HB4987 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4987

Introduced 02/05/04, by Richard T. Bradley

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

420 ILCS 40/6

from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 210-6

Amends the Radiation Protection Act of 1990. Provides that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (instead of the Department of Nuclear Safety) shall establish accreditation standards and procedures in the administration of radiation to human beings. Deletes a provision concerning standards and procedures for accrediting persons to perform a limited scope of diagnostic radiography procedures. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning radiation protection.

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

Section 5. The Radiation Protection Act of 1990 is amended by changing Section 6 as follows:

(420 ILCS 40/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 210-6)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2011)

Sec. 6. Accreditation of administrators of radiation; Limited scope accreditation; Rules and regulations; Education.

(a) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency Department shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to establish accreditation standards and procedures, including a minimum course of education and continuing education requirements in the administration of radiation to human beings, which are appropriate to the classification of accreditation and which are to be met by all physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, nurses, technicians, or other assistants who administer radiation to human beings under the supervision of a person licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Such rules and regulations may provide for different classes of accreditation based on evidence of national certification, clinical experience or community hardship as conditions of initial and continuing accreditation. The rules and regulations of the Agency Department shall be consistent with national standards in regard to the protection of the health and safety of the general public.

(b) The rules and regulations shall also provide that persons who have been accredited by the Agency Department, in accordance with the Radiation Protection Act of 1990, without passing an examination, will remain accredited as provided in Section 43 of this Act and that those persons may be accredited, without passing an examination, to use other equipment, procedures, or supervision within the original category of accreditation if the Agency Department receives written assurances from a person licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, that the person accredited has the necessary skill and qualifications for such additional equipment procedures or supervision. The Department shall, in accordance with subsection (c) of this Section, provide for the accreditation of nurses, technicians, or other assistants, unless exempted elsewhere in this Act, to perform a limited scope of diagnostic radiography procedures of the chest, the extremities, skull and sinuses, or the spine, while under the supervision of a person licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.

(c) (Blank). The rules or regulations promulgated by the Department pursuant to subsection (a) shall establish standards and procedures for accrediting persons to perform a limited scope of diagnostic radiography procedures. The rules or regulations shall require persons seeking limited scope accreditation to register with the Department as a "student-in-training," and declare those procedures in which the student will be receiving training. The student-in-training registration shall be valid for a period of 16 months, during which the time the student may, under the supervision of a person licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, perform the diagnostic radiography procedures listed on the student's registration. The student-in-training registration shall be nonrenewable.

Upon expiration of the 16 month training period, the student shall be prohibited from performing diagnostic radiography procedures unless accredited by the Department to perform such procedures. In order to be accredited to perform a limited scope of diagnostic radiography procedures, an individual must pass an examination offered by the Department. The examination shall be consistent with national standards in regard to protection of public health and safety. The examination shall consist of a standardized component covering general principles applicable to diagnostic radiography procedures and a clinical component specific to the types of procedures for which accreditation is being sought. The Department may assess a reasonable fee for such examinations to cover the costs incurred by the Department in conjunction with offering the examinations.

(d) The Agency Department shall by rule or regulation exempt from accreditation physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, nurses, technicians, or other assistants who administer radiation to human beings under supervision of a person licensed to practice under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 when the services are performed on employees of a business at a medical facility owned and operated by the business. Such exemption shall only apply to the equipment, procedures and supervision specific to the medical facility owned and operated by the business.

(Source: P.A. 93-149, eff. 7-10-03.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.