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| Public Act 096-0070 |
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AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 is | ||||
amended by changing Section 7 as follows:
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(225 ILCS 95/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 4607)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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Sec. 7. Supervision requirements. | ||||
(a) No more than 2 physician
assistants shall be supervised
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by
the supervising physician, although a physician assistant | ||||
shall be able to
hold more than one professional position. Each | ||||
supervising physician shall
file a notice of supervision of | ||||
such physician assistant according to the
rules of the | ||||
Department. However, the alternate supervising physician may
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supervise more than 2 physician assistants when
the supervising
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physician
is unable to provide such supervision consistent with | ||||
the definition of
alternate physician in Section 4. It is the | ||||
responsibility of the supervising physician to maintain | ||||
documentation each time he or she has designated an alternative | ||||
supervising physician. This documentation shall include the | ||||
date alternate supervisory control began, the date alternate | ||||
supervisory control ended, and any other changes. A supervising | ||||
physician shall provide a copy of this documentation to the | ||||
Department, upon request.
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Physician assistants shall be supervised only by | ||
physicians as defined in
this Act
who are engaged in clinical | ||
practice, or in clinical practice in
public health or other | ||
community health facilities.
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Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the | ||
delegation of tasks or
duties by a physician to a nurse or | ||
other appropriately trained personnel.
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Nothing in this Act
shall be construed to prohibit the | ||
employment of physician assistants by
a hospital, nursing home | ||
or other health care facility where such physician
assistants | ||
function under the supervision of a supervising physician.
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Physician assistants may be employed by the Department of | ||
Corrections or
the Department of Human Services (as successor | ||
to the Department of Mental
Health and Developmental | ||
Disabilities) for service in
facilities maintained by such | ||
Departments and affiliated training
facilities in programs | ||
conducted under the authority of the Director of
Corrections or | ||
the Secretary of Human Services. Each physician assistant
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employed by the Department of Corrections or the Department of | ||
Human Services
(as successor to the Department of Mental Health | ||
and
Developmental Disabilities) shall be under the supervision | ||
of a physician
engaged in clinical practice and direct patient | ||
care. Duties of each
physician assistant employed by such | ||
Departments are limited to those
within the scope of practice | ||
of the supervising physician who is fully
responsible for all | ||
physician assistant activities.
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A physician assistant may be employed by a practice group | ||
or other entity
employing multiple physicians at one or more | ||
locations. In that case, one of
the
physicians practicing at a | ||
location shall be designated the supervising
physician. The | ||
other physicians with that practice group or other entity who
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practice in the same general type of practice or specialty
as | ||
the supervising physician may supervise the physician | ||
assistant with respect
to their patients without being deemed | ||
alternate supervising physicians for the
purpose of this Act.
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(b) A physician assistant licensed in this State, or | ||
licensed or authorized to practice in any other U.S. | ||
jurisdiction or credentialed by his or her federal employer as | ||
a physician assistant, who is responding to a need for medical | ||
care created by an emergency or by a state or local disaster | ||
may render such care that the physician assistant is able to | ||
provide without supervision as it is defined in this Section or | ||
with such supervision as is available.
For purposes of this | ||
Section, an "emergency situation" shall not include one that | ||
occurs in the place of one's employment. | ||
Any physician who supervises a physician assistant | ||
providing medical care in response to such an emergency or | ||
state or local disaster shall not be required to meet the | ||
requirements set forth in this Section for a supervising | ||
physician. | ||
(Source: P.A. 95-703, eff. 12-31-07.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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