Sen. Terry Link
Filed: 4/28/2009
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1119
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1119 as follows:
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3 | on page 1, line 5, by replacing "Section 30" with "Sections 27 | ||||||
4 | and 30"; and | ||||||
5 | on page 1, immediately below line 5, by inserting the | ||||||
6 | following:
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7 | "(225 ILCS 37/27)
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8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2019)
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9 | Sec. 27. Renewals; restoration.
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10 | (a) The expiration date and renewal period for each license | ||||||
11 | issued under
this Act shall be set by rule. As a condition for | ||||||
12 | renewal of a license, the
licensee shall be required to | ||||||
13 | complete continuing education requirements as
set forth in | ||||||
14 | rules by the Department. Licensees who are 70 years of age
or | ||||||
15 | older and have been licensed under this Act for at least 4 |
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1 | years shall be
exempt from the continuing education | ||||||
2 | requirements.
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3 | (b) A person who has permitted a license to expire for a | ||||||
4 | period of less than 5 years may have the license
restored by | ||||||
5 | making application to the Department and filing proof, | ||||||
6 | acceptable
to the Department, of fitness to have the license | ||||||
7 | restored. Proof may include
(i) sworn evidence certifying to | ||||||
8 | active practice in another jurisdiction that
is satisfactory to | ||||||
9 | the Department, (ii) complying with any continuing education
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10 | requirements, and (iii) paying the required restoration fee.
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11 | (b-5) A person seeking restoration of a license that has | ||||||
12 | expired or been placed on inactive status for 5 years or more | ||||||
13 | may have the license restored by making application to the | ||||||
14 | Department and filing proof, acceptable to the Department, of | ||||||
15 | fitness to have the license restored. Proof may include (i) | ||||||
16 | sworn evidence of active practice in another jurisdiction, (ii) | ||||||
17 | an affidavit attesting to military service as provided in | ||||||
18 | subsection (c) of this Section, (iii) proof of passage of the | ||||||
19 | environmental health proficiency examination while the license | ||||||
20 | was lapsed or on inactive status, (iv) sworn evidence, | ||||||
21 | satisfactory to the Department, of lawful practice under the | ||||||
22 | supervision of an Illinois licensed environmental healthcare | ||||||
23 | practitioner in the State of Illinois, or (v) proof of current | ||||||
24 | certification, including all required continuing education | ||||||
25 | requirements, from the National Environmental Health | ||||||
26 | Association or an equivalent current certification approved by |
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1 | the Department. An applicant for restoration under this | ||||||
2 | subsection (b-5) shall be required to pay restoration fees | ||||||
3 | required under this Act and provide proof of meeting continuing | ||||||
4 | education requirements during the 2 years before restoration. | ||||||
5 | (c) If the person has not maintained an active practice in | ||||||
6 | another
jurisdiction satisfactory to the Department, the Board | ||||||
7 | shall determine, by an
evaluation program, established by rule, | ||||||
8 | the person's fitness to resume active
status. The Board may | ||||||
9 | require the person to complete a period of evaluated
clinical | ||||||
10 | experience and successful completion of a practical | ||||||
11 | examination.
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12 | However, a person whose license expired while (i) in | ||||||
13 | federal service on
active duty with the Armed Forces of the | ||||||
14 | United States or called into service
or training with the State | ||||||
15 | Militia or (ii) in training or education under the
supervision | ||||||
16 | of the United States, preliminary to induction into the | ||||||
17 | military
service may have his or her license renewed or | ||||||
18 | restored without paying any
lapsed renewal fees if, within 2 | ||||||
19 | years after honorable termination of the
service, training, or | ||||||
20 | education, except under conditions other than honorable,
he or | ||||||
21 | she furnishes the Department with satisfactory evidence to the | ||||||
22 | effect
that he or she has been so engaged and that the service, | ||||||
23 | training, or education
has been terminated.
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24 | (d) A person who notifies the Department, in writing on | ||||||
25 | forms prescribed
by the Department, may place his or her | ||||||
26 | license on inactive status and shall be
excused from the |
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1 | payment of renewal fees until the person notifies the
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2 | Department, in writing, of the intention to resume active | ||||||
3 | practice.
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4 | (e) A person requesting his or her license be changed from | ||||||
5 | inactive to
active status shall be required to pay the current | ||||||
6 | renewal fee and shall also
demonstrate compliance with the | ||||||
7 | continuing education requirements.
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8 | (f) An environmental health practitioner whose license is | ||||||
9 | not renewed
or whose license is on
inactive status shall not | ||||||
10 | engage in the practice of environmental health in the
State of | ||||||
11 | Illinois or use the title or advertise that he or she performs | ||||||
12 | the
services of a "licensed environmental health | ||||||
13 | practitioner".
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14 | (g) A person violating subsection (f) of this Section shall | ||||||
15 | be considered
to be practicing without a license and shall be | ||||||
16 | subject to the disciplinary
provisions of this Act.
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17 | (h) A license to practice shall not be denied any applicant | ||||||
18 | because of the
applicant's race, religion, creed, national | ||||||
19 | origin, political beliefs or
activities, age, sex, sexual | ||||||
20 | orientation, or physical impairment that the Department | ||||||
21 | determines does not compromise the applicant's ability to | ||||||
22 | practice with reasonable safety, skill, and judgment .
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23 | (Source: P.A. 91-724, eff. 6-2-00 .)".
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