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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3228 Introduced 2/11/2020, by Sen. Mattie Hunter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Physical Therapy Act. Adds provision requiring that applicants for licensure as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant shall submit their fingerprints for the purpose of criminal history records checks.
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| | SB3228 | | LRB101 19870 SPS 69390 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 Illinois Physical Therapy Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 8.7 as follows:
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| 6 | | (225 ILCS 90/8.7 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 8.7. Criminal history records background check. Each |
| 8 | | applicant for licensure under Sections 8 and 8.1 shall have his |
| 9 | | or her fingerprints submitted to the Illinois State Police in |
| 10 | | an electronic format that complies with the form and manner for |
| 11 | | requesting and furnishing criminal history record information |
| 12 | | as prescribed by the Illinois State Police. These fingerprints |
| 13 | | shall be transmitted through a live scan fingerprint vendor |
| 14 | | licensed by the Department. These fingerprints shall be checked |
| 15 | | against the Illinois State Police and Federal Bureau of |
| 16 | | Investigation criminal history record databases now and |
| 17 | | hereafter filed. The Illinois State Police shall charge |
| 18 | | applicants a fee for conducting the criminal history records |
| 19 | | check, which shall be deposited into the State Police Services |
| 20 | | Fund and shall not exceed the actual cost of the records check. |
| 21 | | The Illinois State Police shall furnish, pursuant to positive |
| 22 | | identification, records of Illinois convictions to the |
| 23 | | Department. The Department may require applicants to pay a |