Section 846.20  Qualifications of Bureau Physician Medical Consultants

a)         Physicians employed contractually by the Bureau as medical consultants shall be licensed for the practice of medicine in all of its branches according to the provisions of

1)         The Illinois Medical Practice Act generally (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 111, pars. 4401 et seq. see in particular par. 4411(1)), or

2)         a comparable medical practice act of any of the other forty-nine United States.

b)         If, at the time a physician is hired, he/she possesses a license from a State other than Illinois, he/she will be given a grace period of six months in which to obtain an Illinois license.

c)         If a physician does not obtain an Illinois license within the six month prescribed period, one six-month extension will be granted providing he/she meets the criteria in the Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 111, par. 4407 and continues to be in good standing with the Illinois Department of Registration and Education as a candidate for licensure.