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 1        AN ACT concerning the regulation of professions, amending
 2    named Acts.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The Illinois Athletic Trainers  Practice  Act
 6    is amended by changing Section 6 as follows:

 7        (225 ILCS 5/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 7606)
 8        Sec.   6.    Athletic  Training  Board  -  Appointment  -
 9    Membership - Term - Duties.  The Director  shall  appoint  an
10    Illinois Board of Athletic Trainers as follows: 6 persons who
11    shall be appointed by and shall serve in an advisory capacity
12    to  the Director.  Two members must be licensed physicians; 3
13    members  must  be  registered  athletic  trainers   in   good
14    standing,  and  actively  engaged in the practice of athletic
15    training in this State; and 1 member must be a public  member
16    who  is  not  registered  under this Act, or a similar Act of
17    another jurisdiction, and  is  not  a  provider  of  athletic
18    health care service.
19        Members   shall  serve  4  year  terms  and  until  their
20    successors are appointed and qualified  except  that  of  the
21    initial  appointments,  1  member shall be appointed to serve
22    for one year, 2 shall be appointed to serve for  2  years,  2
23    shall  be  appointed  to serve for 3 years, and the remaining
24    one, who shall be the public member, shall  be  appointed  to
25    serve  for  4 years, and until their successors are appointed
26    and qualified.  No member shall be reappointed to  the  Board
27    for  more than 2 terms.  Appointments to fill vacancies shall
28    be made in the same manner as original appointments, for  the
29    unexpired  portion  of the vacated term.  Initial terms shall
30    begin upon the effective date of this Act.
31        The membership of the  Board  should  reasonably  reflect
 
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 1    representation from the geographic areas in this State.
 2        The Board shall present an annual report to the Director,
 3    the  content  of which shall be set forth by the rules of the
 4    Department.
 5        The Director may terminate the appointment of any  member
 6    for  cause  which  in  the opinion of the Director reasonably
 7    justifies such termination.
 8        The Director shall consider  the  recommendation  of  the
 9    Board   on  questions  involving  standards  of  professional
10    conduct, discipline, and  qualifications  of  candidates  and
11    license holders under this Act.
12    (Source: P.A. 89-216, eff. 1-1-96.)

13        Section   10.    The   Funeral  Directors  and  Embalmers
14    Licensing  Code  is  amended  by  changing  Section  15-5  as
15    follows:

16        (225 ILCS 41/15-5) (from Ch. 111, par. 2825)
17        Sec. 15-5.  Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing and
18    Disciplinary  Board.  A  Funeral  Directors   and   Embalmers
19    Licensing and Disciplinary Board is created and shall consist
20    of  7  persons,  6  of  whom are licensed to practice funeral
21    directing and embalming in this  State,  and  one  who  is  a
22    knowledgeable  public member.  Each member shall be appointed
23    by the Director of the Department. The persons  so  appointed
24    shall  hold  their  offices for 4 years and until a qualified
25    successor is appointed.  All  vacancies  occurring  shall  be
26    filled  by the Director for the unexpired portion of the term
27    rendered vacant.  No member shall be eligible  to  serve  for
28    more  than 2 full terms.  Any appointee may be removed by the
29    Director when in his  or  her  discretion  he  or  she  finds
30    removal  to  be in the public interest. The cause for removal
31    must be set forth in writing. The Board shall annually select
32    a chairman from its membership.  The  members  of  the  Board
 
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 1    shall be reimbursed for all legitimate and necessary expenses
 2    incurred  in  attending meetings of the Board.  The Board may
 3    meet as often as necessary to perform its duties  under  this
 4    Code,  and  shall  meet  at least once a year in Springfield,
 5    Illinois.
 6        The members of the Board appointed and serving under  the
 7    Funeral  Directors  and Embalmers Licensing Act of 1935 shall
 8    continue to serve under the Funeral Directors  and  Embalmers
 9    Licensing  Code  and  until the expiration of their appointed
10    terms.  These members may be reappointed  if  eligible  under
11    this Section.
12        The  Board  shall  submit  a  written  report,  at  least
13    annually,  to the Director in which it shall evaluate its own
14    and the Department's performance, inform  the  Department  of
15    practice  developments  with  the funeral service profession,
16    and  provide  recommendations  for  statutory  or  regulatory
17    program changes.
18        The Department may seek the advice and recommendations of
19    the Board on any matter relating to  the  administration  and
20    enforcement of this Code.
21        The  Department shall seek the advice and recommendations
22    of  the  Board  in  connection   with   any   rulemaking   or
23    disciplinary  actions, including applications for restoration
24    of revoked licenses.  The Board shall have 60 days to respond
25    to a Department request for advice and  recommendations.   If
26    the  Department  fails to adopt, in whole or in part, a Board
27    recommendation  in  connection   with   any   rulemaking   or
28    disciplinary  action,  it shall provide a written explanation
29    of  its  specific  reasons  for  not   adopting   the   Board
30    recommendation.    The  written  explanations  shall  be made
31    available for public inspection.
32        The Department shall adopt all necessary  and  reasonable
33    rules  and  regulations  for  the effective administration of
34    this Code, and without limiting the foregoing, the Department
 
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 1    shall adopt rules and regulations:
 2             (1)  prescribing  a   method   of   examination   of
 3        candidates;
 4             (2)  defining   what   shall  constitute  a  school,
 5        college, university, department of a university or  other
 6        institution   to  determine  the  reputability  and  good
 7        standing  of  these  institutions  by  reference   to   a
 8        compliance  with  the  rules and regulations; however, no
 9        school, college, university, department of  a  university
10        or   other   institution   that   refuses  admittance  to
11        applicants, solely on account of race, color, creed,  sex
12        or  national  origin shall be considered reputable and in
13        good standing;
14             (3)  establishing  expiration  dates   and   renewal
15        periods for all licenses;
16             (4)  prescribing a method of handling complaints and
17        conducting  hearings  on proceedings to take disciplinary
18        action under this Code; and
19             (5)  providing for licensure by reciprocity.
20    (Source: P.A. 87-966.)

21        Section 15.  The Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987 is amended
22    by changing Section 10 as follows:

23        (225 ILCS 85/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 4130)
24        Sec. 10. State Board of Pharmacy. There is created in the
25    Department the State Board of Pharmacy. It shall consist of 9
26    members, 7 of whom shall be  licensed  pharmacists.  Each  of
27    those  7  members  must  be  a  licensed  pharmacist  in good
28    standing in this State, a graduate of an  accredited  college
29    of  pharmacy or hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy
30    and have at  least  5  years'  practical  experience  in  the
31    practice  of pharmacy subsequent to the date of his licensure
32    as a licensed pharmacist in  the  State  of  Illinois.  There
 
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 1    shall  be  2 public members, who shall be voting members, who
 2    shall not be licensed pharmacists in this State or any  other
 3    state.
 4        Each member shall be appointed by the Governor.
 5        The  terms  of  all  members serving as of March 31, 1999
 6    shall expire on that  date.  The  Governor  shall  appoint  3
 7    persons  to  serve  one-year terms, 3 persons to serve 3-year
 8    terms, and 3 persons to serve 5-year terms to begin April  1,
 9    1999.  Otherwise, members shall be appointed to 5 year terms.
10    No member shall be eligible to serve more than 12 consecutive
11    years.
12        In  making  the  appointment of members on the Board, the
13    Governor shall give due consideration to  recommendations  by
14    the   members   of   the   profession   of  pharmacy  and  by
15    pharmaceutical organizations  therein.   The  Governor  shall
16    notify  the  pharmaceutical  organizations  promptly  of  any
17    vacancy  of  members  on  the Board and in appointing members
18    shall give consideration to individuals engaged in all  types
19    and settings of pharmacy practice.
20        The  Governor  may  remove  any  member  of the Board for
21    misconduct, incapacity or neglect of duty and he shall be the
22    sole judge of the sufficiency of the cause for removal.
23        Every person appointed a member of the Board  shall  take
24    and  subscribe  the constitutional oath of office and file it
25    with the Secretary of State.  Each member of the Board  shall
26    be  reimbursed  for such actual and legitimate expenses as he
27    may incur in going to and  from  the  place  of  meeting  and
28    remaining thereat during sessions of the Board.  In addition,
29    each  member of the Board shall receive a per diem payment in
30    an amount determined from time to time by  the  Director  for
31    attendance  at  meetings  of  the  Board and conducting other
32    official business of the Board.
33        The Board shall hold quarterly  meetings  and  an  annual
34    meeting  in  January  of each year and such other meetings at
 
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 1    such times and places and upon such notice as the  Board  may
 2    determine  and  as  its business may require. Five members of
 3    the Board shall constitute a quorum for  the  transaction  of
 4    business.  The Director shall appoint a pharmacy coordinator,
 5    who shall be someone other than a member of the  Board.   The
 6    pharmacy coordinator shall be a registered pharmacist in good
 7    standing  in this State, shall be a graduate of an accredited
 8    college of pharmacy, or hold  at  a  minimum  a  Bachelor  of
 9    Science  degree  in Pharmacy and shall have at least 5 years'
10    experience in the practice of pharmacy immediately  prior  to
11    his  appointment.  The  pharmacy  coordinator  shall  be  the
12    executive  administrator and the chief enforcement officer of
13    the Pharmacy Practice Act.
14        The Board shall exercise the rights,  powers  and  duties
15    which  have  been vested in the Board under this Act, and any
16    other duties conferred upon the Board by law.
17        The Director shall,  in  conformity  with  the  Personnel
18    Code,  employ  not  less  than 7 pharmacy investigators and 2
19    pharmacy supervisors.  Each pharmacy  investigator  and  each
20    supervisor  shall be a registered pharmacist in good standing
21    in this State, and shall  be  a  graduate  of  an  accredited
22    college  of  pharmacy and have at least 5 years of experience
23    in the practice of pharmacy. The Department shall also employ
24    at least one  attorney  who  is  a  pharmacist  to  prosecute
25    violations  of this Act and its rules. The Department may, in
26    conformity with the Personnel Code, employ such clerical  and
27    other  employees  as are necessary to carry out the duties of
28    the Board.
29        The  duly  authorized  pharmacy  investigators   of   the
30    Department  shall  have the right to enter and inspect during
31    business hours any pharmacy or any other place in  the  State
32    of  Illinois  holding  itself  out  to  be  a  pharmacy where
33    medicines or drugs or drug products or proprietary  medicines
34    are  sold,  offered  for  sale, exposed for sale, or kept for
 
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 1    sale. The pharmacy investigators shall be the only Department
 2    investigators authorized to inspect, investigate, and monitor
 3    probation compliance of pharmacists and pharmacies.
 4        The Board shall render annually to the Director a  report
 5    of their proceedings during the preceding year, together with
 6    such other information and recommendations as the Board deems
 7    proper.
 8    (Source: P.A. 90-253, eff. 7-29-97.)

 9        Section 20.  The Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987
10    is amended by changing Section 11 as follows:

11        (225 ILCS 95/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 4611)
12        Sec.  11.  Committee.  There  is  established a physician
13    assistant advisory committee to the Medical Licensing  Board.
14    The  physician  assistant advisory committee shall review and
15    make recommendations  to  the  Board  regarding  all  matters
16    relating  to  physician  assistants.  The physician assistant
17    advisory committee shall be composed of 7 members.  Three  of
18    the 7 members shall be physicians, 2 of whom shall be members
19    of  the  Board and appointed to the advisory committee by the
20    chairman. One physician, not a member of the Board, shall  be
21    a  supervisor of a certified physician assistant and shall be
22    approved by the Governor from a list of  Illinois  physicians
23    supervising  certified  physician  assistants.  Three members
24    shall be physician assistants, certified under  the  law  and
25    appointed by the Governor from a list of 10 names recommended
26    by  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Illinois  Academy  of
27    Physician  Assistants. One member, not employed or having any
28    material  interest  in  any  health  care  field,  shall   be
29    appointed  by  the  Governor  and  represent  the public. The
30    chairman of the physician assistant advisory committee  shall
31    be  a  member  elected  by  a  majority vote of the physician
32    assistant advisory committee unless already a member  of  the
 
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 1    Board. The physician assistant advisory committee is required
 2    to  meet  and  report to the Board quarterly and as physician
 3    assistant issues arise. The terms of office of  each  of  the
 4    original  7  members  shall  be  at  staggered intervals. One
 5    physician and one physician assistant shall  serve  for  a  2
 6    year  term.  One  physician and one physician assistant shall
 7    serve a 3 year term. One physician, one  physician  assistant
 8    and  the  public  member  shall serve a 4 year term. Upon the
 9    expiration of the term of any member, his successor shall  be
10    appointed  for  a  term  of 4 years in the same manner as the
11    initial appointment.  No  member  shall  serve  more  than  2
12    consecutive terms.
13        The members of the physician assistant advisory committee
14    shall   be  reimbursed  for  all  authorized  legitimate  and
15    necessary expenses incurred in attending the meetings of  the
16    committee.
17        A  majority of the physician assistant advisory committee
18    members currently appointed  shall  constitute  a  quorum.  A
19    vacancy  in  the membership of the committee shall not impair
20    the right of a quorum to perform all of  the  duties  of  the
21    committee.
22        Members  of  the  physician  assistant advisory committee
23    shall  have  no  liability  for  any  action  based  upon   a
24    disciplinary  proceeding  or other activity performed in good
25    faith as a member of the committee.
26    (Source: P.A. 90-61, eff. 12-30-97.)

27        Section 25.  The Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice
28    Act of 1994 is amended by changing Section 7 as follows:

29        (225 ILCS 115/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 7007)
30        Sec. 7.  Veterinarian Licensing and  Disciplinary  Board.
31    The  Director  shall  appoint  a  Veterinarian  Licensing and
32    Disciplinary Board as follows:  7 persons shall be  appointed
 
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 1    by and shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Director, 6
 2    members  must be licensed, in good standing, veterinarians in
 3    this State, and must be actively engaged in the  practice  of
 4    veterinary medicine and surgery in this State, and one member
 5    must be a member of the public who is not licensed under this
 6    Act,  or a similar Act of another jurisdiction and who has no
 7    connection with the veterinary profession.
 8        Members  shall  serve  4  year  terms  and  until   their
 9    successors  are  appointed  and qualified, except that of the
10    initial appointments, one member shall be appointed to  serve
11    for  one  year,  2 shall be appointed to serve for 2 years, 2
12    shall be appointed to serve for 3 years, and  the  remaining,
13    one  of which shall be a public member, shall be appointed to
14    serve for 4 years and until their  successors  are  appointed
15    and  qualified.   No member shall be reappointed to the Board
16    for more than 2 terms.   Appointments to fill vacancies shall
17    be made in the same manner as original appointments, for  the
18    unexpired  portion  of the vacated term.  Initial terms shall
19    begin upon the effective date of this Act.
20        The membership of the  Board  should  reasonably  reflect
21    representation  from the geographic areas in this State.  The
22    Director shall consider the recommendations made by the State
23    Veterinary Medical Association in making appointments.
24        The Director may terminate the appointment of any  member
25    for  cause  which  in  the opinion of the Director reasonably
26    justifies such termination.
27        The  Board  shall  present  an  annual  report   to   the
28    Department, the content of which shall be specified by rule.
29        The  Board shall annually elect a Chairman who shall be a
30    Veterinarian.
31        The   Director   shall   consider    the    advice    and
32    recommendations of the Board on questions involving standards
33    of  professional  conduct,  discipline  and qualifications of
34    candidates and licensees under this Act.
 
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 1        Members of the Board shall be entitled to receive  a  per
 2    diem  at  a  rate set by the Director and shall be reimbursed
 3    for all authorized expenses incurred in the exercise of their
 4    duties.
 5        Members of the Board have  no  liability  in  any  action
 6    based  upon  any  disciplinary  proceeding  or other activity
 7    performed in good faith as a member of the Board.
 8    (Source: P.A. 88-424.)

 9        Section 30.  The Illinois Certified  Shorthand  Reporters
10    Act of 1984 is amended by changing Section 8 as follows:

11        (225 ILCS 415/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 6208)
12        Sec. 8.  The Director shall appoint a certified Shorthand
13    Reporters Board as follows:  7 persons who shall be appointed
14    by  and  shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Director.
15    Six members must be certified shorthand  reporters,  in  good
16    standing,  and  actively engaged in the practice of shorthand
17    reporting in this State for ten years, and one member must be
18    a member of the public who is not certified under  this  Act,
19    or a similar Act of another jurisdiction.
20        Members   shall  serve  4  year  terms  and  until  their
21    successors are appointed and qualified, except  that  of  the
22    initial  appointments, one member shall be appointed to serve
23    for one year, 2 shall be appointed to serve for  2  years,  2
24    shall  be  appointed  to serve for 3 years, and the remaining
25    one, who shall be the public member, shall  be  appointed  to
26    serve  for  4 years, until their successors are appointed and
27    qualified.  No member shall be reappointed to the Board for a
28    term that would cause his continuous service on the Board  to
29    be  longer  than  8  successive  years.  Service prior to the
30    effective date of  this  amendatory  Act  of  1991  shall  be
31    considered.  Appointments  to fill vacancies shall be made in
32    the same manner as original appointments, for  the  unexpired
 
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 1    portion  of the vacated term.  Initial terms shall begin upon
 2    the effective date of this Act.
 3        The membership of the  Board  should  reasonably  reflect
 4    representation  from  the geographic areas in this State.  In
 5    making appointments to the Board,  the  Director  shall  give
 6    consideration   to  recommendations  by  national  and  State
 7    organizations of the shorthand reporter profession and  shall
 8    promptly  give notice to such organizations of any vacancy in
 9    the membership of the Board.
10        The Board shall present an annual report to the Director,
11    the content of which shall be set forth by the rules  of  the
12    Department.
13        The  Director may terminate the appointment of any member
14    for cause which in the opinion  of  the  Director  reasonably
15    justifies such termination.
16        The  Director  shall  consider the recommendations of the
17    Board  on  questions  involving  standards  of   professional
18    conduct,  discipline  and  qualifications  of  candidates and
19    certificate holders under this Act.
20        The Director may remove any member who fails to attend  3
21    consecutive meetings unless the member has a medical excuse.
22    (Source: P.A. 87-481; 87-576.)

23        Section 35. The Illinois Public Accounting Act is amended
24    by changing Section 14 as follows:

25        (225 ILCS 450/14) (from Ch. 111, par. 5515)
26        Sec.  14. Qualifications. The Department shall license as
27    public accountants the following:
28        (a)  All persons  who  have  received  or  who  hereafter
29    receive certificates as certified public accountants from the
30    Board,   who   have  had  at  least  one  year  of  full-time
31    experience, or its equivalent, providing any type of  service
32    or advice involving the use of accounting, attest, management
 
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 1    advisory,  financial  advisory,  tax,  or  consulting skills,
 2    which  may  be  gained  through  employment  in   government,
 3    industry, academia, or public practice.
 4        If  the  applicant's  certificate  was issued more than 4
 5    years prior to the application for an internal license  under
 6    this  Section,  the  applicant  shall submit any evidence the
 7    Department may require showing the  applicant  has  completed
 8    not  less  than 90 hours of continuing professional education
 9    acceptable to the Department within the 3  years  immediately
10    preceding the date of application.
11        The  Committee  shall  be the sole and final judge of the
12    qualification of experience under this section.
13        (b)  All partnerships, limited  liability  companies,  or
14    corporations,  or  other  entities engaged in the practice of
15    public accounting in this State  and  meeting  the  following
16    requirements:
17             (1)  (Blank).
18             (2)  A  majority  of  the  ownership of the firm, in
19        terms of financial interests and  voting  rights  of  all
20        partners,  officers,  shareholders, members, or managers,
21        belongs to  persons  licensed  in  some  state,  and  the
22        partners,  officers,  shareholders,  members, or managers
23        whose principal place of business is in  this  State  and
24        who  practice public accounting in this State, as defined
25        in Section 8 of this Act, hold a valid license issued  by
26        this State.
27             (3)  It  shall be lawful for a nonprofit cooperative
28        association  engaged  in  rendering   an   auditing   and
29        accounting  service  to  its members only, to continue to
30        render  that  service  provided  that  the  rendering  of
31        auditing  and  accounting  service  by  the   cooperative
32        association  shall  at all times be under the control and
33        supervision of public accountants.
34             (4)  The Department may adopt rules and  regulations
 
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 1        as  necessary  to  provide  for  the  practice  of public
 2        accounting by business entities  that  may  be  otherwise
 3        authorized by law to conduct business in Illinois.
 4        The   Director   shall   appoint   a   Public  Accountant
 5    Registration Committee as follows: 7  persons  who  shall  be
 6    appointed  by  and shall serve in an advisory capacity to the
 7    Director.  Six members must be licensed  public  accountants,
 8    in  good  standing,  and  must  be  actively  engaged  in the
 9    practice of public accounting in this State, and  one  member
10    of  the  public,  who  is  not  licensed under this Act, or a
11    similar  Act  of  another  jurisdiction,  and,  who  has   no
12    connection   with   the   accounting   or  public  accounting
13    profession.  Members shall serve 4 year terms and until their
14    successors are appointed and qualified.  No member  shall  be
15    reappointed   to   the  Committee  for  more  than  2  terms.
16    Appointments to fill vacancies shall  be  made  in  the  same
17    manner as original appointments, for the unexpired portion of
18    the  vacated  term.    The membership of the Committee should
19    reasonably reflect representation from the  geographic  areas
20    in this State.
21        The  members  of  the Committee appointed by the Director
22    shall receive reasonable compensation, to  be  determined  by
23    the   Department,   for   the    necessary,  legitimate,  and
24    authorized expenses approved by the Department. All  expenses
25    shall   be   paid   from   the  Registered  Certified  Public
26    Accountants' Administration and Disciplinary Fund.
27        The Director may terminate the appointment of any  member
28    for cause.
29        The  Committee  shall  present  an  annual  report to the
30    Department the content of which shall be specified by rule.
31        The   Director   shall   consider    the    advice    and
32    recommendations  of  the  Committee  on  questions  involving
33    standards    of    professional   conduct,   discipline   and
34    qualifications of candidates and licensees under this Act.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 91-508, eff. 8-13-99.)

 2        (20 ILCS 2105/2105-210 rep.)
 3        Section 90.  The Department  of  Professional  Regulation
 4    Law is amended by repealing Section 2105-210.

 5        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 6    becoming law.

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