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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1849 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Mattie Hunter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois 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 background checks.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB1849 | | LRB102 15388 SPS 20751 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
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| 8 | | applicant for licensure under Sections 8 and 8.1 shall have |
| 9 | | his
or her fingerprints submitted to the Illinois State Police |
| 10 | | in
an electronic format that complies with the form and manner |
| 11 | | for
requesting and furnishing criminal history record |
| 12 | | information
as prescribed by the Illinois State Police. These |
| 13 | | fingerprints
shall be transmitted through a live scan |
| 14 | | fingerprint vendor
licensed by the Department. These |
| 15 | | fingerprints shall be checked
against the Illinois State |
| 16 | | Police and Federal Bureau of
Investigation criminal history |
| 17 | | record databases now and
hereafter filed. The Illinois State |
| 18 | | Police shall charge
applicants a fee for conducting the |
| 19 | | criminal history records
check, which shall be deposited into |
| 20 | | the State Police Services
Fund and shall not exceed the actual |
| 21 | | cost of the records check.
The Illinois State Police shall |
| 22 | | furnish, pursuant to positive
identification, records of |
| 23 | | Illinois convictions to the
Department. The Department may |