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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government. | ||||||
| 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 Section 15.5 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (225 ILCS 60/15.5) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 15.5. International medical graduate physicians; | ||||||
| 8 | licensure. After January 1, 2025, an international medical | ||||||
| 9 | graduate physician may apply to the Department for a limited | ||||||
| 10 | license. The Department shall: adopt rules | ||||||
| 11 | (1) establish establishing qualifications and | ||||||
| 12 | application fees for the limited licensure of | ||||||
| 13 | international medical graduate physicians; and may adopt | ||||||
| 14 | other rules as may be necessary for the implementation of | ||||||
| 15 | this Section. | ||||||
| 16 | (2) The Department shall adopt rules that provide a | ||||||
| 17 | pathway to full licensure for limited license holders | ||||||
| 18 | after the licensee successfully completes a supervision | ||||||
| 19 | period and satisfies other qualifications as established | ||||||
| 20 | by the Department; . | ||||||
| 21 | (3) after January 1, 2026, establish, in collaboration | ||||||
| 22 | with the Department of Public Health and the Governor's | ||||||
| 23 | Office of New Americans, a clinical readiness program to | ||||||
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| 1 | provide direct services to international medical graduate | ||||||
| 2 | physicians seeking to reestablish their medical careers | ||||||
| 3 | and obtain residency in this State. The establishment and | ||||||
| 4 | administration of the clinical readiness program for | ||||||
| 5 | international medical graduate physicians shall be subject | ||||||
| 6 | to appropriation. The clinical readiness program shall be | ||||||
| 7 | implemented pursuant to a New American Plan developed by | ||||||
| 8 | the Department in accordance with the Governor's Office of | ||||||
| 9 | New Americans Act and administered by the licensing | ||||||
| 10 | liaison for international applicants under Section | ||||||
| 11 | 2105-405 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law | ||||||
| 12 | of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. The | ||||||
| 13 | Department may, in its discretion, contract with a vendor | ||||||
| 14 | or with another State agency, through an intergovernmental | ||||||
| 15 | agreement, to assist in the implementation and | ||||||
| 16 | administration of this program; and | ||||||
| 17 | (4) adopt rules as may be necessary for the | ||||||
| 18 | implementation, administration, and enforcement of this | ||||||
| 19 | Section. | ||||||
| 20 | (Source: P.A. 103-102, eff. 6-16-23.) | ||||||