Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
Filed: 2/28/2007
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 617 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 617 on page 1, line 
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5, by replacing "Sections 2" with "Sections 2, 3.5,"; and

 
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on page 3, immediately below line 10, by inserting the 
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following:
 



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    "(225 ILCS 60/3.5)



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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2008)

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    Sec. 3.5. Unlicensed practice; violation; civil penalty. 

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    (a) Any person who practices, offers to practice, attempts 
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to practice, or
holds oneself out to practice as a physician 
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without being licensed under this
Act shall, in
addition to any 
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other penalty provided by law, pay a civil penalty to the

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Department in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for each offense 
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as determined by
the Department. The civil penalty shall be 
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assessed by the Department after a
hearing is held in 
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accordance with the provisions set forth in this Act
regarding 
 


 






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the provision of a hearing for the discipline of a licensee.

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    (b) The Department has the authority and power to 
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investigate any and all
unlicensed activity.

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    (c) The civil penalty shall be paid within 60 days after 
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the effective date
of the order imposing the civil penalty. The 
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order shall constitute a judgment
and may be filed and 
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execution had thereon in the same manner as any judgment
from 
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any court of record.

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    (d) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the 
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right of persons licensed under this Act to delegate tasks or 
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duties to licensed or unlicensed personnel.

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(Source: P.A. 89-474, eff. 6-18-96.)".