Full Text of SB2397 101st General Assembly
SB2397sam001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Laura Fine Filed: 3/13/2020
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2397
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2397 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is | 5 | | amended by adding Section 7.1 as follows: | 6 | | (110 ILCS 330/7.1 new) | 7 | | Sec. 7.1. Infection preventionists. | 8 | | (a) For the purposes of this Section, "infection | 9 | | preventionist" means a person designated by the University of | 10 | | Illinois Hospital to identify infectious disease processes, | 11 | | conduct surveillance and epidemiologic investigations, and | 12 | | develop plans to prevent and control the transmission of | 13 | | infectious agents within the University of Illinois Hospital. | 14 | | (b) A person shall not function as an infection | 15 | | preventionist at the University of Illinois Hospital, and the | 16 | | University of Illinois Hospital shall not employ or contract |
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| 1 | | for the services of an infection preventionist, unless the | 2 | | person meets one of the following requirements: | 3 | | (1) The person has successfully passed an exam from a | 4 | | nationally accredited infection prevention and | 5 | | epidemiology accrediting organization and holds and | 6 | | maintains certification in infection prevention and | 7 | | control from a nationally accredited infection prevention | 8 | | and epidemiology certification organization. | 9 | | (2) The person provides evidence that he or she was | 10 | | employed or otherwise contracted to provide services as an | 11 | | infection preventionist in a hospital for a cumulative | 12 | | period of one year within the 4 years immediately preceding | 13 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st | 14 | | General Assembly. Any contractor or employer of an | 15 | | infection preventionist on the effective date of this | 16 | | amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly shall confirm | 17 | | in a writing to each infection preventionist of the | 18 | | infection preventionist's contract or employment in that | 19 | | capacity. | 20 | | (3) The person is a student or intern performing the | 21 | | functions of an infection preventionist, is under the | 22 | | direct supervision of an infection preventionist | 23 | | appropriately certified under paragraph (1) of this | 24 | | subsection, and is functioning within the scope of a | 25 | | student's or intern's training. | 26 | | (c) A person who functions as an infection preventionist as |
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| 1 | | provided in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) shall have 3 years | 2 | | from the date of hire to obtain the infection preventionist | 3 | | credentials outlined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b). | 4 | | (d) The University of Illinois Hospital may employ or | 5 | | contract with a person who does not meet the requirements under | 6 | | subsection (b) as an infection preventionist if: | 7 | | (1) after a diligent and thorough effort has been made, | 8 | | the University of Illinois Hospital is unable to employ or | 9 | | contract with a sufficient number of infection | 10 | | preventionists who meet the requirements under subsection | 11 | | (b); and | 12 | | (2) the University of Illinois Hospital makes a written | 13 | | record of its efforts to employ or contract with a | 14 | | sufficient number of infection preventionists who meet the | 15 | | requirements under subsection (b) and retains those | 16 | | records at the University of Illinois Hospital. | 17 | | The person must meet the requirements under paragraph (1) | 18 | | of subsection (b) within 3 years after the start of employment | 19 | | or contracting as an infection preventionist. | 20 | | (e) If the University of Illinois Hospital employs or | 21 | | contracts with an infection preventionist, the University of | 22 | | Illinois Hospital shall, upon request of another hospital or an | 23 | | infection preventionist employed by, formerly employed by, or | 24 | | contracted to perform as an infection preventionist at the | 25 | | University of Illinois Hospital, verify the dates of employment | 26 | | or contract of the infection preventionist. |
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| 1 | | (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit any person from | 2 | | performing an infection preventionist's tasks or functions if | 3 | | the person is acting within the scope of his or her practice. | 4 | | Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prevent or | 5 | | restrict the practice, provision of services, or activities of | 6 | | any person licensed or registered in this State under any other | 7 | | law from engaging in the profession or occupation for which he | 8 | | or she is licensed or registered. | 9 | | (g) The Department of Public Health may adopt rules to | 10 | | implement and administer this Section. | 11 | | Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding | 12 | | Section 6.23b as follows: | 13 | | (210 ILCS 85/6.23b new) | 14 | | Sec. 6.23b. Infection preventionists. | 15 | | (a) For the purposes of this Section,
"infection | 16 | | preventionist" means a person designated by a hospital to | 17 | | identify infectious disease processes, conduct surveillance | 18 | | and epidemiologic investigations, and develop plans to prevent | 19 | | and control the transmission of infectious agents within the | 20 | | hospital. | 21 | | (b) A person shall not function as an infection | 22 | | preventionist at a hospital, and a hospital shall not employ or | 23 | | otherwise contract for the services of an infection | 24 | | preventionist, unless the person meets one of the following |
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| 1 | | requirements: | 2 | | (1) The person has successfully passed an exam from a | 3 | | nationally accredited infection prevention and | 4 | | epidemiology accrediting organization and holds and | 5 | | maintains certification in infection prevention and | 6 | | control from a nationally accredited infection prevention | 7 | | and epidemiology certification organization. | 8 | | (2) The person provides evidence that he or she was | 9 | | employed or otherwise contracted to provide services as an | 10 | | infection preventionist in a hospital for a cumulative | 11 | | period of one year within the 4 years immediately preceding | 12 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st | 13 | | General Assembly. Any contractor or employer of an | 14 | | infection preventionist on the effective date of this | 15 | | amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly shall confirm | 16 | | in a writing to each infection preventionist of the | 17 | | infection preventionist's contract or employment in that | 18 | | capacity. | 19 | | (3) The person is a student or intern performing the | 20 | | functions of an infection preventionist, is under the | 21 | | direct supervision of an infection preventionist | 22 | | appropriately certified under paragraph (1) of this | 23 | | subsection, and is functioning within the scope of a | 24 | | student's or intern's training. | 25 | | (c) A person who functions as an infection preventionist as | 26 | | provided in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) shall have 3 years |
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| 1 | | from the date of hire to obtain the infection preventionist | 2 | | credentials outlined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b). | 3 | | (d) A hospital may employ or contract with a person who | 4 | | does not meet the requirements under subsection (b) as an | 5 | | infection preventionist if: | 6 | | (1) after a diligent and thorough effort has been made, | 7 | | the hospital is unable to employ or contract with a | 8 | | sufficient number of infection preventionists who meet the | 9 | | requirements under subsection (b); and | 10 | | (2) the hospital makes a written record of its efforts | 11 | | to employ or contract with a sufficient number of infection | 12 | | preventionists who meet the requirements under subsection | 13 | | (b) and retains those records at the hospital. | 14 | | The person must meet the requirements under paragraph (1) | 15 | | of subsection (b) within 3 years after the start of employment | 16 | | or contracting as an infection preventionist. | 17 | | (e) If a hospital employs or contracts with an infection | 18 | | preventionist, the hospital shall, upon request of another | 19 | | hospital or an infection preventionist employed by, formerly | 20 | | employed by, or contracted to perform as an infection | 21 | | preventionist at the hospital, verify the dates of employment | 22 | | or contract of the infection preventionist. | 23 | | (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit any person from | 24 | | performing an infection preventionist's tasks or functions if | 25 | | the person is acting within the scope of his or her practice. | 26 | | Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prevent or |
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| 1 | | restrict the practice, provision of services, or activities of | 2 | | any person licensed or registered in this State by any other | 3 | | law from engaging in the profession or occupation for which he | 4 | | or she is licensed or registered. | 5 | | (g) The Department of Public Health may adopt rules to | 6 | | implement and administer this Section. ".
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