Full Text of HB2338 101st General Assembly
HB2338 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB2338 Introduced , by Rep. Robyn Gabel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides for the licensure of naturopathic physicians. Makes conforming changes in various other Acts. Effective immediately.
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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 1. Findings. The General Assembly finds that: | 5 | | (1) naturopathic medicine is not currently regulated | 6 | | in Illinois, and needs to be on the principles of freedom | 7 | | of choice in healthcare and consumer protection; | 8 | | (2) naturopathic physicians are trained alongside and | 9 | | at the same standard as chiropractic physicians in | 10 | | Illinois; | 11 | | (3) naturopathic medicine has a federally recognized | 12 | | accreditation agency, the Council on Naturopathic Medical | 13 | | Education, which makes identification of properly | 14 | | credentialed individuals simple and straightforward; | 15 | | (4) naturopathic medicine has a common licensing | 16 | | examination used across North America, the Naturopathic | 17 | | Physicians Licensing Examinations (NPLEX); and | 18 | | (5) citizens of Illinois are obtaining the credentials | 19 | | for naturopathic physicians but do not currently have a | 20 | | legislative framework that allows them to practice in the | 21 | | State. | 22 | | Section 5. The Geriatric Medicine Assistance Act is amended | 23 | | by changing Section 2 as follows:
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| 1 | | (20 ILCS 3945/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 2002)
| 2 | | Sec. 2. There is created the Geriatric Medicine Assistance | 3 | | Commission. The Commission shall receive and approve | 4 | | applications for grants from schools,
recognized by the | 5 | | Department of Professional Regulation as being authorized
to | 6 | | confer doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathy, doctor of | 7 | | chiropractic , doctor of naturopathic medicine,
or registered | 8 | | professional nursing degrees in the State, to help finance
the | 9 | | establishment of geriatric medicine programs within such | 10 | | schools. In
determining eligibility for grants, the Commission | 11 | | shall give preference to
those programs which exhibit the | 12 | | greatest potential for directly benefiting
the largest number | 13 | | of elderly citizens in the State. The Commission may not
| 14 | | approve the application of any institution which is unable to | 15 | | demonstrate
its current financial stability and reasonable | 16 | | prospects for future
stability. No institution which fails to | 17 | | possess and maintain an open
policy with respect to race, | 18 | | creed, color and sex as to admission of
students, appointment | 19 | | of faculty and employment of staff shall be eligible
for grants | 20 | | under this Act. The Commission shall establish such rules and
| 21 | | standards as it deems necessary for the implementation of this | 22 | | Act.
| 23 | | The Commission shall be composed of 8 members selected as | 24 | | follows: 2
physicians licensed to practice under the Medical | 25 | | Practice Act of 1987
and specializing in geriatric medicine; a |
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| 1 | | registered professional nurse
licensed under the Nurse | 2 | | Practice Act and specializing in
geriatric health care; 2 | 3 | | representatives of organizations
interested in geriatric
| 4 | | medicine or the care of the elderly; and 3 individuals 60 or | 5 | | older who are
interested in geriatric health care or the care | 6 | | of the
elderly. The members of
the Commission shall be selected | 7 | | by the Governor from a list
of recommendations submitted to him | 8 | | by organizations concerned with geriatric
medicine or the care | 9 | | of the elderly.
| 10 | | The terms of the members of the Commission shall be 4 | 11 | | years, except that
of the members initially appointed, 2 shall | 12 | | be designated to serve until
January 1, 1986, 3 until January | 13 | | 1, 1988, and 2 until January 1, 1990.
Members of the Commission | 14 | | shall receive no compensation, but shall be
reimbursed for | 15 | | actual expenses incurred in carrying out their duties.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 95-639, eff. 10-5-07.)
| 17 | | Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 18 | | 24-6 and 26-1 as follows:
| 19 | | (105 ILCS 5/24-6)
| 20 | | Sec. 24-6. Sick leave. The school boards of all school | 21 | | districts, including special charter
districts, but not | 22 | | including school districts in municipalities of 500,000
or | 23 | | more, shall grant their full-time teachers, and also shall | 24 | | grant
such of their other employees as are eligible to |
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| 1 | | participate in the
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund under the | 2 | | "600-Hour Standard"
established, or under such other | 3 | | eligibility participation standard as may
from time to time be | 4 | | established, by rules and regulations now or hereafter
| 5 | | promulgated by the Board of that Fund under Section 7-198 of | 6 | | the Illinois
Pension Code, as now or hereafter amended, sick | 7 | | leave
provisions not less in amount than 10 days at full pay in | 8 | | each school year.
If any such teacher or employee does not use | 9 | | the full amount of annual leave
thus allowed, the unused amount | 10 | | shall be allowed to accumulate to a minimum
available leave of | 11 | | 180 days at full pay, including the leave of the current
year. | 12 | | Sick leave shall be interpreted to mean personal illness, | 13 | | quarantine
at home, serious illness or death in the immediate | 14 | | family or household, or
birth, adoption, or placement for | 15 | | adoption.
The school board may require a certificate from a | 16 | | physician licensed in Illinois to practice medicine and surgery | 17 | | in all its branches, a chiropractic physician or naturopathic | 18 | | physician licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, a | 19 | | licensed advanced practice registered nurse, a licensed | 20 | | physician assistant, or, if the treatment
is by prayer or | 21 | | spiritual means, a spiritual adviser or
practitioner of the | 22 | | teacher's or employee's faith as a basis for pay during leave | 23 | | after
an absence of 3 days for personal illness or 30 days for | 24 | | birth or as the school board may deem necessary in
other cases. | 25 | | If the school board does require a
certificate
as a basis for | 26 | | pay during leave of
less than 3 days for personal illness, the |
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| 1 | | school board shall pay, from school funds, the
expenses | 2 | | incurred by the teachers or other employees in obtaining the | 3 | | certificate. For paid leave for adoption or placement for | 4 | | adoption, the school board may require that the teacher or | 5 | | other employee provide evidence that the formal adoption | 6 | | process is underway, and such leave is limited to 30 days | 7 | | unless a longer leave has been negotiated with the exclusive | 8 | | bargaining representative.
| 9 | | If, by reason of any change in the boundaries of school | 10 | | districts, or by
reason of the creation of a new school | 11 | | district, the employment of a
teacher is transferred to a new | 12 | | or different board, the accumulated sick
leave of such teacher | 13 | | is not thereby lost, but is transferred to such new
or | 14 | | different district.
| 15 | | For purposes of this Section, "immediate family" shall | 16 | | include parents,
spouse, brothers, sisters, children, | 17 | | grandparents, grandchildren,
parents-in-law, brothers-in-law, | 18 | | sisters-in-law, and legal guardians.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 99-173, eff. 7-29-15; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18 .)
| 20 | | (105 ILCS 5/26-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-1)
| 21 | | Sec. 26-1. Compulsory school age; exemptions. Whoever has | 22 | | custody or control of any child (i) between the ages of 7 and | 23 | | 17
years (unless the child has already graduated from high | 24 | | school) for school years before the 2014-2015 school year or | 25 | | (ii) between the ages
of 6 (on or before September 1) and 17 |
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| 1 | | years (unless the child has already graduated from high school) | 2 | | beginning with the 2014-2015 school year
shall cause such child | 3 | | to attend some public school in the district
wherein the child | 4 | | resides the entire time it is in session during the
regular | 5 | | school term, except as provided in Section 10-19.1, and during | 6 | | a
required summer school program established under Section | 7 | | 10-22.33B; provided,
that
the following children shall not be | 8 | | required to attend the public schools:
| 9 | | 1. Any child attending a private or a parochial school | 10 | | where children
are taught the branches of education taught | 11 | | to children of corresponding
age and grade in the public | 12 | | schools, and where the instruction of the child
in the | 13 | | branches of education is in the English language;
| 14 | | 2. Any child who is physically or mentally unable to | 15 | | attend school, such
disability being certified to the | 16 | | county or district truant officer by a
competent physician | 17 | | licensed in Illinois to practice medicine and surgery in | 18 | | all its branches, a chiropractic physician or naturopathic | 19 | | physician licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, | 20 | | a licensed advanced practice registered nurse, a licensed | 21 | | physician assistant, or a Christian Science practitioner | 22 | | residing in this
State and listed in the Christian Science | 23 | | Journal; or who is excused for
temporary absence for cause | 24 | | by
the principal or teacher of the school which the child | 25 | | attends; the exemptions
in this paragraph (2) do not apply | 26 | | to any female who is pregnant or the
mother of one or more |
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| 1 | | children, except where a female is unable to attend
school | 2 | | due to a complication arising from her pregnancy and the | 3 | | existence
of such complication is certified to the county | 4 | | or district truant officer
by a competent physician;
| 5 | | 3. Any child necessarily and lawfully employed | 6 | | according to the
provisions of the law regulating child | 7 | | labor may be excused from attendance
at school by the | 8 | | county superintendent of schools or the superintendent of
| 9 | | the public school which the child should be attending, on | 10 | | certification of
the facts by and the recommendation of the | 11 | | school board of the public
school district in which the | 12 | | child resides. In districts having part-time
continuation | 13 | | schools, children so excused shall attend such schools at
| 14 | | least 8 hours each week;
| 15 | | 4. Any child over 12 and under 14 years of age while in | 16 | | attendance at
confirmation classes;
| 17 | | 5. Any child absent from a public school on a | 18 | | particular day or days
or at a particular time of day for | 19 | | the reason that he is unable to attend
classes or to | 20 | | participate in any examination, study or work requirements | 21 | | on
a particular day or days or at a particular time of day, | 22 | | because the tenets
of his religion forbid secular activity | 23 | | on a particular day or days or at a
particular time of day. | 24 | | Each school board shall prescribe rules and
regulations | 25 | | relative to absences for religious holidays including, but | 26 | | not
limited to, a list of religious holidays on which it |
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| 1 | | shall be mandatory to
excuse a child; but nothing in this | 2 | | paragraph 5 shall be construed to limit
the right of any | 3 | | school board, at its discretion, to excuse an absence on
| 4 | | any other day by reason of the observance of a religious | 5 | | holiday. A school
board may require the parent or guardian | 6 | | of a child who is to be excused
from attending school due | 7 | | to the observance of a religious holiday to give
notice, | 8 | | not exceeding 5 days, of the child's absence to the school
| 9 | | principal or other school personnel. Any child excused from | 10 | | attending
school under this paragraph 5 shall not be | 11 | | required to submit a written
excuse for such absence after | 12 | | returning to school; | 13 | | 6. Any child 16 years of age or older who (i) submits | 14 | | to a school district evidence of necessary and lawful | 15 | | employment pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Section and (ii) | 16 | | is enrolled in a graduation incentives program pursuant to | 17 | | Section 26-16 of this Code or an alternative learning | 18 | | opportunities program established pursuant to Article 13B | 19 | | of this Code;
| 20 | | 7. A child in any of grades 6 through 12 absent from a | 21 | | public school on a particular day or days or at a | 22 | | particular time of day for the purpose of sounding "Taps" | 23 | | at a military honors funeral held in this State for a | 24 | | deceased veteran. In order to be excused under this | 25 | | paragraph 7, the student shall notify the school's | 26 | | administration at least 2 days prior to the date of the |
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| 1 | | absence and shall provide the school's administration with | 2 | | the date, time, and location of the military
honors | 3 | | funeral. The school's administration may waive this 2-day | 4 | | notification requirement if the student did not receive at | 5 | | least 2 days advance notice, but the student shall notify | 6 | | the school's administration as soon as possible of the | 7 | | absence. A student whose absence is excused under this | 8 | | paragraph 7 shall be counted as if the student attended | 9 | | school for purposes of calculating the average daily | 10 | | attendance of students in the school district. A student | 11 | | whose absence is excused under this paragraph 7 must be | 12 | | allowed a reasonable time to make up school work missed | 13 | | during the absence. If the student satisfactorily | 14 | | completes the school work, the day of absence shall be | 15 | | counted as a day of compulsory attendance and he or she may | 16 | | not be penalized for that absence; and | 17 | | 8. Any child absent from a public school on a | 18 | | particular day or days or at a particular time of day for | 19 | | the reason that his or her parent or legal guardian is an | 20 | | active duty member of the uniformed services and has been | 21 | | called to duty for, is on leave from, or has immediately | 22 | | returned from deployment to a combat zone or combat-support | 23 | | postings. Such a student shall be granted 5 days of excused | 24 | | absences in any school year and, at the discretion of the | 25 | | school board, additional excused absences to visit the | 26 | | student's parent or legal guardian relative to such leave |
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| 1 | | or deployment of the parent or legal guardian. In the case | 2 | | of excused absences pursuant to this paragraph 8, the | 3 | | student and parent or legal guardian shall be responsible | 4 | | for obtaining assignments from the student's teacher prior | 5 | | to any period of excused absence and for ensuring that such | 6 | | assignments are completed by the student prior to his or | 7 | | her return to school from such period of excused absence. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 99-173, eff. 7-29-15; 99-804, eff. 1-1-17; | 9 | | 100-185, eff. 8-18-17; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18; 100-863, eff. | 10 | | 8-14-18.)
| 11 | | Section 15. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by | 12 | | changing Section 122-1 as follows:
| 13 | | (215 ILCS 5/122-1) (from Ch. 73, par. 734-1)
| 14 | | Sec. 122-1. The authority and jurisdiction of Insurance | 15 | | Department.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and | 16 | | except as provided herein,
any person or other entity which | 17 | | provides coverage in this State for medical,
surgical, | 18 | | chiropractic, naturopathic, naprapathic, physical therapy, | 19 | | speech pathology,
audiology, professional mental health, | 20 | | dental, hospital, ophthalmologic, or
optometric expenses, | 21 | | whether such coverage is by direct-payment, reimbursement,
or | 22 | | otherwise, shall be presumed to be subject to the jurisdiction | 23 | | of the
Department unless the person or other entity shows that | 24 | | while providing such
coverage it is subject to the jurisdiction |
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| 1 | | of another agency of this State,
any subdivision of this State, | 2 | | or the federal government, or is a plan of
self-insurance or | 3 | | other employee welfare benefit program of an individual
| 4 | | employer or labor union established or maintained under or | 5 | | pursuant to a
collective bargaining agreement or other | 6 | | arrangement which provides for
health care services solely for | 7 | | its employees or members and their dependents.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 90-7, eff. 6-10-97.)
| 9 | | Section 20. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended by | 10 | | changing Sections 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, | 11 | | 22, 24, 33, and 34 as follows:
| 12 | | (225 ILCS 60/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-2)
| 13 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
| 14 | | Sec. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this Act, the
| 15 | | following definitions shall have the following meanings,
| 16 | | except where the context requires otherwise:
| 17 | | "Act" means the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
| 18 | | "Address of record" means the designated address recorded | 19 | | by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application | 20 | | file or license file as maintained by the Department's | 21 | | licensure maintenance unit. | 22 | | "Approved naturopathic medical program" means a | 23 | | naturopathic medical education program accredited or granted | 24 | | candidacy status by the United States Council on Naturopathic |
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| 1 | | Medical Education, or an equivalent federally recognized | 2 | | accrediting body for the naturopathic medical profession | 3 | | recognized by the Board, that offers graduate-level, | 4 | | full-time, didactic, and supervised clinical training of at | 5 | | least 4,200 hours in length leading to the degree of Doctor of | 6 | | Naturopathy or Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine and is part of | 7 | | an institution of higher education that is either accredited or | 8 | | is a candidate for accreditation by a regional institutional | 9 | | accrediting agency recognized by the United States Secretary of | 10 | | Education or eligible for student loans in Canada. | 11 | | "Chiropractic physician" means a person licensed to treat | 12 | | human ailments without the use of drugs and without operative | 13 | | surgery. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a | 14 | | chiropractic physician from providing advice regarding the use | 15 | | of non-prescription products or from administering atmospheric | 16 | | oxygen. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize a | 17 | | chiropractic physician to prescribe drugs. | 18 | | "Department" means the Department of Financial and | 19 | | Professional Regulation.
| 20 | | "Disciplinary action" means revocation,
suspension, | 21 | | probation, supervision, practice modification,
reprimand, | 22 | | required education, fines or any other action
taken by the | 23 | | Department against a person holding a license.
| 24 | | "Disciplinary Board" means the Medical Disciplinary
Board.
| 25 | | "Email address of record" means the designated email | 26 | | address recorded by the Department in the applicant's |
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| 1 | | application file or the licensee's license file, as maintained | 2 | | by the Department's licensure maintenance unit. | 3 | | "Final determination" means the governing body's
final | 4 | | action taken under the procedure followed by a health
care | 5 | | institution, or professional association or society,
against | 6 | | any person licensed under the Act in accordance with
the bylaws | 7 | | or rules and regulations of such health care
institution, or | 8 | | professional association or society.
| 9 | | "Fund" means the Illinois State Medical Disciplinary Fund.
| 10 | | "Impaired" means the inability to practice
medicine with | 11 | | reasonable skill and safety due to physical or
mental | 12 | | disabilities as evidenced by a written determination
or written | 13 | | consent based on clinical evidence including
deterioration | 14 | | through the aging process or loss of motor
skill, or abuse of | 15 | | drugs or alcohol, of sufficient degree to
diminish a person's | 16 | | ability to deliver competent patient
care.
| 17 | | "Licensing Board" means the Medical Licensing Board.
| 18 | | "Naturopathic physician" means a practitioner of | 19 | | naturopathic medicine who has been properly licensed for that | 20 | | purpose by the Department under this Act. "Naturopathic | 21 | | physician" includes all titles and designations associated | 22 | | with the practice of naturopathic medicine, including, "doctor | 23 | | of naturopathic medicine", "doctor of naturopathy", | 24 | | "naturopathic doctor", "naturopath", "naturopathic medical | 25 | | doctor", "N.D.", "ND", "N.M.D.", and "NMD". | 26 | | "Physician" means a person licensed under the
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| 1 | | Practice Act to practice medicine in all of its
branches , a | 2 | | naturopathic physician, or a chiropractic physician.
| 3 | | "Professional association" means an association or
society | 4 | | of persons licensed under this Act, and operating
within the | 5 | | State of Illinois, including but not limited to,
medical | 6 | | societies, osteopathic organizations, naturopathic | 7 | | organizations, and
chiropractic organizations, but this term | 8 | | shall not be
deemed to include hospital medical staffs.
| 9 | | "Program of care, counseling, or treatment" means
a written | 10 | | schedule of organized treatment, care, counseling,
activities, | 11 | | or education, satisfactory to the Disciplinary
Board, designed | 12 | | for the purpose of restoring an impaired
person to a condition | 13 | | whereby the impaired person can
practice medicine with | 14 | | reasonable skill and safety of a
sufficient degree to deliver | 15 | | competent patient care.
| 16 | | "Reinstate" means to change the status of a license from | 17 | | inactive or nonrenewed status to active status. | 18 | | "Restore" means to remove an encumbrance from a license due | 19 | | to probation, suspension, or revocation. | 20 | | "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of | 21 | | Financial and Professional Regulation. | 22 | | (Source: P.A. 99-933, eff. 1-27-17; 100-429, eff. 8-25-17.)
| 23 | | (225 ILCS 60/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-7)
| 24 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
| 25 | | Sec. 7. Medical Disciplinary Board.
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| 1 | | (A) There is hereby created the Illinois
State Medical | 2 | | Disciplinary Board. The Disciplinary Board shall
consist of 12 | 3 | | 11 members, to be appointed by the Governor by and
with the | 4 | | advice and consent of the Senate. All members shall be
| 5 | | residents of the State, not more than 7 6 of whom shall be
| 6 | | members of the same political party. All members shall be | 7 | | voting members. Five members shall be
physicians licensed to | 8 | | practice medicine in all of its
branches in Illinois possessing | 9 | | the degree of doctor of
medicine. One member shall be a | 10 | | physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in | 11 | | Illinois possessing the degree of doctor of osteopathy or | 12 | | osteopathic medicine. One member shall be a chiropractic | 13 | | physician licensed to practice in Illinois and possessing the | 14 | | degree of doctor of chiropractic. One member shall be a | 15 | | naturopathic physician licensed to practice in Illinois and | 16 | | possessing the degree of naturopathic medicine. Four members | 17 | | shall be members of the public, who shall not
be engaged in any | 18 | | way, directly or indirectly, as providers
of health care.
| 19 | | (B) Members of the Disciplinary Board shall be appointed
| 20 | | for terms of 4 years. Upon the expiration of the term of
any | 21 | | member, their successor shall be appointed for a term of
4 | 22 | | years by the Governor by and with the advice and
consent of the | 23 | | Senate. The Governor shall fill any vacancy
for the remainder | 24 | | of the unexpired term with the
advice and consent of the | 25 | | Senate. Upon recommendation of
the Board, any member of the | 26 | | 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) Six voting members of the Disciplinary Board, at least | 22 | | 4 of whom are physicians,
shall constitute a quorum. A vacancy | 23 | | in the membership of
the Disciplinary Board shall not impair | 24 | | the right of a
quorum to exercise all the rights and perform | 25 | | all the duties
of the Disciplinary Board. Any action taken by | 26 | | the
Disciplinary Board under this Act may be authorized by
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| 1 | | resolution at any regular or special meeting and each such
| 2 | | resolution shall take effect immediately. The Disciplinary
| 3 | | Board shall meet at least quarterly.
| 4 | | (F) Each member, and member-officer, of the
Disciplinary | 5 | | Board shall receive a per diem stipend
as the
Secretary shall | 6 | | determine. Each member shall be paid their necessary
expenses | 7 | | while engaged in the performance of their duties.
| 8 | | (G) The Secretary shall select a Chief Medical
Coordinator | 9 | | and not less than 2 Deputy Medical Coordinators
who shall not
| 10 | | be members of the Disciplinary Board. Each medical
coordinator | 11 | | shall be a physician licensed to practice
medicine in all of | 12 | | its branches, and the Secretary shall set
their rates of | 13 | | compensation. The Secretary shall assign at least
one
medical
| 14 | | coordinator to
a region composed of Cook County and
such other | 15 | | counties as the Secretary may deem appropriate,
and such | 16 | | medical coordinator or coordinators shall locate their office | 17 | | in
Chicago. The Secretary shall assign at least one medical
| 18 | | coordinator to a region composed of the balance of counties
in | 19 | | the State, and such medical coordinator or coordinators shall | 20 | | locate
their office in Springfield. The Chief Medical | 21 | | Coordinator shall be the chief enforcement officer of this Act. | 22 | | None of the functions, powers, or duties of the Department with | 23 | | respect to policies regarding enforcement or discipline under | 24 | | this Act, including the adoption of such rules as may be | 25 | | necessary for the administration of this Act, shall be | 26 | | exercised by the Department except upon review of the |
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| 1 | | Disciplinary Board.
| 2 | | The Secretary shall employ, in conformity with the
| 3 | | Personnel Code, investigators who are college graduates with at | 4 | | least 2
years of investigative experience or one year of | 5 | | advanced medical
education. Upon the written request of the | 6 | | Disciplinary
Board, the Secretary shall employ, in conformity | 7 | | with the
Personnel Code, such other professional, technical,
| 8 | | investigative, and clerical help, either on a full or
part-time | 9 | | basis as the Disciplinary Board deems necessary
for the proper | 10 | | performance of its duties.
| 11 | | (H) Upon the specific request of the Disciplinary
Board, | 12 | | signed by either the chairperson, vice chairperson, or a
| 13 | | medical coordinator of the Disciplinary Board, the
Department | 14 | | of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family | 15 | | Services, the
Department of State Police, or any other law | 16 | | enforcement agency located in this State shall make available | 17 | | any and all
information that they have in their possession | 18 | | regarding a
particular case then under investigation by the | 19 | | Disciplinary
Board.
| 20 | | (I) Members of the Disciplinary Board shall be immune
from | 21 | | suit in any action based upon any disciplinary
proceedings or | 22 | | other acts performed in good faith as members
of the | 23 | | Disciplinary Board.
| 24 | | (J) The Disciplinary Board may compile and establish a
| 25 | | statewide roster of physicians and other medical
| 26 | | professionals, including the several medical specialties, of
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| 1 | | such physicians and medical professionals, who have agreed
to | 2 | | serve from time to time as advisors to the medical
| 3 | | coordinators. Such advisors shall assist the medical
| 4 | | coordinators or the Disciplinary Board in their investigations | 5 | | and participation in
complaints against physicians. Such | 6 | | advisors shall serve
under contract and shall be reimbursed at | 7 | | a reasonable rate for the services
provided, plus reasonable | 8 | | expenses incurred.
While serving in this capacity, the advisor, | 9 | | for any act
undertaken in good faith and in the conduct of his | 10 | | or her duties
under this Section, shall be immune from civil | 11 | | suit.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11; 98-1140, eff. 12-30-14 .)
| 13 | | (225 ILCS 60/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-8)
| 14 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
| 15 | | Sec. 8. Medical Licensing Board.
| 16 | | (A) There is hereby created a Medical
Licensing Board. The | 17 | | Licensing Board shall be composed
of 8 7 members, to be | 18 | | appointed by the Governor by and with
the advice and consent of | 19 | | the Senate; 5 of whom shall be
reputable physicians licensed to | 20 | | practice medicine in all of
its branches in Illinois, | 21 | | possessing the degree of doctor of
medicine; one member shall | 22 | | be a reputable physician licensed
in Illinois to practice | 23 | | medicine in all of its branches,
possessing the degree of | 24 | | doctor of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine; one member shall | 25 | | be a reputable naturopathic physician licensed to practice in |
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| 1 | | Illinois and possessing the degree of doctor of naturopathic | 2 | | medicine; and
one
member shall be a reputable chiropractic | 3 | | physician licensed to practice
in Illinois and possessing the | 4 | | degree of doctor of
chiropractic. Of the 5 members holding the | 5 | | degree of doctor
of medicine, one shall be a full-time or | 6 | | part-time teacher
of professorial rank in the clinical | 7 | | department of an
Illinois school of medicine.
| 8 | | (B) Members of the
Licensing Board shall be appointed for | 9 | | terms of 4 years, and until their successors are appointed and
| 10 | | qualified. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made in
the | 11 | | same manner as original appointments, for the unexpired
portion | 12 | | of the vacated term. No more than 4 members of
the Licensing | 13 | | Board shall be members of the same political
party and all | 14 | | members shall be residents of this State. No
member of the | 15 | | Licensing Board may be appointed to more than
2 successive 4 | 16 | | year terms.
| 17 | | (C) Members of the Licensing Board shall be immune
from | 18 | | suit in any action based upon any licensing proceedings
or | 19 | | other acts performed in good faith as members of the
Licensing | 20 | | Board.
| 21 | | (D) (Blank).
| 22 | | (E) The Licensing Board shall annually elect one of
its | 23 | | members as chairperson and one as vice chairperson. No member
| 24 | | shall be elected more than twice in succession to the same
| 25 | | office. Each officer shall serve until his or her successor has
| 26 | | been elected and qualified.
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| 1 | | (F) None of the functions, powers or duties of the
| 2 | | Department with respect to policies regarding licensure and | 3 | | examination
under
this Act, including the promulgation of such | 4 | | rules as may be
necessary for the administration of this Act, | 5 | | shall be
exercised by the Department except upon review of the
| 6 | | Licensing Board.
| 7 | | (G) The Licensing Board shall receive the same
compensation | 8 | | as the members of the
Disciplinary Board, which compensation | 9 | | shall be paid out of
the Illinois State Medical Disciplinary | 10 | | Fund.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11 .)
| 12 | | (225 ILCS 60/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-9)
| 13 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
| 14 | | Sec. 9. Application for license. Each applicant for a | 15 | | license shall:
| 16 | | (A) Make application on blank forms prepared and
| 17 | | furnished by the Department.
| 18 | | (B) Submit evidence satisfactory to the Department
| 19 | | that the applicant:
| 20 | | (1) is of good moral character. In determining | 21 | | moral
character under this Section, the Department may | 22 | | take into
consideration whether the applicant has | 23 | | engaged in conduct
or activities which would | 24 | | constitute grounds for discipline
under this Act. The | 25 | | Department may also request the
applicant to submit, |
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| 1 | | and may consider as evidence of moral
character, | 2 | | endorsements from 2 or 3 individuals licensed
under | 3 | | this Act;
| 4 | | (2) has the preliminary and professional education
| 5 | | required by this Act;
| 6 | | (3) (blank); and
| 7 | | (4) is physically, mentally, and professionally | 8 | | capable
of practicing medicine with reasonable | 9 | | judgment, skill, and
safety. In determining physical | 10 | | and mental
capacity under this Section, the Licensing | 11 | | Board
may, upon a showing of a possible incapacity or | 12 | | conduct or activities that would constitute grounds | 13 | | for discipline under this Act, compel any
applicant to | 14 | | submit to a mental or physical examination and | 15 | | evaluation, or
both, as provided for in Section 22 of | 16 | | this Act. The Licensing Board may condition or restrict | 17 | | any
license, subject to the same terms and conditions | 18 | | as are
provided for the Disciplinary Board under | 19 | | Section 22
of this Act. Any such condition of a | 20 | | restricted license
shall provide that the Chief | 21 | | Medical Coordinator or Deputy
Medical Coordinator | 22 | | shall have the authority to review the
subject | 23 | | physician's compliance with such conditions or
| 24 | | restrictions, including, where appropriate, the | 25 | | physician's
record of treatment and counseling | 26 | | regarding the impairment,
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| 1 | | applicable federal statutes and
regulations | 2 | | safeguarding the confidentiality of medical
records of | 3 | | patients.
| 4 | | In determining professional capacity under this
| 5 | | Section, an individual may be required to
complete such | 6 | | additional testing, training, or remedial
education as the | 7 | | Licensing Board may deem necessary in order
to establish | 8 | | the applicant's present capacity to practice
medicine with | 9 | | reasonable judgment, skill, and safety. The Licensing | 10 | | Board may consider the following criteria, as they relate | 11 | | to an applicant, as part of its determination of | 12 | | professional capacity:
| 13 | | (1) Medical research in an established research | 14 | | facility, hospital, college or university, or private | 15 | | corporation. | 16 | | (2) Specialized training or education. | 17 | | (3) Publication of original work in learned, | 18 | | medical, or scientific journals. | 19 | | (4) Participation in federal, State, local, or | 20 | | international public health programs or organizations. | 21 | | (5) Professional service in a federal veterans or | 22 | | military institution. | 23 | | (6) Any other professional activities deemed to | 24 | | maintain and enhance the clinical capabilities of the | 25 | | applicant. | 26 | | Any applicant applying for a license to practice |
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| 1 | | medicine in all of its branches , for a license as a | 2 | | naturopathic physician, or for a license as a chiropractic | 3 | | physician who has not been engaged in the active practice | 4 | | of medicine or has not been enrolled in a medical program | 5 | | for 2 years prior to application must submit proof of | 6 | | professional capacity to the Licensing Board. | 7 | | Any applicant applying for a temporary license that has | 8 | | not been engaged in the active practice of medicine or has | 9 | | not been enrolled in a medical program for longer than 5 | 10 | | years prior to application must submit proof of | 11 | | professional capacity to the Licensing Board. | 12 | | (C) Designate specifically the name, location, and
| 13 | | kind of professional school, college, or institution of
| 14 | | which the applicant is a graduate and the category under
| 15 | | which the applicant seeks, and will undertake, to practice.
| 16 | | (D) Pay to the Department at the time of application
| 17 | | the required fees.
| 18 | | (E) Pursuant to Department rules, as required, pass an
| 19 | | examination authorized by the Department to determine
the | 20 | | applicant's fitness to receive a license.
| 21 | | (F) Complete the application process within 3 years | 22 | | from the date of
application. If the process has not been | 23 | | completed within 3 years, the
application shall expire, | 24 | | application fees shall be forfeited, and the
applicant
must | 25 | | reapply and meet the requirements in effect at the time of
| 26 | | reapplication.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11; 98-1140, eff. 12-30-14 .)
| 2 | | (225 ILCS 60/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-10)
| 3 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
| 4 | | Sec. 10. The Department shall:
| 5 | | (A) make rules for establishing reasonable minimum
| 6 | | standards of educational requirements to be observed by
| 7 | | medical, osteopathic , naturopathic, and chiropractic | 8 | | colleges;
| 9 | | (B) effectuate the policy of the State of Illinois that | 10 | | the quality of
medical training is an appropriate concern | 11 | | in the recruiting, licensing,
credentialing and | 12 | | participation in residency programs of physicians.
| 13 | | However, it is inappropriate to discriminate against any | 14 | | physician because
of national origin or geographic | 15 | | location of medical education;
| 16 | | (C) formulate rules and regulations required for the
| 17 | | administration of this Act.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 86-573 .)
| 19 | | (225 ILCS 60/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-11)
| 20 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
| 21 | | Sec. 11. Minimum education standards. The minimum | 22 | | standards of
professional
education to be enforced by the | 23 | | Department in conducting
examinations and issuing licenses | 24 | | shall be as follows:
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| 1 | | (A) Practice of medicine. For the practice of
medicine | 2 | | in all of its branches:
| 3 | | (1) For applications for licensure under | 4 | | subsection (D) of Section 19
of this Act:
| 5 | | (a) that the applicant is a graduate of a | 6 | | medical or
osteopathic college in the United | 7 | | States, its territories or
Canada, that the | 8 | | applicant has completed a 2 year course of | 9 | | instruction in a
college of liberal arts, or its | 10 | | equivalent, and a course of
instruction in a | 11 | | medical or osteopathic college approved by
the | 12 | | Department or by a private, not for profit | 13 | | accrediting
body approved by the Department, and | 14 | | in addition thereto, a
course of postgraduate | 15 | | clinical training of not less than 12
months as | 16 | | approved by the Department; or
| 17 | | (b) that the applicant is a graduate of a | 18 | | medical or
osteopathic college located outside the | 19 | | United States, its
territories or Canada, and that | 20 | | the degree conferred is
officially recognized by | 21 | | the country for the purposes of
licensure, that the | 22 | | applicant has completed a 2 year course of | 23 | | instruction in a
college of liberal arts or its | 24 | | equivalent, and a course of
instruction in a | 25 | | medical or osteopathic college approved by
the | 26 | | Department, which course shall have been not less |
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132 weeks in duration and shall have been | 2 | | completed within a
period of not less than 35 | 3 | | months, and, in addition thereto,
has completed a | 4 | | course of postgraduate clinical training of not | 5 | | less than
12 months, as approved by the Department, | 6 | | and has complied with any other
standards | 7 | | established by rule.
| 8 | | For the purposes of this subparagraph (b) an | 9 | | applicant
is considered to be a graduate of a | 10 | | medical college if the
degree which is conferred is | 11 | | officially recognized by that
country for the | 12 | | purposes of receiving a license to practice
| 13 | | medicine in all of its branches or a document is | 14 | | granted by
the medical college which certifies the | 15 | | completion of all
formal training requirements | 16 | | including any internship and
social service; or
| 17 | | (c) that the applicant has studied medicine at | 18 | | a
medical or osteopathic college located outside | 19 | | the United
States, its territories, or Canada, | 20 | | that the applicant has
completed a 2 year course of
| 21 | | instruction in a college of liberal arts or its | 22 | | equivalent
and all of the formal requirements of a | 23 | | foreign medical
school except internship and | 24 | | social service, which course
shall have been not | 25 | | less than 132 weeks in duration and
shall have been | 26 | | completed within a period of not less than
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| 1 | | months; that the applicant has submitted an | 2 | | application
to a medical college accredited by the | 3 | | Liaison Committee on
Medical Education and | 4 | | submitted to such evaluation
procedures, including | 5 | | use of nationally recognized medical
student tests | 6 | | or tests devised by the individual medical
| 7 | | college, and that the applicant has satisfactorily | 8 | | completed
one academic year of supervised clinical | 9 | | training under the
direction of such medical | 10 | | college; and, in addition thereto
has completed a | 11 | | course of postgraduate clinical training of
not | 12 | | less than 12 months, as approved by the Department, | 13 | | and has
complied
with
any other standards | 14 | | established by rule.
| 15 | | (d) Any clinical clerkships must have been | 16 | | completed
in compliance with Section 10.3 of the | 17 | | Hospital Licensing
Act, as amended.
| 18 | | (2) Effective January 1, 1988, for applications | 19 | | for
licensure made subsequent to January 1, 1988, under | 20 | | Sections
9 or 17 of this Act by individuals not | 21 | | described in paragraph (3) of
subsection (A) of Section | 22 | | 11 who graduated after December
31, 1984:
| 23 | | (a) that the applicant: (i) graduated from a | 24 | | medical
or osteopathic college officially | 25 | | recognized by the
jurisdiction in which it is | 26 | | located for the purpose of
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| 1 | | practice medicine in all of its
branches, and the | 2 | | applicant has completed, as defined by the
| 3 | | Department, a 6 year postsecondary course of study
| 4 | | comprising at least 2 academic years of study in | 5 | | the basic
medical sciences; and 2 academic years of | 6 | | study in the
clinical sciences, while enrolled in | 7 | | the medical college
which conferred the degree, | 8 | | the core rotations of which must
have been | 9 | | completed in clinical teaching facilities owned,
| 10 | | operated or formally affiliated with the medical | 11 | | college
which conferred the degree, or under | 12 | | contract in teaching
facilities owned, operated or | 13 | | affiliated with another
medical college which is | 14 | | officially recognized by the
jurisdiction in which | 15 | | the medical school which conferred the
degree is | 16 | | located; or (ii) graduated from a medical or
| 17 | | osteopathic college accredited by the Liaison | 18 | | Committee on
Medical Education, the Committee on | 19 | | Accreditation of
Canadian Medical Schools in | 20 | | conjunction with the Liaison
Committee on Medical | 21 | | Education, or the Bureau of Professional Education | 22 | | of
the American Osteopathic
Association; and, | 23 | | (iii) in addition
thereto, has completed 24 months | 24 | | of postgraduate clinical
training, as approved by | 25 | | the
Department; or
| 26 | | (b) that the applicant has studied medicine at |
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medical or osteopathic college located outside | 2 | | the United
States, its territories, or Canada, | 3 | | that the applicant, in
addition to satisfying the | 4 | | requirements of subparagraph (a),
except for the | 5 | | awarding of a degree, has completed all of
the | 6 | | formal requirements of a foreign medical school | 7 | | except
internship and social service and has | 8 | | submitted an
application to a medical college | 9 | | accredited by the Liaison
Committee on Medical | 10 | | Education and submitted to such
evaluation | 11 | | procedures, including use of nationally
recognized | 12 | | medical student tests or tests devised by the
| 13 | | individual medical college, and that the applicant | 14 | | has
satisfactorily completed one academic year of | 15 | | supervised
clinical training under the direction | 16 | | of such medical
college; and, in addition thereto, | 17 | | has completed 24 months of
postgraduate clinical | 18 | | training, as
approved by the Department, and has | 19 | | complied with any other standards
established by | 20 | | rule.
| 21 | | (3) (Blank).
| 22 | | (4) Any person granted a temporary license | 23 | | pursuant to Section 17 of
this Act who shall | 24 | | satisfactorily complete a course of postgraduate | 25 | | clinical
training and meet all of the requirements for | 26 | | licensure shall be granted a
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| 1 | | pursuant to Section 9.
| 2 | | (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
| 3 | | Section an individual holding a temporary license | 4 | | under
Section 17 of this Act shall be required to | 5 | | satisfy the
undergraduate medical and post-graduate | 6 | | clinical training educational
requirements in effect | 7 | | on
the date of their application for a temporary | 8 | | license,
provided they apply for a license under | 9 | | Section 9 of this
Act and satisfy all other | 10 | | requirements of this Section while
their temporary | 11 | | license is in effect.
| 12 | | (B) Treating human ailments without drugs and without
| 13 | | operative surgery. For the practice of treating human
| 14 | | ailments without the use of drugs and without operative
| 15 | | surgery:
| 16 | | (1) For an applicant who was a resident student and
| 17 | | who is a graduate after July 1, 1926, of a chiropractic
| 18 | | college or institution, that such school, college or
| 19 | | institution, at the time of the applicant's graduation
| 20 | | required as a prerequisite to admission thereto a 4 | 21 | | year
course of instruction in a high school, and, as a
| 22 | | prerequisite to graduation therefrom, a course of
| 23 | | instruction in the treatment of human ailments, of not | 24 | | less
than 132 weeks in duration and which shall have | 25 | | been
completed within a period of not less than 35 | 26 | | months except
that as to students matriculating or |
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| 1 | | entering upon a course
of chiropractic study during the | 2 | | years 1940, 1941, 1942,
1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, and | 3 | | 1947, such elapsed time
shall be not less than 32 | 4 | | months, such high school and such
school, college or | 5 | | institution having been reputable and in
good standing | 6 | | in the judgment of the Department.
| 7 | | (2) For an applicant who is a matriculant in a
| 8 | | chiropractic college after September 1, 1969, that | 9 | | such
applicant shall be required to complete a 2 year | 10 | | course
of instruction in a liberal arts college or its | 11 | | equivalent and a course of instruction in a | 12 | | chiropractic
college in the treatment of human | 13 | | ailments, such course, as
a prerequisite to graduation | 14 | | therefrom, having been not less
than 132 weeks in | 15 | | duration and shall have been completed
within a period | 16 | | of not less than 35 months, such college of
liberal | 17 | | arts and chiropractic college having been reputable
| 18 | | and in good standing in the judgment of the Department.
| 19 | | (3) For an applicant who is a graduate of a United
| 20 | | States chiropractic college after August 19, 1981, the
| 21 | | college of the applicant must be fully accredited by | 22 | | the
Commission on Accreditation of the Council on | 23 | | Chiropractic
Education or its successor at the time of | 24 | | graduation. Such
graduates shall be considered to have | 25 | | met the minimum
requirements which shall be in addition | 26 | | to those
requirements set forth in the rules and |
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| 1 | | regulations
promulgated by the Department.
| 2 | | (4) For an applicant who is a graduate of a
| 3 | | chiropractic college in another country; that such
| 4 | | chiropractic college be equivalent to the standards of
| 5 | | education as set forth for chiropractic colleges | 6 | | located in
the United States.
| 7 | | (C) Practice of naturopathic medicine. For the | 8 | | practice of naturopathic medicine: | 9 | | (1) For an applicant who is a graduate of an | 10 | | approved naturopathic medical program, in accordance | 11 | | with this Act, that he or she has successfully | 12 | | completed a competency-based national naturopathic | 13 | | licensing examination administered by the North | 14 | | American Board of Naturopathic Examiners or an | 15 | | equivalent agency, as recognized by the Department. | 16 | | (2) For an applicant who is a graduate of a | 17 | | degree-granting approved naturopathic medical program | 18 | | prior to 1986, evidence of successful passage of a | 19 | | State competency examination in a licensed state or a | 20 | | Canadian provincial examination in a licensed or | 21 | | regulated province approved by the Department in lieu | 22 | | of passage of a national licensing examination. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11 .)
| 24 | | (225 ILCS 60/14) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-14)
| 25 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
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| 1 | | Sec. 14. Chiropractic students and naturopathic medicine | 2 | | students . | 3 | | (a) Candidates for the degree of doctor of
chiropractic | 4 | | enrolled in a chiropractic college, accredited by the Council | 5 | | on
Chiropractic Education, may practice under the direct, | 6 | | on-premises supervision
of a chiropractic physician who is a | 7 | | member of the faculty of an
accredited chiropractic college.
| 8 | | (b) Candidates for the degree of doctor of
naturopathic | 9 | | medicine enrolled in a naturopathic college, accredited by the | 10 | | United States Council on Naturopathic Medical Education, may | 11 | | practice under the direct, on-premises supervision
of a | 12 | | naturopathic physician who is a member of the faculty of an
| 13 | | accredited naturopathic college. | 14 | | (Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11 .)
| 15 | | (225 ILCS 60/15) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-15)
| 16 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
| 17 | | Sec. 15. Chiropractic and naturopathic physician; license | 18 | | for general practice. Any chiropractic or naturopathic | 19 | | physician licensed under this
Act shall be permitted to take | 20 | | the
examination for licensure as a physician to practice | 21 | | medicine in
all its branches and
shall receive a license to | 22 | | practice medicine in all of its
branches if he or she shall | 23 | | successfully pass such
examination, upon proof of having | 24 | | successfully completed in
a medical college, osteopathic | 25 | | college , naturopathic college, or chiropractic
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| 1 | | reputable and in good standing in the judgment of
the | 2 | | Department, courses of instruction in materia medica,
| 3 | | therapeutics, surgery, obstetrics, and theory and practice
| 4 | | deemed by the Department to be equal to the courses of
| 5 | | instruction required in those subjects for admission to the
| 6 | | examination for a license to practice medicine in all of its
| 7 | | branches, together with proof of having completed (a) the
2 | 8 | | year course of instruction in a college of liberal
arts, or its | 9 | | equivalent, required under this Act, and (b) a
course of | 10 | | postgraduate clinical training of not less than 24
months as | 11 | | approved by the Department.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11 .)
| 13 | | (225 ILCS 60/16) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-16)
| 14 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
| 15 | | Sec. 16. Ineligibility for examination. Any person who | 16 | | shall fail any
examination
for licensure as a medical doctor, | 17 | | doctor of osteopathy or osteopathic
medicine, doctor of | 18 | | naturopathic medicine, or
doctor of chiropractic in this or any | 19 | | other jurisdiction a
total of 5 times shall thereafter be | 20 | | ineligible for further
examinations until such time as such | 21 | | person shall submit to
the Department evidence of further | 22 | | formal professional study, as required by
rule of the | 23 | | Department,
in an accredited institution.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97 .)
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| 1 | | (225 ILCS 60/17) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-17)
| 2 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
| 3 | | Sec. 17. Temporary license. Persons holding the degree of | 4 | | Doctor of
Medicine, persons
holding the degree of Doctor of
| 5 | | Osteopathy or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, persons holding | 6 | | the degree of Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, and persons | 7 | | holding the degree
of Doctor of Chiropractic or persons who | 8 | | have satisfied
the requirements
therefor and are eligible to | 9 | | receive such degree from
a medical, osteopathic, naturopathic, | 10 | | or chiropractic school, who wish to
pursue programs
of graduate | 11 | | or specialty training in this State, may receive
without | 12 | | examination, in the discretion of the Department, a
3-year | 13 | | temporary license. In order to receive a 3-year
temporary | 14 | | license hereunder, an applicant shall submit evidence
| 15 | | satisfactory to the Department that the applicant:
| 16 | | (A) Is of good moral character. In determining moral
| 17 | | character under this Section, the Department may take into
| 18 | | consideration whether the applicant has engaged in conduct
| 19 | | or activities which would constitute grounds for | 20 | | discipline
under this Act. The Department may also request | 21 | | the
applicant to submit, and may consider as evidence of | 22 | | moral
character, endorsements from 2 or 3 individuals | 23 | | licensed
under this Act;
| 24 | | (B) Has been accepted or appointed for specialty or
| 25 | | residency training by a hospital situated in this State or | 26 | | a
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| 1 | | the State of Illinois or affiliated training facilities
| 2 | | which is approved by the Department for the purpose of such
| 3 | | training under this Act. The applicant shall indicate the
| 4 | | beginning and ending dates of the period for which the
| 5 | | applicant has been accepted or appointed;
| 6 | | (C) Has or will satisfy the professional education
| 7 | | requirements of Section 11 of this Act which are effective
| 8 | | at the date of application except for postgraduate clinical
| 9 | | training;
| 10 | | (D) Is physically, mentally, and professionally | 11 | | capable
of practicing medicine or treating human ailments | 12 | | without the use of drugs and without
operative surgery with | 13 | | reasonable judgment, skill, and
safety. In determining | 14 | | physical, mental and professional
capacity under this | 15 | | Section, the Licensing Board
may, upon a showing of a | 16 | | possible incapacity, compel an
applicant to submit to a | 17 | | mental or physical examination and evaluation, or
both, and | 18 | | may condition or restrict any temporary license,
subject to | 19 | | the same terms and conditions as are provided for
the | 20 | | Disciplinary Board under Section 22 of this Act.
Any such | 21 | | condition of restricted temporary license shall
provide | 22 | | that the Chief Medical Coordinator or Deputy Medical
| 23 | | Coordinator shall have the authority to review the subject
| 24 | | physician's compliance with such conditions or | 25 | | restrictions,
including, where appropriate, the | 26 | | physician's record of
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| 1 | | the impairment, to the
extent permitted by applicable | 2 | | federal statutes and
regulations safeguarding the | 3 | | confidentiality of medical
records of patients.
| 4 | | Three-year temporary licenses issued pursuant to this
| 5 | | Section shall be valid only for the period of time
designated | 6 | | therein, and may be extended or renewed pursuant
to the rules | 7 | | of the Department, and if a temporary license
is thereafter | 8 | | extended, it shall not extend beyond
completion of the | 9 | | residency program. The holder of a valid
3-year temporary | 10 | | license shall be entitled thereby to
perform only such acts as | 11 | | may be prescribed by and
incidental to his or her program of | 12 | | residency training; he or she
shall not be entitled to | 13 | | otherwise engage in the practice of
medicine in this State | 14 | | unless fully licensed in this State.
| 15 | | A 3-year temporary license may be revoked or suspended by | 16 | | the
Department upon proof that the holder thereof has engaged | 17 | | in
the practice of medicine in this State outside of the
| 18 | | program of his or her residency or specialty training, or if | 19 | | the
holder shall fail to supply the Department, within 10 days
| 20 | | of its request, with information as to his or her current | 21 | | status
and activities in his or her specialty training program. | 22 | | Such a revocation or suspension shall comply with the | 23 | | procedures set forth in subsection (d) of Section 37 of this | 24 | | Act.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11; 98-1140, eff. 12-30-14 .)
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| 1 | | (225 ILCS 60/18) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-18)
| 2 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
| 3 | | Sec. 18. Visiting professor, physician, or resident | 4 | | permits.
| 5 | | (A) Visiting professor permit.
| 6 | | (1) A visiting professor permit shall
entitle a person | 7 | | to practice medicine in all of its branches
or to practice | 8 | | the treatment of human ailments without the
use of drugs | 9 | | and without operative surgery provided:
| 10 | | (a) the person maintains an equivalent | 11 | | authorization
to practice medicine in all of its | 12 | | branches or to practice
the treatment of human ailments | 13 | | without the use of drugs
and without operative surgery | 14 | | in good standing in his or her
native licensing | 15 | | jurisdiction during the period of the
visiting | 16 | | professor permit;
| 17 | | (b) the person has received a faculty appointment | 18 | | to
teach in a medical, osteopathic , naturopathic, or | 19 | | chiropractic school in
Illinois; and
| 20 | | (c) the Department may prescribe the information | 21 | | necessary to
establish
an applicant's eligibility for | 22 | | a permit. This information shall include
without | 23 | | limitation (i) a statement from the dean of the medical | 24 | | school at which
the
applicant will be employed | 25 | | describing the applicant's qualifications and (ii)
a | 26 | | statement from the dean of the medical school listing |
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| 1 | | every affiliated
institution in which the applicant | 2 | | will be providing instruction as part of the
medical | 3 | | school's education program and justifying any clinical | 4 | | activities at
each of the institutions listed by the | 5 | | dean.
| 6 | | (2) Application for visiting professor permits shall
| 7 | | be made to the Department, in writing, on forms prescribed
| 8 | | by the Department and shall be accompanied by the required
| 9 | | fee established by rule, which shall not be refundable. Any | 10 | | application
shall require the information as, in the | 11 | | judgment of the Department, will
enable the Department to | 12 | | pass on the qualifications of the applicant.
| 13 | | (3) A visiting professor permit shall be valid for no | 14 | | longer than 2
years from the date of issuance or until the | 15 | | time the
faculty appointment is terminated, whichever | 16 | | occurs first,
and may be renewed only in accordance with | 17 | | subdivision (A)(6) of this
Section.
| 18 | | (4) The applicant may be required to appear before the
| 19 | | Licensing Board for an interview prior to, and as a
| 20 | | requirement for, the issuance of the original permit and | 21 | | the
renewal.
| 22 | | (5) Persons holding a permit under this Section shall
| 23 | | only practice medicine in all of its branches or practice
| 24 | | the treatment of human ailments without the use of drugs
| 25 | | and without operative surgery in the State of Illinois in
| 26 | | their official capacity under their contract
within the |
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| 1 | | medical school itself and any affiliated institution in | 2 | | which the
permit holder is providing instruction as part of | 3 | | the medical school's
educational program and for which the | 4 | | medical school has assumed direct
responsibility.
| 5 | | (6) After the initial renewal of a visiting professor | 6 | | permit, a visiting professor permit shall be valid until | 7 | | the last day of the
next physician license renewal period, | 8 | | as set by rule, and may only be
renewed for applicants who | 9 | | meet the following requirements:
| 10 | | (i) have obtained the required continuing | 11 | | education hours as set by
rule; and
| 12 | | (ii) have paid the fee prescribed for a license | 13 | | under Section 21 of this
Act.
| 14 | | For initial renewal, the visiting professor must | 15 | | successfully pass a
general competency examination authorized | 16 | | by the Department by rule, unless he or she was issued an | 17 | | initial visiting professor permit on or after January 1, 2007, | 18 | | but prior to July 1, 2007.
| 19 | | (B) Visiting physician permit.
| 20 | | (1) The Department may, in its discretion, issue a | 21 | | temporary visiting
physician permit, without examination, | 22 | | provided:
| 23 | | (a) (blank);
| 24 | | (b) that the person maintains an equivalent | 25 | | authorization to practice
medicine in all of its |
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| 1 | | branches or to practice the treatment of human
ailments | 2 | | without the use of drugs and without operative surgery | 3 | | in good
standing in his or her native licensing | 4 | | jurisdiction during the period of the
temporary | 5 | | visiting physician permit;
| 6 | | (c) that the person has received an invitation or | 7 | | appointment to study,
demonstrate, or perform a
| 8 | | specific medical, osteopathic, naturopathic, | 9 | | chiropractic , or clinical subject or
technique in a | 10 | | medical, osteopathic, naturopathic, or chiropractic | 11 | | school, a state or national medical, osteopathic, | 12 | | naturopathic, or chiropractic professional association | 13 | | or society conference or meeting, a hospital
licensed | 14 | | under the Hospital Licensing Act, a hospital organized
| 15 | | under the University of Illinois Hospital Act, or a | 16 | | facility operated
pursuant to the Ambulatory Surgical | 17 | | Treatment Center Act; and
| 18 | | (d) that the temporary visiting physician permit | 19 | | shall only permit the
holder to practice medicine in | 20 | | all of its branches or practice the
treatment of human | 21 | | ailments without the use of drugs and without operative
| 22 | | surgery within the scope of the medical, osteopathic, | 23 | | naturopathic, chiropractic, or
clinical studies, or in | 24 | | conjunction with the state or national medical, | 25 | | osteopathic, naturopathic, or chiropractic | 26 | | professional association or society conference or |
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| 1 | | meeting, for which the holder was invited or appointed.
| 2 | | (2) The application for the temporary visiting | 3 | | physician permit shall be
made to the Department, in | 4 | | writing, on forms prescribed by the
Department, and shall | 5 | | be accompanied by the required fee established by
rule, | 6 | | which shall not be refundable. The application shall | 7 | | require
information that, in the judgment of the | 8 | | Department, will enable the
Department to pass on the | 9 | | qualification of the applicant, and the necessity
for the | 10 | | granting of a temporary visiting physician permit.
| 11 | | (3) A temporary visiting physician permit shall be | 12 | | valid for no longer than (i) 180
days
from the date of | 13 | | issuance or (ii) until the time the medical, osteopathic,
| 14 | | chiropractic, naturopathic, or clinical studies are | 15 | | completed, or the state or national medical, osteopathic, | 16 | | naturopathic, or chiropractic professional association or | 17 | | society conference or meeting has concluded, whichever | 18 | | occurs first. The temporary visiting physician permit may | 19 | | be issued multiple times to a visiting physician under this | 20 | | paragraph (3) as long as the total number of days it is | 21 | | active do not exceed 180 days within a 365-day period.
| 22 | | (4) The applicant for a temporary visiting physician | 23 | | permit may be
required to appear before the Licensing Board | 24 | | for an interview
prior to, and as a requirement for, the | 25 | | issuance of a temporary visiting
physician permit.
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| 1 | | shall be issued to a
physician licensed in another state | 2 | | who has been requested to perform emergency
procedures in | 3 | | Illinois if he or she meets the requirements as established | 4 | | by
rule.
| 5 | | (C) Visiting resident permit.
| 6 | | (1) The Department may, in its discretion, issue a | 7 | | temporary visiting
resident permit, without examination, | 8 | | provided:
| 9 | | (a) (blank);
| 10 | | (b) that the person maintains an equivalent | 11 | | authorization to practice
medicine in all of its | 12 | | branches or to practice the treatment of human
ailments | 13 | | without the use of drugs and without operative surgery | 14 | | in good
standing in his or her native licensing | 15 | | jurisdiction during the period of
the temporary | 16 | | visiting resident permit;
| 17 | | (c) that the applicant is enrolled in a | 18 | | postgraduate clinical training
program outside the | 19 | | State of Illinois that is approved by the Department;
| 20 | | (d) that the individual has been invited or | 21 | | appointed for a specific
period of time to perform a | 22 | | portion of that post graduate clinical training
| 23 | | program under the supervision of an Illinois licensed | 24 | | physician in an
Illinois patient care clinic or | 25 | | facility that is affiliated with the
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| 1 | | graduate training program; and
| 2 | | (e) that the temporary visiting resident permit | 3 | | shall only permit the
holder to practice medicine in | 4 | | all of its branches or practice the
treatment of human | 5 | | ailments without the use of drugs and without operative
| 6 | | surgery within the scope of the medical, osteopathic, | 7 | | naturopathic, chiropractic , or
clinical studies for | 8 | | which the holder was invited or appointed.
| 9 | | (2) The application for the temporary visiting | 10 | | resident permit shall be
made to the Department, in | 11 | | writing, on forms prescribed by the Department,
and shall | 12 | | be accompanied by the required fee established by rule. The
| 13 | | application shall require information that, in the | 14 | | judgment of the
Department, will enable the Department to | 15 | | pass on the qualifications of
the applicant.
| 16 | | (3) A temporary visiting resident permit shall be valid | 17 | | for 180 days from
the date of issuance or until the time | 18 | | the medical, osteopathic, naturopathic,
chiropractic, or | 19 | | clinical studies are completed, whichever occurs first.
| 20 | | (4) The applicant for a temporary visiting resident | 21 | | permit may be
required to appear before the Licensing Board | 22 | | for an interview
prior to, and as a requirement for, the | 23 | | issuance of a temporary visiting
resident permit.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11; 98-1140, eff. 12-30-14 .)
| 25 | | (225 ILCS 60/19) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-19)
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| 1 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
| 2 | | Sec. 19. Licensure by endorsement. The Department may, in | 3 | | its
discretion,
issue a license by endorsement to any person | 4 | | who is currently licensed
to practice medicine in all of its | 5 | | branches, a naturopathic physician,
or a chiropractic | 6 | | physician, in any other state,
territory, country or province, | 7 | | upon the following
conditions and submitting evidence | 8 | | satisfactory to the Department of the following:
| 9 | | (A) (Blank);
| 10 | | (B) That the applicant is of good moral character. In
| 11 | | determining moral character under this Section, the
| 12 | | Department may take into consideration whether the | 13 | | applicant
has engaged in conduct or activities which would | 14 | | constitute
grounds for discipline under this Act. The | 15 | | Department may
also request the applicant to submit, and | 16 | | may consider as
evidence of moral character, endorsements | 17 | | from 2 or 3
individuals licensed under this Act;
| 18 | | (C) That the applicant is physically, mentally and
| 19 | | professionally capable of practicing medicine with
| 20 | | reasonable judgment, skill and safety. In determining
| 21 | | physical, mental and professional capacity under this
| 22 | | Section the Licensing Board may, upon a showing of
a | 23 | | possible incapacity, compel an applicant to submit to a
| 24 | | mental or physical examination and evaluation, or both, in | 25 | | the same manner as provided in Section 22 and may condition
| 26 | | or restrict any license, subject to the same terms and
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| 1 | | conditions as are provided for the Disciplinary
Board under | 2 | | Section 22 of this Act.
| 3 | | (D) That if the applicant seeks to practice medicine
in | 4 | | all of its branches:
| 5 | | (1) if the applicant was licensed in another | 6 | | jurisdiction prior to
January
1,
1988, that the | 7 | | applicant has satisfied the educational
requirements | 8 | | of paragraph (1) of subsection (A) or paragraph (2) of
| 9 | | subsection (A) of Section 11 of
this Act; or
| 10 | | (2) if the applicant was licensed in another | 11 | | jurisdiction after December
31,
1987, that the | 12 | | applicant has
satisfied the educational requirements | 13 | | of paragraph (A)(2)
of Section 11 of this Act; and
| 14 | | (3) the requirements for a license to practice
| 15 | | medicine in all of its branches in the particular | 16 | | state,
territory, country or province in which the | 17 | | applicant is
licensed are deemed by the Department to | 18 | | have been
substantially equivalent to the requirements | 19 | | for a license
to practice medicine in all of its | 20 | | branches in force in this
State at the date of the | 21 | | applicant's license;
| 22 | | (E) That if the applicant seeks to treat human
ailments | 23 | | without the use of drugs and without operative
surgery:
| 24 | | (1) the applicant is a graduate of a chiropractic | 25 | | or naturopathic
school or college approved by the | 26 | | Department at the time of
their graduation;
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| 1 | | (2) the requirements for the applicant's license | 2 | | to
practice the treatment of human ailments without the | 3 | | use of
drugs are deemed by the Department to have been
| 4 | | substantially equivalent to the requirements for a | 5 | | license
to practice in this State at the date of the | 6 | | applicant's
license;
| 7 | | (E-5) That if the applicant seeks to practice | 8 | | naturopathic medicine: | 9 | | (1) the applicant is a graduate of a naturopathic | 10 | | school or college approved by the Department at the | 11 | | time of
their graduation; and | 12 | | (2) the requirements for the applicant's license | 13 | | to
practice naturopathic medicine are deemed by the | 14 | | Department to have been
substantially equivalent to | 15 | | the requirements for a license
to practice in this | 16 | | State at the date of the applicant's
license; | 17 | | (F) That the Department may, in its discretion, issue a
| 18 | | license by endorsement to any graduate of a
medical or | 19 | | osteopathic college, reputable and
in good standing in the
| 20 | | judgment of the Department, who has passed an examination
| 21 | | for admission to the United States Public Health Service, | 22 | | or
who has passed any other examination deemed by the
| 23 | | Department to have been at least equal in all substantial
| 24 | | respects to the examination required for admission to any
| 25 | | such medical corps;
| 26 | | (G) That applications for licenses by endorsement
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| 1 | | shall be filed with the Department, under oath, on forms
| 2 | | prepared and furnished by the Department, and shall set
| 3 | | forth, and applicants therefor shall supply such | 4 | | information
respecting the life, education, professional | 5 | | practice, and
moral character of applicants as the | 6 | | Department may require
to be filed for its use;
| 7 | | (H) That the applicant undergo
the criminal background | 8 | | check established under Section 9.7 of this Act.
| 9 | | In the exercise of its discretion under this Section,
the | 10 | | Department is empowered to consider and evaluate each
applicant | 11 | | on an individual basis. It may take into account,
among other | 12 | | things: the extent to which the applicant will bring unique | 13 | | experience and skills to the State of Illinois or the extent to | 14 | | which there is or is not
available to the Department authentic | 15 | | and definitive
information concerning the quality of medical | 16 | | education and
clinical training which the applicant has had. | 17 | | Under no
circumstances shall a license be issued under the | 18 | | provisions
of this Section to any person who has previously | 19 | | taken and
failed the written examination conducted by the | 20 | | Department
for such license. In the exercise of its discretion | 21 | | under this Section, the Department may require an applicant to | 22 | | successfully complete an examination as recommended by the | 23 | | Licensing Board. The Department may
also request the applicant | 24 | | to submit, and may consider as
evidence of moral character, | 25 | | evidence from 2 or 3
individuals licensed under this Act.
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| 1 | | complete the
application process. If the process has not been | 2 | | completed within 3 years, the
application shall be denied, the | 3 | | fees shall be forfeited, and the applicant
must reapply and | 4 | | meet the requirements in effect at the time of
reapplication.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11; 98-1140, eff. 12-30-14 .)
| 6 | | (225 ILCS 60/22) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-22)
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
| 8 | | Sec. 22. Disciplinary action.
| 9 | | (A) The Department may revoke, suspend, place on probation, | 10 | | reprimand, refuse to issue or renew, or take any other | 11 | | disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as the Department may | 12 | | deem proper
with regard to the license or permit of any person | 13 | | issued
under this Act, including imposing fines not to exceed | 14 | | $10,000 for each violation, upon any of the following grounds:
| 15 | | (1) Performance of an elective abortion in any place, | 16 | | locale,
facility, or
institution other than:
| 17 | | (a) a facility licensed pursuant to the Ambulatory | 18 | | Surgical Treatment
Center Act;
| 19 | | (b) an institution licensed under the Hospital | 20 | | Licensing Act;
| 21 | | (c) an ambulatory surgical treatment center or | 22 | | hospitalization or care
facility maintained by the | 23 | | State or any agency thereof, where such department
or | 24 | | agency has authority under law to establish and enforce | 25 | | standards for the
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| 1 | | centers, hospitalization, or care facilities
under its | 2 | | management and control;
| 3 | | (d) ambulatory surgical treatment centers, | 4 | | hospitalization or care
facilities maintained by the | 5 | | Federal Government; or
| 6 | | (e) ambulatory surgical treatment centers, | 7 | | hospitalization or care
facilities maintained by any | 8 | | university or college established under the laws
of | 9 | | this State and supported principally by public funds | 10 | | raised by
taxation.
| 11 | | (2) Performance of an abortion procedure in a willful | 12 | | and wanton
manner on a
woman who was not pregnant at the | 13 | | time the abortion procedure was
performed.
| 14 | | (3) A plea of guilty or nolo contendere, finding of | 15 | | guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment or sentencing, | 16 | | including, but not limited to, convictions, preceding | 17 | | sentences of supervision, conditional discharge, or first | 18 | | offender probation, under the laws of any jurisdiction of | 19 | | the United States of any crime that is a felony.
| 20 | | (4) Gross negligence in practice under this Act.
| 21 | | (5) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical or | 22 | | unprofessional
conduct of a
character likely to deceive, | 23 | | defraud or harm the public.
| 24 | | (6) Obtaining any fee by fraud, deceit, or
| 25 | | misrepresentation.
| 26 | | (7) Habitual or excessive use or abuse of drugs defined |
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| 1 | | in law
as
controlled substances, of alcohol, or of any | 2 | | other substances which results in
the inability to practice | 3 | | with reasonable judgment, skill or safety.
| 4 | | (8) Practicing under a false or, except as provided by | 5 | | law, an
assumed
name.
| 6 | | (9) Fraud or misrepresentation in applying for, or | 7 | | procuring, a
license
under this Act or in connection with | 8 | | applying for renewal of a license under
this Act.
| 9 | | (10) Making a false or misleading statement regarding | 10 | | their
skill or the
efficacy or value of the medicine, | 11 | | treatment, or remedy prescribed by them at
their direction | 12 | | in the treatment of any disease or other condition of the | 13 | | body
or mind.
| 14 | | (11) Allowing another person or organization to use | 15 | | their
license, procured
under this Act, to practice.
| 16 | | (12) Adverse action taken by another state or | 17 | | jurisdiction
against a license
or other authorization to | 18 | | practice as a medical doctor, doctor of osteopathy,
doctor | 19 | | of osteopathic medicine , doctor of naturopathic medicine, | 20 | | or
doctor of chiropractic, a certified copy of the record | 21 | | of the action taken by
the other state or jurisdiction | 22 | | being prima facie evidence thereof. This includes any | 23 | | adverse action taken by a State or federal agency that | 24 | | prohibits a medical doctor, doctor of osteopathy, doctor of | 25 | | osteopathic medicine, or doctor of chiropractic from | 26 | | providing services to the agency's participants.
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| 1 | | (13) Violation of any provision of this Act or of the | 2 | | Medical
Practice Act
prior to the repeal of that Act, or | 3 | | violation of the rules, or a final
administrative action of | 4 | | the Secretary, after consideration of the
recommendation | 5 | | of the Disciplinary Board.
| 6 | | (14) Violation of the prohibition against fee | 7 | | splitting in Section 22.2 of this Act.
| 8 | | (15) A finding by the Disciplinary Board that the
| 9 | | registrant after
having his or her license placed on | 10 | | probationary status or subjected to
conditions or | 11 | | restrictions violated the terms of the probation or failed | 12 | | to
comply with such terms or conditions.
| 13 | | (16) Abandonment of a patient.
| 14 | | (17) Prescribing, selling, administering, | 15 | | distributing, giving
or
self-administering any drug | 16 | | classified as a controlled substance (designated
product) | 17 | | or narcotic for other than medically accepted therapeutic
| 18 | | purposes.
| 19 | | (18) Promotion of the sale of drugs, devices, | 20 | | appliances or
goods provided
for a patient in such manner | 21 | | as to exploit the patient for financial gain of
the | 22 | | physician.
| 23 | | (19) Offering, undertaking or agreeing to cure or treat
| 24 | | disease by a secret
method, procedure, treatment or | 25 | | medicine, or the treating, operating or
prescribing for any | 26 | | human condition by a method, means or procedure which the
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| 1 | | licensee refuses to divulge upon demand of the Department.
| 2 | | (20) Immoral conduct in the commission of any act | 3 | | including,
but not limited to, commission of an act of | 4 | | sexual misconduct related to the
licensee's
practice.
| 5 | | (21) Willfully making or filing false records or | 6 | | reports in his
or her
practice as a physician, including, | 7 | | but not limited to, false records to
support claims against | 8 | | the medical assistance program of the Department of | 9 | | Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Department of
| 10 | | Public Aid)
under the Illinois Public Aid Code.
| 11 | | (22) Willful omission to file or record, or willfully | 12 | | impeding
the filing or
recording, or inducing another | 13 | | person to omit to file or record, medical
reports as | 14 | | required by law, or willfully failing to report an instance | 15 | | of
suspected abuse or neglect as required by law.
| 16 | | (23) Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated | 17 | | report by
the Department
of Children and Family Services | 18 | | under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting
Act, and | 19 | | upon proof by clear and convincing evidence that the | 20 | | licensee has
caused a child to be an abused child or | 21 | | neglected child as defined in the
Abused and Neglected | 22 | | Child Reporting Act.
| 23 | | (24) Solicitation of professional patronage by any
| 24 | | corporation, agents or
persons, or profiting from those | 25 | | representing themselves to be agents of the
licensee.
| 26 | | (25) Gross and willful and continued overcharging for
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| 1 | | professional services,
including filing false statements | 2 | | for collection of fees for which services are
not rendered, | 3 | | including, but not limited to, filing such false statements | 4 | | for
collection of monies for services not rendered from the | 5 | | medical assistance
program of the Department of Healthcare | 6 | | and Family Services (formerly Department of Public Aid)
| 7 | | under the Illinois Public Aid
Code.
| 8 | | (26) A pattern of practice or other behavior which
| 9 | | demonstrates
incapacity
or incompetence to practice under | 10 | | this Act.
| 11 | | (27) Mental illness or disability which results in the
| 12 | | inability to
practice under this Act with reasonable | 13 | | judgment, skill or safety.
| 14 | | (28) Physical illness, including, but not limited to,
| 15 | | deterioration through
the aging process, or loss of motor | 16 | | skill which results in a physician's
inability to practice | 17 | | under this Act with reasonable judgment, skill or
safety.
| 18 | | (29) Cheating on or attempt to subvert the licensing
| 19 | | examinations
administered under this Act.
| 20 | | (30) Willfully or negligently violating the | 21 | | confidentiality
between
physician and patient except as | 22 | | required by law.
| 23 | | (31) The use of any false, fraudulent, or deceptive | 24 | | statement
in any
document connected with practice under | 25 | | this Act.
| 26 | | (32) Aiding and abetting an individual not licensed |
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| 1 | | under this
Act in the
practice of a profession licensed | 2 | | under this Act.
| 3 | | (33) Violating state or federal laws or regulations | 4 | | relating
to controlled
substances, legend
drugs, or | 5 | | ephedra as defined in the Ephedra Prohibition Act.
| 6 | | (34) Failure to report to the Department any adverse | 7 | | final
action taken
against them by another licensing | 8 | | jurisdiction (any other state or any
territory of the | 9 | | United States or any foreign state or country), by any peer
| 10 | | review body, by any health care institution, by any | 11 | | professional society or
association related to practice | 12 | | under this Act, by any governmental agency, by
any law | 13 | | enforcement agency, or by any court for acts or conduct | 14 | | similar to acts
or conduct which would constitute grounds | 15 | | for action as defined in this
Section.
| 16 | | (35) Failure to report to the Department surrender of a
| 17 | | license or
authorization to practice as a medical doctor, a | 18 | | doctor of osteopathy, a
doctor of osteopathic medicine, a | 19 | | doctor of naturopathic medicine, or doctor
of chiropractic | 20 | | in another state or jurisdiction, or surrender of | 21 | | membership on
any medical staff or in any medical or | 22 | | professional association or society,
while under | 23 | | disciplinary investigation by any of those authorities or | 24 | | bodies,
for acts or conduct similar to acts or conduct | 25 | | which would constitute grounds
for action as defined in | 26 | | this Section.
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| 1 | | (36) Failure to report to the Department any adverse | 2 | | judgment,
settlement,
or award arising from a liability | 3 | | claim related to acts or conduct similar to
acts or conduct | 4 | | which would constitute grounds for action as defined in | 5 | | this
Section.
| 6 | | (37) Failure to provide copies of medical records as | 7 | | required
by law.
| 8 | | (38) Failure to furnish the Department, its | 9 | | investigators or
representatives, relevant information, | 10 | | legally requested by the Department
after consultation | 11 | | with the Chief Medical Coordinator or the Deputy Medical
| 12 | | Coordinator.
| 13 | | (39) Violating the Health Care Worker Self-Referral
| 14 | | Act.
| 15 | | (40) Willful failure to provide notice when notice is | 16 | | required
under the
Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995.
| 17 | | (41) Failure to establish and maintain records of | 18 | | patient care and
treatment as required by this law.
| 19 | | (42) Entering into an excessive number of written | 20 | | collaborative
agreements with licensed advanced practice | 21 | | registered nurses resulting in an inability to
adequately | 22 | | collaborate.
| 23 | | (43) Repeated failure to adequately collaborate with a | 24 | | licensed advanced practice registered nurse. | 25 | | (44) Violating the Compassionate Use of Medical | 26 | | Cannabis Pilot Program Act.
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| 1 | | (45) Entering into an excessive number of written | 2 | | collaborative agreements with licensed prescribing | 3 | | psychologists resulting in an inability to adequately | 4 | | collaborate. | 5 | | (46) Repeated failure to adequately collaborate with a | 6 | | licensed prescribing psychologist. | 7 | | (47) Willfully failing to report an instance of | 8 | | suspected abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or | 9 | | self-neglect of an eligible adult as defined in and | 10 | | required by the Adult Protective Services Act. | 11 | | (48) Being named as an abuser in a verified report by | 12 | | the Department on Aging under the Adult Protective Services | 13 | | Act, and upon proof by clear and convincing evidence that | 14 | | the licensee abused, neglected, or financially exploited | 15 | | an eligible adult as defined in the Adult Protective | 16 | | Services Act. | 17 | | (49) Entering into an excessive number of written | 18 | | collaborative agreements with licensed physician | 19 | | assistants resulting in an inability to adequately | 20 | | collaborate. | 21 | | (50) Repeated failure to adequately collaborate with a | 22 | | physician assistant. | 23 | | Except
for actions involving the ground numbered (26), all | 24 | | proceedings to suspend,
revoke, place on probationary status, | 25 | | or take any
other disciplinary action as the Department may | 26 | | deem proper, with regard to a
license on any of the foregoing |
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| 1 | | grounds, must be commenced within 5 years next
after receipt by | 2 | | the Department of a complaint alleging the commission of or
| 3 | | notice of the conviction order for any of the acts described | 4 | | herein. Except
for the grounds numbered (8), (9), (26), and | 5 | | (29), no action shall be commenced more
than 10 years after the | 6 | | date of the incident or act alleged to have violated
this | 7 | | Section. For actions involving the ground numbered (26), a | 8 | | pattern of practice or other behavior includes all incidents | 9 | | alleged to be part of the pattern of practice or other behavior | 10 | | that occurred, or a report pursuant to Section 23 of this Act | 11 | | received, within the 10-year period preceding the filing of the | 12 | | complaint. In the event of the settlement of any claim or cause | 13 | | of action
in favor of the claimant or the reduction to final | 14 | | judgment of any civil action
in favor of the plaintiff, such | 15 | | claim, cause of action or civil action being
grounded on the | 16 | | allegation that a person licensed under this Act was negligent
| 17 | | in providing care, the Department shall have an additional | 18 | | period of 2 years
from the date of notification to the | 19 | | Department under Section 23 of this Act
of such settlement or | 20 | | final judgment in which to investigate and
commence formal | 21 | | disciplinary proceedings under Section 36 of this Act, except
| 22 | | as otherwise provided by law. The time during which the holder | 23 | | of the license
was outside the State of Illinois shall not be | 24 | | included within any period of
time limiting the commencement of | 25 | | disciplinary action by the Department.
| 26 | | The entry of an order or judgment by any circuit court |
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| 1 | | establishing that any
person holding a license under this Act | 2 | | is a person in need of mental treatment
operates as a | 3 | | suspension of that license. That person may resume their
| 4 | | practice only upon the entry of a Departmental order based upon | 5 | | a finding by
the Disciplinary Board that they have been | 6 | | determined to be recovered
from mental illness by the court and | 7 | | upon the Disciplinary Board's
recommendation that they be | 8 | | permitted to resume their practice.
| 9 | | The Department may refuse to issue or take disciplinary | 10 | | action concerning the license of any person
who fails to file a | 11 | | return, or to pay the tax, penalty or interest shown in a
filed | 12 | | return, or to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty or | 13 | | interest, as
required by any tax Act administered by the | 14 | | Illinois Department of Revenue,
until such time as the | 15 | | requirements of any such tax Act are satisfied as
determined by | 16 | | the Illinois Department of Revenue.
| 17 | | The Department, upon the recommendation of the | 18 | | Disciplinary Board, shall
adopt rules which set forth standards | 19 | | to be used in determining:
| 20 | | (a) when a person will be deemed sufficiently | 21 | | rehabilitated to warrant the
public trust;
| 22 | | (b) what constitutes dishonorable, unethical or | 23 | | unprofessional conduct of
a character likely to deceive, | 24 | | defraud, or harm the public;
| 25 | | (c) what constitutes immoral conduct in the commission | 26 | | of any act,
including, but not limited to, commission of an |
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| 1 | | act of sexual misconduct
related
to the licensee's | 2 | | practice; and
| 3 | | (d) what constitutes gross negligence in the practice | 4 | | of medicine.
| 5 | | However, no such rule shall be admissible into evidence in | 6 | | any civil action
except for review of a licensing or other | 7 | | disciplinary action under this Act.
| 8 | | In enforcing this Section, the Disciplinary Board or the | 9 | | Licensing Board,
upon a showing of a possible violation, may | 10 | | compel, in the case of the Disciplinary Board, any individual | 11 | | who is licensed to
practice under this Act or holds a permit to | 12 | | practice under this Act, or, in the case of the Licensing | 13 | | Board, any individual who has applied for licensure or a permit
| 14 | | pursuant to this Act, to submit to a mental or physical | 15 | | examination and evaluation, or both,
which may include a | 16 | | substance abuse or sexual offender evaluation, as required by | 17 | | the Licensing Board or Disciplinary Board and at the expense of | 18 | | the Department. The Disciplinary Board or Licensing Board shall | 19 | | specifically designate the examining physician licensed to | 20 | | practice medicine in all of its branches or, if applicable, the | 21 | | multidisciplinary team involved in providing the mental or | 22 | | physical examination and evaluation, or both. The | 23 | | multidisciplinary team shall be led by a physician licensed to | 24 | | practice medicine in all of its branches and may consist of one | 25 | | or more or a combination of physicians licensed to practice | 26 | | medicine in all of its branches, licensed chiropractic |
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| 1 | | physicians, licensed naturopathic physicians, licensed | 2 | | clinical psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, | 3 | | licensed clinical professional counselors, and other | 4 | | professional and administrative staff. Any examining physician | 5 | | or member of the multidisciplinary team may require any person | 6 | | ordered to submit to an examination and evaluation pursuant to | 7 | | this Section to submit to any additional supplemental testing | 8 | | deemed necessary to complete any examination or evaluation | 9 | | process, including, but not limited to, blood testing, | 10 | | urinalysis, psychological testing, or neuropsychological | 11 | | testing.
The Disciplinary Board, the Licensing Board, or the | 12 | | Department may order the examining
physician or any member of | 13 | | the multidisciplinary team to provide to the Department, the | 14 | | Disciplinary Board, or the Licensing Board any and all records, | 15 | | including business records, that relate to the examination and | 16 | | evaluation, including any supplemental testing performed. The | 17 | | Disciplinary Board, the Licensing Board, or the Department may | 18 | | order the examining physician or any member of the | 19 | | multidisciplinary team to present testimony concerning this | 20 | | examination
and evaluation of the licensee, permit holder, or | 21 | | applicant, including testimony concerning any supplemental | 22 | | testing or documents relating to the examination and | 23 | | evaluation. No information, report, record, or other documents | 24 | | in any way related to the examination and evaluation shall be | 25 | | excluded by reason of
any common
law or statutory privilege | 26 | | relating to communication between the licensee, permit holder, |
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| 1 | | or
applicant and
the examining physician or any member of the | 2 | | multidisciplinary team.
No authorization is necessary from the | 3 | | licensee, permit holder, or applicant ordered to undergo an | 4 | | evaluation and examination for the examining physician or any | 5 | | member of the multidisciplinary team to provide information, | 6 | | reports, records, or other documents or to provide any | 7 | | testimony regarding the examination and evaluation. The | 8 | | individual to be examined may have, at his or her own expense, | 9 | | another
physician of his or her choice present during all | 10 | | aspects of the examination.
Failure of any individual to submit | 11 | | to mental or physical examination and evaluation, or both, when
| 12 | | directed, shall result in an automatic suspension, without | 13 | | hearing, until such time
as the individual submits to the | 14 | | examination. If the Disciplinary Board or Licensing Board finds | 15 | | a physician unable
to practice following an examination and | 16 | | evaluation because of the reasons set forth in this Section, | 17 | | the Disciplinary
Board or Licensing Board shall require such | 18 | | physician to submit to care, counseling, or treatment
by | 19 | | physicians, or other health care professionals, approved or | 20 | | designated by the Disciplinary Board, as a condition
for | 21 | | issued, continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure to | 22 | | practice. Any physician,
whose license was granted pursuant to | 23 | | Sections 9, 17, or 19 of this Act, or,
continued, reinstated, | 24 | | renewed, disciplined or supervised, subject to such
terms, | 25 | | conditions or restrictions who shall fail to comply with such | 26 | | terms,
conditions or restrictions, or to complete a required |
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| 1 | | program of care,
counseling, or treatment, as determined by the | 2 | | Chief Medical Coordinator or
Deputy Medical Coordinators, | 3 | | shall be referred to the Secretary for a
determination as to | 4 | | whether the licensee shall have their license suspended
| 5 | | immediately, pending a hearing by the Disciplinary Board. In | 6 | | instances in
which the Secretary immediately suspends a license | 7 | | under this Section, a hearing
upon such person's license must | 8 | | be convened by the Disciplinary Board within 15
days after such | 9 | | suspension and completed without appreciable delay. The
| 10 | | Disciplinary Board shall have the authority to review the | 11 | | subject physician's
record of treatment and counseling | 12 | | regarding the impairment, to the extent
permitted by applicable | 13 | | federal statutes and regulations safeguarding the
| 14 | | confidentiality of 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
$10,000 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 Illinois |
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| 1 | | State Medical Disciplinary Fund.
| 2 | | All fines imposed under this Section shall be paid within | 3 | | 60 days after the effective date of the order imposing the fine | 4 | | or in accordance with the terms set forth in the order imposing | 5 | | the fine. | 6 | | (B) The Department shall revoke the license or
permit | 7 | | issued under this Act to practice medicine , a naturopathic | 8 | | physician, or a chiropractic physician who
has been convicted a | 9 | | second time of committing any felony under the
Illinois | 10 | | Controlled Substances Act or the Methamphetamine Control and | 11 | | Community Protection Act, or who has been convicted a second | 12 | | time of
committing a Class 1 felony under Sections 8A-3 and | 13 | | 8A-6 of the Illinois Public
Aid Code. A person whose license or | 14 | | permit is revoked
under
this subsection B shall be prohibited | 15 | | from practicing
medicine or treating human ailments without the | 16 | | use of drugs and without
operative surgery.
| 17 | | (C) The Department shall not revoke, suspend, place on | 18 | | probation, reprimand, refuse to issue or renew, or take any | 19 | | other disciplinary or non-disciplinary action against the | 20 | | license or permit issued under this Act to practice medicine to | 21 | | a physician: | 22 | | (1) based solely upon the recommendation of the | 23 | | physician to an eligible patient regarding, or | 24 | | prescription for, or treatment with, an investigational | 25 | | drug, biological product, or device; or | 26 | | (2) for experimental treatment for Lyme disease or |
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| 1 | | other tick-borne diseases, including, but not limited to, | 2 | | the prescription of or treatment with long-term | 3 | | antibiotics. | 4 | | (D) The 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. 99-270, eff. 1-1-16; 99-933, eff. 1-27-17; | 15 | | 100-429, eff. 8-25-17; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18; 100-605, eff. | 16 | | 1-1-19; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-1137, eff. 1-1-19; revised | 17 | | 12-19-18.)
| 18 | | (225 ILCS 60/24) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-24)
| 19 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
| 20 | | Sec. 24. Report of violations; medical associations. | 21 | | (a) Any physician
licensed under this Act, the
Illinois | 22 | | State Medical Society, the Illinois Association of
Osteopathic | 23 | | Physicians and Surgeons, the Illinois
Chiropractic Society, | 24 | | the Illinois Prairie State Chiropractic Association, the | 25 | | Illinois Association of Naturopathic Physicians,
or any |
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| 1 | | component societies of any of
these 4 groups, and any other | 2 | | person, may report to the
Disciplinary Board any information | 3 | | the physician,
association, society, or person may have that | 4 | | appears to
show that a physician is or may be in violation of | 5 | | any of
the provisions of Section 22 of this Act.
| 6 | | (b) The Department may enter into agreements with the
| 7 | | Illinois State Medical Society, the Illinois Association of
| 8 | | Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, the Illinois Prairie | 9 | | State Chiropractic
Association, or the Illinois
Chiropractic | 10 | | Society , or the Illinois Association of Naturopathic | 11 | | Physicians to allow these
organizations to assist the | 12 | | Disciplinary Board in the review
of alleged violations of this | 13 | | Act. Subject to the approval
of the Department, any | 14 | | organization party to such an
agreement may subcontract with | 15 | | other individuals or
organizations to assist in review.
| 16 | | (c) Any physician, association, society, or person
| 17 | | participating in good faith in the making of a report under
| 18 | | this Act or participating in or assisting with an
investigation | 19 | | or review under this Act shall have
immunity from any civil, | 20 | | criminal, or other liability that might result by reason of | 21 | | those actions.
| 22 | | (d) The medical information in the custody of an entity
| 23 | | under contract with the Department participating in an
| 24 | | investigation or review shall be privileged and confidential
to | 25 | | the same extent as are information and reports under the
| 26 | | provisions of Part 21 of Article VIII of the Code of Civil
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| 1 | | Procedure.
| 2 | | (e) Upon request by the Department after a mandatory report | 3 | | has been filed with the Department, an attorney for any party | 4 | | seeking to recover damages for
injuries or death by reason of | 5 | | medical, hospital, or other healing art
malpractice shall | 6 | | provide patient records related to the physician involved in | 7 | | the disciplinary proceeding to the Department within 30 days of | 8 | | the Department's request for use by the Department in any | 9 | | disciplinary matter under this Act. An attorney who provides | 10 | | patient records to the Department in accordance with this | 11 | | requirement shall not be deemed to have violated any | 12 | | attorney-client privilege. Notwithstanding any other provision | 13 | | of law, consent by a patient shall not be required for the | 14 | | provision of patient records in accordance with this | 15 | | requirement.
| 16 | | (f) For the purpose of any civil or criminal proceedings,
| 17 | | the good faith of any physician, association, society
or person | 18 | | shall be presumed.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11; 98-1140, eff. 12-30-14 .)
| 20 | | (225 ILCS 60/33) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-33)
| 21 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
| 22 | | Sec. 33. Legend drugs. | 23 | | (a) Any person licensed under this Act to practice medicine | 24 | | in all
of its branches shall be authorized to purchase legend | 25 | | drugs requiring an
order of a person authorized to prescribe |
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| 1 | | drugs, and to dispense such legend
drugs in the regular course | 2 | | of practicing medicine. The dispensing of such
legend drugs | 3 | | shall be the personal act of the person licensed under this
Act | 4 | | and may not be delegated to any other person not licensed under | 5 | | this
Act or the Pharmacy Practice Act
unless such delegated
| 6 | | dispensing functions are under the direct supervision of the | 7 | | physician
authorized to dispense legend drugs. Except when | 8 | | dispensing manufacturers'
samples or other legend drugs in a | 9 | | maximum 72 hour supply, persons licensed
under this Act shall | 10 | | maintain a book or file of prescriptions as required
in the | 11 | | Pharmacy Practice Act. Any person licensed under this
Act who | 12 | | dispenses any drug or medicine shall dispense such drug or
| 13 | | medicine in good faith and shall affix to the box, bottle,
| 14 | | vessel or package containing the same a label indicating (1)
| 15 | | the date on which such drug or medicine is dispensed; (2)
the | 16 | | name of the patient; (3) the last name of the person
dispensing | 17 | | such drug or medicine; (4) the directions for use
thereof; and | 18 | | (5) the proprietary name or names or, if there
are none, the | 19 | | established name or names of the drug or
medicine, the dosage | 20 | | and quantity, except as otherwise
authorized by regulation of | 21 | | the Department.
| 22 | | (b) The labeling requirements set forth in subsection (a) | 23 | | shall
not apply to drugs or medicines in a package which bears | 24 | | a label of the
manufacturer containing information describing | 25 | | its contents
which is in compliance with requirements of the | 26 | | Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Illinois Food, |
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| 1 | | Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
"Drug" and "medicine" have the meanings | 2 | | ascribed to them in the Pharmacy Practice
Act, as now or | 3 | | hereafter amended; "good faith" has the meaning
ascribed to it | 4 | | in subsection (u) of Section 102 of the Illinois Controlled
| 5 | | Substances Act.
| 6 | | (c) Prior to dispensing a prescription to a patient, the | 7 | | physician shall
offer a written prescription to the patient | 8 | | which the patient may elect to
have filled by the physician or | 9 | | any licensed pharmacy.
| 10 | | (d) A violation of any provision of this Section shall | 11 | | constitute a violation
of this Act and shall be grounds for | 12 | | disciplinary action provided for in
this Act.
| 13 | | (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize | 14 | | a chiropractic physician or naturopathic physician to | 15 | | prescribe drugs. | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11; 98-1140, eff. 12-30-14 .)
| 17 | | (225 ILCS 60/34) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-34)
| 18 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
| 19 | | Sec. 34.
The provisions of this Act shall not be so
| 20 | | construed nor shall they be so administered as to
discriminate | 21 | | against any type or category of physician or
against any | 22 | | medical, osteopathic , naturopathic, or chiropractic college.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 85-4 .)
| 24 | | Section 25. The Patients' Right to Know Act is amended by |
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| 1 | | changing Section 5 as follows: | 2 | | (225 ILCS 61/5)
| 3 | | Sec. 5. Definitions. For purposes of this Act, the
| 4 | | following definitions shall have the following meanings,
| 5 | | except where the context requires otherwise: | 6 | | "Department" means the Department of Financial and | 7 | | Professional Regulation. | 8 | | "Disciplinary Board" means the Medical Disciplinary
Board. | 9 | | "Physician" means a person licensed under the
Medical | 10 | | Practice Act of 1987 to practice medicine in all of its
| 11 | | branches , a naturopathic physician, or a chiropractic | 12 | | physician licensed to treat human
ailments without the use of | 13 | | drugs and without
operative surgery. | 14 | | "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of | 15 | | Financial and Professional Regulation.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.) | 17 | | Section 30. The Naprapathic Practice Act is amended by | 18 | | changing Sections 25 and 110 as follows:
| 19 | | (225 ILCS 63/25)
| 20 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023)
| 21 | | Sec. 25. Title and designation of licensed naprapaths. | 22 | | Every person
to whom a valid existing license as a naprapath | 23 | | has been issued under this
Act shall be designated |
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| 1 | | professionally a "naprapath", and not otherwise,
and any | 2 | | licensed naprapath may, in connection with the
practice of
his | 3 | | profession, use the title or designation of "naprapath", and, | 4 | | if
entitled by degree from a college or university recognized | 5 | | by the
Department, may use the title of "Doctor of
Naprapathy" | 6 | | or the abbreviation "D.N.". When the name of the licensed
| 7 | | naprapath is used professionally in oral, written, or
printed
| 8 | | announcements, professional cards, or publications for the | 9 | | information of
the public and is preceded by the title "Doctor" | 10 | | or the abbreviation
"Dr.", the explanatory designation of | 11 | | "naprapath", "naprapathy", "Doctor of
Naprapathy", or the | 12 | | designation "D.N." shall be added immediately following
title | 13 | | and name. When the announcement, professional cards, or
| 14 | | publication is in writing or in print, the explanatory addition | 15 | | shall be
in writing, type, or print not less than 1/2 the size | 16 | | of that used in the
name and title. No person other than the | 17 | | holder of a valid existing
license under this Act shall use the | 18 | | title and designation of "Doctor of
Naprapathy", "D.N.", or | 19 | | "naprapath", either directly or indirectly, in
connection with | 20 | | his or her profession or business.
| 21 | | A naprapath licensed under this Act shall not hold himself | 22 | | or herself
out as a Doctor of Chiropractic or a Doctor of | 23 | | Naturopathic Medicine unless he or she is licensed as a Doctor | 24 | | of
Chiropractic or Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine under the | 25 | | Medical Practice Act of 1987 or any successor Act.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 97-778, eff. 7-13-12.)
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| 1 | | (225 ILCS 63/110)
| 2 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023)
| 3 | | Sec. 110. Grounds for disciplinary action; refusal, | 4 | | revocation,
suspension. | 5 | | (a) The Department may refuse to issue or to renew, or may | 6 | | revoke, suspend,
place on probation, reprimand or take other | 7 | | disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as
the
Department may | 8 | | deem appropriate, including imposing fines not to exceed | 9 | | $10,000 for each
violation, with regard to any licensee or | 10 | | license for any one or
combination of
the
following causes:
| 11 | | (1) Violations of this Act or of rules adopted under | 12 | | this Act.
| 13 | | (2) Material misstatement in furnishing information to | 14 | | the Department.
| 15 | | (3) Conviction by plea of guilty or nolo contendere, | 16 | | finding of guilt, jury verdict, or entry of judgment, or by | 17 | | sentencing of any crime, including, but not limited to, | 18 | | convictions, preceding sentences of supervision, | 19 | | conditional discharge, or first offender probation, under | 20 | | the laws of any jurisdiction of the United States: (i) that | 21 | | is a felony or (ii) that is a misdemeanor, an essential | 22 | | element of which is dishonesty, or that is directly related | 23 | | to the practice of the profession.
| 24 | | (4) Fraud or any misrepresentation in applying for or | 25 | | procuring a license under this Act or in connection with |
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| 1 | | applying for renewal of a license under this Act.
| 2 | | (5) Professional incompetence or gross negligence.
| 3 | | (6) Malpractice.
| 4 | | (7) Aiding or assisting another person in violating any
| 5 | | provision of
this Act or its rules.
| 6 | | (8) Failing to provide information within 60 days in | 7 | | response
to a
written request made by the Department.
| 8 | | (9) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or | 9 | | unprofessional
conduct of a
character likely to deceive, | 10 | | defraud, or harm the public.
| 11 | | (10) Habitual or excessive use or abuse of drugs | 12 | | defined in law as controlled substances, alcohol, or any | 13 | | other substance which results in the
inability to practice | 14 | | with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
| 15 | | (11) Discipline by another U.S. jurisdiction or | 16 | | foreign
nation if at
least one of the grounds for the | 17 | | discipline is the same or substantially
equivalent to those | 18 | | set forth in this Act.
| 19 | | (12) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving from | 20 | | any
person, firm,
corporation, partnership, or association | 21 | | any fee, commission, rebate, or
other form of compensation | 22 | | for any professional services not actually or
personally | 23 | | rendered. This shall not be deemed to include rent or other
| 24 | | remunerations paid to an individual, partnership, or | 25 | | corporation by a
naprapath for the lease, rental, or use of | 26 | | space, owned or controlled by
the individual, partnership, |
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| 1 | | corporation, or association. Nothing in this paragraph | 2 | | (12) affects any bona fide independent contractor or | 3 | | employment arrangements among health care professionals, | 4 | | health facilities, health care providers, or other | 5 | | entities, except as otherwise prohibited by law. Any | 6 | | employment arrangements may include provisions for | 7 | | compensation, health insurance, pension, or other | 8 | | employment benefits for the provision of services within | 9 | | the scope of the licensee's practice under this Act. | 10 | | Nothing in this paragraph (12) shall be construed to | 11 | | require an employment arrangement to receive professional | 12 | | fees for services rendered.
| 13 | | (13) Using the title "Doctor" or its abbreviation | 14 | | without further
clarifying that title or abbreviation with | 15 | | the word "naprapath" or "naprapathy"
or the designation | 16 | | "D.N.".
| 17 | | (14) A finding by the Department that the licensee, | 18 | | after
having his
or her license placed on probationary | 19 | | status, has violated the terms of
probation.
| 20 | | (15) Abandonment of a patient without cause.
| 21 | | (16) Willfully making or filing false records or | 22 | | reports
relating to a licensee's
practice, including but | 23 | | not limited to, false records filed with State
agencies or | 24 | | departments.
| 25 | | (17) Willfully failing to report an instance of | 26 | | suspected
child abuse or
neglect as required by the Abused |
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| 1 | | and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
| 2 | | (18) Physical or mental illness or disability, | 3 | | including, but not limited to,
deterioration
through the | 4 | | aging process or loss of motor skill that results in the
| 5 | | inability to practice the profession with reasonable | 6 | | judgment, skill,
or safety.
| 7 | | (19) Solicitation of professional services by means | 8 | | other
than
permitted advertising.
| 9 | | (20) Failure to provide a patient with a copy of his or | 10 | | her
record
upon the written request of the patient.
| 11 | | (21) Cheating on or attempting to subvert the licensing | 12 | | examination administered under this Act.
| 13 | | (22) Allowing one's license under this Act to be used | 14 | | by an unlicensed person in violation of this Act.
| 15 | | (23) (Blank).
| 16 | | (24) Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated | 17 | | report by
the
Department of Children and Family Services | 18 | | under the Abused and Neglected
Child Reporting Act and upon | 19 | | proof by clear and convincing evidence that the
licensee | 20 | | has caused a child to be an abused child or a neglected | 21 | | child as
defined in the Abused and Neglected Child | 22 | | Reporting Act.
| 23 | | (25) Practicing under a false or, except as provided by | 24 | | law, an assumed name.
| 25 | | (26) Immoral conduct in the commission of any act, such | 26 | | as
sexual abuse,
sexual misconduct, or sexual |
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| 1 | | exploitation, related to the licensee's practice.
| 2 | | (27) Maintaining a professional relationship with any | 3 | | person,
firm, or
corporation when the naprapath knows, or | 4 | | should know, that the person,
firm, or corporation is | 5 | | violating this Act.
| 6 | | (28) Promotion of the sale of food supplements, | 7 | | devices,
appliances, or
goods provided for a client or | 8 | | patient in such manner as to exploit the
patient or client | 9 | | for financial gain of the licensee.
| 10 | | (29) Having treated ailments of human beings other than | 11 | | by
the
practice of naprapathy as defined in this Act, or | 12 | | having treated ailments
of human beings as a licensed | 13 | | naprapath independent of a documented
referral or | 14 | | documented current and relevant diagnosis from a | 15 | | physician,
dentist, or podiatric physician, or having | 16 | | failed to notify the physician, dentist,
or podiatric | 17 | | physician who established a documented current and | 18 | | relevant
diagnosis that the patient is receiving | 19 | | naprapathic treatment pursuant to
that diagnosis.
| 20 | | (30) Use by a registered naprapath of the word | 21 | | "infirmary",
"hospital",
"school", "university", in | 22 | | English or any other language, in connection
with the place | 23 | | where naprapathy may be practiced or demonstrated.
| 24 | | (31) Continuance of a naprapath in the employ of any | 25 | | person,
firm, or
corporation, or as an assistant to any | 26 | | naprapath or naprapaths, directly or
indirectly, after his |
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| 1 | | or her employer or superior has been found guilty of
| 2 | | violating or has been enjoined from violating the laws of | 3 | | the State of
Illinois relating to the practice of | 4 | | naprapathy when the employer or
superior persists in that | 5 | | violation.
| 6 | | (32) The performance of naprapathic service in | 7 | | conjunction
with a scheme
or plan with another person, | 8 | | firm, or corporation known to be advertising in
a manner | 9 | | contrary to this Act or otherwise violating the laws of the | 10 | | State
of Illinois concerning the practice of naprapathy.
| 11 | | (33) Failure to provide satisfactory proof of having
| 12 | | participated in
approved continuing education programs as | 13 | | determined by and
approved by the Secretary. Exceptions for | 14 | | extreme hardships are to be
defined by the rules of the | 15 | | Department.
| 16 | | (34) (Blank).
| 17 | | (35) Gross or willful overcharging for
professional | 18 | | services.
| 19 | | (36) (Blank).
| 20 | | All fines imposed under this Section shall be paid within | 21 | | 60 days after the effective date of the order imposing the | 22 | | fine. | 23 | | (b) The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend | 24 | | without hearing, as provided for in the Department of | 25 | | Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code, | 26 | | the license of any person who fails to file a return, or pay |
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| 1 | | the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed return, or pay | 2 | | any final assessment of the tax, penalty, or interest as | 3 | | required by any tax Act administered by the Illinois Department | 4 | | of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of any such tax | 5 | | Act are satisfied in accordance with subsection (g) of Section | 6 | | 2105-15 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the | 7 | | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | 8 | | (c) (Blank). | 9 | | (d) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family | 10 | | Services has previously determined a licensee or a potential | 11 | | licensee is more than 30 days delinquent in the payment of | 12 | | child support and has subsequently certified the delinquency to | 13 | | the Department, the Department may refuse to issue or renew or | 14 | | may revoke or suspend that person's license or may take other | 15 | | disciplinary action against that person based solely upon the | 16 | | certification of delinquency made by the Department of | 17 | | Healthcare and Family Services in accordance with item (5) of | 18 | | subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Department of | 19 | | Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | 20 | | Illinois. | 21 | | (e) The determination by a circuit court that a licensee is | 22 | | subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission, as | 23 | | provided in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities | 24 | | Code, operates as an automatic suspension. The suspension shall | 25 | | end only upon a finding by a court that the patient is no | 26 | | longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission |
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| 1 | | and the issuance of an order so finding and discharging the | 2 | | patient. | 3 | | (f) In enforcing this Act, the Department, upon a showing | 4 | | of a possible violation, may compel an individual licensed to | 5 | | practice under this Act, or who has applied for licensure under | 6 | | this Act, to submit to a mental or physical examination and | 7 | | evaluation, or both, which may include a substance abuse or | 8 | | sexual offender evaluation, as required by and at the expense | 9 | | of the Department. The Department shall specifically designate | 10 | | the examining physician licensed to practice medicine in all of | 11 | | its branches or, if applicable, the multidisciplinary team | 12 | | involved in providing the mental or physical examination and | 13 | | evaluation, or both. The multidisciplinary team shall be led by | 14 | | a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its | 15 | | branches and may consist of one or more or a combination of | 16 | | physicians licensed to practice medicine in all of its | 17 | | branches, licensed chiropractic physicians, licensed | 18 | | naturopathic physicians, licensed clinical psychologists, | 19 | | licensed clinical social workers, licensed clinical | 20 | | professional counselors, and other professional and | 21 | | administrative staff. Any examining physician or member of the | 22 | | multidisciplinary team may require any person ordered to submit | 23 | | to an examination and evaluation pursuant to this Section to | 24 | | submit to any additional supplemental testing deemed necessary | 25 | | to complete any examination or evaluation process, including, | 26 | | but not limited to, blood testing, urinalysis, psychological |
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| 1 | | testing, or neuropsychological testing. | 2 | | The Department may order the examining physician or any | 3 | | member of the multidisciplinary team to provide to the | 4 | | Department any and all records including business records that | 5 | | relate to the examination and evaluation, including any | 6 | | supplemental testing performed. The Department may order the | 7 | | examining physician or any member of the multidisciplinary team | 8 | | to present testimony concerning the examination and evaluation | 9 | | of the licensee or applicant, including testimony concerning | 10 | | any supplemental testing or documents in any way related to the | 11 | | examination and evaluation. No information, report, record, or | 12 | | other documents in any way related to the examination and | 13 | | evaluation shall be excluded by reason of any common law or | 14 | | statutory privilege relating to communications between the | 15 | | licensee or applicant and the examining physician or any member | 16 | | of the multidisciplinary team. No authorization is necessary | 17 | | from the licensee or applicant ordered to undergo an evaluation | 18 | | and examination for the examining physician or any member of | 19 | | the multidisciplinary team to provide information, reports, | 20 | | records, or other documents or to provide any testimony | 21 | | regarding the examination and evaluation. The individual to be | 22 | | examined may have, at his or her own expense, another physician | 23 | | of his or her choice present during all aspects of this | 24 | | examination. Failure of an individual to submit to a mental or | 25 | | physical examination and evaluation, or both, when directed, | 26 | | shall result in an automatic suspension without hearing, until |
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| 1 | | such time as the individual submits to the examination. | 2 | | A person holding a license under this Act or who has | 3 | | applied for a license under this Act who, because of a physical | 4 | | or mental illness or disability, including, but not limited to, | 5 | | deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor skill, | 6 | | is unable to practice the profession with reasonable judgment, | 7 | | skill, or safety, may be required by the Department to submit | 8 | | to care, counseling, or treatment by physicians approved or | 9 | | designated by the Department as a condition, term, or | 10 | | restriction for continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure to | 11 | | practice. Submission to care, counseling, or treatment as | 12 | | required by the Department shall not be considered discipline | 13 | | of a license. If the licensee refuses to enter into a care, | 14 | | counseling, or treatment agreement or fails to abide by the | 15 | | terms of the agreement, the Department may file a complaint to | 16 | | revoke, suspend, or otherwise discipline the license of the | 17 | | individual. The Secretary may order the license suspended | 18 | | immediately, pending a hearing by the Department. Fines shall | 19 | | not be assessed in disciplinary actions involving physical or | 20 | | mental illness or impairment. | 21 | | In instances in which the Secretary immediately suspends a | 22 | | person's license under this Section, a hearing on that person's | 23 | | license must be convened by the Department within 15 days after | 24 | | the suspension and completed without appreciable delay. The | 25 | | Department shall have the authority to review the subject | 26 | | individual's record of treatment and counseling regarding the |
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| 1 | | impairment to the extent permitted by applicable federal | 2 | | statutes and regulations safeguarding the confidentiality of | 3 | | medical records. | 4 | | An individual licensed under this Act and affected under | 5 | | this Section shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to | 6 | | the Department that he or she can resume practice in compliance | 7 | | with acceptable and prevailing standards under the provisions | 8 | | of his or her license.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 100-872, eff. 8-14-18.)
| 10 | | Section 35. The Illinois Physical Therapy Act is amended by | 11 | | changing Section 1 as follows:
| 12 | | (225 ILCS 90/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 4251)
| 13 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
| 14 | | Sec. 1. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| 15 | | (1) "Physical therapy" means all of the following: | 16 | | (A) Examining, evaluating, and testing individuals who | 17 | | may have mechanical, physiological, or developmental | 18 | | impairments, functional limitations, disabilities, or | 19 | | other health and movement-related conditions, classifying | 20 | | these disorders, determining a rehabilitation prognosis | 21 | | and plan of therapeutic intervention, and assessing the | 22 | | ongoing effects of the interventions. | 23 | | (B) Alleviating impairments, functional limitations, | 24 | | or disabilities by designing, implementing, and modifying |
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| 1 | | therapeutic interventions that may include, but are not | 2 | | limited to, the evaluation or treatment of a person through | 3 | | the use of the effective properties of physical measures | 4 | | and heat, cold, light, water, radiant energy, electricity, | 5 | | sound, and air and use of therapeutic massage, therapeutic | 6 | | exercise, mobilization, and rehabilitative procedures, | 7 | | with or without assistive devices, for the purposes of | 8 | | preventing, correcting, or alleviating a physical or | 9 | | mental impairment, functional limitation, or disability. | 10 | | (C) Reducing the risk of injury, impairment, | 11 | | functional limitation, or disability, including the | 12 | | promotion and maintenance of fitness, health, and | 13 | | wellness. | 14 | | (D) Engaging in administration, consultation, | 15 | | education, and research.
| 16 | | "Physical therapy"
includes, but is not limited to: (a) | 17 | | performance
of specialized tests and measurements, (b) | 18 | | administration of specialized
treatment procedures, (c) | 19 | | interpretation of referrals from physicians, dentists, | 20 | | advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants,
and | 21 | | podiatric physicians, (d) establishment, and modification of | 22 | | physical therapy
treatment programs, (e) administration of | 23 | | topical medication used in generally
accepted physical therapy | 24 | | procedures when such medication is either prescribed
by the | 25 | | patient's physician, licensed to practice medicine in all its | 26 | | branches,
the patient's physician licensed to practice |
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| 1 | | podiatric medicine, the patient's advanced practice registered | 2 | | nurse, the patient's physician assistant, or the
patient's | 3 | | dentist or used following the physician's orders or written | 4 | | instructions, (f) supervision or teaching of physical therapy, | 5 | | and (g) dry needling in accordance with Section 1.5.
"Physical | 6 | | therapy" does not include radiology, electrosurgery, | 7 | | chiropractic
technique , naturopathic technique, or | 8 | | determination of a differential
diagnosis; provided, however,
| 9 | | the limitation on determining a differential diagnosis shall | 10 | | not in any
manner limit a physical therapist licensed under | 11 | | this Act from performing
an evaluation and establishing a | 12 | | physical therapy treatment plan pursuant to such license. | 13 | | Nothing in this Section shall limit
a physical therapist from | 14 | | employing appropriate physical therapy techniques
that he or | 15 | | she is educated and licensed to perform.
| 16 | | (2) "Physical therapist" means a person who practices | 17 | | physical therapy
and who has met all requirements as provided | 18 | | in this Act.
| 19 | | (3) "Department" means the Department of Professional | 20 | | Regulation.
| 21 | | (4) "Director" means the Director of Professional | 22 | | Regulation.
| 23 | | (5) "Board" means the Physical Therapy Licensing and | 24 | | Disciplinary Board approved
by the Director.
| 25 | | (6) "Referral" means a written or oral authorization for | 26 | | physical therapy services for a patient by a physician, |
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| 1 | | dentist, advanced practice registered nurse, physician | 2 | | assistant, or podiatric physician who maintains medical | 3 | | supervision of the patient and makes a diagnosis or verifies | 4 | | that the patient's condition is such that it may be treated by | 5 | | a physical therapist.
| 6 | | (7) (Blank).
| 7 | | (8) "State" includes:
| 8 | | (a) the states of the United States of America;
| 9 | | (b) the District of Columbia; and
| 10 | | (c) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
| 11 | | (9) "Physical therapist assistant" means a person licensed | 12 | | to assist a
physical therapist and who has met all requirements | 13 | | as provided in this Act
and who works under the supervision of | 14 | | a licensed physical therapist to assist
in implementing the | 15 | | physical therapy treatment program as established by the
| 16 | | licensed physical therapist. The patient care activities | 17 | | provided by the
physical therapist assistant shall not include | 18 | | the interpretation of referrals,
evaluation procedures, or the | 19 | | planning or major modification of patient programs.
| 20 | | (10) "Physical therapy aide" means a person who has | 21 | | received on
the job training, specific to the facility in which | 22 | | he is employed.
| 23 | | (11) "Advanced practice registered nurse" means a person | 24 | | licensed as an advanced practice registered nurse under the | 25 | | Nurse Practice Act. | 26 | | (12) "Physician assistant" means a person licensed under |
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| 1 | | the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987.
| 2 | | (13) "Health care professional" means a physician, | 3 | | dentist, podiatric physician, advanced practice registered | 4 | | nurse, or physician assistant. | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 99-173, eff. 7-29-15; 99-229, eff. 8-3-15; | 6 | | 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-418, eff. | 7 | | 8-25-17; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-897, | 8 | | eff. 8-16-18.)
| 9 | | Section 40. The Health Care Arbitration Act is amended by | 10 | | changing Section 2 as follows:
| 11 | | (710 ILCS 15/2) (from Ch. 10, par. 202)
| 12 | | Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| 13 | | (a) "Health care provider" means a person, partnership, | 14 | | corporation, or
other entity lawfully engaged in the practice | 15 | | of medicine, surgery,
chiropractic, naturopathy,
dentistry, | 16 | | podiatry, optometry, physical therapy or nursing.
| 17 | | (b) "Hospital" means a person, partnership, corporation or | 18 | | other entity
lawfully engaged in the operation or | 19 | | administration of a hospital, clinic,
nursing home or | 20 | | sanitarium.
| 21 | | (c) "Supplier" means a person, corporation, partnership or | 22 | | other entity
that has manufactured, designed, distributed, | 23 | | sold, or otherwise provided
any medication, device, equipment, | 24 | | service, or other product used in the
diagnosis or treatment of |
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| 1 | | a patient.
| 2 | | (d) "Health care arbitration agreement" or "agreement" | 3 | | means a written
agreement between a patient and a hospital or | 4 | | health care provider to submit
to binding arbitration a claim | 5 | | for damages arising out of (1) injuries alleged
to have been | 6 | | received by a patient or (2) death of a patient, due to | 7 | | hospital
or health care provider negligence or other wrongful | 8 | | act, but not including
intentional torts.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
| 10 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 11 | | becoming law.
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Statutes amended in order of appearance
| | 3 | | 20 ILCS 3945/2 | from Ch. 144, par. 2002 | | 4 | | 105 ILCS 5/24-6 | | | 5 | | 105 ILCS 5/26-1 | from Ch. 122, par. 26-1 | | 6 | | 215 ILCS 5/122-1 | from Ch. 73, par. 734-1 | | 7 | | 225 ILCS 60/2 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-2 | | 8 | | 225 ILCS 60/7 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-7 | | 9 | | 225 ILCS 60/8 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-8 | | 10 | | 225 ILCS 60/9 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-9 | | 11 | | 225 ILCS 60/10 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-10 | | 12 | | 225 ILCS 60/11 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-11 | | 13 | | 225 ILCS 60/14 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-14 | | 14 | | 225 ILCS 60/15 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-15 | | 15 | | 225 ILCS 60/16 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-16 | | 16 | | 225 ILCS 60/17 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-17 | | 17 | | 225 ILCS 60/18 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-18 | | 18 | | 225 ILCS 60/19 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-19 | | 19 | | 225 ILCS 60/22 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-22 | | 20 | | 225 ILCS 60/24 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-24 | | 21 | | 225 ILCS 60/33 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-33 | | 22 | | 225 ILCS 60/34 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-34 | | 23 | | 225 ILCS 61/5 | | | 24 | | 225 ILCS 63/25 | | | 25 | | 225 ILCS 63/110 | | |
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