100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB1386

 

Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 37/16

    Amends the Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning exemptions from the Act.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing
5Act is amended by changing Section 16 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 37/16)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2019)
8    Sec. 16. Exemptions. This Act does not prohibit or restrict
9any of the the following:
10    (1) A person performing the functions and duties of an
11environmental health practitioner under the general
12supervision of a licensed environmental health practitioner or
13licensed professional engineer if that person (i) is not
14responsible for the administration or supervision of one or
15more employees engaged in an environmental health program, (ii)
16establishes a method of verbal communication with the licensed
17environmental health practitioner or licensed professional
18engineer to whom they can refer and report questions, problems,
19and emergency situations encountered in environmental health
20practice, and (iii) has his or her written reports reviewed
21monthly by a licensed environmental health practitioner or
22licensed professional engineer.
23    (2) A person licensed in this State under any other Act

 

 

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1from engaging in the practice for which he or she is licensed.
2    (3) A person working in laboratories licensed by,
3registered with, or operated by the State of Illinois.
4    (4) A person employed by a State-licensed health care
5facility who engages in the practice of environmental health or
6whose job responsibilities include ensuring that the
7environment in the health care facility is healthy and safe for
8employees, patients, and visitors.
9    (5) A person employed with the Illinois Department of
10Agriculture who engages in meat and poultry inspections or
11environmental inspections under the authority of the
12Department of Agriculture.
13    (6) A person holding a degree of Doctor of Veterinary
14Medicine and Surgery and licensed under the Veterinary Medicine
15and Surgery Practice Act of 2004.
16(Source: P.A. 92-837, eff. 8-22-02; 93-281, eff. 12-31-03.)