[ Back ] [ Bottom ]
90_SB0316
225 ILCS 46/25
Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act.
Makes a technical change in the Section concerning persons
ineligible to be hired by health care employers.
LRB9002416LDdv
LRB9002416LDdv
1 AN ACT to amend the Health Care Worker Background Check
2 Act by changing Section 25.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Health Care Worker Background Check Act
6 is amended by changing Section 25 as follows:
7 (225 ILCS 46/25)
8 Sec. 25. Persons ineligible to be hired by health care
9 employers. After January 1, 1996, or January 1, 1997, as
10 applicable, no health care employer shall knowingly hire,
11 employ, or retain an any individual in a position with duties
12 involving direct care for clients, patients, or residents,
13 who has been convicted of committing or attempting to commit
14 one or more of the offenses defined in Sections 9-1, 9-1.2,
15 9-2, 9-2.1, 9-3, 9-3.1, 9-3.2, 9-3.3, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3,
16 10-3.1, 10-4, 10-5, 10-7, 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 12-3.1, 12-3.2,
17 12-4, 12-4.2, 12-4.3, 12-4.4, 12-4.6, 12-4.7, 12-13, 12-14,
18 12-14.1, 12-15, 12-16, 12-19, 12-21, 16-1, 16-1.3, 16A-3,
19 18-1, 18-2, 19-1, 19-3, 19-4, 20-1, 20-1.1, 24-1, or 24-1.2
20 of the Criminal Code of 1961; those defined in Section 5,
21 5.1, or 9 of the Cannabis Control Act; or those defined in
22 Sections 401, 401.1, 404, 405, 405.1, 407, or 407.1 of the
23 Illinois Controlled Substances Act, unless the applicant or
24 employee obtains a waiver pursuant to Section 40.
25 (Source: P.A. 89-197, eff. 7-21-95; 89-428, eff. 12-13-95;
26 89-462, eff. 5-29-96.)
[ Top ]