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225 ILCS 61/5

(225 ILCS 61/5)

Sec. 5. Definitions.

For purposes of this Act, the
following definitions shall have the following meanings,
except where the context requires otherwise:

"Department" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

"Disciplinary Board" means the Medical Disciplinary
Board.

"Physician" means a person licensed under the
Medical Practice Act of 1987 to practice medicine in all of its
branches or a chiropractic physician licensed to treat human
ailments without the use of drugs and without
operative surgery.

"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

(Source: P.A. 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)