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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 149
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 149 on page 2, | ||||||
| 3 | immediately below line 9, by inserting the following:
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| 4 | "Section 7. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 3.5 as follows:
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| 6 | (225 ILCS 60/3.5)
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| 7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2008)
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| 8 | Sec. 3.5. Unlicensed practice; violation; civil penalty.
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| 9 | (a) Any person who practices, offers to practice, attempts | ||||||
| 10 | to practice, or
holds oneself out to practice as a physician | ||||||
| 11 | without being licensed under this
Act shall, in
addition to any | ||||||
| 12 | other penalty provided by law, pay a civil penalty to the
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| 13 | Department in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for each offense | ||||||
| 14 | as determined by
the Department. The civil penalty shall be | ||||||
| 15 | assessed by the Department after a
hearing is held in | ||||||
| 16 | accordance with the provisions set forth in this Act
regarding | ||||||
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| 1 | the provision of a hearing for the discipline of a licensee.
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| 2 | (b) The Department has the authority and power to | ||||||
| 3 | investigate any and all
unlicensed activity.
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| 4 | (c) The civil penalty shall be paid within 60 days after | ||||||
| 5 | the effective date
of the order imposing the civil penalty. The | ||||||
| 6 | order shall constitute a judgment
and may be filed and | ||||||
| 7 | execution had thereon in the same manner as any judgment
from | ||||||
| 8 | any court of record.
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| 9 | (d) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the | ||||||
| 10 | right of persons licensed under this Act to delegate tasks or | ||||||
| 11 | duties to licensed or unlicensed personnel who have the | ||||||
| 12 | training or experience to perform the tasks or duties so | ||||||
| 13 | delegated.
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| 14 | (Source: P.A. 89-474, eff. 6-18-96.)"; and
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| 15 | on 29, immediately below line 3, by inserting the following: | ||||||
| 16 | "Section 13. The Electrologist Licensing Act is amended by | ||||||
| 17 | changing Section 20 as follows:
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| 18 | (225 ILCS 412/20)
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| 19 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2014)
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| 20 | Sec. 20. Exemptions. This Act does not prohibit:
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| 21 | (1) A person licensed in this State under any other Act | ||||||
| 22 | from engaging
in the practice for which that person is | ||||||
| 23 | licensed.
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| 1 | (2) The practice of electrology by a person who is | ||||||
| 2 | employed by the
United States government or any bureau, | ||||||
| 3 | division,
or agency thereof while in the discharge of the | ||||||
| 4 | employee's official duties.
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| 5 | (3) The practice of electrology included in a program
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| 6 | of study by students enrolled in schools or in refresher | ||||||
| 7 | courses approved
by the Department.
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| 8 | Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent a person
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| 9 | functioning as
an
assistant
to a
person licensed to practice | ||||||
| 10 | medicine in all its branches from being delegated tasks or | ||||||
| 11 | duties for which he or she has the training or experience to | ||||||
| 12 | perform, in accordance with Section 3.5 of the Medical Practice | ||||||
| 13 | Act of 1987
providing electrology services.
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| 14 | (Source: P.A. 92-750, eff. 1-1-03.)".
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