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HB0030 Engrossed |
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LRB095 03449 DRH 23453 b |
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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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 Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing |
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| Section 1-159.1 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/1-159.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-159.1)
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| Sec. 1-159.1. Person with disabilities. A natural person |
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| who, as determined by a licensed physician, by a physician
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| assistant who has been delegated the authority to make this |
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| determination by
his or her supervising physician, or by an |
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| advanced practice nurse who has a
written collaborative |
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| agreement with a collaborating physician that authorizes
the |
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| advanced practice nurse to make this determination: (1) cannot |
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| walk
without the use of, or
assistance from, a brace, cane, |
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| crutch, another person, prosthetic device,
wheelchair, or |
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| other assistive device; (2) is restricted by lung
disease to
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| such an extent that his or her forced (respiratory) expiratory |
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| volume for one
second, when measured by spirometry, is less |
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| than one liter, or the arterial
oxygen tension is less than 60 |
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| mm/hg on room air at rest; (3) uses
portable
oxygen; (4) has a |
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| cardiac condition to the extent that the person's
functional
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| limitations are classified in severity as Class III or Class |
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| IV,
according to standards set by the American Heart |