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92_SB2187
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1 AN ACT concerning medical practice.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended
5 by changing Section 18 as follows:
6 (225 ILCS 60/18) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-18)
7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
8 Sec. 18. Visiting professor, physician, or resident
9 permits.
10 (A) Visiting professor permit.
11 (1) A visiting professor permit shall entitle a
12 person to practice medicine in all of its branches or to
13 practice the treatment of human ailments without the use
14 of drugs and without operative surgery provided:
15 (a) the person maintains an equivalent
16 authorization to practice medicine in all of its
17 branches or to practice the treatment of human
18 ailments without the use of drugs and without
19 operative surgery in good standing in their native
20 licensing jurisdiction during the period of the
21 visiting professor permit;
22 (b) the person has received a faculty
23 appointment to teach in a medical, osteopathic or
24 chiropractic school in Illinois; and
25 (c) the Department may prescribe the
26 information necessary to establish an applicant's
27 eligibility for a permit. This information shall
28 include without limitation (i) a statement from the
29 dean of the medical school at which the applicant
30 will be employed describing the applicant's
31 qualifications and (ii) a statement from the dean of
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1 the medical school listing every affiliated
2 institution in which the applicant will be providing
3 instruction as part of the medical school's
4 education program and justifying any clinical
5 activities at each of the institutions listed by the
6 dean.
7 (2) Application for visiting professor permits
8 shall be made to the Department, in writing, on forms
9 prescribed by the Department and shall be accompanied by
10 the required fee established by rule, which shall not be
11 refundable. Any application shall require the
12 information as, in the judgment of the Department, will
13 enable the Department to pass on the qualifications of
14 the applicant.
15 (3) A visiting professor permit shall be valid for
16 no longer than 2 years from the date of issuance or until
17 the time the faculty appointment is terminated, whichever
18 occurs first, and may be renewed only once in accordance
19 with subdivision (A)(6) of this Section.
20 (4) The applicant may be required to appear before
21 the Medical Licensing Board for an interview prior to,
22 and as a requirement for, the issuance of the original
23 permit and the renewal.
24 (5) Persons holding a permit under this Section
25 shall only practice medicine in all of its branches or
26 practice the treatment of human ailments without the use
27 of drugs and without operative surgery in the State of
28 Illinois in their official capacity under their contract
29 within the medical school itself and any affiliated
30 institution in which the permit holder is providing
31 instruction as part of the medical school's educational
32 program and for which the medical school has assumed
33 direct responsibility.
34 (6) A visiting professor permit shall be valid
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1 until the last day of the next physician license renewal
2 period, as set by rule, and may only be renewed for
3 applicants who meet the following requirements:
4 (i) have obtained the required continuing
5 education hours as set by rule; and
6 (ii) have paid the fee prescribed for a
7 license under Section 21 of this Act; and.
8 For initial renewal,
9 (iii) have the visiting professor must
10 successfully passed pass a general competency
11 examination authorized by the Department by rule.
12 (B) Visiting physician permit.
13 (1) The Department may, in its discretion, issue a
14 temporary visiting physician permit, without examination,
15 provided:
16 (a) (blank);
17 (b) that the person maintains an equivalent
18 authorization to practice medicine in all of its
19 branches or to practice the treatment of human
20 ailments without the use of drugs and without
21 operative surgery in good standing in his or her
22 native licensing jurisdiction during the period of
23 the temporary visiting physician permit;
24 (c) that the person has received an invitation
25 or appointment to study, demonstrate, or perform a
26 specific medical, osteopathic, chiropractic or
27 clinical subject or technique in a medical,
28 osteopathic, or chiropractic school, a hospital
29 licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act, a
30 hospital organized under the University of Illinois
31 Hospital Act, or a facility operated pursuant to the
32 Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act; and
33 (d) that the temporary visiting physician
34 permit shall only permit the holder to practice
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1 medicine in all of its branches or practice the
2 treatment of human ailments without the use of drugs
3 and without operative surgery within the scope of
4 the medical, osteopathic, chiropractic, or clinical
5 studies for which the holder was invited or
6 appointed.
7 (2) The application for the temporary visiting
8 physician permit shall be made to the Department, in
9 writing, on forms prescribed by the Department, and shall
10 be accompanied by the required fee established by rule,
11 which shall not be refundable. The application shall
12 require information that, in the judgment of the
13 Department, will enable the Department to pass on the
14 qualification of the applicant, and the necessity for the
15 granting of a temporary visiting physician permit.
16 (3) A temporary visiting physician permit shall be
17 valid for 180 days from the date of issuance or until the
18 time the medical, osteopathic, chiropractic, or clinical
19 studies are completed, whichever occurs first.
20 (4) The applicant for a temporary visiting
21 physician permit may be required to appear before the
22 Medical Licensing Board for an interview prior to, and as
23 a requirement for, the issuance of a temporary visiting
24 physician permit.
25 (5) A limited temporary visiting physician permit
26 shall be issued to a physician licensed in another state
27 who has been requested to perform emergency procedures in
28 Illinois if he or she meets the requirements as
29 established by rule.
30 (C) Visiting resident permit.
31 (1) The Department may, in its discretion, issue a
32 temporary visiting resident permit, without examination,
33 provided:
34 (a) (blank);
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1 (b) that the person maintains an equivalent
2 authorization to practice medicine in all of its
3 branches or to practice the treatment of human
4 ailments without the use of drugs and without
5 operative surgery in good standing in his or her
6 native licensing jurisdiction during the period of
7 the temporary visiting resident permit;
8 (c) that the applicant is enrolled in a
9 postgraduate clinical training program outside the
10 State of Illinois that is approved by the
11 Department;
12 (d) that the individual has been invited or
13 appointed for a specific period of time to perform a
14 portion of that post graduate clinical training
15 program under the supervision of an Illinois
16 licensed physician in an Illinois patient care
17 clinic or facility that is affiliated with the
18 out-of-State post graduate training program; and
19 (e) that the temporary visiting resident
20 permit shall only permit the holder to practice
21 medicine in all of its branches or practice the
22 treatment of human ailments without the use of drugs
23 and without operative surgery within the scope of
24 the medical, osteopathic, chiropractic or clinical
25 studies for which the holder was invited or
26 appointed.
27 (2) The application for the temporary visiting
28 resident permit shall be made to the Department, in
29 writing, on forms prescribed by the Department, and shall
30 be accompanied by the required fee established by rule.
31 The application shall require information that, in the
32 judgment of the Department, will enable the Department to
33 pass on the qualifications of the applicant.
34 (3) A temporary visiting resident permit shall be
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1 valid for 180 days from the date of issuance or until the
2 time the medical, osteopathic, chiropractic, or clinical
3 studies are completed, whichever occurs first.
4 (4) The applicant for a temporary visiting resident
5 permit may be required to appear before the Medical
6 Licensing Board for an interview prior to, and as a
7 requirement for, the issuance of a temporary visiting
8 resident permit.
9 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-100, eff. 7-20-01.)