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Public Act 098-0185
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AN ACT concerning 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 Illinois Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank |
Act is amended by changing Sections 2-127.5, 7-101, and 7-102 |
as follows:
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(210 ILCS 25/2-127.5)
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Sec. 2-127.5. Optometrist Therapeutic optometrist. |
"Optometrist" "Therapeutic optometrist" means a
person who is |
licensed in Illinois to practice optometry and who is
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therapeutically
certified.
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(Source: P.A. 90-322, eff. 1-1-98.)
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(210 ILCS 25/7-101) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 627-101)
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Sec. 7-101. Examination of specimens. A clinical |
laboratory shall examine
specimens only at the request of (i) a |
licensed physician, (ii) a
licensed dentist, (iii) a licensed |
podiatrist, (iv) a licensed therapeutic
optometrist for |
diagnostic or therapeutic purposes related to the use of
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diagnostic topical or therapeutic ocular pharmaceutical |
agents, as defined in
subsections (c) and (d) of Section 15.1 |
of the Illinois Optometric Practice Act
of 1987,
(v) a licensed
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physician assistant in
accordance with the written guidelines |
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required under subdivision (3) of
Section 4 and under Section |
7.5 of the Physician Assistant Practice Act of
1987,
(v-A) an |
advanced practice nurse in accordance with the
written |
collaborative agreement required under Section 65-35 of the |
Nurse Practice Act,
(vi) an authorized law enforcement agency |
or, in the case of blood
alcohol, at the request of the |
individual for whom the test is to be performed
in compliance |
with Sections 11-501 and 11-501.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, |
or (vii) a genetic counselor with the specific authority from a |
referral to order a test or tests pursuant to subsection (b) of |
Section 20 of the Genetic Counselor Licensing Act.
If the |
request to a laboratory is oral, the physician or other |
authorized
person shall submit a written request to the |
laboratory within 48 hours. If
the laboratory does not receive |
the written request within that period, it
shall note that fact |
in its records. For purposes of this Section, a request
made by |
electronic mail or fax constitutes a written request.
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(Source: P.A. 96-1313, eff. 7-27-10; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
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(210 ILCS 25/7-102) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 627-102)
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Sec. 7-102. Reports of test results. The result of a test |
shall be reported
directly to the licensed physician or other |
authorized person who requested it.
No interpretation, |
diagnosis or prognosis or suggested treatment shall appear
on |
the laboratory report form except that a report made by a |
physician licensed
to practice medicine in Illinois, a dentist |