Public Act 096-0720
 		





SB1486 Enrolled
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    AN ACT concerning professional regulation.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 is 
amended  by changing Section 11 as follows:
 



    (225 ILCS 95/11)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4611)



    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)

    Sec. 11. Committee. There is established a physician 
assistant advisory
committee
to the Department and the Medical 
Licensing Board. The physician assistant advisory
committee 
may shall review and make recommendations to the
Department and 
the Board regarding all matters relating to physician 
assistants. Such matters may include, but not be limited to:
        (1)  applications for licensure;
        (2)  disciplinary proceedings;
        (3)  renewal requirements; and
        (4)  any other issues pertaining to the regulation and 
    practice of physician assistants in the State.
    The
physician assistant advisory committee shall be 
composed of 7 members.
Three of the 7 members shall be 
physicians, 2 of whom shall be members of
the Board and 
appointed to the advisory committee by
the chairman. One 
physician, not a member of the Board,
shall be a supervisor of 
a licensed certified physician assistant and
shall be approved 
by the Governor from a list of Illinois physicians
supervising 
licensed certified physician assistants. Three members shall 
be
physician assistants, licensed certified under the law and 
appointed by the Governor
from a list of 10 names recommended 
by the Board of Directors of the
Illinois Academy of Physician 
Assistants. One member, not employed or
having any material 
interest in any health care field, shall be appointed
by the 
Governor and represent the public. The chairman of the 
physician
assistant advisory committee shall be a member 
elected by a majority vote
of the physician assistant advisory 
committee unless already a member of
the Board. The physician 
assistant advisory committee
is required to meet and report to 
the Department and the Board as physician assistant issues 
arise. The terms of office of each of the
original 7 members 
shall be at staggered intervals. One physician and one

physician assistant shall serve for a 2 year term. One 
physician and one
physician assistant shall serve a 3 year 
term. One physician, one physician
assistant and the public 
member shall serve a 4 year term. Upon the
expiration of the 
term of any member, his successor shall be appointed for
a term 
of 4 years in the same manner as the initial appointment. No 
member
shall serve more than 2 consecutive terms.

    Four members A majority of the physician assistant advisory 
committee members currently
appointed
shall constitute a 
quorum. A vacancy in the membership of the committee shall
not 
impair the right of a quorum is required to perform all of the 
duties of the committee.

    Members of the physician assistant advisory committee 
shall have no liability
for any
action based upon a 
disciplinary proceeding or other activity performed in good

faith as a member of the committee.

(Source: P.A. 95-703, eff. 12-31-07.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.