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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 849

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 849,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    in the introductory clause of Section 5, by changing "Section
 4    3-814" to "Sections 1-122 and 3-814"; and

 5    in Section 5, by inserting after Sec. 1-101.2 the following:

 6        "(405 ILCS 5/1-122) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1-122)
 7        Sec.  1-122.   Qualified  examiner.  "Qualified examiner"
 8    means a person who is:
 9        (a) a Clinical social worker as defined in this Act, or
10        (b)  a  registered  nurse  with  a  master's  degree   in
11    psychiatric  nursing who has 3 years of clinical training and
12    experience in the evaluation and treatment of mental  illness
13    which  has  been  acquired  subsequent  to  any  training and
14    experience which constituted a part of the degree program, or
15    
16        (c) a licensed clinical  professional  counselor  with  a
17    master's  or doctoral degree in counseling or psychology or a
18    similar master's  or  doctorate  program  from  a  regionally
19    accredited institution who has at least 3 years of supervised
20    postmaster's clinical professional counseling experience that
21    includes  the  provision  of  mental  health services for the
22    evaluation, treatment, and prevention of mental and emotional
 
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 1    disorders.
 2        A social worker who is a qualified examiner  shall  be  a
 3    licensed  clinical  social  worker  under the Clinical Social
 4    Work and Social Work Practice Act.
 5    (Source: P.A. 87-124; 87-530.)".

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