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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4632
Introduced 1/12/2006, by Rep. Angelo Saviano SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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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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HB4632 |
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LRB094 17265 RAS 52555 b |
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing |
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| Act is amended by changing Section 16 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 37/16)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2007)
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| Sec. 16. Exemptions. This Act does not prohibit or restrict |
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| any of the
the
following: |
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| (1) A person performing the functions and duties of an
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| environmental health practitioner under the general |
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| supervision
of a licensed
environmental health practitioner or |
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| licensed professional engineer if that
person (i) is not |
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| responsible for the administration or supervision of one
or |
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| more employees engaged in an environmental health program, (ii)
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| establishes a method of verbal communication with the licensed |
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| environmental
health practitioner or licensed professional |
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| engineer to whom they can refer
and report questions, problems, |
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| and emergency situations encountered in
environmental health |
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| practice, and (iii) has his or her written reports
reviewed |
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| monthly by a licensed environmental health practitioner or |
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| licensed
professional engineer.
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| (2) A person licensed in this State under any other Act |
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| from engaging in
the practice for which he or she is licensed.
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| (3) A person working in laboratories licensed by, |
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| registered with, or
operated by the State of Illinois.
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| (4) A person employed by a State-licensed health care |
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| facility who engages
in the practice of environmental health or |
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| whose job responsibilities include
ensuring that the |
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| environment in the health care facility is healthy and safe
for |
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| employees, patients, and visitors.
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| (5) A person employed with the Illinois Department of |