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    AN ACT concerning professional 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 Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act 
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of 2004 is amended  by changing Section 11 as follows:
 



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    (225 ILCS 115/11)  (from Ch. 111, par. 7011)



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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2014)

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    Sec. 11. Practice pending licensure. Temporary permits. A 
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person holding the degree of Doctor of
Veterinary Medicine, or 
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its equivalent, from an accredited college of
veterinary 
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medicine,
and who has applied in writing to the Department for 
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a license to practice
veterinary medicine and surgery in any of 
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its branches, and who has fulfilled
the requirements of Section 
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8 of this Act, with the exception of receipt of
notification of 
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his or her examination results, may receive, at the discretion

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of the Department, a temporary permit to practice under the 
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direct
supervision of a veterinarian who is licensed in this 
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State,
until: (1) the applicant has been notified of his or her 
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failure to pass the results of the examination
authorized by 
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the Department;  or (2) the applicant has withdrawn his or her

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application; (3) the applicant has received a license from the 
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Department after successfully passing the examination 
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authorized by the Department; or (4) the applicant has been 
 


 






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notified by the Department to cease and desist from practicing.

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    A temporary permit may be issued by the Department to a 
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person who is a
veterinarian licensed under the laws of another 
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state, a territory of the
United States, or a foreign country, 
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upon application in writing to the
Department for a license 
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under this Act if he or she is qualified
to receive a
license 
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and until: (1) the expiration of 6 months after the filing of 
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the
written application, (2) the withdrawal of the application 
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or (3) the denial of
the application by the Department.

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    A temporary permit issued under this Section shall not be 
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extended
or renewed.  The holder of a temporary permit The 
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applicant shall perform only those acts
that may be prescribed 
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by and incidental to his or her employment and those acts that 
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act
shall be performed under the direction of a supervising 
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veterinarian who is licensed in this State.  The applicant 
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holder of the
temporary permit shall not be entitled to 
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otherwise engage in the
practice of
veterinary medicine until 
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fully licensed in this State.

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    The Upon the revocation of a temporary permit, the 
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Department shall
immediately notify, by certified mail, the 
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supervising
veterinarian employing the applicant and the 
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applicant that the applicant shall immediately cease and desist 
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from practicing if the applicant (1) practices outside his or 
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her employment under a licensed veterinarian; (2) violates any 
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provision of this Act; or (3) becomes ineligible for licensure 
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under this Act. holder
of a temporary permit and the holder of 
 


 






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the permit.  A temporary permit
shall be revoked by the 
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Department upon proof that the holder of the permit has
engaged 
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in the practice of veterinary medicine in this State outside 
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his or
her employment under a licensed veterinarian.

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(Source: P.A. 93-281, eff. 12-31-03.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.