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1    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:



 
4    Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law of 
5the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended  by adding 
6Section 2105-20 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2105/2105-20 new)
8    Sec. 2105-20. Criminal history records checks. Licensees 
9or applicants applying for expedited licensure through an 
10interstate compact enacted into law by the General Assembly, 
11including, but not limited to, the Interstate Medical Licensure 
12Compact Act, who have designated Illinois as the principal 
13state of licensure for the purposes of the compact shall have 
14his or her fingerprints submitted to the Department of State 
15Police in an electronic format that complies with the form and 
16manner for requesting and furnishing criminal history record 
17information as prescribed by the Department of State Police. 
18These fingerprints shall be checked against the Department of 
19State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal 
20history record databases now and hereafter filed. The 
21Department of State Police shall charge applicants or licensees 
22a fee for conducting the criminal history records check, which 
23shall be deposited into the State Police Services Fund and 
 
 
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1shall not exceed the actual cost of the records check. The 
2Department of State Police shall furnish, pursuant to positive 
3identification, records of Illinois convictions to the 
4Department. The Department may require applicants or licensees 
5to pay a separate fingerprinting fee, either to the Department 
6or to a vendor designated or approved by the Department. The 
7Department, in its discretion, may allow an applicant or 
8licensee who does not have reasonable access to a designated 
9vendor to provide his or her fingerprints in an alternative 
10manner. The Department may adopt any rules necessary to 
11implement this Section.  Communication between the Department 
12and an interstate compact governing body, including, but not 
13limited to, the Interstate Commission as defined in Section 180 
14of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Act, may not 
15include information received from the Federal Bureau of 
16Investigation relating to a State and federal criminal history 
17records check.
 

18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
19becoming law.