90th General Assembly
Summary of HB0557
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House Sponsors:
SAVIANO-COULSON-WOOLARD.

Senate Sponsors:
VIVERITO

Short description: 
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PRACTIC AC                                             

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act  of  1987  to  add  a      
   caption.                                                                    
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          225 ILCS 95/6                                                        
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          225 ILCS 85/3                   from Ch. 111, par. 4123              
          225 ILCS 85/4                   from Ch. 111, par. 4124              
          225 ILCS 95/6                   from Ch. 111, par. 4606              
          225 ILCS 95/7                   from Ch. 111, par. 4607              
          225 ILCS 95/7.5 new                                                  
          225 ILCS 95/21                  from Ch. 111, par. 4621              
          210 ILCS 25/7-101               from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 627-101       
          325 ILCS 5/4                    from Ch. 23, par. 2054               
          720 ILCS 570/102                from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1102           
        Replaces the title and  everything  after  the  enacting  clause.      
   Amends  the  Physician  Assistant Practice Act of 1987 to provide that      
   payments for services rendered by a physician assistant shall be  made      
   to  his  or  her  employer  if  payment  would  have been made had the      
   services been provided by a physician. Allows a supervising  physician      
   to  supervise  up  to  2  (now,  one) physician assistants. Sets forth      
   additional grounds for discipline of a licensee under the Act.  Amends      
   the  Physician  Assistant  Practice  Act  of  1987  and  the  Illinois      
   Controlled  Substances  Act to allow physician assistants to prescribe      
   Schedule III, IV, and  V  controlled  substances  in  accordance  with      
   written  guidelines  set by rule of the Department. Further amends the      
   Illinois  Controlled  Substances  Act  to  expand  the  definition  of      
   "practitioner" to include a physician assistant. Amends  the  Illinois      
   Clinical  Laboratory and Blood Bank Act to add physician assistants to      
   the list of persons who may authorize a clinical laboratory to examine      
   specimens. Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act  of  1987  to  state  that      
   physician assistants have limited prescriptive authority under the new      
   Act.  Amends  the  Abused  and  Neglected  Child  Reporting Act to add      
   physician assistants to the list of persons  and  entities  that  must      
   report cases of suspected child abuse.  Effective immediately.              
 
Last action on Bill: TOTAL VETO STANDS

   Last action date: 97-10-30

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   0


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