in
30             the basic medical sciences; and 2 academic years of
31             study in the clinical sciences, while enrolled in
32             the medical college which conferred the degree,
33             the core rotations of which must have been
34             completed in clinical teaching facilities owned,
35             operated or formally affiliated with the medical
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1             contract in teaching facilities owned, operated or
2             affiliated with another medical college which is
3             officially recognized by the jurisdiction in which
4             the medical school which conferred the degree is
5             located; or (ii) graduated from a medical or
6             osteopathic college accredited by the Liaison
7             Committee on Medical Education, the Committee on
8             Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools in
9             conjunction with the Liaison Committee on Medical
10             Education, or the Bureau of Professional Education
11             of the American Osteopathic Association; and,
12             (iii) in addition thereto, has completed a course
13             of postgraduate clinical training of not less than
14             24 months, as approved by the Department; or
15                 (b) that the applicant has studied medicine at
16             a medical or osteopathic college located outside
17             the United States, its territories, or Canada,
18             that the applicant, in addition to satisfying the
19             requirements of subparagraph (a), except for the
20             awarding of a degree, has completed all of the
21             formal requirements of a foreign medical school
22             except internship and social service and has
23             submitted an application to a medical college
24             accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical
25             Education and submitted to such evaluation
26             procedures, including use of nationally recognized
27             medical student tests or tests devised by the
28             individual medical college, and that the applicant
29             has satisfactorily completed one academic year of
30             supervised clinical training under the direction
31             of such medical college; and, in addition thereto,
32             has completed a course of postgraduate clinical
33             training of not less than 24 months, as approved by
34             the Department, and has complied with any other
35             standards established by rule.
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1             (4) Any person granted a temporary license
2         pursuant to Section 17 of this Act who shall
3         satisfactorily complete a course of postgraduate
4         clinical training and meet all of the requirements for
5         licensure shall be granted a permanent license
6         pursuant to Section 9.
7             (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
8         Section an individual holding a temporary license
9         under Section 17 of this Act shall be required to
10         satisfy the undergraduate medical and post-graduate
11         clinical training educational requirements in effect
12         on the date of their application for a temporary
13         license, provided they apply for a license under
14         Section 9 of this Act and satisfy all other
15         requirements of this Section while their temporary
16         license is in effect.
17         (B) Treating human ailments without drugs and without
18     operative surgery. For the practice of treating human
19     ailments without the use of drugs and without operative
20     surgery:
21             (1) For an applicant who was a resident student and
22         who is a graduate after July 1, 1926, of a chiropractic
23         college or institution, that such school, college or
24         institution, at the time of the applicant's graduation
25         required as a prerequisite to admission thereto a 4
26         year course of instruction in a high school, and, as a
27         prerequisite to graduation therefrom, a course of
28         instruction in the treatment of human ailments, of not
29         less than 132 weeks in duration and which shall have
30         been completed within a period of not less than 35
31         months except that as to students matriculating or
32         entering upon a course of chiropractic study during the
33         years 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, and
34         1947, such elapsed time shall be not less than 32
35         months, such high school and such school, college or
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1         in the judgment of the Department.
2             (2) For an applicant who is a matriculant in a
3         chiropractic college after September 1, 1969, that
4         such applicant shall be required to complete a 2 year
5         course of instruction in a liberal arts college or its
6         equivalent and a course of instruction in a
7         chiropractic college in the treatment of human
8         ailments, such course, as a prerequisite to graduation
9         therefrom, having been not less than 132 weeks in
10         duration and shall have been completed within a period
11         of not less than 35 months, such college of liberal
12         arts and chiropractic college having been reputable
13         and in good standing in the judgment of the Department.
14             (3) For an applicant who is a graduate of a United
15         States chiropractic college after August 19, 1981, the
16         college of the applicant must be fully accredited by
17         the Commission on Accreditation of the Council on
18         Chiropractic Education or its successor at the time of
19         graduation. Such graduates shall be considered to have
20         met the minimum requirements which shall be in addition
21         to those requirements set forth in the rules and
22         regulations promulgated by the Department.
23             (4) For an applicant who is a graduate of a
24         chiropractic college in another country; that such
25         chiropractic college be equivalent to the standards of
26         education as set forth for chiropractic colleges
27         located in the United States.
28             (5) For an applicant who was a resident student and
29         is a graduate of a naturopathic college after September
30         1, 1978, that the applicant has completed a 2-year
31         course of instruction in a liberal arts college, or its
32         equivalent, and a full-time course of instruction in a
33         naturopathic college in the treatment of human
34         ailments. The course of instruction must be at least
35         132 weeks in duration and must have been completed
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1         of liberal arts and naturopathic college must be
2         reputable and in good standing in the judgment of the
3         Department.
4             (6) For an applicant who is a graduate of a
5         naturopathic college after November 30, 1999, that
6         such applicant has completed a 2-year course of
7         instruction in a college of liberal arts, or its
8         equivalent, and a naturopathic medical education
9         program in the United States accredited by the Council
10         on Naturopathic Medical Education or an equivalent
11         federally recognized accrediting body for the
12         naturopathic medical profession recognized by the
13         Department. An applicant may also be a graduate of a
14         naturopathic medical education program that is a
15         candidate for accreditation from the Council on
16         Naturopathic Education or equivalent federally
17         recognized accrediting body. The naturopathic medical
18         education program shall offer graduate-level full-time
19         didactic and supervised clinical training leading to
20         the degree of Doctor of Naturopathy or Doctor of
21         Naturopathic Medicine. Additionally, the program shall
22         be an institution of higher education, or part of an
23         institution of higher education, that is either
24         accredited or is a candidate for accreditation by a
25         regional institutional accrediting agency recognized
26         by the United States Secretary of Education.
27             (7) For an applicant who is a graduate of a
28         naturopathic college in another country, that such
29         naturopathic college be equivalent to the standards of
30         education as set forth for naturopathic colleges
31         located in the United States.
32         (C) Treating human ailments with limited prescriptive
33     authority. For the practice of treating human ailments with
34     limited prescriptive authority, all requirements of
35     treating human ailments without drugs and without surgery
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1     and the following educational requirements must be
2     demonstrated:
3             (1) Completion of at least 5 quarter credits, which
4         shall be at least the equivalent of 55 hours in
5         pharmacology during the course of the naturopathic
6         medical or chiropractic education program.
7             (2) Demonstration of passage of the pharmacology
8         section of the national naturopathic physicians
9         licensing examination or the equivalent of that exam.
10         (D) Treating human ailments through the performance of
11     minor office procedures. For the practice of treating human
12     ailments through the performance of minor office
13     procedures, all requirements of treating human ailments
14     without drugs and and without surgery as set forth in
15     subsection (B) of Section 11 must be met and the following
16     educational requirements must be demonstrated:
17             (1) Completion of at least 3 quarter credits to be
18         at least the equivalent of 33 hours in minor office
19         procedures during the course of the naturopathic
20         medical or chiropractic education program.
21             (2) Demonstration of passage of the minor surgery
22         section of national naturopathic physicians licensing
23         examination or equivalent.
24 (Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97; 90-818, eff. 3-23-99.)
 
25     (225 ILCS 60/14)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-14)
26     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
27     Sec. 14. Chiropractic and naturopathic students.
28     (A) Candidates for the degree of doctor of chiropractic
29 enrolled in a chiropractic college, accredited by the Council
30 on Chiropractic Education, may practice under the direct,
31 on-premises supervision of a physician who is licensed to treat
32 human ailments without the use of drugs and without operative
33 surgery and who is a member of the faculty of an accredited
34 chiropractic college.
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1 medicine enrolled in a naturopathic college accredited by the
2 Council on Naturopathic Medical Education or an equivalent
3 federally recognized accrediting body for the naturopathic
4 medical profession or by a private not-for-profit accrediting
5 body approved by the Department may practice under the direct,
6 on-premises supervision of a physician who is licensed to treat
7 human ailments with limited prescriptive authority and through
8 the performance of minor office procedures, a physician who is
9 licensed to treat human ailments without the use of drugs and
10 without operative surgery, or a physician who is licensed to
11 practice medicine in all of its branches and who is a member of
12 the faculty of an accredited naturopathic college.
13 (Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97.)
 
14     (225 ILCS 60/15)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-15)
15     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
16     Sec. 15. Physician licensed to practice with limited
17 prescriptive authority, through the performance of minor
18 office procedures, or without drugs and operative surgery;
19 license for general practice. Any physician licensed under this
20 Act to treat human ailments with limited prescriptive
21 authority, through the performance of minor office procedures,
22 or without the use of prescriptive drugs and operative surgery
23 shall be permitted to take the examination for licensure as a
24 physician to practice medicine in all its branches and shall
25 receive a license to practice medicine in all of its branches
26 if he or she shall successfully pass such examination, upon
27 proof of having successfully completed in a medical college,
28 osteopathic college, naturopathic college, or chiropractic
29 college reputable and in good standing in the judgment of the
30 Department, courses of instruction in materia medica,
31 therapeutics, surgery, obstetrics, and theory and practice
32 deemed by the Department to be equal to the courses of
33 instruction required in those subjects for admission to the
34 examination for a license to practice medicine in all of its
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1 year course of instruction in a college of liberal arts, or its
2 equivalent, required under this Act, and (b) a course of
3 postgraduate clinical training of not less than 24 months as
4 approved by the Department.
5 (Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97.)
 
6     (225 ILCS 60/16)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-16)
7     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
8     Sec. 16. Ineligibility for examination. Any person who
9 shall fail any examination for licensure as a medical doctor,
10 doctor of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine, doctor of
11 naturopathic medicine, or doctor of chiropractic in this or any
12 other jurisdiction a total of 5 times shall thereafter be
13 ineligible for further examinations until such time as such
14 person shall submit to the Department evidence of further
15 formal professional study, as required by rule of the
16 Department, in an accredited institution.
17 (Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97.)
 
18     (225 ILCS 60/17)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-17)
19     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
20     Sec. 17. Temporary license. Persons holding the degree of
21 Doctor of Medicine, persons holding the degree of Doctor of
22 Osteopathy or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, persons holding
23 the degree of Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, or the degree of
24 Doctor of Naturopathy and persons holding the degree of Doctor
25 of Chiropractic or persons who have satisfied the requirements
26 therefor and are eligible to receive such degree from a
27 medical, osteopathic, naturopathic, or chiropractic school,
28 who wish to pursue programs of graduate or specialty training
29 in this State, may receive without examination, in the
30 discretion of the Department, a 3-year temporary license. In
31 order to receive a 3-year temporary license hereunder, an
32 applicant shall furnish satisfactory proof to the Department
33 that the applicant:
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1     character under this Section, the Department may take into
2     consideration whether the applicant has engaged in conduct
3     or activities which would constitute grounds for
4     discipline under this Act. The Department may also request
5     the applicant to submit, and may consider as evidence of
6     moral character, endorsements from 2 or 3 individuals
7     licensed under this Act;
8         (B) Has been accepted or appointed for specialty or
9     residency training by a hospital situated in this State or
10     a training program in hospitals or facilities maintained by
11     the State of Illinois or affiliated training facilities
12     which is approved by the Department for the purpose of such
13     training under this Act. The applicant shall indicate the
14     beginning and ending dates of the period for which the
15     applicant has been accepted or appointed;
16         (C) Has or will satisfy the professional education
17     requirements of Section 11 of this Act which are effective
18     at the date of application except for postgraduate clinical
19     training;
20         (D) Is physically, mentally, and professionally
21     capable of practicing medicine or treating human ailments
22     with limited prescriptive authority, through the
23     performance of minor office procedures, or without the use
24     of drugs or operative surgery with reasonable judgment,
25     skill, and safety. In determining physical, mental and
26     professional capacity under this Section, the Medical
27     Licensing Board may, upon a showing of a possible
28     incapacity, compel an applicant to submit to a mental or
29     physical examination, or both, and may condition or
30     restrict any temporary license, subject to the same terms
31     and conditions as are provided for the Medical Disciplinary
32     Board under Section 22 of this Act. Any such condition of
33     restricted temporary license shall provide that the Chief
34     Medical Coordinator or Deputy Medical Coordinator shall
35     have the authority to review the subject physician's
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1     including, where appropriate, the physician's record of
2     treatment and counseling regarding the impairment, to the
3     extent permitted by applicable federal statutes and
4     regulations safeguarding the confidentiality of medical
5     records of patients.
6     Three-year temporary licenses issued pursuant to this
7 Section shall be valid only for the period of time designated
8 therein, and may be extended or renewed pursuant to the rules
9 of the Department, and if a temporary license is thereafter
10 extended, it shall not extend beyond completion of the
11 residency program. The holder of a valid 3-year temporary
12 license shall be entitled thereby to perform only such acts as
13 may be prescribed by and incidental to their program of
14 residency training; they shall not be entitled to otherwise
15 engage in the practice of medicine in this State unless fully
16 licensed in this State.
17     A 3-year temporary license may be revoked by the Department
18 upon proof that the holder thereof has engaged in the practice
19 of medicine in this State outside of the program of their
20 residency or specialty training, or if the holder shall fail to
21 supply the Department, within 10 days of its request, with
22 information as to their current status and activities in their
23 specialty training program.
24 (Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97; 90-54, eff. 7-3-97.)
 
25     (225 ILCS 60/18)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-18)
26     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
27     Sec. 18. Visiting professor, physician, or resident
28 permits.
29     (A) Visiting professor permit.
30         (1) A visiting professor permit shall entitle a person
31     to practice medicine in all of its branches or to practice
32     the treatment of human ailments with limited prescriptive
33     authority, through the performance of minor office
34     procedures, or without the use of drugs and without
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1             (a) the person maintains an equivalent
2         authorization to practice medicine in all of its
3         branches or to practice the treatment of human ailments
4         with limited prescriptive authority, through the
5         performance of minor office procedures, or without the
6         use of drugs and without operative surgery in good
7         standing in their native licensing jurisdiction during
8         the period of the visiting professor permit;
9             (b) the person has received a faculty appointment
10         to teach in a medical, osteopathic, naturopathic, or
11         chiropractic school in Illinois; and
12             (c) the Department may prescribe the information
13         necessary to establish an applicant's eligibility for
14         a permit. This information shall include without
15         limitation (i) a statement from the dean of the medical
16         school at which the applicant will be employed
17         describing the applicant's qualifications and (ii) a
18         statement from the dean of the medical school listing
19         every affiliated institution in which the applicant
20         will be providing instruction as part of the medical
21         school's education program and justifying any clinical
22         activities at each of the institutions listed by the
23         dean.
24         (2) Application for visiting professor permits shall
25     be made to the Department, in writing, on forms prescribed
26     by the Department and shall be accompanied by the required
27     fee established by rule, which shall not be refundable. Any
28     application shall require the information as, in the
29     judgment of the Department, will enable the Department to
30     pass on the qualifications of the applicant.
31         (3) A visiting professor permit shall be valid for no
32     longer than 2 years from the date of issuance or until the
33     time the faculty appointment is terminated, whichever
34     occurs first, and may be renewed only in accordance with
35     subdivision (A)(6) of this Section.
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1     Medical Licensing Board for an interview prior to, and as a
2     requirement for, the issuance of the original permit and
3     the renewal.
4         (5) Persons holding a permit under this Section shall
5     only practice medicine in all of its branches or practice
6     the treatment of human ailments with limited prescriptive
7     authority, through the performance of minor office
8     procedures, or without the use of drugs and without
9     operative surgery in the State of Illinois in their
10     official capacity under their contract within the medical
11     school itself and any affiliated institution in which the
12     permit holder is providing instruction as part of the
13     medical school's educational program and for which the
14     medical school has assumed direct responsibility.
15         (6) A visiting professor permit shall be valid until
16     the last day of the next physician license renewal period,
17     as set by rule, and may only be renewed for applicants who
18     meet the following requirements:
19             (i) have obtained the required continuing
20         education hours as set by rule; and
21             (ii) have paid the fee prescribed for a license
22         under Section 21 of this Act.
23     For initial renewal, the visiting professor must
24 successfully pass a general competency examination authorized
25 by the Department by rule.
 
26     (B) Visiting physician permit.
27         (1) The Department may, in its discretion, issue a
28     temporary visiting physician permit, without examination,
29     provided:
30             (a) (blank);
31             (b) that the person maintains an equivalent
32         authorization to practice medicine in all of its
33         branches or to practice the treatment of human ailments
34         with limited prescriptive authority, through the
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1         use of drugs and without operative surgery in good
2         standing in his or her native licensing jurisdiction
3         during the period of the temporary visiting physician
4         permit;
5             (c) that the person has received an invitation or
6         appointment to study, demonstrate, or perform a
7         specific medical, osteopathic, naturopathic,
8         chiropractic or clinical subject or technique in a
9         medical, osteopathic, naturopathic, or chiropractic
10         school, a hospital licensed under the Hospital
11         Licensing Act, a hospital organized under the
12         University of Illinois Hospital Act, or a facility
13         operated pursuant to the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment
14         Center Act; and
15             (d) that the temporary visiting physician permit
16         shall only permit the holder to practice medicine in
17         all of its branches or practice the treatment of human
18         ailments with limited prescriptive authority, through
19         the performance of minor office procedures, or without
20         the use of drugs and without operative surgery within
21         the scope of the medical, osteopathic, naturopathic,
22         chiropractic, or clinical studies for which the holder
23         was invited or appointed.
24         (2) The application for the temporary visiting
25     physician permit shall be made to the Department, in
26     writing, on forms prescribed by the Department, and shall
27     be accompanied by the required fee established by rule,
28     which shall not be refundable. The application shall
29     require information that, in the judgment of the
30     Department, will enable the Department to pass on the
31     qualification of the applicant, and the necessity for the
32     granting of a temporary visiting physician permit.
33         (3) A temporary visiting physician permit shall be
34     valid for 180 days from the date of issuance or until the
35     time the medical, osteopathic, naturopathic, chiropractic,
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1         (4) The applicant for a temporary visiting physician
2     permit may be required to appear before the Medical
3     Licensing Board for an interview prior to, and as a
4     requirement for, the issuance of a temporary visiting
5     physician permit.
6         (5) A limited temporary visiting physician permit
7     shall be issued to a physician licensed in another state
8     who has been requested to perform emergency procedures in
9     Illinois if he or she meets the requirements as established
10     by rule.
 
11     (C) Visiting resident permit.
12         (1) The Department may, in its discretion, issue a
13     temporary visiting resident permit, without examination,
14     provided:
15             (a) (blank);
16             (b) that the person maintains an equivalent
17         authorization to practice medicine in all of its
18         branches or to practice the treatment of human ailments
19         with limited prescriptive authority, through the
20         performance of minor office procedures, or without the
21         use of drugs and without operative surgery in good
22         standing in his or her native licensing jurisdiction
23         during the period of the temporary visiting resident
24         permit;
25             (c) that the applicant is enrolled in a
26         postgraduate clinical training program outside the
27         State of Illinois that is approved by the Department;
28             (d) that the individual has been invited or
29         appointed for a specific period of time to perform a
30         portion of that post graduate clinical training
31         program under the supervision of an Illinois licensed
32         physician in an Illinois patient care clinic or
33         facility that is affiliated with the out-of-State post
34         graduate training program; and
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1         shall only permit the holder to practice medicine in
2         all of its branches or practice the treatment of human
3         ailments without the use of drugs and without operative
4         surgery within the scope of the medical, osteopathic,
5         naturopathic, chiropractic or clinical studies for
6         which the holder was invited or appointed.
7         (2) The application for the temporary visiting
8     resident permit shall be made to the Department, in
9     writing, on forms prescribed by the Department, and shall
10     be accompanied by the required fee established by rule. The
11     application shall require information that, in the
12     judgment of the Department, will enable the Department to
13     pass on the qualifications of the applicant.
14         (3) A temporary visiting resident permit shall be valid
15     for 180 days from the date of issuance or until the time
16     the medical, osteopathic, chiropractic, or clinical
17     studies are completed, whichever occurs first.
18         (4) The applicant for a temporary visiting resident
19     permit may be required to appear before the Medical
20     Licensing Board for an interview prior to, and as a
21     requirement for, the issuance of a temporary visiting
22     resident permit.
23 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-100, eff. 7-20-01.)
 
24     (225 ILCS 60/19)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-19)
25     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
26     Sec. 19. Licensure without examination. The Department
27 may, in its discretion, issue a license without examination to
28 any person who is currently licensed to practice medicine in
29 all of its branches, or to practice the treatment of human
30 ailments with limited prescriptive authority, through the
31 performance of minor office procedures, or without the use of
32 drugs or operative surgery, in any other state, territory,
33 country or province, upon the following conditions:
34         (A) (Blank);
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1     determining moral character under this Section, the
2     Department may take into consideration whether the
3     applicant has engaged in conduct or activities which would
4     constitute grounds for discipline under this Act. The
5     Department may also request the applicant to submit, and
6     may consider as evidence of moral character, endorsements
7     from 2 or 3 individuals licensed under this Act;
8         (C) That the applicant is physically, mentally and
9     professionally capable of practicing medicine with
10     reasonable judgment, skill and safety. In determining
11     physical, mental and professional capacity under this
12     Section the Medical Licensing Board may, upon a showing of
13     a possible incapacity, compel an applicant to submit to a
14     mental or physical examination, or both, and may condition
15     or restrict any license, subject to the same terms and
16     conditions as are provided for the Medical Disciplinary
17     Board under Section 22 of this Act. The Medical Licensing
18     Board or the Department may order the examining physician
19     to present testimony concerning this mental or physical
20     examination of the applicant. No information shall be
21     excluded by reason of any common law or statutory privilege
22     relating to communications between the applicant and the
23     examining physician. Any condition of restricted license
24     shall provide that the Chief Medical Coordinator or Deputy
25     Medical Coordinator shall have the authority to review the
26     subject physician's compliance with such conditions or
27     restrictions, including, where appropriate, the
28     physician's record of treatment and counseling regarding
29     the impairment, to the extent permitted by applicable
30     federal statutes and regulations safeguarding the
31     confidentiality of medical records of patients.
32         (D) That if the applicant seeks to practice medicine in
33     all of its branches:
34             (1) if the applicant was licensed in another
35         jurisdiction prior to January 1, 1988, that the
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1         of paragraph (1) of subsection (A) or paragraph (2) of
2         subsection (A) of Section 11 of this Act; or
3             (2) if the applicant was licensed in another
4         jurisdiction after December 31, 1987, that the
5         applicant has satisfied the educational requirements
6         of paragraph (A)(2) of Section 11 of this Act; and
7             (3) the requirements for a license to practice
8         medicine in all of its branches in the particular
9         state, territory, country or province in which the
10         applicant is licensed are deemed by the Department to
11         have been substantially equivalent to the requirements
12         for a license to practice medicine in all of its
13         branches in force in this State at the date of the
14         applicant's license;
15         (E) That if the applicant seeks to treat human ailments
16     without the use of drugs and without operative surgery:
17             (1) the applicant is a graduate of a chiropractic
18         school or college approved by the Department at the
19         time of their graduation;
20             (2) the requirements for the applicant's license
21         to practice the treatment of human ailments without the
22         use of drugs are deemed by the Department to have been
23         substantially equivalent to the requirements for a
24         license to practice in this State at the date of the
25         applicant's license;
26         (F) That the Department may, in its discretion, issue a
27     license, without examination, to any graduate of a medical
28     or osteopathic college, reputable and in good standing in
29     the judgment of the Department, who has passed an
30     examination for admission to the United States Public
31     Health Service, or who has passed any other examination
32     deemed by the Department to have been at least equal in all
33     substantial respects to the examination required for
34     admission to any such medical corps;
35         (G) That applications for licenses without examination
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1     prepared and furnished by the Department, and shall set
2     forth, and applicants therefor shall supply such
3     information respecting the life, education, professional
4     practice, and moral character of applicants as the
5     Department may require to be filed for its use;
6         (H) That the applicant undergo the criminal background
7     check established under Section 9.7 of this Act.
8         (I) That if the applicant seeks to treat human ailments
9     with limited prescriptive authority or through the
10     performance of minor office procedures:
11             (1) the applicant must be a graduate of a
12         naturopathic school or college approved by the
13         Department at the time of his or her graduation;
14             (2) if the applicant is a graduate of a
15         naturopathic school or college and was licensed in
16         another jurisdiction prior to January 1, 2005, the
17         applicant must have satisfied the educational
18         requirements of subsections (C) and (D) of Section 11
19         of this Act; and
20             (3) the requirements for the applicant's license
21         to practice the treatment of human ailments with
22         limited prescriptive authority or through the
23         performance of minor office procedures must be deemed
24         by the Department to have been substantially
25         equivalent to the requirements for a license to
26         practice in this State at the time the applicant's
27         license was issued.
28     In the exercise of its discretion under this Section, the
29 Department is empowered to consider and evaluate each applicant
30 on an individual basis. It may take into account, among other
31 things, the extent to which there is or is not available to the
32 Department, authentic and definitive information concerning
33 the quality of medical education and clinical training which
34 the applicant has had. Under no circumstances shall a license
35 be issued under the provisions of this Section to any person
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1 conducted by the Department for such license. In determining
2 moral character, the Department may take into consideration
3 whether the applicant has engaged in conduct or activities
4 which would constitute grounds for discipline under this Act.
5 The Department may also request the applicant to submit, and
6 may consider as evidence of moral character, evidence from 2 or
7 3 individuals licensed under this Act. Applicants have 3 years
8 from the date of application to complete the application
9 process. If the process has not been completed within 3 years,
10 the application shall be denied, the fees shall be forfeited,
11 and the applicant must reapply and meet the requirements in
12 effect at the time of reapplication.
13 (Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97; 90-722, eff. 1-1-99.)
 
14     (225 ILCS 60/20)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-20)
15     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
16     Sec. 20. Continuing education. The Department shall
17 promulgate rules of continuing education for persons licensed
18 under this Act that require 150 hours of continuing education
19 per license renewal cycle. These rules shall be consistent with
20 requirements of relevant professional associations, speciality
21 societies, or boards. The rules shall also address variances in
22 part or in whole for good cause, including but not limited to
23 illness or hardship. In establishing these rules, the
24 Department shall consider educational requirements for medical
25 staffs, requirements for specialty society board certification
26 or for continuing education requirements as a condition of
27 membership in societies representing the 3 2 categories of
28 licensee under this Act. These rules shall assure that
29 licensees are given the opportunity to participate in those
30 programs sponsored by or through their professional
31 associations or hospitals which are relevant to their practice.
32 Each licensee is responsible for maintaining records of
33 completion of continuing education and shall be prepared to
34 produce the records when requested by the Department.
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1     (225 ILCS 60/22)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-22)
2     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
3     Sec. 22. Disciplinary action.
4     (A) The Department may revoke, suspend, place on
5 probationary status, or take any other disciplinary action as
6 the Department may deem proper with regard to the license or
7 visiting professor permit of any person issued under this Act
8 to practice medicine, or to treat human ailments without the
9 use of drugs and without operative surgery upon any of the
10 following grounds:
11         (1) Performance of an elective abortion in any place,
12     locale, facility, or institution other than:
13             (a) a facility licensed pursuant to the Ambulatory
14         Surgical Treatment Center Act;
15             (b) an institution licensed under the Hospital
16         Licensing Act; or
17             (c) an ambulatory surgical treatment center or
18         hospitalization or care facility maintained by the
19         State or any agency thereof, where such department or
20         agency has authority under law to establish and enforce
21         standards for the ambulatory surgical treatment
22         centers, hospitalization, or care facilities under its
23         management and control; or
24             (d) ambulatory surgical treatment centers,
25         hospitalization or care facilities maintained by the
26         Federal Government; or
27             (e) ambulatory surgical treatment centers,
28         hospitalization or care facilities maintained by any
29         university or college established under the laws of
30         this State and supported principally by public funds
31         raised by taxation.
32         (2) Performance of an abortion procedure in a wilful
33     and wanton manner on a woman who was not pregnant at the
34     time the abortion procedure was performed.
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1     jurisdiction, except as otherwise provided in subsection B
2     of this Section, whether or not related to practice under
3     this Act, or the entry of a guilty or nolo contendere plea
4     to a felony charge.
5         (4) Gross negligence in practice under this Act.
6         (5) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical or
7     unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive,
8     defraud or harm the public.
9         (6) Obtaining any fee by fraud, deceit, or
10     misrepresentation.
11         (7) Habitual or excessive use or abuse of drugs defined
12     in law as controlled substances, of alcohol, or of any
13     other substances which results in the inability to practice
14     with reasonable judgment, skill or safety.
15         (8) Practicing under a false or, except as provided by
16     law, an assumed name.
17         (9) Fraud or misrepresentation in applying for, or
18     procuring, a license under this Act or in connection with
19     applying for renewal of a license under this Act.
20         (10) Making a false or misleading statement regarding
21     their skill or the efficacy or value of the medicine,
22     treatment, or remedy prescribed by them at their direction
23     in the treatment of any disease or other condition of the
24     body or mind.
25         (11) Allowing another person or organization to use
26     their license, procured under this Act, to practice.
27         (12) Disciplinary action of another state or
28     jurisdiction against a license or other authorization to
29     practice as a medical doctor, doctor of osteopathy, doctor
30     of osteopathic medicine, doctor of naturopathic medicine,
31     or doctor of chiropractic, a certified copy of the record
32     of the action taken by the other state or jurisdiction
33     being prima facie evidence thereof.
34         (13) Violation of any provision of this Act or of the
35     Medical Practice Act prior to the repeal of that Act, or
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1     the Director, after consideration of the recommendation of
2     the Disciplinary Board.
3         (14) Dividing with anyone other than physicians with
4     whom the licensee practices in a partnership, Professional
5     Association, limited liability company, or Medical or
6     Professional Corporation any fee, commission, rebate or
7     other form of compensation for any professional services
8     not actually and personally rendered. Nothing contained in
9     this subsection prohibits persons holding valid and
10     current licenses under this Act from practicing medicine in
11     partnership under a partnership agreement, including a
12     limited liability partnership, in a limited liability
13     company under the Limited Liability Company Act, in a
14     corporation authorized by the Medical Corporation Act, as
15     an association authorized by the Professional Association
16     Act, or in a corporation under the Professional Corporation
17     Act or from pooling, sharing, dividing or apportioning the
18     fees and monies received by them or by the partnership,
19     corporation or association in accordance with the
20     partnership agreement or the policies of the Board of
21     Directors of the corporation or association. Nothing
22     contained in this subsection prohibits 2 or more
23     corporations authorized by the Medical Corporation Act,
24     from forming a partnership or joint venture of such
25     corporations, and providing medical, surgical and
26     scientific research and knowledge by employees of these
27     corporations if such employees are licensed under this Act,
28     or from pooling, sharing, dividing, or apportioning the
29     fees and monies received by the partnership or joint
30     venture in accordance with the partnership or joint venture
31     agreement. Nothing contained in this subsection shall
32     abrogate the right of 2 or more persons, holding valid and
33     current licenses under this Act, to each receive adequate
34     compensation for concurrently rendering professional
35     services to a patient and divide a fee; provided, the
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1     that the division is made in proportion to the services
2     performed and responsibility assumed by each.
3         (15) A finding by the Medical Disciplinary Board that
4     the registrant after having his or her license placed on
5     probationary status or subjected to conditions or
6     restrictions violated the terms of the probation or failed
7     to comply with such terms or conditions.
8         (16) Abandonment of a patient.
9         (17) Prescribing, selling, administering,
10     distributing, giving or self-administering any drug
11     classified as a controlled substance (designated product)
12     or narcotic for other than medically accepted therapeutic
13     purposes.
14         (18) Promotion of the sale of drugs, devices,
15     appliances or goods provided for a patient in such manner
16     as to exploit the patient for financial gain of the
17     physician.
18         (19) Offering, undertaking or agreeing to cure or treat
19     disease by a secret method, procedure, treatment or
20     medicine, or the treating, operating or prescribing for any
21     human condition by a method, means or procedure which the
22     licensee refuses to divulge upon demand of the Department.
23         (20) Immoral conduct in the commission of any act
24     including, but not limited to, commission of an act of
25     sexual misconduct related to the licensee's practice.
26         (21) Wilfully making or filing false records or reports
27     in his or her practice as a physician, including, but not
28     limited to, false records to support claims against the
29     medical assistance program of the Department of Public Aid
30     under the Illinois Public Aid Code.
31         (22) Wilful omission to file or record, or wilfully
32     impeding the filing or recording, or inducing another
33     person to omit to file or record, medical reports as
34     required by law, or wilfully failing to report an instance
35     of suspected abuse or neglect as required by law.
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1     report by the Department of Children and Family Services
2     under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, and
3     upon proof by clear and convincing evidence that the
4     licensee has caused a child to be an abused child or
5     neglected child as defined in the Abused and Neglected
6     Child Reporting Act.
7         (24) Solicitation of professional patronage by any
8     corporation, agents or persons, or profiting from those
9     representing themselves to be agents of the licensee.
10         (25) Gross and wilful and continued overcharging for
11     professional services, including filing false statements
12     for collection of fees for which services are not rendered,
13     including, but not limited to, filing such false statements
14     for collection of monies for services not rendered from the
15     medical assistance program of the Department of Public Aid
16     under the Illinois Public Aid Code.
17         (26) A pattern of practice or other behavior which
18     demonstrates incapacity or incompetence to practice under
19     this Act.
20         (27) Mental illness or disability which results in the
21     inability to practice under this Act with reasonable
22     judgment, skill or safety.
23         (28) Physical illness, including, but not limited to,
24     deterioration through the aging process, or loss of motor
25     skill which results in a physician's inability to practice
26     under this Act with reasonable judgment, skill or safety.
27         (29) Cheating on or attempt to subvert the licensing
28     examinations administered under this Act.
29         (30) Wilfully or negligently violating the
30     confidentiality between physician and patient except as
31     required by law.
32         (31) The use of any false, fraudulent, or deceptive
33     statement in any document connected with practice under
34     this Act.
35         (32) Aiding and abetting an individual not licensed
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1     under this Act.
2         (33) Violating state or federal laws or regulations
3     relating to controlled substances.
4         (34) Failure to report to the Department any adverse
5     final action taken against them by another licensing
6     jurisdiction (any other state or any territory of the
7     United States or any foreign state or country), by any peer
8     review body, by any health care institution, by any
9     professional society or association related to practice
10     under this Act, by any governmental agency, by any law
11     enforcement agency, or by any court for acts or conduct
12     similar to acts or conduct which would constitute grounds
13     for action as defined in this Section.
14         (35) Failure to report to the Department surrender of a
15     license or authorization to practice as a medical doctor, a
16     doctor of osteopathy, a doctor of osteopathic medicine,
17     doctor of naturopathic medicine, or doctor of chiropractic
18     in another state or jurisdiction, or surrender of
19     membership on any medical staff or in any medical or
20     professional association or society, while under
21     disciplinary investigation by any of those authorities or
22     bodies, for acts or conduct similar to acts or conduct
23     which would constitute grounds for action as defined in
24     this Section.
25         (36) Failure to report to the Department any adverse
26     judgment, settlement, or award arising from a liability
27     claim related to acts or conduct similar to acts or conduct
28     which would constitute grounds for action as defined in
29     this Section.
30         (37) Failure to transfer copies of medical records as
31     required by law.
32         (38) Failure to furnish the Department, its
33     investigators or representatives, relevant information,
34     legally requested by the Department after consultation
35     with the Chief Medical Coordinator or the Deputy Medical
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1         (39) Violating the Health Care Worker Self-Referral
2     Act.
3         (40) Willful failure to provide notice when notice is
4     required under the Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995.
5         (41) Failure to establish and maintain records of
6     patient care and treatment as required by this law.
7         (42) Entering into an excessive number of written
8     collaborative agreements with licensed advanced practice
9     nurses resulting in an inability to adequately collaborate
10     and provide medical direction.
11         (43) Repeated failure to adequately collaborate with
12     or provide medical direction to a licensed advanced
13     practice nurse.
14         (44) Prescribing, selling, administering,
15     distributing, giving, or self-administering any drug
16     without the authorization to do so as outlined in this Act.
17         (45) Performing or directing a minor office procedure
18     without the authorization to do so as set forth in this
19     Act.
20     All proceedings to suspend, revoke, place on probationary
21 status, or take any other disciplinary action as the Department
22 may deem proper, with regard to a license on any of the
23 foregoing grounds, must be commenced within 3 years next after
24 receipt by the Department of a complaint alleging the
25 commission of or notice of the conviction order for any of the
26 acts described herein. Except for the grounds numbered (8), (9)
27 and (29), no action shall be commenced more than 5 years after
28 the date of the incident or act alleged to have violated this
29 Section. In the event of the settlement of any claim or cause
30 of action in favor of the claimant or the reduction to final
31 judgment of any civil action in favor of the plaintiff, such
32 claim, cause of action or civil action being grounded on the
33 allegation that a person licensed under this Act was negligent
34 in providing care, the Department shall have an additional
35 period of one year from the date of notification to the
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1 final judgment in which to investigate and commence formal
2 disciplinary proceedings under Section 36 of this Act, except
3 as otherwise provided by law. The time during which the holder
4 of the license was outside the State of Illinois shall not be
5 included within any period of time limiting the commencement of
6 disciplinary action by the Department.
7     The entry of an order or judgment by any circuit court
8 establishing that any person holding a license under this Act
9 is a person in need of mental treatment operates as a
10 suspension of that license. That person may resume their
11 practice only upon the entry of a Departmental order based upon
12 a finding by the Medical Disciplinary Board that they have been
13 determined to be recovered from mental illness by the court and
14 upon the Disciplinary Board's recommendation that they be
15 permitted to resume their practice.
16     The Department may refuse to issue or take disciplinary
17 action concerning the license of any person who fails to file a
18 return, or to pay the tax, penalty or interest shown in a filed
19 return, or to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty or
20 interest, as required by any tax Act administered by the
21 Illinois Department of Revenue, until such time as the
22 requirements of any such tax Act are satisfied as determined by
23 the Illinois Department of Revenue.
24     The Department, upon the recommendation of the
25 Disciplinary Board, shall adopt rules which set forth standards
26 to be used in determining:
27         (a) when a person will be deemed sufficiently
28     rehabilitated to warrant the public trust;
29         (b) what constitutes dishonorable, unethical or
30     unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive,
31     defraud, or harm the public;
32         (c) what constitutes immoral conduct in the commission
33     of any act, including, but not limited to, commission of an
34     act of sexual misconduct related to the licensee's
35     practice; and
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1     of medicine.
2     However, no such rule shall be admissible into evidence in
3 any civil action except for review of a licensing or other
4 disciplinary action under this Act.
5     In enforcing this Section, the Medical Disciplinary Board,
6 upon a showing of a possible violation, may compel any
7 individual licensed to practice under this Act, or who has
8 applied for licensure or a permit pursuant to this Act, to
9 submit to a mental or physical examination, or both, as
10 required by and at the expense of the Department. The examining
11 physician or physicians shall be those specifically designated
12 by the Disciplinary Board. The Medical Disciplinary Board or
13 the Department may order the examining physician to present
14 testimony concerning this mental or physical examination of the
15 licensee or applicant. No information shall be excluded by
16 reason of any common law or statutory privilege relating to
17 communication between the licensee or applicant and the
18 examining physician. The individual to be examined may have, at
19 his or her own expense, another physician of his or her choice
20 present during all aspects of the examination. Failure of any
21 individual to submit to mental or physical examination, when
22 directed, shall be grounds for suspension of his or her license
23 until such time as the individual submits to the examination if
24 the Disciplinary Board finds, after notice and hearing, that
25 the refusal to submit to the examination was without reasonable
26 cause. If the Disciplinary Board finds a physician unable to
27 practice because of the reasons set forth in this Section, the
28 Disciplinary Board shall require such physician to submit to
29 care, counseling, or treatment by physicians approved or
30 designated by the Disciplinary Board, as a condition for
31 continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure to practice. Any
32 physician, whose license was granted pursuant to Sections 9,
33 17, or 19 of this Act, or, continued, reinstated, renewed,
34 disciplined or supervised, subject to such terms, conditions or
35 restrictions who shall fail to comply with such terms,
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1 of care, counseling, or treatment, as determined by the Chief
2 Medical Coordinator or Deputy Medical Coordinators, shall be
3 referred to the Director for a determination as to whether the
4 licensee shall have their license suspended immediately,
5 pending a hearing by the Disciplinary Board. In instances in
6 which the Director immediately suspends a license under this
7 Section, a hearing upon such person's license must be convened
8 by the Disciplinary Board within 15 days after such suspension
9 and completed without appreciable delay. The Disciplinary
10 Board shall have the authority to review the subject
11 physician's record of treatment and counseling regarding the
12 impairment, to the extent permitted by applicable federal
13 statutes and regulations safeguarding the confidentiality of
14 medical records.
15     An individual licensed under this Act, affected under this
16 Section, shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to the
17 Disciplinary Board that they can resume practice in compliance
18 with acceptable and prevailing standards under the provisions
19 of their license.
20     The Department may promulgate rules for the imposition of
21 fines in disciplinary cases, not to exceed $5,000 for each
22 violation of this Act. Fines may be imposed in conjunction with
23 other forms of disciplinary action, but shall not be the
24 exclusive disposition of any disciplinary action arising out of
25 conduct resulting in death or injury to a patient. Any funds
26 collected from such fines shall be deposited in the Medical
27 Disciplinary Fund.
28     (B) The Department shall revoke the license or visiting
29 permit of any person issued under this Act to practice medicine
30 or to treat human ailments without the use of drugs and without
31 operative surgery, who has been convicted a second time of
32 committing any felony under the Illinois Controlled Substances
33 Act, or who has been convicted a second time of committing a
34 Class 1 felony under Sections 8A-3 and 8A-6 of the Illinois
35 Public Aid Code. A person whose license or visiting permit is
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1 be prohibited from practicing medicine or treating human
2 ailments without the use of drugs and without operative
3 surgery.
4     (C) The Medical Disciplinary Board shall recommend to the
5 Department civil penalties and any other appropriate
6 discipline in disciplinary cases when the Board finds that a
7 physician willfully performed an abortion with actual
8 knowledge that the person upon whom the abortion has been
9 performed is a minor or an incompetent person without notice as
10 required under the Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995.
11 Upon the Board's recommendation, the Department shall impose,
12 for the first violation, a civil penalty of $1,000 and for a
13 second or subsequent violation, a civil penalty of $5,000.
14 (Source: P.A. 89-18, eff. 6-1-95; 89-201, eff. 1-1-96; 89-626,
15 eff. 8-9-96; 89-702, eff. 7-1-97; 90-742, eff. 8-13-98.)
 
16     (225 ILCS 60/23)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-23)
17     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
18     Sec. 23. Reports relating to professional conduct and
19 capacity.
20     (A) Entities required to report.
21         (1) Health care institutions. The chief administrator
22     or executive officer of any health care institution
23     licensed by the Illinois Department of Public Health shall
24     report to the Disciplinary Board when any person's clinical
25     privileges are terminated or are restricted based on a
26     final determination, in accordance with that institution's
27     by-laws or rules and regulations, that a person has either
28     committed an act or acts which may directly threaten
29     patient care, and not of an administrative nature, or that
30     a person may be mentally or physically disabled in such a
31     manner as to endanger patients under that person's care.
32     Such officer also shall report if a person accepts
33     voluntary termination or restriction of clinical
34     privileges in lieu of formal action based upon conduct
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1     administrative nature, or in lieu of formal action seeking
2     to determine whether a person may be mentally or physically
3     disabled in such a manner as to endanger patients under
4     that person's care. The Medical Disciplinary Board shall,
5     by rule, provide for the reporting to it of all instances
6     in which a person, licensed under this Act, who is impaired
7     by reason of age, drug or alcohol abuse or physical or
8     mental impairment, is under supervision and, where
9     appropriate, is in a program of rehabilitation. Such
10     reports shall be strictly confidential and may be reviewed
11     and considered only by the members of the Disciplinary
12     Board, or by authorized staff as provided by rules of the
13     Disciplinary Board. Provisions shall be made for the
14     periodic report of the status of any such person not less
15     than twice annually in order that the Disciplinary Board
16     shall have current information upon which to determine the
17     status of any such person. Such initial and periodic
18     reports of impaired physicians shall not be considered
19     records within the meaning of The State Records Act and
20     shall be disposed of, following a determination by the
21     Disciplinary Board that such reports are no longer
22     required, in a manner and at such time as the Disciplinary
23     Board shall determine by rule. The filing of such reports
24     shall be construed as the filing of a report for purposes
25     of subsection (C) of this Section.
26         (2) Professional associations. The President or chief
27     executive officer of any association or society, of persons
28     licensed under this Act, operating within this State shall
29     report to the Disciplinary Board when the association or
30     society renders a final determination that a person has
31     committed unprofessional conduct related directly to
32     patient care or that a person may be mentally or physically
33     disabled in such a manner as to endanger patients under
34     that person's care.
35         (3) Professional liability insurers. Every insurance
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1     insurance to persons licensed under this Act, or any other
2     entity which seeks to indemnify the professional liability
3     of a person licensed under this Act, shall report to the
4     Disciplinary Board the settlement of any claim or cause of
5     action, or final judgment rendered in any cause of action,
6     which alleged negligence in the furnishing of medical care
7     by such licensed person when such settlement or final
8     judgment is in favor of the plaintiff.
9         (4) State's Attorneys. The State's Attorney of each
10     county shall report to the Disciplinary Board all instances
11     in which a person licensed under this Act is convicted or
12     otherwise found guilty of the commission of any felony. The
13     State's Attorney of each county may report to the
14     Disciplinary Board through a verified complaint any
15     instance in which the State's Attorney believes that a
16     physician has willfully violated the notice requirements
17     of the Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995.
18         (5) State agencies. All agencies, boards, commissions,
19     departments, or other instrumentalities of the government
20     of the State of Illinois shall report to the Disciplinary
21     Board any instance arising in connection with the
22     operations of such agency, including the administration of
23     any law by such agency, in which a person licensed under
24     this Act has either committed an act or acts which may be a
25     violation of this Act or which may constitute
26     unprofessional conduct related directly to patient care or
27     which indicates that a person licensed under this Act may
28     be mentally or physically disabled in such a manner as to
29     endanger patients under that person's care.
30     (B) Mandatory reporting. All reports required by items
31 (34), (35), and (36) of subsection (A) of Section 22 and by
32 Section 23 shall be submitted to the Disciplinary Board in a
33 timely fashion. The reports shall be filed in writing within 60
34 days after a determination that a report is required under this
35 Act. All reports shall contain the following information:
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1     person making the report.
2         (2) The name, address and telephone number of the
3     person who is the subject of the report.
4         (3) The name or other means of identification of any
5     patient or patients whose treatment is a subject of the
6     report, provided, however, no medical records may be
7     revealed without the written consent of the patient or
8     patients.
9         (4) A brief description of the facts which gave rise to
10     the issuance of the report, including the dates of any
11     occurrences deemed to necessitate the filing of the report.
12         (5) If court action is involved, the identity of the
13     court in which the action is filed, along with the docket
14     number and date of filing of the action.
15         (6) Any further pertinent information which the
16     reporting party deems to be an aid in the evaluation of the
17     report.
18     The Department shall have the right to inform patients of
19 the right to provide written consent for the Department to
20 obtain copies of hospital and medical records. The Disciplinary
21 Board or Department may exercise the power under Section 38 of
22 this Act to subpoena copies of hospital or medical records in
23 mandatory report cases alleging death or permanent bodily
24 injury when consent to obtain records is not provided by a
25 patient or legal representative. Appropriate rules shall be
26 adopted by the Department with the approval of the Disciplinary
27 Board.
28     When the Department has received written reports
29 concerning incidents required to be reported in items (34),
30 (35), and (36) of subsection (A) of Section 22, the licensee's
31 failure to report the incident to the Department under those
32 items shall not be the sole grounds for disciplinary action.
33     Nothing contained in this Section shall act to in any way,
34 waive or modify the confidentiality of medical reports and
35 committee reports to the extent provided by law. Any
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1 confidential use of the Disciplinary Board, the Medical
2 Coordinators, the Disciplinary Board's attorneys, the medical
3 investigative staff, and authorized clerical staff, as
4 provided in this Act, and shall be afforded the same status as
5 is provided information concerning medical studies in Part 21
6 of Article VIII of the Code of Civil Procedure.
7     (C) Immunity from prosecution. Any individual or
8 organization acting in good faith, and not in a wilful and
9 wanton manner, in complying with this Act by providing any
10 report or other information to the Disciplinary Board, or
11 assisting in the investigation or preparation of such
12 information, or by participating in proceedings of the
13 Disciplinary Board, or by serving as a member of the
14 Disciplinary Board, shall not, as a result of such actions, be
15 subject to criminal prosecution or civil damages.
16     (D) Indemnification. Members of the Disciplinary Board,
17 the Medical Coordinators, the Disciplinary Board's attorneys,
18 the medical investigative staff, physicians retained under
19 contract to assist and advise the medical coordinators in the
20 investigation, and authorized clerical staff shall be
21 indemnified by the State for any actions occurring within the
22 scope of services on the Disciplinary Board, done in good faith
23 and not wilful and wanton in nature. The Attorney General shall
24 defend all such actions unless he or she determines either that
25 there would be a conflict of interest in such representation or
26 that the actions complained of were not in good faith or were
27 wilful and wanton.
28     Should the Attorney General decline representation, the
29 member shall have the right to employ counsel of his or her
30 choice, whose fees shall be provided by the State, after
31 approval by the Attorney General, unless there is a
32 determination by a court that the member's actions were not in
33 good faith or were wilful and wanton.
34     The member must notify the Attorney General within 7 days
35 of receipt of notice of the initiation of any action involving
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1 Attorney General shall constitute an absolute waiver of the
2 right to a defense and indemnification.
3     The Attorney General shall determine within 7 days after
4 receiving such notice, whether he or she will undertake to
5 represent the member.
6     (E) Deliberations of Disciplinary Board. Upon the receipt
7 of any report called for by this Act, other than those reports
8 of impaired persons licensed under this Act required pursuant
9 to the rules of the Disciplinary Board, the Disciplinary Board
10 shall notify in writing, by certified mail, the person who is
11 the subject of the report. Such notification shall be made
12 within 30 days of receipt by the Disciplinary Board of the
13 report.
14     The notification shall include a written notice setting
15 forth the person's right to examine the report. Included in
16 such notification shall be the address at which the file is
17 maintained, the name of the custodian of the reports, and the
18 telephone number at which the custodian may be reached. The
19 person who is the subject of the report shall submit a written
20 statement responding, clarifying, adding to, or proposing the
21 amending of the report previously filed. The statement shall
22 become a permanent part of the file and must be received by the
23 Disciplinary Board no more than 60 days after the date on which
24 the person was notified by the Disciplinary Board of the
25 existence of the original report.
26     The Disciplinary Board shall review all reports received by
27 it, together with any supporting information and responding
28 statements submitted by persons who are the subject of reports.
29 The review by the Disciplinary Board shall be in a timely
30 manner but in no event, shall the Disciplinary Board's initial
31 review of the material contained in each disciplinary file be
32 less than 61 days nor more than 180 days after the receipt of
33 the initial report by the Disciplinary Board.
34     When the Disciplinary Board makes its initial review of the
35 materials contained within its disciplinary files, the
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1 to whether there are sufficient facts to warrant further
2 investigation or action. Failure to make such determination
3 within the time provided shall be deemed to be a determination
4 that there are not sufficient facts to warrant further
5 investigation or action.
6     Should the Disciplinary Board find that there are not
7 sufficient facts to warrant further investigation, or action,
8 the report shall be accepted for filing and the matter shall be
9 deemed closed and so reported to the Director. The Director
10 shall then have 30 days to accept the Medical Disciplinary
11 Board's decision or request further investigation. The
12 Director shall inform the Board in writing of the decision to
13 request further investigation, including the specific reasons
14 for the decision. The individual or entity filing the original
15 report or complaint and the person who is the subject of the
16 report or complaint shall be notified in writing by the
17 Director of any final action on their report or complaint.
18     (F) Summary reports. The Disciplinary Board shall prepare,
19 on a timely basis, but in no event less than one every other
20 month, a summary report of final actions taken upon
21 disciplinary files maintained by the Disciplinary Board. The
22 summary reports shall be sent by the Disciplinary Board to
23 every health care facility licensed by the Illinois Department
24 of Public Health, every professional association and society of
25 persons licensed under this Act functioning on a statewide
26 basis in this State, the American Medical Association, the
27 American Osteopathic Association, the American Association of
28 Naturopathic Physicians, the American Chiropractic
29 Association, all insurers providing professional liability
30 insurance to persons licensed under this Act in the State of
31 Illinois, the Federation of State Medical Licensing Boards, and
32 the Illinois Pharmacists Association.
33     (G) Any violation of this Section shall be a Class A
34 misdemeanor.
35     (H) If any such person violates the provisions of this
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1 the State of Illinois, through the Attorney General of the
2 State of Illinois, for an order enjoining such violation or for
3 an order enforcing compliance with this Section. Upon filing of
4 a verified petition in such court, the court may issue a
5 temporary restraining order without notice or bond and may
6 preliminarily or permanently enjoin such violation, and if it
7 is established that such person has violated or is violating
8 the injunction, the court may punish the offender for contempt
9 of court. Proceedings under this paragraph shall be in addition
10 to, and not in lieu of, all other remedies and penalties
11 provided for by this Section.
12 (Source: P.A. 89-18, eff. 6-1-95; 89-702, eff. 7-1-97; 90-699,
13 eff. 1-1-99.)
 
14     (225 ILCS 60/24)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-24)
15     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
16     Sec. 24. Report of violations; medical associations. Any
17 physician licensed under this Act, the Illinois State Medical
18 Society, the Illinois Association of Osteopathic Physicians
19 and Surgeons, the Illinois Association of Naturopathic
20 Physicians, the Illinois Chiropractic Society, the Illinois
21 Prairie State Chiropractic Association, or any component
22 societies of any of these 5 4 groups, and any other person, may
23 report to the Disciplinary Board any information the physician,
24 association, society, or person may have that appears to show
25 that a physician is or may be in violation of any of the
26 provisions of Section 22 of this Act.
27     The Department may enter into agreements with the Illinois
28 State Medical Society, the Illinois Association of Osteopathic
29 Physicians and Surgeons, the Illinois Association of
30 Naturopathic Physicians, the Illinois Prairie State
31 Chiropractic Association, or the Illinois Chiropractic Society
32 to allow these organizations to assist the Disciplinary Board
33 in the review of alleged violations of this Act. Subject to the
34 approval of the Department, any organization party to such an
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1 organizations to assist in review.
2     Any physician, association, society, or person
3 participating in good faith in the making of a report, under
4 this Act or participating in or assisting with an investigation
5 or review under this Section shall have immunity from any
6 civil, criminal, or other liability that might result by reason
7 of those actions.
8     The medical information in the custody of an entity under
9 contract with the Department participating in an investigation
10 or review shall be privileged and confidential to the same
11 extent as are information and reports under the provisions of
12 Part 21 of Article VIII of the Code of Civil Procedure.
13     For the purpose of any civil or criminal proceedings, the
14 good faith of any physician, association, society or person
15 shall be presumed. The Disciplinary Board may request the
16 Illinois State Medical Society, the Illinois Association of
17 Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, the Illinois Association
18 of Naturopathic Physicians, the Illinois Prairie State
19 Chiropractic Association, or the Illinois Chiropractic Society
20 to assist the Disciplinary Board in preparing for or conducting
21 any medical competency examination as the Board may deem
22 appropriate.
23 (Source: P.A. 88-324.)
 
24     (225 ILCS 60/33.5 new)
25     Sec. 33.5. Limited prescriptive authority; supervision;
26 standards and protocol. Authorization to treat human ailments
27 with limited prescriptive authority shall be applied in the
28 following manner:
29     (A) In this Section:
30     "Furnishing" means and includes:
31         (1) ordering a drug in accordance with standardized
32     procedure; or
33         (2) transmitting the order of a supervising physician.
34     "Drug order" or "order" means an order for medication which
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1 a physician with limited prescriptive authority as an
2 individual practitioner, within the meaning of Part 1306 of
3 Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
4     (B) The authority to use all routes for furnishing
5 prescription drugs under this Act shall be consistent with the
6 oversight and supervision requirements of this Section.
7     (C) Nothing in this Section or any other provision of law
8 shall be construed to prohibit a physician with limited
9 prescriptive authority from furnishing or ordering drugs if all
10 of the following conditions are met:
11         (1) The drugs must be furnished or ordered by a
12     physician with limited prescriptive authority in
13     accordance with standardized procedures or protocols
14     developed by the physician and his or her supervising
15     physician.
16         (2) The supervising physician must be a physician
17     licensed under this Act to practice medicine in all of its
18     branches.
19         (3) The physician who has limited prescriptive
20     authority must function pursuant to standardized procedure
21     or protocol provided for by this Act. The standardized
22     procedure or protocol shall be developed and approved by
23     the supervising physician, the physician with limited
24     prescriptive authority, and, where applicable, the
25     facility administrator or his or her designee.
26         (4) The standardized procedure or protocol covering
27     the furnishing of drugs must set forth those physicians
28     with limited prescriptive authority who may furnish or
29     order drugs, the drugs that may be furnished or ordered and
30     the circumstances under which the drugs may be furnished or
31     ordered, the extent of physician supervision, and the
32     method of periodic review of the competence of the
33     physician who has limited prescriptive authority,
34     including peer review and review of the standardized
35     procedure.
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1     with limited prescriptive authority must occur under
2     physician supervision. Physician supervision shall not be
3     construed to require the physical presence of the
4     physician, but does include (i) collaboration concerning
5     the development of the standardized procedure, (ii)
6     approval of the standardized procedure, and (iii)
7     availability by telephonic contact at the time of patient
8     examination by the physician with limited prescriptive
9     authority.
10     (D) For purposes of this Section, a physician shall not
11 supervise more than 4 physicians with limited prescriptive
12 authority at any one time.
13     (E) Drugs furnished or ordered by a physician with limited
14 prescriptive authority may include Schedule III, IV, and V,
15 controlled substances, as defined by the Illinois Controlled
16 Substances Act, and shall be further limited to those drugs
17 agreed upon by the physician who has limited prescriptive
18 authority and the supervising physician and specified in the
19 standardized procedure. When Schedule III controlled
20 substances are furnished or ordered by a physician with limited
21 prescriptive authority, the Schedule III controlled substances
22 shall be furnished or ordered in accordance with a
23 patient-specific protocol approved by the treating or
24 supervising physician. Upon request, the physician with
25 limited prescribing authority shall provide a copy of the
26 section of the standardized procedure that relates to
27 controlled substances to a licensed pharmacist who dispenses
28 drugs.
29     (F) The Board shall certify that the physician with limited
30 prescriptive authority has satisfactorily completed adequate
31 coursework in pharmacology covering the drugs that shall be
32 furnished or ordered. The Board shall establish the
33 requirements for satisfactory completion of the coursework
34 required by this subsection (F).
35     (G) Notwithstanding any other provision of law:
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1     treated in the same manner as a prescription of the
2     supervising physician.
3         (2) All references to the word "prescription" in this
4     Act shall include drug orders issued by physicians with
5     limited prescriptive authority.
6         (3) The signature of a physician with limited
7     prescriptive authority on a drug order issued in accordance
8     with this Section shall be deemed to be the signature of a
9     prescriber for purposes of this Act.
10         (4) A physician with limited prescriptive authority
11     may independently prescribe epinephrine to treat
12     anaphylaxis and natural and synthetic hormones.
 
13     (225 ILCS 60/34)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-34)
14     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
15     Sec. 34. The provisions of this Act shall not be so
16 construed nor shall they be so administered as to discriminate
17 against any type or category of physician or against any
18 medical, osteopathic, naturopathic, or chiropractic college.
19 (Source: P.A. 85-4.)
 
20     (225 ILCS 60/51)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-51)
21     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
22     Sec. 51. Any person who treats human ailments by the use of
23 drugs or operative surgery and has only a license to treat
24 human ailments without the use of drugs and without operative
25 surgery, shall be sentenced as provided in Section 59. Those
26 physicians authorized under this Act to treat human ailments
27 with limited prescriptive authority or through the performance
28 of minor office procedures shall not be subject to sentencing
29 if acting within the bounds of Sections 11 and 34 of this Act.
30 (Source: P.A. 85-4.)
 
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1     (720 ILCS 570/102)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1102)
2     Sec. 102. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
3 context otherwise requires:
4     (a) "Addict" means any person who habitually uses any drug,
5 chemical, substance or dangerous drug other than alcohol so as
6 to endanger the public morals, health, safety or welfare or who
7 is so far addicted to the use of a dangerous drug or controlled
8 substance other than alcohol as to have lost the power of self
9 control with reference to his addiction.
10     (b) "Administer" means the direct application of a
11 controlled substance, whether by injection, inhalation,
12 ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient,
13 research subject, or animal (as defined by the Humane
14 Euthanasia in Animal Shelters Act) by:
15         (1) a practitioner (or, in his presence, by his
16     authorized agent),
17         (2) the patient or research subject at the lawful
18     direction of the practitioner, or
19         (3) a euthanasia technician as defined by the Humane
20     Euthanasia in Animal Shelters Act.
21     (c) "Agent" means an authorized person who acts on behalf
22 of or at the direction of a manufacturer, distributor, or
23 dispenser. It does not include a common or contract carrier,
24 public warehouseman or employee of the carrier or warehouseman.
25     (c-1) "Anabolic Steroids" means any drug or hormonal
26 substance, chemically and pharmacologically related to
27 testosterone (other than estrogens, progestins, and
28 corticosteroids) that promotes muscle growth, and includes:
29             (i) boldenone,
30             (ii) chlorotestosterone,
31             (iii) chostebol,
32             (iv) dehydrochlormethyltestosterone,
33             (v) dihydrotestosterone,
34             (vi) drostanolone,
35             (vii) ethylestrenol,
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1             (ix) formebulone,
2             (x) mesterolone,
3             (xi) methandienone,
4             (xii) methandranone,
5             (xiii) methandriol,
6             (xiv) methandrostenolone,
7             (xv) methenolone,
8             (xvi) methyltestosterone,
9             (xvii) mibolerone,
10             (xviii) nandrolone,
11             (xix) norethandrolone,
12             (xx) oxandrolone,
13             (xxi) oxymesterone,
14             (xxii) oxymetholone,
15             (xxiii) stanolone,
16             (xxiv) stanozolol,
17             (xxv) testolactone,
18             (xxvi) testosterone,
19             (xxvii) trenbolone, and
20             (xxviii) any salt, ester, or isomer of a drug or
21         substance described or listed in this paragraph, if
22         that salt, ester, or isomer promotes muscle growth.
23     Any person who is otherwise lawfully in possession of an
24 anabolic steroid, or who otherwise lawfully manufactures,
25 distributes, dispenses, delivers, or possesses with intent to
26 deliver an anabolic steroid, which anabolic steroid is
27 expressly intended for and lawfully allowed to be administered
28 through implants to livestock or other nonhuman species, and
29 which is approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services
30 for such administration, and which the person intends to
31 administer or have administered through such implants, shall
32 not be considered to be in unauthorized possession or to
33 unlawfully manufacture, distribute, dispense, deliver, or
34 possess with intent to deliver such anabolic steroid for
35 purposes of this Act.
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1 Administration, United States Department of Justice, or its
2 successor agency.
3     (e) "Control" means to add a drug or other substance, or
4 immediate precursor, to a Schedule under Article II of this Act
5 whether by transfer from another Schedule or otherwise.
6     (f) "Controlled Substance" means a drug, substance, or
7 immediate precursor in the Schedules of Article II of this Act.
8     (g) "Counterfeit substance" means a controlled substance,
9 which, or the container or labeling of which, without
10 authorization bears the trademark, trade name, or other
11 identifying mark, imprint, number or device, or any likeness
12 thereof, of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser other
13 than the person who in fact manufactured, distributed, or
14 dispensed the substance.
15     (h) "Deliver" or "delivery" means the actual, constructive
16 or attempted transfer of possession of a controlled substance,
17 with or without consideration, whether or not there is an
18 agency relationship.
19     (i) "Department" means the Illinois Department of Human
20 Services (as successor to the Department of Alcoholism and
21 Substance Abuse) or its successor agency.
22     (j) "Department of State Police" means the Department of
23 State Police of the State of Illinois or its successor agency.
24     (k) "Department of Corrections" means the Department of
25 Corrections of the State of Illinois or its successor agency.
26     (l) "Department of Professional Regulation" means the
27 Department of Professional Regulation of the State of Illinois
28 or its successor agency.
29     (m) "Depressant" or "stimulant substance" means:
30         (1) a drug which contains any quantity of (i)
31     barbituric acid or any of the salts of barbituric acid
32     which has been designated as habit forming under section
33     502 (d) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21
34     U.S.C. 352 (d)); or
35         (2) a drug which contains any quantity of (i)
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1     isomers; (ii) any salt of amphetamine or methamphetamine or
2     any salt of an optical isomer of amphetamine; or (iii) any
3     substance which the Department, after investigation, has
4     found to be, and by rule designated as, habit forming
5     because of its depressant or stimulant effect on the
6     central nervous system; or
7         (3) lysergic acid diethylamide; or
8         (4) any drug which contains any quantity of a substance
9     which the Department, after investigation, has found to
10     have, and by rule designated as having, a potential for
11     abuse because of its depressant or stimulant effect on the
12     central nervous system or its hallucinogenic effect.
13     (n) (Blank).
14     (o) "Director" means the Director of the Department of
15 State Police or the Department of Professional Regulation or
16 his designated agents.
17     (p) "Dispense" means to deliver a controlled substance to
18 an ultimate user or research subject by or pursuant to the
19 lawful order of a prescriber, including the prescribing,
20 administering, packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary
21 to prepare the substance for that delivery.
22     (q) "Dispenser" means a practitioner who dispenses.
23     (r) "Distribute" means to deliver, other than by
24 administering or dispensing, a controlled substance.
25     (s) "Distributor" means a person who distributes.
26     (t) "Drug" means (1) substances recognized as drugs in the
27 official United States Pharmacopoeia, Official Homeopathic
28 Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National
29 Formulary, or any supplement to any of them; (2) substances
30 intended for use in diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or
31 prevention of disease in man or animals; (3) substances (other
32 than food) intended to affect the structure of any function of
33 the body of man or animals and (4) substances intended for use
34 as a component of any article specified in clause (1), (2), or
35 (3) of this subsection. It does not include devices or their
36 components, parts, or accessories.

 

 

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1     (t-5) "Euthanasia agency" means an entity certified by the
2 Department of Professional Regulation for the purpose of animal
3 euthanasia that holds an animal control facility license or
4 animal shelter license under the Animal Welfare Act. A
5 euthanasia agency is authorized to purchase, store, possess,
6 and utilize Schedule II nonnarcotic and Schedule III
7 nonnarcotic drugs for the sole purpose of animal euthanasia.
8     (t-10) "Euthanasia drugs" means Schedule II or Schedule III
9 substances (nonnarcotic controlled substances) that are used
10 by a euthanasia agency for the purpose of animal euthanasia.
11     (u) "Good faith" means the prescribing or dispensing of a
12 controlled substance by a practitioner in the regular course of
13 professional treatment to or for any person who is under his
14 treatment for a pathology or condition other than that
15 individual's physical or psychological dependence upon or
16 addiction to a controlled substance, except as provided herein:
17 and application of the term to a pharmacist shall mean the
18 dispensing of a controlled substance pursuant to the
19 prescriber's order which in the professional judgment of the
20 pharmacist is lawful. The pharmacist shall be guided by
21 accepted professional standards including, but not limited to
22 the following, in making the judgment:
23         (1) lack of consistency of doctor-patient
24     relationship,
25         (2) frequency of prescriptions for same drug by one
26     prescriber for large numbers of patients,
27         (3) quantities beyond those normally prescribed,
28         (4) unusual dosages,
29         (5) unusual geographic distances between patient,
30     pharmacist and prescriber,
31         (6) consistent prescribing of habit-forming drugs.
32     (u-1) "Home infusion services" means services provided by a
33 pharmacy in compounding solutions for direct administration to
34 a patient in a private residence, long-term care facility, or
35 hospice setting by means of parenteral, intravenous,
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1     (v) "Immediate precursor" means a substance:
2         (1) which the Department has found to be and by rule
3     designated as being a principal compound used, or produced
4     primarily for use, in the manufacture of a controlled
5     substance;
6         (2) which is an immediate chemical intermediary used or
7     likely to be used in the manufacture of such controlled
8     substance; and
9         (3) the control of which is necessary to prevent,
10     curtail or limit the manufacture of such controlled
11     substance.
12     (w) "Instructional activities" means the acts of teaching,
13 educating or instructing by practitioners using controlled
14 substances within educational facilities approved by the State
15 Board of Education or its successor agency.
16     (x) "Local authorities" means a duly organized State,
17 County or Municipal peace unit or police force.
18     (y) "Look-alike substance" means a substance, other than a
19 controlled substance which (1) by overall dosage unit
20 appearance, including shape, color, size, markings or lack
21 thereof, taste, consistency, or any other identifying physical
22 characteristic of the substance, would lead a reasonable person
23 to believe that the substance is a controlled substance, or (2)
24 is expressly or impliedly represented to be a controlled
25 substance or is distributed under circumstances which would
26 lead a reasonable person to believe that the substance is a
27 controlled substance. For the purpose of determining whether
28 the representations made or the circumstances of the
29 distribution would lead a reasonable person to believe the
30 substance to be a controlled substance under this clause (2) of
31 subsection (y), the court or other authority may consider the
32 following factors in addition to any other factor that may be
33 relevant:
34         (a) statements made by the owner or person in control
35     of the substance concerning its nature, use or effect;
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1     substance may be resold for profit;
2         (c) whether the substance is packaged in a manner
3     normally used for the illegal distribution of controlled
4     substances;
5         (d) whether the distribution or attempted distribution
6     included an exchange of or demand for money or other
7     property as consideration, and whether the amount of the
8     consideration was substantially greater than the
9     reasonable retail market value of the substance.
10     Clause (1) of this subsection (y) shall not apply to a
11 noncontrolled substance in its finished dosage form that was
12 initially introduced into commerce prior to the initial
13 introduction into commerce of a controlled substance in its
14 finished dosage form which it may substantially resemble.
15     Nothing in this subsection (y) prohibits the dispensing or
16 distributing of noncontrolled substances by persons authorized
17 to dispense and distribute controlled substances under this
18 Act, provided that such action would be deemed to be carried
19 out in good faith under subsection (u) if the substances
20 involved were controlled substances.
21     Nothing in this subsection (y) or in this Act prohibits the
22 manufacture, preparation, propagation, compounding,
23 processing, packaging, advertising or distribution of a drug or
24 drugs by any person registered pursuant to Section 510 of the
25 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360).
26     (y-1) "Mail-order pharmacy" means a pharmacy that is
27 located in a state of the United States, other than Illinois,
28 that delivers, dispenses or distributes, through the United
29 States Postal Service or other common carrier, to Illinois
30 residents, any substance which requires a prescription.
31     (z) "Manufacture" means the production, preparation,
32 propagation, compounding, conversion or processing of a
33 controlled substance, either directly or indirectly, by
34 extraction from substances of natural origin, or independently
35 by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of
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1 or repackaging of the substance or labeling of its container,
2 except that this term does not include:
3         (1) by an ultimate user, the preparation or compounding
4     of a controlled substance for his own use; or
5         (2) by a practitioner, or his authorized agent under
6     his supervision, the preparation, compounding, packaging,
7     or labeling of a controlled substance:
8             (a) as an incident to his administering or
9         dispensing of a controlled substance in the course of
10         his professional practice; or
11             (b) as an incident to lawful research, teaching or
12         chemical analysis and not for sale.
13     (z-1) "Methamphetamine manufacturing chemical" means any
14 of the following chemicals or substances containing any of the
15 following chemicals: benzyl methyl ketone, ephedrine, methyl
16 benzyl ketone, phenylacetone, phenyl-2-propanone,
17 pseudoephedrine, or red phosphorous or any of the salts,
18 optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers of the
19 above-listed chemicals.
20     (aa) "Narcotic drug" means any of the following, whether
21 produced directly or indirectly by extraction from substances
22 of natural origin, or independently by means of chemical
23 synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical
24 synthesis:
25         (1) opium and opiate, and any salt, compound,
26     derivative, or preparation of opium or opiate;
27         (2) any salt, compound, isomer, derivative, or
28     preparation thereof which is chemically equivalent or
29     identical with any of the substances referred to in clause
30     (1), but not including the isoquinoline alkaloids of opium;
31         (3) opium poppy and poppy straw;
32         (4) coca leaves and any salts, compound, isomer, salt
33     of an isomer, derivative, or preparation of coca leaves
34     including cocaine or ecgonine, and any salt, compound,
35     isomer, derivative, or preparation thereof which is
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1     substances, but not including decocainized coca leaves or
2     extractions of coca leaves which do not contain cocaine or
3     ecgonine (for the purpose of this paragraph, the term
4     "isomer" includes optical, positional and geometric
5     isomers).
6     (bb) "Nurse" means a registered nurse licensed under the
7 Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act.
8     (cc) (Blank).
9     (dd) "Opiate" means any substance having an addiction
10 forming or addiction sustaining liability similar to morphine
11 or being capable of conversion into a drug having addiction
12 forming or addiction sustaining liability.
13     (ee) "Opium poppy" means the plant of the species Papaver
14 somniferum L., except its seeds.
15     (ff) "Parole and Pardon Board" means the Parole and Pardon
16 Board of the State of Illinois or its successor agency.
17     (gg) "Person" means any individual, corporation,
18 mail-order pharmacy, government or governmental subdivision or
19 agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or
20 association, or any other entity.
21     (hh) "Pharmacist" means any person who holds a certificate
22 of registration as a registered pharmacist, a local registered
23 pharmacist or a registered assistant pharmacist under the
24 Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987.
25     (ii) "Pharmacy" means any store, ship or other place in
26 which pharmacy is authorized to be practiced under the Pharmacy
27 Practice Act of 1987.
28     (jj) "Poppy straw" means all parts, except the seeds, of
29 the opium poppy, after mowing.
30     (kk) "Practitioner" means a physician licensed to practice
31 medicine in all its branches, a chiropractic or naturopathic
32 physician with limited prescriptive authority, dentist,
33 podiatrist, veterinarian, scientific investigator, pharmacist,
34 physician assistant, advanced practice nurse, licensed
35 practical nurse, registered nurse, hospital, laboratory, or
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1 lawfully permitted by the United States or this State to
2 distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to,
3 administer or use in teaching or chemical analysis, a
4 controlled substance in the course of professional practice or
5 research.
6     (ll) "Pre-printed prescription" means a written
7 prescription upon which the designated drug has been indicated
8 prior to the time of issuance.
9     (mm) "Prescriber" means a physician licensed to practice
10 medicine in all its branches, dentist, podiatrist or
11 veterinarian who issues a prescription, a physician assistant
12 who issues a prescription for a Schedule III, IV, or V
13 controlled substance in accordance with Section 303.05 and the
14 written guidelines required under Section 7.5 of the Physician
15 Assistant Practice Act of 1987, a chiropractic or naturopathic
16 physician with limited prescriptive authority who issues a
17 prescription for a Schedule III, IV, or V controlled substance
18 in accordance with Sections 3.2 and 33.5 of the Medical
19 Practice Act of 1987, or an advanced practice nurse with
20 prescriptive authority in accordance with Section 303.05 and a
21 written collaborative agreement under Sections 15-15 and 15-20
22 of the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act.
23     (nn) "Prescription" means a lawful written, facsimile, or
24 verbal order of a physician licensed to practice medicine in
25 all its branches, a chiropractic or naturopathic physician with
26 limited prescriptive authority, dentist, podiatrist or
27 veterinarian for any controlled substance, of a physician
28 assistant for a Schedule III, IV, or V controlled substance in
29 accordance with Section 303.05 and the written guidelines
30 required under Section 7.5 of the Physician Assistant Practice
31 Act of 1987, or of an advanced practice nurse who issues a
32 prescription for a Schedule III, IV, or V controlled substance
33 in accordance with Section 303.05 and a written collaborative
34 agreement under Sections 15-15 and 15-20 of the Nursing and
35 Advanced Practice Nursing Act.
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1 planting, cultivating, growing, or harvesting of a controlled
2 substance.
3     (pp) "Registrant" means every person who is required to
4 register under Section 302 of this Act.
5     (qq) "Registry number" means the number assigned to each
6 person authorized to handle controlled substances under the
7 laws of the United States and of this State.
8     (rr) "State" includes the State of Illinois and any state,
9 district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession thereof,
10 and any area subject to the legal authority of the United
11 States of America.
12     (ss) "Ultimate user" means a person who lawfully possesses
13 a controlled substance for his own use or for the use of a
14 member of his household or for administering to an animal owned
15 by him or by a member of his household.
16 (Source: P.A. 92-449, eff. 1-1-02; 93-596, eff. 8-26-03;
17 93-626, eff. 12-23-03.)
 
18     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect 6 months
19 after becoming law.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3     225 ILCS 60/2 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-2
4     225 ILCS 60/3 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-3
5     225 ILCS 60/3.1 new
6     225 ILCS 60/3.2 new
7     225 ILCS 60/7 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-7
8     225 ILCS 60/8 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-8
9     225 ILCS 60/9 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-9
10     225 ILCS 60/10 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-10
11     225 ILCS 60/11 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-11
12     225 ILCS 60/14 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-14
13     225 ILCS 60/15 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-15
14     225 ILCS 60/16 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-16
15     225 ILCS 60/17 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-17
16     225 ILCS 60/18 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-18
17     225 ILCS 60/19 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-19
18     225 ILCS 60/20 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-20
19     225 ILCS 60/22 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-22
20     225 ILCS 60/23 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-23
21     225 ILCS 60/24 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-24
22     225 ILCS 60/33.5 new
23     225 ILCS 60/34 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-34
24     225 ILCS 60/51 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-51
25     720 ILCS 570/102 from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1102