102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB0239
 
Introduced 2/17/2021, by Sen. Emil Jones, III
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
  
225 ILCS 37/16

    Amends the Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing Act.  Makes a technical
change in a Section concerning exemptions from the Act.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly: 

 
4    Section 5. The Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing 
5Act is amended by changing Section 16 as follows:
 



6    (225 ILCS 37/16)


7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2029)

8    Sec. 16. Exemptions. This Act does not prohibit or 
9restrict any of the
the
following:
10        (1) A person performing the functions and duties of an

11    environmental health practitioner under the general 
12    supervision
of a licensed
environmental health 
13    practitioner or licensed professional engineer if that

14    person (i) is not responsible for the administration or 
15    supervision of one
or more employees engaged in an 
16    environmental health program, (ii)
establishes a method of 
17    verbal communication with the licensed environmental

18    health practitioner or licensed professional engineer to 
19    whom they can refer
and report questions, problems, and 
20    emergency situations encountered in
environmental health 
21    practice, and (iii) has his or her written reports

22    reviewed monthly by a licensed environmental health 
23    practitioner or licensed
professional engineer.

 
 
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1        (2) A person licensed in this State under any other 
2    Act from engaging in
the practice for which he or she is 
3    licensed.

4        (3) A person working in laboratories licensed by, 
5    registered with, or
operated by the State of Illinois.

6        (4) A person employed by a State-licensed health care 
7    facility who engages
in the practice of environmental 
8    health or whose job responsibilities include
ensuring that 
9    the environment in the health care facility is healthy and 
10    safe
for employees, patients, and visitors.

11        (5) A person employed with the Illinois Department of 
12    Agriculture
who engages in meat and poultry inspections or 
13    environmental inspections under
the authority of the 
14    Department of Agriculture.

15        (6) A person holding a degree of Doctor of Veterinary 
16    Medicine and
Surgery and licensed under the Veterinary 
17    Medicine and Surgery Practice Act
of 2004.

18(Source: P.A. 92-837, eff. 8-22-02; 93-281, eff. 12-31-03.)