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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Telehealth Act is amended by changing
5Section 10 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 150/10)
7    Sec. 10. Practice authority. A health care professional
8treating a patient located in this State through telehealth
9services must be licensed or authorized to practice in
10Illinois. A health care professional with a temporary permit
11for full practice advanced practice registered nurse for
12health care, a temporary permit for advanced practice
13registered nurse for health care, or a temporary permit for
14health care may treat a patient located in this State through
15telehealth services in a manner consistent with the health
16care professional's scope of practice and agreement with a
17sponsoring entity.
18    An out-of-state health care professional may treat a
19patient located in this State through telehealth if the
20patient is a student attending an institution of higher
21education in this State, but is otherwise not a resident of the
22State when not attending the institution of higher education.
23(Source: P.A. 102-104, eff. 7-22-21; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23.)