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225 ILCS 5/16

    (225 ILCS 5/16) (from Ch. 111, par. 7616)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
    Sec. 16. Grounds for discipline.
    (1) The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or take other disciplinary action as the Department may deem proper, including fines not to exceed $10,000 for each violation, with regard to any licensee for any one or combination of the following:
        (A) Material misstatement in furnishing information
    
to the Department;
        (B) Violations of this Act, or of the rules or
    
regulations promulgated hereunder;
        (C) Conviction of or plea of guilty to any crime
    
under the Criminal Code of 2012 or the laws of any jurisdiction of the United States that is (i) a felony, (ii) a misdemeanor, an essential element of which is dishonesty, or (iii) of any crime that is directly related to the practice of the profession;
        (D) Fraud or any misrepresentation in applying for or
    
procuring a license under this Act, or in connection with applying for renewal of a license under this Act;
        (E) Professional incompetence or gross negligence;
        (F) Malpractice;
        (G) Aiding or assisting another person, firm,
    
partnership, or corporation in violating any provision of this Act or rules;
        (H) Failing, within 60 days, to provide information
    
in response to a written request made by the Department;
        (I) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or
    
unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive, defraud or harm the public;
        (J) Habitual or excessive use or abuse of drugs
    
defined in law as controlled substances, alcohol, or any other substance that results in the inability to practice with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety;
        (K) Discipline by another state, unit of government,
    
government agency, the District of Columbia, territory, or foreign nation, if at least one of the grounds for the discipline is the same or substantially equivalent to those set forth herein;
        (L) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving
    
from any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association any fee, commission, rebate, or other form of compensation for any professional services not actually or personally rendered. Nothing in this subparagraph (L) affects any bona fide independent contractor or employment arrangements among health care professionals, health facilities, health care providers, or other entities, except as otherwise prohibited by law. Any employment arrangements may include provisions for compensation, health insurance, pension, or other employment benefits for the provision of services within the scope of the licensee's practice under this Act. Nothing in this subparagraph (L) shall be construed to require an employment arrangement to receive professional fees for services rendered;
        (M) A finding by the Department that the licensee
    
after having his or her license disciplined has violated the terms of probation;
        (N) Abandonment of an athlete;
        (O) Willfully making or filing false records or
    
reports in his or her practice, including but not limited to false records filed with State agencies or departments;
        (P) Willfully failing to report an instance of
    
suspected child abuse or neglect as required by the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act;
        (Q) Physical illness, including but not limited to
    
deterioration through the aging process, or loss of motor skill that results in the inability to practice the profession with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety;
        (R) Solicitation of professional services other than
    
by permitted institutional policy;
        (S) The use of any words, abbreviations, figures or
    
letters with the intention of indicating practice as an athletic trainer without a valid license as an athletic trainer under this Act;
        (T) The evaluation or treatment of ailments of human
    
beings other than by the practice of athletic training as defined in this Act or the treatment of injuries of athletes by a licensed athletic trainer except by the referral of a physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, podiatric physician, or dentist;
        (U) Willfully violating or knowingly assisting in the
    
violation of any law of this State relating to the use of habit-forming drugs;
        (V) Willfully violating or knowingly assisting in the
    
violation of any law of this State relating to the practice of abortion;
        (W) Continued practice by a person knowingly having
    
an infectious communicable or contagious disease;
        (X) Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated
    
report by the Department of Children and Family Services pursuant to the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act and upon proof by clear and convincing evidence that the licensee has caused a child to be an abused child or neglected child as defined in the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act;
        (X-5) Failure to provide a monthly report on the
    
patient's progress to the referring physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, podiatric physician, or dentist;
        (Y) (Blank);
        (Z) Failure to fulfill continuing education
    
requirements;
        (AA) Allowing one's license under this Act to be used
    
by an unlicensed person in violation of this Act;
        (BB) Practicing under a false or, except as provided
    
by law, assumed name;
        (CC) Promotion of the sale of drugs, devices,
    
appliances, or goods provided in any manner to exploit the client for the financial gain of the licensee;
        (DD) Gross, willful, or continued overcharging for
    
professional services;
        (EE) Mental illness or disability that results in the
    
inability to practice under this Act with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety;
        (FF) Cheating on or attempting to subvert the
    
licensing examination administered under this Act;
        (GG) Violation of the Health Care Worker
    
Self-Referral Act; or
        (HH) Failure by a supervising athletic trainer of an
    
aide to maintain contact, including personal supervision and instruction, to ensure the safety and welfare of an athlete.
    All fines imposed under this Section shall be paid within 60 days after the effective date of the order imposing the fine or in accordance with the terms set forth in the order imposing the fine.
    (2) The determination by a circuit court that a licensee is subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission as provided in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code operates as an automatic suspension. Such suspension will end only upon a finding by a court that the licensee is no longer subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission and issuance of an order so finding and discharging the licensee.
    (3) The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend without hearing, as provided for in the Code of Civil Procedure, the license of any person who fails to file a return, to pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed return, or to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or interest as required by any tax Act administered by the Illinois Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of any such tax Act are satisfied in accordance with subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
    (4) In enforcing this Section, the Department, upon a showing of a possible violation, may compel any individual who is licensed under this Act or any individual who has applied for licensure to submit to a mental or physical examination or evaluation, or both, which may include a substance abuse or sexual offender evaluation, at the expense of the Department. The Department shall specifically designate the examining physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches or, if applicable, the multidisciplinary team involved in providing the mental or physical examination and evaluation. The multidisciplinary team shall be led by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches and may consist of one or more or a combination of physicians licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches, licensed chiropractic physicians, licensed clinical psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and other professional and administrative staff. Any examining physician or member of the multidisciplinary team may require any person ordered to submit to an examination and evaluation pursuant to this Section to submit to any additional supplemental testing deemed necessary to complete any examination or evaluation process, including, but not limited to, blood testing, urinalysis, psychological testing, or neuropsychological testing.
    The Department may order the examining physician or any member of the multidisciplinary team to provide to the Department any and all records, including business records, that relate to the examination and evaluation, including any supplemental testing performed. The Department may order the examining physician or any member of the multidisciplinary team to present testimony concerning this examination and evaluation of the licensee or applicant, including testimony concerning any supplemental testing or documents relating to the examination and evaluation. No information, report, record, or other documents in any way related to the examination and evaluation shall be excluded by reason of any common law or statutory privilege relating to communication between the licensee or applicant and the examining physician or any member of the multidisciplinary team. No authorization is necessary from the licensee or applicant ordered to undergo an evaluation and examination for the examining physician or any member of the multidisciplinary team to provide information, reports, records, or other documents or to provide any testimony regarding the examination and evaluation. The individual to be examined may have, at his or her own expense, another physician of his or her choice present during all aspects of the examination.
    Failure of any individual to submit to a mental or physical examination or evaluation, or both, when directed, shall result in an automatic suspension without hearing, until such time as the individual submits to the examination. If the Department finds a licensee unable to practice because of the reasons set forth in this Section, the Department shall require the licensee to submit to care, counseling, or treatment by physicians approved or designated by the Department as a condition for continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure.
    When the Secretary immediately suspends a license under this Section, a hearing upon such person's license must be convened by the Department within 15 days after the suspension and completed without appreciable delay. The Department shall have the authority to review the licensee's record of treatment and counseling regarding the impairment to the extent permitted by applicable federal statutes and regulations safeguarding the confidentiality of medical records.
    Individuals licensed under this Act who are affected under this Section shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to the Department that they can resume practice in compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards under the provisions of their license.
    (5) (Blank).
    (6) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family Services has previously determined a licensee or a potential licensee is more than 30 days delinquent in the payment of child support and has subsequently certified the delinquency to the Department, the Department may refuse to issue or renew or may revoke or suspend that person's license or may take other disciplinary action against that person based solely upon the certification of delinquency made by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services in accordance with paragraph (5) of subsection (a) of Section 2105-15 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 102-940, eff. 1-1-23.)