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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 24-5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/24-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-5)
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| 7 | | Sec. 24-5. Physical fitness and professional growth. |
| 8 | | (a) In this Section, "employee" means any employee of a |
| 9 | | school district, a student teacher, an employee of a contractor |
| 10 | | that provides services to students or in schools, or any other |
| 11 | | individual subject to the requirements of Section 10-21.9 or |
| 12 | | 34-18.5 of this Code. |
| 13 | | (b) This subsection (b) does not apply to substitute |
| 14 | | teacher employees. School boards shall require of new employees |
| 15 | | evidence of physical
fitness to perform duties assigned and |
| 16 | | freedom from communicable disease. Such evidence shall consist |
| 17 | | of a physical
examination
by a physician licensed in Illinois |
| 18 | | or any other state to practice medicine
and surgery in all its |
| 19 | | branches, a licensed advanced practice registered nurse, or a |
| 20 | | licensed physician assistant not more than 90 days preceding |
| 21 | | time of
presentation to the board, and the cost of such |
| 22 | | examination shall rest with the
employee. A new or existing |
| 23 | | employee may be subject to additional health examinations, |
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| 1 | | including screening for tuberculosis, as required by rules |
| 2 | | adopted by the Department of Public Health or by order of a |
| 3 | | local public health official. The board may from time to time |
| 4 | | require an examination of any
employee by a physician licensed |
| 5 | | in Illinois to practice medicine and
surgery in all its |
| 6 | | branches, a licensed advanced practice registered nurse, or a |
| 7 | | licensed physician assistant and shall pay the expenses thereof |
| 8 | | from school
funds. |
| 9 | | (b-5) School boards may require of new substitute teacher |
| 10 | | employees evidence of physical fitness to perform duties |
| 11 | | assigned and shall require of new substitute teacher employees |
| 12 | | evidence of freedom from communicable disease. Evidence may |
| 13 | | consist of a physical examination by a physician licensed in |
| 14 | | Illinois or any other state to practice medicine and surgery in |
| 15 | | all its branches, a licensed advanced practice nurse, or a |
| 16 | | licensed physician assistant not more than 90 days preceding |
| 17 | | time of
presentation to the board, and the cost of such |
| 18 | | examination shall rest with the substitute teacher employee. A |
| 19 | | new or existing substitute teacher employee may be subject to |
| 20 | | additional health examinations, including screening for |
| 21 | | tuberculosis, as required by rules adopted by the Department of |
| 22 | | Public Health or by order of a local public health official. |
| 23 | | The board may from time to time require an examination of any |
| 24 | | substitute teacher employee by a physician licensed in Illinois |
| 25 | | to practice medicine and surgery in all its branches, a |
| 26 | | licensed advanced practice nurse, or a licensed physician |