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Public Act 096-0398
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LRB096 04243 ASK 14289 b |
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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 Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended by |
changing Section 18 as follows:
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(225 ILCS 60/18) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-18)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2010)
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Sec. 18. Visiting professor, physician, or resident |
permits.
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(A) Visiting professor permit.
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(1) A visiting professor permit shall
entitle a person |
to practice medicine in all of its branches
or to practice |
the treatment of human ailments without the
use of drugs |
and without operative surgery provided:
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(a) the person maintains an equivalent |
authorization
to practice medicine in all of its |
branches or to practice
the treatment of human ailments |
without the use of drugs
and without operative surgery |
in good standing in their
native licensing |
jurisdiction during the period of the
visiting |
professor permit;
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(b) the person has received a faculty appointment |
to
teach in a medical, osteopathic or chiropractic |
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school in
Illinois; and
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(c) the Department may prescribe the information |
necessary to
establish
an applicant's eligibility for |
a permit. This information shall include
without |
limitation (i) a statement from the dean of the medical |
school at which
the
applicant will be employed |
describing the applicant's qualifications and (ii)
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statement from the dean of the medical school listing |
every affiliated
institution in which the applicant |
will be providing instruction as part of the
medical |
school's education program and justifying any clinical |
activities at
each of the institutions listed by the |
dean.
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(2) Application for visiting professor permits shall
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be made to the Department, in writing, on forms prescribed
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by the Department and shall be accompanied by the required
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fee established by rule, which shall not be refundable. Any |
application
shall require the information as, in the |
judgment of the Department, will
enable the Department to |
pass on the qualifications of the applicant.
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(3) A visiting professor permit shall be valid for no |
longer than 2
years from the date of issuance or until the |
time the
faculty appointment is terminated, whichever |
occurs first,
and may be renewed only in accordance with |
subdivision (A)(6) of this
Section.
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(4) The applicant may be required to appear before the
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Medical Licensing Board for an interview prior to, and as a
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requirement for, the issuance of the original permit and |
the
renewal.
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(5) Persons holding a permit under this Section shall
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only practice medicine in all of its branches or practice
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the treatment of human ailments without the use of drugs
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and without operative surgery in the State of Illinois in
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their official capacity under their contract
within the |
medical school itself and any affiliated institution in |
which the
permit holder is providing instruction as part of |
the medical school's
educational program and for which the |
medical school has assumed direct
responsibility.
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(6) A visiting professor permit shall be valid until |
the last day of the
next physician license renewal period, |
as set by rule, and may only be
renewed for applicants who |
meet the following requirements:
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(i) have obtained the required continuing |
education hours as set by
rule; and
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(ii) have paid the fee prescribed for a license |
under Section 21 of this
Act.
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For initial renewal, the visiting professor must |
successfully pass a
general competency examination authorized |
by the Department by rule, unless he or she was issued an |
initial visiting professor permit on or after January 1, 2007, |
but prior to July 1, 2007.
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(B) Visiting physician permit.
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(1) The Department may, in its discretion, issue a |
temporary visiting
physician permit, without examination, |
provided:
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(a) (blank);
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(b) that the person maintains an equivalent |
authorization to practice
medicine in all of its |
branches or to practice the treatment of human
ailments |
without the use of drugs and without operative surgery |
in good
standing in his or her native licensing |
jurisdiction during the period of the
temporary |
visiting physician permit;
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(c) that the person has received an invitation or |
appointment to study,
demonstrate, or perform a
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specific medical, osteopathic, chiropractic or |
clinical subject or
technique in a medical, |
osteopathic, or chiropractic school, a state or |
national medical, osteopathic, or chiropractic |
professional association or society conference or |
meeting, a hospital
licensed under the Hospital |
Licensing Act, a hospital organized
under the |
University of Illinois Hospital Act, or a facility |
operated
pursuant to the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment |
Center Act; and
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(d) that the temporary visiting physician permit |
shall only permit the
holder to practice medicine in |
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all of its branches or practice the
treatment of human |
ailments without the use of drugs and without operative
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surgery within the scope of the medical, osteopathic, |
chiropractic, or
clinical studies, or in conjunction |
with the state or national medical, osteopathic, or |
chiropractic professional association or society |
conference or meeting, for which the holder was invited |
or appointed.
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(2) The application for the temporary visiting |
physician permit shall be
made to the Department, in |
writing, on forms prescribed by the
Department, and shall |
be accompanied by the required fee established by
rule, |
which shall not be refundable. The application shall |
require
information that, in the judgment of the |
Department, will enable the
Department to pass on the |
qualification of the applicant, and the necessity
for the |
granting of a temporary visiting physician permit.
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(3) A temporary visiting physician permit shall be |
valid for no longer than (i) 180
days
from the date of |
issuance or (ii) until the time the medical, osteopathic,
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chiropractic, or clinical studies are completed, or the |
state or national medical, osteopathic, or chiropractic |
professional association or society conference or meeting |
has concluded, whichever occurs first.
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(4) The applicant for a temporary visiting physician |
permit may be
required to appear before the Medical |
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Licensing Board for an interview
prior to, and as a |
requirement for, the issuance of a temporary visiting
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physician permit.
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(5) A limited temporary visiting physician permit |
shall be issued to a
physician licensed in another state |
who has been requested to perform emergency
procedures in |
Illinois if he or she meets the requirements as established |
by
rule.
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(C) Visiting resident permit.
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(1) The Department may, in its discretion, issue a |
temporary visiting
resident permit, without examination, |
provided:
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(a) (blank);
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(b) that the person maintains an equivalent |
authorization to practice
medicine in all of its |
branches or to practice the treatment of human
ailments |
without the use of drugs and without operative surgery |
in good
standing in his or her native licensing |
jurisdiction during the period of
the temporary |
visiting resident permit;
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(c) that the applicant is enrolled in a |
postgraduate clinical training
program outside the |
State of Illinois that is approved by the Department;
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(d) that the individual has been invited or |
appointed for a specific
period of time to perform a |
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portion of that post graduate clinical training
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program under the supervision of an Illinois licensed |
physician in an
Illinois patient care clinic or |
facility that is affiliated with the
out-of-State post |
graduate training program; and
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(e) that the temporary visiting resident permit |
shall only permit the
holder to practice medicine in |
all of its branches or practice the
treatment of human |
ailments without the use of drugs and without operative
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surgery within the scope of the medical, osteopathic, |
chiropractic or
clinical studies for which the holder |
was invited or appointed.
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(2) The application for the temporary visiting |
resident permit shall be
made to the Department, in |
writing, on forms prescribed by the Department,
and shall |
be accompanied by the required fee established by rule. The
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application shall require information that, in the |
judgment of the
Department, will enable the Department to |
pass on the qualifications of
the applicant.
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(3) A temporary visiting resident permit shall be valid |
for 180 days from
the date of issuance or until the time |
the medical, osteopathic,
chiropractic, or clinical |
studies are completed, whichever occurs first.
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(4) The applicant for a temporary visiting resident |
permit may be
required to appear before the Medical |
Licensing Board for an interview
prior to, and as a |