Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
Filed: 5/11/2009
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2440
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2440 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Regulatory Sunset Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 4.20 and adding Section 4.30 as follows:
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6 | (5 ILCS 80/4.20)
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7 | Sec. 4.20. Acts repealed on January 1, 2010 and December | ||||||
8 | 31, 2010.
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9 | (a) The following Acts are repealed on January 1, 2010:
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10 | The Auction License Act.
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11 | The Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989.
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12 | The Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989.
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13 | The Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of 1989.
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14 | The Land Sales Registration Act of 1999.
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15 | The Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics Practice | ||||||
16 | Act.
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1 | The Perfusionist Practice Act.
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2 | The Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989.
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3 | The Real Estate License Act of 2000.
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4 | The Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989.
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5 | (b) The following Act is repealed on December 31, 2010: | ||||||
6 | The Medical Practice Act of 1987. | ||||||
7 | (Source: P.A. 95-1018, eff. 12-18-08.)
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8 | (5 ILCS 80/4.30 new) | ||||||
9 | Sec. 4.30. Acts repealed on January 1, 2020. The following | ||||||
10 | Acts are repealed on January 1, 2020: | ||||||
11 | The Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics Practice Act. | ||||||
12 | The Perfusionist Practice Act. | ||||||
13 | Section 10. The Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics | ||||||
14 | Practice Act is amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, | ||||||
15 | 40, 55, 57, 60, 70, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 115, 120, | ||||||
16 | 125, 130, 135, 150, and 160 and by adding Sections 77, 103, and | ||||||
17 | 107 as follows:
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18 | (225 ILCS 84/5)
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19 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
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20 | Sec. 5. Declaration of public policy. The practice of | ||||||
21 | orthotics and
prosthetics in the State of Illinois is an allied | ||||||
22 | health profession recognized
by the American Medical | ||||||
23 | Association, with educational standards established by
the |
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1 | Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education | ||||||
2 | Programs. The
practice of pedorthics in the State of Illinois | ||||||
3 | is an allied health profession with educational standards | ||||||
4 | established by the National Commission on Orthotic and | ||||||
5 | Prosthetic Education
recognized by the American Academy of | ||||||
6 | Orthopaedic Surgeons, with educational
standards established | ||||||
7 | by the Board for Certification in Pedorthics . The
increasing | ||||||
8 | population of elderly and physically challenged individuals | ||||||
9 | who need
orthotic, prosthetic, and pedorthic services requires | ||||||
10 | that the orthotic,
prosthetic, and pedorthic professions be | ||||||
11 | regulated to ensure the provision of
high-quality services and | ||||||
12 | devices. The people of Illinois deserve the best
care | ||||||
13 | available, and will benefit from the assurance of initial and | ||||||
14 | ongoing
professional competence of the orthotists, | ||||||
15 | prosthetists, and pedorthists
practicing in this State. The | ||||||
16 | practice of orthotics, prosthetics, and
pedorthics serves to | ||||||
17 | improve and enhance the lives of individuals with
disabilities | ||||||
18 | by enabling them to resume productive lives following serious
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19 | illness, injury, or trauma. Unregulated dispensing of | ||||||
20 | orthotic, prosthetic,
and pedorthic care does not adequately | ||||||
21 | meet the needs or serve the
interests of the public. In keeping | ||||||
22 | with State requirements imposed on similar
health
disciplines, | ||||||
23 | licensure of the orthotic, prosthetic, and pedorthic | ||||||
24 | professions
will help
ensure the health and safety of | ||||||
25 | consumers, as well as maximize their functional
abilities
and | ||||||
26 | productivity levels. This Act shall be liberally construed to |
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1 | best carry
out these
subjects and purposes.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 91-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
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3 | (225 ILCS 84/10)
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4 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
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5 | Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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6 | "Accredited facility" means a facility which has been | ||||||
7 | accredited by the Center for Medicare Medicaid Services to | ||||||
8 | practice prosthetics, orthotics or pedorthics and which | ||||||
9 | represents itself to the public by title or description of | ||||||
10 | services that includes the term "prosthetic", "prosthetist", | ||||||
11 | "artificial limb", "orthotic", "orthotist", "brace", | ||||||
12 | "pedorthic", "pedorthist" or a similar title or description of | ||||||
13 | services. | ||||||
14 | "Address of record" means the designated address recorded | ||||||
15 | by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application | ||||||
16 | file or license file maintained by the Department's licensure | ||||||
17 | maintenance unit. It is the duty of the applicant or licensee | ||||||
18 | to inform the Department of any change of address, and such | ||||||
19 | changes must be made either through the Department's website or | ||||||
20 | by contacting the Department. | ||||||
21 | "Assistant" means a person who is educated and trained to | ||||||
22 | participate in comprehensive orthotic or prosthetic care while | ||||||
23 | under the supervision of a licensed orthotist or licensed | ||||||
24 | prosthetist. Assistants may perform orthotic or prosthetic | ||||||
25 | procedures and related tasks in the management of patient care. |
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1 | Assistants may also fabricate, repair, and maintain orthoses | ||||||
2 | and prostheses assists an orthotist, prosthetist, or
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3 | prosthetist/orthotist with patient care services and | ||||||
4 | fabrication of orthoses or
prostheses
under the supervision of | ||||||
5 | a licensed orthotist or prosthetist .
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6 | "Board" means the Board of Orthotics, Prosthetics, and | ||||||
7 | Pedorthics.
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8 | "Custom fabricated device" means an orthosis, prosthesis, | ||||||
9 | or pedorthic device fabricated to comprehensive measurements | ||||||
10 | or a mold or patient model for use by a patient in accordance | ||||||
11 | with a prescription and which requires clinical and technical | ||||||
12 | judgment in its design, fabrication, and fitting. | ||||||
13 | "Custom fitted device" means an orthosis, prosthesis, or | ||||||
14 | pedorthic device made to patient measurements sized or modified | ||||||
15 | for use by the patient in accordance with a prescription and | ||||||
16 | which requires clinical and technical judgment and substantive | ||||||
17 | alteration in its design. "Custom" means that an orthosis, | ||||||
18 | prosthesis, or pedorthic device is designed,
fabricated, and | ||||||
19 | aligned specifically for one person in accordance with sound
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20 | biomechanical principles.
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21 | "Custom fitted" means that a prefabricated orthosis, | ||||||
22 | prosthesis, or pedorthic
device is modified and aligned | ||||||
23 | specifically for one person in accordance with
sound
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24 | biomechanical principles.
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25 | "Department" means the Department of Financial and | ||||||
26 | Professional Regulation.
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1 | "Director" means the Director of Professional Regulation.
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2 | "Facility" means the business location where orthotic, | ||||||
3 | prosthetic, or
pedorthic care is provided and, in the case of | ||||||
4 | an orthotic/prosthetic facility,
has the
appropriate
clinical | ||||||
5 | and laboratory space and equipment to provide comprehensive | ||||||
6 | orthotic
or
prosthetic care and, in the case of a pedorthic | ||||||
7 | facility, has the
appropriate clinical
space and
equipment to | ||||||
8 | provide pedorthic care. Licensed orthotists, prosthetists, and
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9 | pedorthists
must be available to either provide care or | ||||||
10 | supervise the provision of care by unlicensed
registered
staff.
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11 | "Licensed orthotist " or "LO " means a person licensed under | ||||||
12 | this Act to practice
orthotics and who represents himself or | ||||||
13 | herself to the public by title or
description of
services that | ||||||
14 | includes the term "orthotic", "orthotist", "brace", or a | ||||||
15 | similar
title or
description of services.
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16 | "Licensed pedorthist " or "LPed " means a person licensed | ||||||
17 | under this Act to practice
pedorthics and who represents | ||||||
18 | himself or herself to the public by the title or
description of
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19 | services that include the term "pedorthic", "pedorthist", or a | ||||||
20 | similar title or
description
of services.
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21 | "Licensed physician" means a person licensed
under the | ||||||
22 | Medical Practice Act of 1987.
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23 | "Licensed podiatrist" means a person licensed under the | ||||||
24 | Podiatric
Medical Practice Act of 1987.
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25 | "Licensed prosthetist " or "LP " means a person licensed | ||||||
26 | under this Act to practice
prosthetics and who represents |
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1 | himself or herself to the public by title or
description of
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2 | services that includes the term "prosthetic", "prosthetist", | ||||||
3 | "artificial
limb", or a
similar title or description of | ||||||
4 | services.
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5 | "Off-the-shelf device" means a prefabricated orthosis, | ||||||
6 | prosthesis, or pedorthic device sized or modified for use by | ||||||
7 | the patient in accordance with a prescription and that does not | ||||||
8 | require substantial clinical judgment and substantive | ||||||
9 | alteration for appropriate use. | ||||||
10 | "Orthosis" means a custom-fabricated or custom-fitted | ||||||
11 | brace or support
designed to provide for alignment, correction, | ||||||
12 | or prevention of neuromuscular
or
musculoskeletal dysfunction, | ||||||
13 | disease, injury, or deformity. "Orthosis" does
not include
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14 | fabric or elastic supports, corsets, arch supports, | ||||||
15 | low-temperature plastic
splints,
trusses, elastic hoses, | ||||||
16 | canes, crutches, soft cervical collars, dental
appliances, or | ||||||
17 | other
similar devices carried in stock and sold as | ||||||
18 | "over-the-counter" items by a drug
store,
department store, | ||||||
19 | corset shop, or surgical supply facility.
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20 | "Orthotic and Prosthetic Education Program" means a course | ||||||
21 | of instruction
accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of | ||||||
22 | Allied Health Education
Programs,
consisting of (i) a basic | ||||||
23 | curriculum of college level instruction in math,
physics,
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24 | biology, chemistry, and psychology and (ii) a specific | ||||||
25 | curriculum in orthotic
or
prosthetic courses, including: (A) | ||||||
26 | lectures covering pertinent anatomy,
biomechanics,
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1 | pathomechanics, prosthetic-orthotic components and materials, | ||||||
2 | training and
functional
capabilities, prosthetic or orthotic | ||||||
3 | performance evaluation, prescription
considerations,
etiology | ||||||
4 | of amputations and disease processes necessitating prosthetic | ||||||
5 | or
orthotic use,
and medical management; (B) subject matter | ||||||
6 | related to pediatric and geriatric
problems;
(C) instruction in | ||||||
7 | acute care techniques, such as immediate and early
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8 | post-surgical
prosthetics and fracture bracing techniques; and | ||||||
9 | (D) lectures,
demonstrations,
and laboratory experiences | ||||||
10 | related to the entire process of measuring, casting,
fitting,
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11 | fabricating, aligning, and completing prostheses or orthoses.
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12 | "Orthotic and prosthetic scope of practice" means a list of | ||||||
13 | tasks, with
relative
weight given to such factors as | ||||||
14 | importance, criticality, and frequency, based
on
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15 | internationally accepted standards of orthotic and prosthetic | ||||||
16 | care as outlined
by the
International Society of Prosthetics | ||||||
17 | and Orthotics' professional profile for
Category I
and Category | ||||||
18 | III orthotic and prosthetic personnel.
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19 | "Orthotics" means the science and practice of evaluating, | ||||||
20 | measuring,
designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, | ||||||
21 | adjusting, or servicing an
orthosis under an
order from a | ||||||
22 | licensed physician or podiatrist for the correction
or
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23 | alleviation of neuromuscular or musculoskeletal dysfunction, | ||||||
24 | disease, injury,
or
deformity.
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25 | "Orthotist" means a health care professional who is | ||||||
26 | specifically educated and trained to manage comprehensive |
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1 | orthotic patient care. This includes patient assessment, | ||||||
2 | formulation of a treatment plan, implementation of the | ||||||
3 | treatment plan, follow-up, and practice management. person who | ||||||
4 | measures, designs, fabricates, fits, or
services
orthoses and | ||||||
5 | assists in the formulation of the order of orthoses as ordered
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6 | by a
licensed physician for the support or correction of | ||||||
7 | disabilities caused by
neuro-musculoskeletal diseases, | ||||||
8 | injuries, or deformities.
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9 | "Over-the-counter" means a prefabricated, mass-produced | ||||||
10 | device that is
prepackaged and requires no professional advice | ||||||
11 | or judgement in either size
selection or
use, including fabric | ||||||
12 | or elastic supports, corsets, generic arch supports,
elastic | ||||||
13 | hoses.
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14 | "Pedorthic device" means therapeutic shoes (e.g. diabetic | ||||||
15 | shoes and inserts), shoe modifications made for therapeutic | ||||||
16 | purposes, below the ankle partial foot prostheses, and foot | ||||||
17 | orthoses for use at the ankle or below. It also includes | ||||||
18 | subtalar-control foot orthoses designed to manage the function | ||||||
19 | of the anatomy by controlling the range of motion of the | ||||||
20 | subtalar joint. Excluding footwear, the proximal height of a | ||||||
21 | custom pedorthic device does not extend beyond the junction of | ||||||
22 | the gastrocnemius and the Achilles tendon. Pedorthic devices do | ||||||
23 | not include non-therapeutic inlays or footwear regardless of | ||||||
24 | method of manufacture; unmodified, non-therapeutic | ||||||
25 | over-the-counter shoes; or prefabricated foot care products. | ||||||
26 | "Therapeutic" devices address a medical condition, diagnosed |
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1 | by a prescribing medical professional, while "non-therapeutic" | ||||||
2 | devices do not address a medical condition. footwear, foot | ||||||
3 | orthoses for use at the
ankle or below, and modified footwear | ||||||
4 | made for therapeutic purposes.
"Pedorthic device" does not | ||||||
5 | include non-therapeutic accommodative inlays or
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6 | non-therapeutic
accommodative footwear, regardless of method | ||||||
7 | of manufacture, shoe
modifications
made for non-therapeutic | ||||||
8 | purposes, unmodified, over-the-counter shoes, or
prefabricated | ||||||
9 | foot care products.
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10 | "Pedorthic education program" means an educational program | ||||||
11 | accredited by the National Commission on Orthotic and | ||||||
12 | Prosthetic Education a course of instruction accredited by
the | ||||||
13 | Board for Certification in Pedorthics consisting of (i) a basic | ||||||
14 | curriculum
of
instruction in foot-related pathology of | ||||||
15 | diseases, anatomy, and biomechanics
and (ii) a
specific | ||||||
16 | curriculum in pedorthic courses, including lectures covering | ||||||
17 | shoes,
foot
orthoses, and shoe modifications, pedorthic | ||||||
18 | components and materials, training
and
functional | ||||||
19 | capabilities, pedorthic performance evaluation, prescription
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20 | considerations,
etiology of disease processes necessitating | ||||||
21 | use of pedorthic devices, medical
management, subject matter | ||||||
22 | related to pediatric and geriatric problems, and
lectures,
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23 | demonstrations, and laboratory experiences related to the | ||||||
24 | entire process of
measuring
and casting, fitting, fabricating, | ||||||
25 | aligning, and completing pedorthic
devices.
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26 | "Pedorthic scope of practice" means a list of tasks with |
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1 | relative weight
given
to such factors as importance, | ||||||
2 | criticality, and frequency based on nationally
accepted
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3 | standards of pedorthic care as outlined by the National | ||||||
4 | Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education Board for | ||||||
5 | Certification in
Pedorthics'
comprehensive analysis with an | ||||||
6 | empirical validation study of the profession
performed
by an | ||||||
7 | independent testing company.
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8 | "Pedorthics" means the science and practice of evaluating, | ||||||
9 | measuring,
designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, | ||||||
10 | adjusting, or servicing a
pedorthic device
under an order from | ||||||
11 | a licensed physician or podiatrist for the
correction or
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12 | alleviation of neuromuscular or musculoskeletal dysfunction, | ||||||
13 | disease, injury,
or
deformity.
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14 | "Pedorthist" means a health care professional who is | ||||||
15 | specifically educated and trained to manage comprehensive | ||||||
16 | pedorthic patient care. This includes patient assessment, | ||||||
17 | formulation of a treatment plan, implementation of the | ||||||
18 | treatment plan, follow-up, and practice management. person who | ||||||
19 | measures, designs, fabricates, fits, or
services pedorthic | ||||||
20 | devices and assists in the formulation of the order
of | ||||||
21 | pedorthic
devices as ordered by a licensed physician for the | ||||||
22 | support or correction of
disabilities
caused by | ||||||
23 | neuro-musculoskeletal diseases, injuries, or deformities.
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24 | "Person" means a natural person.
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25 | "Prosthesis" means an artificial medical device that is not | ||||||
26 | surgically
implanted and that is used to replace a missing |
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1 | limb, appendage, or any other
external
human body
part | ||||||
2 | including an artificial limb, hand, or foot. "Prosthesis" does | ||||||
3 | not include
artificial
eyes, ears, fingers, or toes, dental | ||||||
4 | appliances, cosmetic devices such as
artificial
breasts, | ||||||
5 | eyelashes, or wigs, or other devices that do not have a | ||||||
6 | significant
impact on the
musculoskeletal functions of the | ||||||
7 | body.
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8 | "Prosthetics" means the science and practice of | ||||||
9 | evaluating, measuring,
designing, fabricating, assembling, | ||||||
10 | fitting, adjusting, or servicing a
prosthesis
under an
order | ||||||
11 | from a licensed physician.
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12 | "Prosthetist" means a health care professional who is | ||||||
13 | specifically educated and trained to manage comprehensive | ||||||
14 | prosthetic patient care. This includes patient assessment, | ||||||
15 | formulation of a treatment plan, implementation of the | ||||||
16 | treatment plan, follow-up, and practice management. person who | ||||||
17 | measures, designs, fabricates, fits, or
services prostheses | ||||||
18 | and assists in the formulation of the
order of prostheses as | ||||||
19 | ordered
by a licensed physician for the replacement of external | ||||||
20 | parts of
the human
body lost due to amputation or congenital | ||||||
21 | deformities or absences.
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22 | "Prosthetist/orthotist" means a person who practices both | ||||||
23 | disciplines of
prosthetics and orthotics and who represents | ||||||
24 | himself or herself to the public
by title or by
description of | ||||||
25 | services. A person who is currently licensed by the State as | ||||||
26 | both a licensed prosthetist and a licensed orthotist may use |
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1 | the title "Licensed Prosthetist Orthotist" or "LPO".
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2 | "Resident" means a person who has completed an education | ||||||
3 | program in either
orthotics or prosthetics and is continuing | ||||||
4 | his or her clinical education in a
residency
accredited by the | ||||||
5 | National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education.
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6 | "Residency" means a minimum of a one-year approved | ||||||
7 | supervised program to acquire practical clinical training in | ||||||
8 | orthotics or prosthetics in a patient care setting. | ||||||
9 | "Scope of practice" means the procedures, actions, and | ||||||
10 | processes that are permitted for the licensed individual. The | ||||||
11 | scope of practice is limited to that which the profession or | ||||||
12 | law allows for specific education and experience, and specific | ||||||
13 | demonstrated competency. | ||||||
14 | "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and | ||||||
15 | Professional Regulation. | ||||||
16 | "Supervision" means the act of critical watching and | ||||||
17 | directing the work or tasks of another who may lack full | ||||||
18 | knowledge of the concept at hand. | ||||||
19 | "Technician" means a person who assists an orthotist, | ||||||
20 | prosthetist,
prosthetist/orthotist, or pedorthist with | ||||||
21 | fabrication of orthoses, prostheses,
or pedorthic
devices but | ||||||
22 | does not provide direct patient care.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 91-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
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24 | (225 ILCS 84/15)
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25 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
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1 | Sec. 15. Exceptions. This Act shall not be construed to | ||||||
2 | prohibit:
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3 | (1) a physician licensed in this State
from engaging in the | ||||||
4 | practice for which he or she is licensed;
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5 | (2) a person licensed in this State under any other Act | ||||||
6 | from engaging in the
practice for which he or she is licensed;
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7 | (3) the practice of orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics | ||||||
8 | by a person who is
employed by the federal government or any | ||||||
9 | bureau, division, or agency of the
federal
government while in | ||||||
10 | the discharge of the employee's official duties;
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11 | (4) the practice of orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics | ||||||
12 | by (i) a student
enrolled in a school of orthotics, | ||||||
13 | prosthetics, or pedorthics, (ii) a
resident continuing
his or | ||||||
14 | her clinical education in a residency accredited by the | ||||||
15 | National
Commission on
Orthotic and Prosthetic Education, or | ||||||
16 | (iii) a student in a qualified work
experience
program or | ||||||
17 | internship in pedorthics;
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18 | (5) the practice of orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics | ||||||
19 | by one who is an
orthotist, prosthetist, or pedorthist licensed | ||||||
20 | under the laws of another state
or territory
of the United | ||||||
21 | States or another country and has applied in writing to the
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22 | Department, in
a form and substance satisfactory to the | ||||||
23 | Department, for a license as
orthotist,
prosthetist, or | ||||||
24 | pedorthist and who is qualified to receive the license under
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25 | Section 40
until (i) the expiration of 6 months after the | ||||||
26 | filing of the written
application, (ii) the
withdrawal of the |
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1 | application, or (iii) the denial of the application by the
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2 | Department;
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3 | (6) a person licensed by this State as a physical | ||||||
4 | therapist , or occupational
therapist , or advanced practice | ||||||
5 | nurse from engaging in his or her profession; or
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6 | (7) a physician licensed under the Podiatric Medical | ||||||
7 | Practice Act of 1997
from engaging in his or her profession.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 91-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
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9 | (225 ILCS 84/20)
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10 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
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11 | Sec. 20. Powers and duties of the Department.
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12 | (a) The Department shall exercise the powers and duties | ||||||
13 | prescribed by the
Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois for the | ||||||
14 | administration of licensure Acts and
shall
exercise other | ||||||
15 | powers and duties necessary for effectuating the purposes of
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16 | this Act.
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17 | (b) The Department shall may adopt rules to administer and | ||||||
18 | enforce this Act
including, but not limited to, fees for | ||||||
19 | original licensure , and renewal and
restoration of
licenses and | ||||||
20 | may prescribe forms to be issued to implement its rules. The
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21 | Department shall
exercise the powers and duties prescribed by | ||||||
22 | this Act. At a minimum, the rules
adopted by the Department | ||||||
23 | shall include standards and criteria for licensure
and for
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24 | professional conduct and discipline. The Department shall | ||||||
25 | consult with the
Board in
adopting rules. Notice of proposed |
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1 | rulemaking shall be transmitted to the
Board, and
the | ||||||
2 | Department shall review the Board's response and inform the | ||||||
3 | Board of any deviations any recommendations made
in
writing | ||||||
4 | with proper explanation of deviations from the Board's | ||||||
5 | recommendations
and
response .
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6 | (c) The Department at any time may seek the expert advice | ||||||
7 | and knowledge of
the Board on any matter relating to the | ||||||
8 | enforcement of this Act.
| ||||||
9 | (d) Department may adopt rules as necessary to establish | ||||||
10 | eligibility for
facility
registration and standards.
| ||||||
11 | (Source: P.A. 91-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
12 | (225 ILCS 84/25)
| ||||||
13 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
14 | Sec. 25. Board of Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics.
| ||||||
15 | (a) There is established a Board of Orthotics, Prosthetics, | ||||||
16 | and Pedorthics,
which shall consist of 6 voting members to be | ||||||
17 | appointed by the Secretary Director . Three
members shall be | ||||||
18 | practicing licensed orthotists, licensed prosthetists, or
| ||||||
19 | licensed
pedorthists. These members may be licensed in more | ||||||
20 | than one discipline and
their
appointments must equally | ||||||
21 | represent all 3 disciplines. One member shall be a
member of | ||||||
22 | the public who is a consumer of orthotic, prosthetic, or | ||||||
23 | pedorthic
professional services. One member shall be a public | ||||||
24 | member who is not licensed
under
this Act or a consumer of | ||||||
25 | services licensed under this Act. One member shall
be a |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | licensed physician.
| ||||||
2 | (b) Each member of the Board shall serve a term of 3 years, | ||||||
3 | except that of
the initial appointments to the Board, 2 members | ||||||
4 | shall be appointed for one
year, 2
members shall be appointed | ||||||
5 | for 2 years, and 2 members shall be appointed for
3 years. Each | ||||||
6 | member shall hold office and execute his or her Board
| ||||||
7 | responsibilities until the qualification and appointment of | ||||||
8 | his or her
successor. No
member of the Board shall serve more | ||||||
9 | than 8 consecutive years or 2 full terms,
whichever is greater.
| ||||||
10 | (c) Members of the Board shall receive as compensation a | ||||||
11 | reasonable sum as
determined by the Secretary Director for each | ||||||
12 | day actually engaged in the duties of the
office and
shall be | ||||||
13 | reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in performing the | ||||||
14 | duties
of the
office.
| ||||||
15 | (d) Four members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. A | ||||||
16 | quorum is required for all Board decisions A quorum of the | ||||||
17 | Board shall consist of a majority of Board members
currently | ||||||
18 | appointed .
| ||||||
19 | (e) The Secretary Director may terminate the appointment of | ||||||
20 | any member for cause
which, in the opinion of the Secretary | ||||||
21 | Director reasonably justifies termination, which
may
include, | ||||||
22 | but is not limited to, a Board member who does not attend 2
| ||||||
23 | consecutive
meetings.
| ||||||
24 | (f) Membership of the Board should reasonably reflect | ||||||
25 | representation from
the geographic areas in this State.
| ||||||
26 | (Source: P.A. 91-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| |||||||
1 | (225 ILCS 84/40)
| ||||||
2 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
3 | Sec. 40.
Qualifications for licensure as orthotist, | ||||||
4 | prosthetist, or
pedorthist.
| ||||||
5 | (a) To qualify for a license to practice orthotics or | ||||||
6 | prosthetics, a
person
shall:
| ||||||
7 | (1) possess a baccalaureate degree from a college or | ||||||
8 | university;
| ||||||
9 | (2) have completed the amount of formal training, | ||||||
10 | including, but not
limited to, any hours of classroom | ||||||
11 | education and clinical practice established
and approved | ||||||
12 | by the Department;
| ||||||
13 | (3) complete a clinical residency in the professional | ||||||
14 | area for which a
license is sought in accordance with | ||||||
15 | standards, guidelines, or procedures for
residencies | ||||||
16 | inside or outside this State established and approved by | ||||||
17 | the
Department. The majority
of training must be devoted to | ||||||
18 | services performed under the supervision of a
licensed | ||||||
19 | practitioner of orthotics or prosthetics or a person | ||||||
20 | certified as a
Certified Orthotist (CO), Certified | ||||||
21 | Prosthetist (CP), or Certified Prosthetist
Orthotist (CPO) | ||||||
22 | whose practice is located outside of the State | ||||||
23 | certification was obtained before the effective date of
| ||||||
24 | this Act ;
| ||||||
25 | (4) pass all written, practical, and oral examinations |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | that are required
and approved by the Department; and
| ||||||
2 | (5) be qualified to practice in accordance with | ||||||
3 | internationally
accepted standards of orthotic and | ||||||
4 | prosthetic care.
| ||||||
5 | (b) To qualify for a license to practice pedorthics, a | ||||||
6 | person shall:
| ||||||
7 | (1) submit proof of possess a high school diploma or | ||||||
8 | its equivalent;
| ||||||
9 | (2) have completed the amount of formal training, | ||||||
10 | including, but
not limited to, any hours of classroom | ||||||
11 | education and clinical practice
established and approved | ||||||
12 | by the Department;
| ||||||
13 | (3) complete a qualified work experience program or | ||||||
14 | internship
in pedorthics that has a minimum of 1,000 hours | ||||||
15 | of pedorthic patient care experience in accordance with any | ||||||
16 | standards, guidelines, or procedures
established and | ||||||
17 | approved by the Department . The majority of training must | ||||||
18 | be devoted to services performed under the supervision of a | ||||||
19 | licensed practitioner of pedorthics or a person certified | ||||||
20 | as a Certified Pedorthist (C.Ped) whose practice is located | ||||||
21 | outside of the State ;
| ||||||
22 | (4) pass all examinations that are required and | ||||||
23 | approved by the
Department; and
| ||||||
24 | (5) be qualified to practice in accordance with | ||||||
25 | nationally
accepted standards of pedorthic care.
| ||||||
26 | (c) The standards and requirements for licensure |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | established by the
Department shall be substantially equal to | ||||||
2 | or in excess of standards commonly
accepted
in the profession | ||||||
3 | of orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics. The Department
shall | ||||||
4 | adopt
rules as necessary to set the standards and requirements.
| ||||||
5 | (d) A person may be licensed in more than one discipline.
| ||||||
6 | (Source: P.A. 91-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
7 | (225 ILCS 84/55)
| ||||||
8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
9 | Sec. 55. License required Transition period .
| ||||||
10 | (a) Until January 1, 2002, a person certified as a | ||||||
11 | Certified Orthotist (CO),
Certified Prosthetist (CP), or | ||||||
12 | Certified Prosthetist Orthotist (CPO) by the
American
Board for | ||||||
13 | Certification in Prosthetics and Orthotics, Incorporated, or | ||||||
14 | holding
similar
certifications from other accrediting bodies | ||||||
15 | with equivalent educational
requirements
and examination | ||||||
16 | standards may apply for and shall be granted orthotic or
| ||||||
17 | prosthetic licensure under this Act upon payment of the | ||||||
18 | required fee. After
that date, any
applicant for licensure as | ||||||
19 | an orthotist or a prosthetist shall meet the
requirements of | ||||||
20 | subsection (a) of Section 40 of this Act.
| ||||||
21 | (b) Until January 1, 2002, a person certified as a | ||||||
22 | Certified Pedorthist
(CPed)
by the Board for Certification in | ||||||
23 | Pedorthics, Incorporated, or a person
certified as a
Certified | ||||||
24 | Orthotist (CO) or Certified Prosthetist Orthotist (CPO) by the
| ||||||
25 | American
Board for Certification in Prosthetics and Orthotics, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Incorporated, or holding
similar
certifications from other | ||||||
2 | accrediting bodies with equivalent educational
requirements
| ||||||
3 | and examination standards may apply for and shall be granted | ||||||
4 | pedorthic
licensure
under this Act upon payment of the required | ||||||
5 | fee. After that date, any
applicant for
licensure as a | ||||||
6 | pedorthist shall meet the requirements of subsection (b) of
| ||||||
7 | Section 40 of
this Act.
| ||||||
8 | No (c) On and after January 1, 2002, no person shall | ||||||
9 | practice orthotics,
prosthetics, or pedorthics in this State or | ||||||
10 | hold himself or herself out as
being able to
practice either | ||||||
11 | profession, unless he or she is licensed in accordance with
| ||||||
12 | Section 40 of
this Act.
| ||||||
13 | (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, a | ||||||
14 | person who has
practiced full-time for the past 7 years in a | ||||||
15 | prosthetic/orthotic facility as
an orthotist,
prosthetist, | ||||||
16 | prosthetist/orthotist, assistant, or technician or in a | ||||||
17 | pedorthic
facility as a
pedorthist or pedorthic technician on | ||||||
18 | the effective date of this Act may file
an
application with the | ||||||
19 | Board within 60 days after the
enforcement
of this Section | ||||||
20 | begins pursuant to Section 56 of this Act
in order to
continue | ||||||
21 | to practice orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics at his or her
| ||||||
22 | identified level of
practice. The applicant shall be issued a | ||||||
23 | license or certificate of
registration to practice
orthotics, | ||||||
24 | prosthetics, or pedorthics under the provisions of this Act | ||||||
25 | without
examination upon receipt by the Department of payment | ||||||
26 | of the licensing or
registration
fee required under Section 70 |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | of this Act and after the Board has completed an
investigation | ||||||
2 | of the applicant's work history. The Board shall complete its
| ||||||
3 | investigation for the purposes of this Section within 6 months | ||||||
4 | of the date of
the
application. The investigation may include, | ||||||
5 | but is not limited to, completion
by
the
applicant of a | ||||||
6 | questionnaire regarding the applicant's work history and scope
| ||||||
7 | of
practice.
| ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 91-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
9 | (225 ILCS 84/57)
| ||||||
10 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
11 | Sec. 57. Limitation on provision of care and services. A
| ||||||
12 | licensed orthotist or pedorthist may provide care or services | ||||||
13 | only if the care
or services are provided pursuant to an order | ||||||
14 | from a licensed physician ,
or podiatrist , or advanced practice | ||||||
15 | nurse . A licensed prosthetist may provide care or
services only | ||||||
16 | if the care or services are provided pursuant to an order from | ||||||
17 | a
licensed physician or advanced practice nurse .
| ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 91-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
19 | (225 ILCS 84/60)
| ||||||
20 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
21 | Sec. 60. Renewal; restoration; military service ; inactive | ||||||
22 | status .
| ||||||
23 | (a) The expiration date and renewal period for each license | ||||||
24 | issued under
this
Act shall be set by rule of the Department. |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | The Board shall establish
continuing
education requirements | ||||||
2 | for the renewal of a license. These requirements shall
be based
| ||||||
3 | on established standards of competence.
| ||||||
4 | (b) A person who has permitted his or her license to expire | ||||||
5 | or who has had
his
or her license on inactive status may have | ||||||
6 | his or her license restored by
(i) making
application to the | ||||||
7 | Department, (ii) filing proof acceptable to the Department
of | ||||||
8 | his or her
fitness to have his or her license restored | ||||||
9 | including, but not limited to,
sworn
evidence
certifying to | ||||||
10 | active practice in another jurisdiction satisfactory to the
| ||||||
11 | Department, and (iii)
paying the required restoration fee. If | ||||||
12 | the person has not maintained an
active
practice in another | ||||||
13 | jurisdiction satisfactory to the Department, the Board
shall
| ||||||
14 | determine, by an evaluation program established by rule, his or | ||||||
15 | her fitness to
resume
active status and may require the person | ||||||
16 | to complete a period of evaluated
clinical
experience and may | ||||||
17 | require successful completion of an examination.
| ||||||
18 | (c) A person whose license expired while he or she was (i) | ||||||
19 | in federal
service on active duty within the armed forces of | ||||||
20 | the United States or with the
State
militia called into service | ||||||
21 | or training or (ii) in training or education under
the
| ||||||
22 | supervision of the United States preliminary to induction into | ||||||
23 | military
service may
have his or her license renewed or | ||||||
24 | restored without paying a lapsed renewal fee
if,
within 2 years | ||||||
25 | after termination from the service, training, or education
| ||||||
26 | except under
conditions other than honorable, he or she |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | furnished the Department with
satisfactory
evidence that he or | ||||||
2 | she has been so engaged and that his or her service,
training, | ||||||
3 | or education has been terminated.
| ||||||
4 | (d) A person who notifies the Department in writing on | ||||||
5 | forms prescribed by the Department may elect to place his or | ||||||
6 | her license on an inactive status and shall, subject to rules | ||||||
7 | of the Department, be excused from payment of renewal fees | ||||||
8 | until he or she notifies the Department in writing of his or | ||||||
9 | her desire to resume active status. | ||||||
10 | (e) A person requesting restoration from inactive status | ||||||
11 | shall be required to pay the current renewal fee and shall be | ||||||
12 | required to restore his or her license as provided in Section | ||||||
13 | 60 of this Act. | ||||||
14 | (f) An orthotist, prosthetist, or pedorthist whose license | ||||||
15 | is on inactive status shall not practice orthotics, | ||||||
16 | prosthetics, or pedorthics in this State. | ||||||
17 | (Source: P.A. 91-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
18 | (225 ILCS 84/70)
| ||||||
19 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
20 | Sec. 70. Endorsement. The Department may, at its | ||||||
21 | discretion, license as
either an orthotist,
prosthetist, or | ||||||
22 | pedorthist, without examination and on payment of the required
| ||||||
23 | fee,
an applicant who is an orthotist, prosthetist, or | ||||||
24 | pedorthist who is (i)
licensed under the
laws of another state, | ||||||
25 | territory, or country, if the requirements for licensure
in |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | that state,
territory, or country in which the applicant was | ||||||
2 | licensed were, at the date of
his or her
licensure, | ||||||
3 | substantially equal to the requirements in force in this State | ||||||
4 | on
that date or (ii)
certified by a national certification | ||||||
5 | organization with educational and testing
standards as set | ||||||
6 | forth by rule
equal to or more stringent than the licensing | ||||||
7 | requirements of this State .
| ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 91-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
9 | (225 ILCS 84/77 new)
| ||||||
10 | Sec. 77. Returned checks; fines. Any person who delivers a | ||||||
11 | check or other payment to the Department that is returned to | ||||||
12 | the Department unpaid by the financial institution upon which | ||||||
13 | it is drawn shall pay to the Department, in addition to the | ||||||
14 | amount already owed to the Department, a fine of $50. The fines | ||||||
15 | imposed by this Section are in addition to any other discipline | ||||||
16 | provided under this Act for unlicensed practice or practice on | ||||||
17 | a non-renewed license. The Department shall notify the person | ||||||
18 | that payment of fees and fines shall be made to the Department | ||||||
19 | by certified check or money order within 30 calendar days of | ||||||
20 | the notification. If, after the expiration of 30 days from the | ||||||
21 | date of the notification, the person has failed to submit the | ||||||
22 | necessary remittance, the Department shall automatically | ||||||
23 | terminate the license or deny the application, without hearing. | ||||||
24 | If, after termination or denial, the person seeks a license, he | ||||||
25 | or she shall apply to the Department for restoration or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | issuance of the license and pay all fees and fines due to the | ||||||
2 | Department. The Department may establish a fee for the | ||||||
3 | processing of an application for restoration of a license, | ||||||
4 | designed to cover all expenses of processing the application. | ||||||
5 | The Secretary may waive the fines due under this Section in | ||||||
6 | individual cases where the Secretary finds that the fines would | ||||||
7 | be unreasonable or unnecessarily burdensome.
| ||||||
8 | (225 ILCS 84/80)
| ||||||
9 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
10 | Sec. 80. Roster of licensees and registrants. The | ||||||
11 | Department shall
maintain a current roster of the names and | ||||||
12 | addresses of all licensees,
registrants, and all
persons whose | ||||||
13 | licenses have been suspended , or revoked , or otherwise | ||||||
14 | disciplined within the previous year .
This
roster shall be | ||||||
15 | available upon written request and payment of the required fee.
| ||||||
16 | (Source: P.A. 91-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
17 | (225 ILCS 84/85)
| ||||||
18 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
19 | Sec. 85. Practice by corporations. Nothing in this Act | ||||||
20 | shall restrict
licensees from forming professional service | ||||||
21 | corporations under and in accordance with the provisions
of the
| ||||||
22 | Professional Service Corporation Act.
| ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 91-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (225 ILCS 84/90)
| ||||||
2 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
3 | Sec. 90. Grounds for discipline.
| ||||||
4 | (a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew a license, | ||||||
5 | or may revoke or
suspend a license, or may suspend, place on | ||||||
6 | probation, censure, or reprimand a
licensee
or take other | ||||||
7 | disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as the Department may | ||||||
8 | deem proper, for one or any combination of the following:
| ||||||
9 | (1) Making a material misstatement in furnishing | ||||||
10 | information to the
Department or the Board.
| ||||||
11 | (2) Violations of or negligent or intentional | ||||||
12 | disregard of this Act or
its rules.
| ||||||
13 | (3) Conviction of, or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo | ||||||
14 | contendere to any crime that is a felony under the laws of | ||||||
15 | the United States or any state or territory thereof or that | ||||||
16 | is a misdemeanor of which an essential element is | ||||||
17 | dishonesty, or any crime that is directly related to the | ||||||
18 | practice of the profession Conviction of any crime that | ||||||
19 | under the laws of the United
States or of a state or | ||||||
20 | territory of the United States is a felony or a
| ||||||
21 | misdemeanor, an essential element of which is dishonesty, | ||||||
22 | or of a crime that
is directly related to the practice of | ||||||
23 | the profession .
| ||||||
24 | (4) Making a misrepresentation for the purpose of | ||||||
25 | obtaining a
license.
| ||||||
26 | (5) A pattern of practice or other behavior that |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | demonstrates incapacity
or incompetence to practice under | ||||||
2 | this Act.
| ||||||
3 | (6) Gross negligence under this Act.
| ||||||
4 | (7) Aiding or assisting another person in violating a | ||||||
5 | provision of
this Act or its rules.
| ||||||
6 | (8) Failing to provide information within 60 days in | ||||||
7 | response to a
written request made by the Department.
| ||||||
8 | (9) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or | ||||||
9 | unprofessional conduct
or conduct of a character likely to | ||||||
10 | deceive, defraud, or harm the public.
| ||||||
11 | (10) Inability to practice with reasonable judgment, | ||||||
12 | skill, or safety as a result of habitual or excessive use | ||||||
13 | or addiction to alcohol, narcotics, stimulants, or any | ||||||
14 | other chemical agent or drug Habitual intoxication or | ||||||
15 | addiction to the use of drugs .
| ||||||
16 | (11) Discipline by another state or territory of the | ||||||
17 | United States, the
federal government, or foreign nation, | ||||||
18 | if at least one of the grounds for the
discipline is the | ||||||
19 | same or substantially equivalent to one set forth in this
| ||||||
20 | Section.
| ||||||
21 | (12) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving from | ||||||
22 | a person,
firm, corporation, partnership, or association a | ||||||
23 | fee, commission, rebate, or
other form of compensation for | ||||||
24 | professional services not actually or
personally rendered.
| ||||||
25 | (13) A finding by the Board that the licensee or | ||||||
26 | registrant, after
having his or her license placed on |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | probationary status, has violated the terms
of probation.
| ||||||
2 | (14) Abandonment of a patient or client.
| ||||||
3 | (15) Willfully Wilfully making or filing false records | ||||||
4 | or reports in his or her
practice including, but not | ||||||
5 | limited to, false records filed with State agencies
or | ||||||
6 | departments.
| ||||||
7 | (16) Willfully Wilfully failing to report an instance | ||||||
8 | of suspected child abuse
or neglect as required by the | ||||||
9 | Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
| ||||||
10 | (17) Inability to practice the profession with | ||||||
11 | reasonable judgment, skill, or safety as a result of a | ||||||
12 | physical illness, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
13 | deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor | ||||||
14 | skill that results in the inability to practice the | ||||||
15 | profession with reasonable judgement, skill, or safety, or | ||||||
16 | a mental illness or disability Physical illness including, | ||||||
17 | but not limited to, deterioration
through the aging process | ||||||
18 | or loss of motor skill that results in the
inability
to | ||||||
19 | practice the profession with reasonable judgement, skill, | ||||||
20 | or safety .
| ||||||
21 | (18) Solicitation of professional services using false | ||||||
22 | or misleading
advertising.
| ||||||
23 | (b) In enforcing this Section, the Department or Board upon | ||||||
24 | a showing of a possible violation, may compel a licensee or | ||||||
25 | applicant to submit to a mental or physical examination, or | ||||||
26 | both, as required by and at the expense of the Department. The |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Department or Board may order the examining physician to | ||||||
2 | present testimony concerning the mental or physical | ||||||
3 | examination of the licensee or applicant. No information shall | ||||||
4 | be excluded by reason of any common law or statutory privilege | ||||||
5 | relating to communications between the licensee or applicant | ||||||
6 | and the examining physician. The examining physicians shall be | ||||||
7 | specifically designated by the Board or Department. The | ||||||
8 | individual to be examined may have, at his or her own expense, | ||||||
9 | another physician of his or her choice present during all | ||||||
10 | aspects of this examination. Failure of an individual to submit | ||||||
11 | to a mental or physical examination, when directed, shall be | ||||||
12 | grounds for the immediate suspension of his or her license | ||||||
13 | until the individual submits to the examination if the | ||||||
14 | Department finds that the refusal to submit to the examination | ||||||
15 | was without reasonable cause as defined by rule. | ||||||
16 | In instances in which the Secretary immediately suspends a | ||||||
17 | person's license for his or her failure to submit to a mental | ||||||
18 | or physical examination, when directed, a hearing on that | ||||||
19 | person's license must be convened by the Department within 15 | ||||||
20 | days after the suspension and completed without appreciable | ||||||
21 | delay. | ||||||
22 | In instances in which the Secretary otherwise suspends a | ||||||
23 | person's license pursuant to the results of a compelled mental | ||||||
24 | or physical examination, a hearing on that person's license | ||||||
25 | must be convened by the Department within 15 days after the | ||||||
26 | suspension and completed without appreciable delay. The |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Department and Board shall have the authority to review the | ||||||
2 | subject individual's record of treatment and counseling | ||||||
3 | regarding the impairment to the extent permitted by applicable | ||||||
4 | federal statutes and regulations safeguarding the | ||||||
5 | confidentiality of medical records. | ||||||
6 | An individual licensed under this Act and affected under | ||||||
7 | this Section shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to | ||||||
8 | the Department or Board that he or she can resume practice in | ||||||
9 | compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards under the | ||||||
10 | provisions of his or her license. The determination by a | ||||||
11 | circuit court that a licensee or registrant is
subject
to | ||||||
12 | involuntary admission or judicial admission, as provided in the | ||||||
13 | Mental
Health and
Developmental Disabilities Code, operates as | ||||||
14 | an automatic suspension. The
suspension
will end only upon (i) | ||||||
15 | a finding by a court that the patient is no longer
subject to
| ||||||
16 | involuntary admission or judicial admission and the issuance of | ||||||
17 | a court
order so finding
and discharging the patient and (ii) | ||||||
18 | the recommendation of the Board to
the
Director that the | ||||||
19 | licensee or registrant be allowed to resume his or her
| ||||||
20 | practice.
| ||||||
21 | (c) The Department shall deny a license or renewal | ||||||
22 | authorized by this Act to a person who has defaulted on an | ||||||
23 | educational loan or scholarship provided or guaranteed by the | ||||||
24 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any governmental | ||||||
25 | agency of this State in accordance with subsection (a)(5) of | ||||||
26 | Section 15 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois (20 ILCS | ||||||
2 | 2105/2105-15). In enforcing this Section, the Department or | ||||||
3 | Board upon a showing of a
possible violation may compel an | ||||||
4 | individual licensed to practice under this
Act, or who
has | ||||||
5 | applied for licensure under this Act, to submit to a mental or | ||||||
6 | physical
examination, or
both, as required by and at the | ||||||
7 | expense of the Department. The Department or
Board may
order | ||||||
8 | the examining physician to present testimony concerning the | ||||||
9 | mental or
physical
examination of the licensee or applicant. No | ||||||
10 | information shall be excluded by
reason of
any common law or | ||||||
11 | statutory privilege relating to communications between the
| ||||||
12 | licensee
or applicant and the examining physician. The | ||||||
13 | examining physicians shall be
specifically
designated by the | ||||||
14 | Board or Department. The individual to be examined may have,
at | ||||||
15 | his
or her own expense, another physician of his or her choice | ||||||
16 | present during all aspects of
this examination. The examination | ||||||
17 | shall be performed by a physician licensed
to practice
medicine | ||||||
18 | in all its branches. Failure of an individual to submit to a | ||||||
19 | mental
or physical
examination, when directed, shall be grounds | ||||||
20 | for suspension of his or her
license until the
individual | ||||||
21 | submits to the examination if the Department finds, after | ||||||
22 | notice and
hearing,
that the refusal to submit to the | ||||||
23 | examination was without reasonable cause.
| ||||||
24 | If the Department or Board finds an individual unable to | ||||||
25 | practice because of
the
reasons set forth in this Section, the | ||||||
26 | Department or Board may require that
individual to
submit to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | care, counseling, or treatment by physicians approved or | ||||||
2 | designated
by the
Department or Board, as a condition, term, or | ||||||
3 | restriction for continued,
reinstated, or
renewed licensure to | ||||||
4 | practice; or, in lieu of care, counseling, or treatment,
the | ||||||
5 | Department
may file, or the Board may recommend to the | ||||||
6 | Department to file, a complaint to
immediately suspend, revoke, | ||||||
7 | or otherwise discipline the license of the
individual. An
| ||||||
8 | individual whose license was granted, continued, reinstated, | ||||||
9 | renewed,
disciplined or
supervised subject to such terms, | ||||||
10 | conditions, or restrictions, and who fails to
comply with
such | ||||||
11 | terms, conditions, or restrictions, shall be referred to the | ||||||
12 | Director for
a determination
as to whether the individual shall | ||||||
13 | have his or her license suspended
immediately, pending
a | ||||||
14 | hearing by the Department.
| ||||||
15 | In instances in which the Director immediately suspends a | ||||||
16 | person's license
under
this Section, a hearing on that person's | ||||||
17 | license must be convened by the
Department
within 15 days after | ||||||
18 | the suspension and completed without appreciable delay.
The
| ||||||
19 | Department and Board shall have the authority to review the | ||||||
20 | subject
individual's record
of treatment and counseling | ||||||
21 | regarding the impairment to the extent permitted by
applicable | ||||||
22 | federal statutes and regulations safeguarding the | ||||||
23 | confidentiality of
medical
records.
| ||||||
24 | An individual licensed under this Act and affected under | ||||||
25 | this Section shall
be
afforded an opportunity to demonstrate to | ||||||
26 | the Department or Board that he or
she can
resume practice in |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards under
the
| ||||||
2 | provisions of his or her license.
| ||||||
3 | (d) In cases where the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
4 | Services (formerly Department of Public Aid) has previously | ||||||
5 | determined that a licensee or a potential licensee is more than | ||||||
6 | 30 days delinquent in the payment of child support and has | ||||||
7 | subsequently certified the delinquency to the Department, the | ||||||
8 | Department may refuse to issue or renew or may revoke or | ||||||
9 | suspend that person's license or may take other disciplinary | ||||||
10 | action against that person based solely upon the certification | ||||||
11 | of delinquency made by the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
12 | Services in accordance with subsection (a)(5) of Section 15 of | ||||||
13 | the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil | ||||||
14 | Administrative Code of Illinois (20 ILCS 2105/2105-15). | ||||||
15 | (e) The Department may refuse to issue or renew a license, | ||||||
16 | or may revoke or suspend a license, for failure to file a | ||||||
17 | return, to pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed | ||||||
18 | return, or to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or | ||||||
19 | interest as required by any tax Act administered by the | ||||||
20 | Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of | ||||||
21 | the tax Act are satisfied in accordance with subsection (g) of | ||||||
22 | Section 15 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of | ||||||
23 | the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois (20 ILCS | ||||||
24 | 2105/2105-15). | ||||||
25 | (Source: P.A. 91-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
|
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| |||||||
1 | (225 ILCS 84/95)
| ||||||
2 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
3 | Sec. 95. Injunction; cease and desist order.
| ||||||
4 | (a) If any person , company, or corporation violates a | ||||||
5 | provision of this Act, the Secretary Director may, in the
name | ||||||
6 | of the People of the State of Illinois and through the Attorney | ||||||
7 | General of
the State
of Illinois, petition for an order | ||||||
8 | enjoining the violation or for an order
enforcing
compliance | ||||||
9 | with this Act. Upon the filing of a verified petition in court, | ||||||
10 | the
court may
issue a temporary restraining order, without | ||||||
11 | notice or bond, and may
preliminarily and
permanently enjoin | ||||||
12 | the violation. If it is established that the person , company, | ||||||
13 | or corporation has
violated or
is violating the injunction, the | ||||||
14 | court may punish the offender for contempt of
court.
| ||||||
15 | Proceedings under this Section shall be in addition to, and not | ||||||
16 | in lieu of, all
other
remedies and penalties provided by this | ||||||
17 | Act.
| ||||||
18 | (b) If a person practices as an orthotist, prosthetist, or | ||||||
19 | pedorthist or
holds
himself or herself out as an orthotist, | ||||||
20 | prosthetist, or pedorthist without
being licensed
or | ||||||
21 | registered under the provisions of this Act, then any other | ||||||
22 | licensed or
registered
orthotist, prosthetist, or pedorthist, | ||||||
23 | any interested party, or any person
injured by the
person may, | ||||||
24 | in addition to the Secretary Director , petition for relief as | ||||||
25 | provided in
subsection (a)
of this Section.
| ||||||
26 | (c) If a company or corporation holds itself out to provide |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | orthotic, prosthetic, or pedorthic services without having an | ||||||
2 | orthotist, prosthetist, or pedorthist licensed under the | ||||||
3 | provisions of this Act on its staff to provide those services, | ||||||
4 | then any other licensed orthotist, prosthetist, or pedorthist | ||||||
5 | or any interested party may, in addition to the Secretary, | ||||||
6 | petition for relief as provided in subsection (a) of this | ||||||
7 | Section. | ||||||
8 | (d) Whenever in the opinion of the Department a person , | ||||||
9 | company, or corporation violates a provision
of this Act, the | ||||||
10 | Department may issue a rule to show cause why an order to
cease | ||||||
11 | and
desist should not be entered against him , or her , or it . | ||||||
12 | The rule shall clearly set
forth the
grounds relied upon by the | ||||||
13 | Department and shall provide a period of 7 days from
the
date | ||||||
14 | of the rule to file an answer to the satisfaction of the | ||||||
15 | Department.
Failure to
answer to the satisfaction of the | ||||||
16 | Department shall cause an order to cease and
desist to
be | ||||||
17 | issued immediately.
| ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 91-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
19 | (225 ILCS 84/100)
| ||||||
20 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
21 | Sec. 100. Investigations; notice and hearing. | ||||||
22 | (a) The Department may
investigate the actions of an | ||||||
23 | applicant or of a person or persons holding or
claiming to
hold | ||||||
24 | a license. | ||||||
25 | (b) The Department may also investigate the actions of a |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | company or corporation that holds itself out to provide | ||||||
2 | orthotic, prosthetic, or pedorthic services with or without | ||||||
3 | having an orthotist, prosthetist, or pedorthist licensed under | ||||||
4 | the provisions of this Act on its staff to provide those | ||||||
5 | services. | ||||||
6 | (c) Before refusing to issue or renew a license, the | ||||||
7 | Department
shall, at
least 30 10 days prior to the date set for | ||||||
8 | the hearing, notify in writing the
applicant for or
holder of a | ||||||
9 | license of the nature of the charges and that a hearing will be
| ||||||
10 | held on the
date designated. The written notice may be served | ||||||
11 | by personal delivery or by
certified
or registered mail to the | ||||||
12 | respondent at the address of record with the Department | ||||||
13 | disclosed on his or her
last notification to the
Department . At | ||||||
14 | the time and place fixed in the notice, the Board shall proceed
| ||||||
15 | to hear
the charges. The parties or their counsel shall be | ||||||
16 | afforded ample opportunity
to
present statements, testimony, | ||||||
17 | evidence, and argument that may be pertinent to
the
charges or | ||||||
18 | to the defense to the charges. The Board may continue the | ||||||
19 | hearing
from
time to time.
| ||||||
20 | (Source: P.A. 91-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
21 | (225 ILCS 84/103 new) | ||||||
22 | Sec. 103. Subpoenas; depositions; oaths. | ||||||
23 | (a) The Department has the power to subpoena documents, | ||||||
24 | books, records, or other materials and to bring before it any | ||||||
25 | person and to take testimony either orally or by deposition, or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | both, with the same fees and mileage and in the same manner as | ||||||
2 | prescribed in civil cases in the courts of this State. | ||||||
3 | (b) The Secretary, the designated hearing officer, and | ||||||
4 | every member of the Board has the power to administer oaths to | ||||||
5 | witnesses at any hearing that the Department is authorized to | ||||||
6 | conduct, and any other oaths authorized in any Act administered | ||||||
7 | by the Department.
| ||||||
8 | (225 ILCS 84/105)
| ||||||
9 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
10 | Sec. 105. Record of proceedings Transcript . The | ||||||
11 | Department, at its own expense, shall preserve
a
record of all | ||||||
12 | proceedings at the formal hearing of any a case involving the | ||||||
13 | refusal
to issue or
renew a license . The notice of hearing, | ||||||
14 | complaint, and all other documents in
the nature
of pleadings | ||||||
15 | and written motions filed in the proceedings, the transcripts | ||||||
16 | transcript of
testimony,
the report of the Board, and orders of | ||||||
17 | the Department shall be in the record of
the
proceeding.
| ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 91-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
19 | (225 ILCS 84/107 new) | ||||||
20 | Sec. 107. Unlicensed practice; civil penalty. | ||||||
21 | (a) Any person who practices, offers to practice, attempts | ||||||
22 | to practice, or holds oneself out to practice orthotics, | ||||||
23 | prosthetics, or pedorthics or performs the functions and duties | ||||||
24 | of orthotist, prosthetist, or pedorthist without being |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | licensed under this Act shall, in addition to any other penalty | ||||||
2 | provided by law, pay a civil penalty to the Department in an | ||||||
3 | amount not to exceed $10,000 for each offense as determined by | ||||||
4 | the Department. The civil penalty shall be assessed by the | ||||||
5 | Department after a hearing is held in accordance with the | ||||||
6 | provisions set forth in this Act regarding the provision of a | ||||||
7 | hearing for the discipline of a licensee. | ||||||
8 | (b) Any company or corporation that offers to practice, | ||||||
9 | attempts to practice, or holds itself out to provide orthotic, | ||||||
10 | prosthetic, or pedorthic services without having an orthotist, | ||||||
11 | prosthetist, or pedorthist licensed under the provisions of | ||||||
12 | this Act on its staff to provide those services shall, in | ||||||
13 | addition to any other penalty provided by law, pay a civil | ||||||
14 | penalty to the Department in an amount not to exceed $10,000 | ||||||
15 | for each offense as determined by the Department. The civil | ||||||
16 | penalty shall be assessed by the Department after a hearing is | ||||||
17 | held in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Act | ||||||
18 | regarding the provision of a hearing for the discipline of a | ||||||
19 | licensee. | ||||||
20 | (c) The Department has the authority and power to | ||||||
21 | investigate any and all unlicensed activity. | ||||||
22 | (d) The civil penalty shall be paid within 60 days after | ||||||
23 | the effective date of the order imposing the civil penalty. The | ||||||
24 | order shall constitute a judgment and may be filed and | ||||||
25 | execution had thereon in the same manner as any judgment from | ||||||
26 | any court of record.
|
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| |||||||
1 | (225 ILCS 84/110)
| ||||||
2 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
3 | Sec. 110. Compelling testimony. A circuit court may, upon | ||||||
4 | application of
the Secretary Director or his or her designee or | ||||||
5 | the applicant or licensee against whom
proceedings under | ||||||
6 | Section 100 of this Act are pending, enter an order requiring
| ||||||
7 | the
attendance of witnesses and their testimony and requiring | ||||||
8 | the production of
documents,
papers, files, books, and records | ||||||
9 | in connection with a hearing or
investigation. The
court may | ||||||
10 | compel obedience to its order through contempt proceedings.
| ||||||
11 | (Source: P.A. 91-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
12 | (225 ILCS 84/115)
| ||||||
13 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
14 | Sec. 115. Board findings and recommendations. At the | ||||||
15 | conclusion of a
hearing, the Board shall present to the | ||||||
16 | Secretary Director a written report of its
findings and
| ||||||
17 | recommendations. The report shall contain a finding of whether | ||||||
18 | or not the
accused person
violated this Act or failed to comply | ||||||
19 | with the conditions required in this Act.
The
Board shall | ||||||
20 | specify the nature of the violation or failure to comply and | ||||||
21 | shall
make its
recommendations to the Secretary Director .
The | ||||||
22 | report of findings and recommendations of the Board shall be | ||||||
23 | the basis
for the Department's order for the refusal or for the | ||||||
24 | granting of a license,
unless the Secretary
Director determines |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | that the Board report is contrary to the manifest weight of
the
| ||||||
2 | evidence, in which case the Secretary Director may issue an | ||||||
3 | order in contravention to the
Board
report. A Board finding is | ||||||
4 | not admissible in evidence against the person in a
criminal
| ||||||
5 | prosecution brought for a violation of this Act, but the | ||||||
6 | hearing and finding
are not a bar
to a criminal prosecution | ||||||
7 | brought for a violation of this Act.
| ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 91-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
9 | (225 ILCS 84/120)
| ||||||
10 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
11 | Sec. 120. Motion for rehearing. In any case involving the | ||||||
12 | refusal to
issue
or renew a license or the discipline of a | ||||||
13 | licensee, a copy of the Board's
report shall be
served upon the | ||||||
14 | respondent by the Department, either personally or as provided
| ||||||
15 | in this
Act for the service of the notice of hearing. Within 20 | ||||||
16 | days after service,
the
respondent may present to the | ||||||
17 | Department a motion in writing for a rehearing,
which
shall | ||||||
18 | specify the particular grounds for rehearing. If no motion for | ||||||
19 | rehearing
is filed,
then upon the expiration of the time | ||||||
20 | specified for filing the motion, or if a
motion for
rehearing | ||||||
21 | is denied, upon the denial, the Secretary Director may enter an | ||||||
22 | order in
accordance
with recommendations of the Board, except | ||||||
23 | as provided in Section 115 of this
Act. If
the respondent | ||||||
24 | orders from the reporting service and pays for a transcript
of | ||||||
25 | the
record within the time for filing a motion for rehearing, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the 20-day period
within which
the motion may be filed shall | ||||||
2 | commence upon the delivery of the transcript to
the
respondent.
| ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 91-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
4 | (225 ILCS 84/125)
| ||||||
5 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
6 | Sec. 125. Rehearing on order of Secretary Director . | ||||||
7 | Whenever the Secretary Director is not
satisfied that | ||||||
8 | substantial justice has been done in the revocation, | ||||||
9 | suspension,
or refusal
to issue or renew a license the | ||||||
10 | Secretary Director may order a rehearing by the same or
other
| ||||||
11 | examiners.
| ||||||
12 | (Source: P.A. 91-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
13 | (225 ILCS 84/130)
| ||||||
14 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
15 | Sec. 130. Appointment of hearing officer. The Secretary | ||||||
16 | Director shall have the
authority to appoint an attorney | ||||||
17 | licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois to serve
as a | ||||||
18 | hearing officer in an action for refusal to issue or renew a | ||||||
19 | license or to discipline a
licensee. The hearing officer shall | ||||||
20 | have full authority to conduct the hearing. The
hearing officer | ||||||
21 | shall report his or her findings and recommendations to the
| ||||||
22 | Board and
the Secretary Director . The Board shall have 60 days | ||||||
23 | from receipt of the report to review
the
report of the hearing | ||||||
24 | officer and present its findings of fact, conclusions of
law, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | and
recommendations to the Secretary Director . If the Board | ||||||
2 | fails to present its report
within the 60-day period, the | ||||||
3 | Secretary Director shall issue an order based on the report
of | ||||||
4 | the hearing officer.
If the Secretary Director determines that | ||||||
5 | the Board's report is contrary to the manifest
weight of
the | ||||||
6 | evidence, he or she may issue an order in contravention of the | ||||||
7 | Board's
report. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a Board | ||||||
8 | member from attending an informal conference and such | ||||||
9 | participation shall not be grounds for recusal from any other | ||||||
10 | proceeding.
| ||||||
11 | (Source: P.A. 91-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
12 | (225 ILCS 84/135)
| ||||||
13 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
14 | Sec. 135. Order or certified copy. An order or a certified | ||||||
15 | copy of an
order,
over the seal of the Department and | ||||||
16 | purporting to be signed by the Secretary Director ,
shall be
| ||||||
17 | prima facie proof:
| ||||||
18 | (1) that the signature is the genuine signature of the | ||||||
19 | Secretary Director ;
| ||||||
20 | (2) that the Secretary Director is duly appointed and | ||||||
21 | qualified; and
| ||||||
22 | (3) that the Board and its members are qualified to act.
| ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 91-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
24 | (225 ILCS 84/150)
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
2 | Sec. 150. Temporary suspension of a license. The Secretary | ||||||
3 | Director may
temporarily suspend the license of an orthotist, | ||||||
4 | prosthetist, or pedorthist
without a
hearing simultaneously | ||||||
5 | with the institution of proceedings for a hearing
provided for | ||||||
6 | in
Section 95 of this Act if the Secretary Director finds that | ||||||
7 | evidence in his or her
possession
indicates that a licensee's | ||||||
8 | continuation in practice would constitute an
imminent danger
to | ||||||
9 | the public. If the Secretary Director temporarily suspends a | ||||||
10 | license without a
hearing, a
hearing by the Board must be held | ||||||
11 | within 30 days after the suspension and completed without | ||||||
12 | appreciable delay .
| ||||||
13 | (Source: P.A. 91-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
14 | (225 ILCS 84/160)
| ||||||
15 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
16 | Sec. 160. Certifications of record; costs. The Department | ||||||
17 | shall not be
required to certify any record to the court or | ||||||
18 | file any answer in court or
otherwise
appear in any court in a | ||||||
19 | judicial review proceeding unless there is filed in
the court
| ||||||
20 | with the complaint a receipt from the Department acknowledging | ||||||
21 | payment of the
costs
of furnishing and certifying the record, | ||||||
22 | which cost shall be determined by the Department shall be | ||||||
23 | computed at the rate of
20 cents
per page of the record . | ||||||
24 | Failure on the part of a plaintiff to file a receipt
in court | ||||||
25 | shall be
grounds for dismissal of the action.
|
| |||||||
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1 | (Source: P.A. 91-590, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
2 | Section 15. The Perfusionist Practice Act is amended by | ||||||
3 | changing Sections 10, 15, 25, 45, 60, 70, 90, 95, 100, 105, | ||||||
4 | 115, 120, 140, 145, 150, 170, 180, 185, 200, 220, and 230 and | ||||||
5 | by adding Sections 75, 93, 135, 142, 155, 212, and 227 as | ||||||
6 | follows:
| ||||||
7 | (225 ILCS 125/10)
| ||||||
8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
9 | Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| ||||||
10 | "Address of Record" means the designated address recorded | ||||||
11 | by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application | ||||||
12 | file or license file maintained by the Department. It is the | ||||||
13 | duty of the applicant or licensee to inform the Department of | ||||||
14 | any change of address, and such changes must be made either | ||||||
15 | through the Department's website or by directly contacting the | ||||||
16 | Department. | ||||||
17 | "Board" means the Board of Licensing for Perfusionists | ||||||
18 | Perfusion .
| ||||||
19 | "Department" means the Department of Financial and | ||||||
20 | Professional Regulation.
| ||||||
21 | "Director" means the Director of Professional Regulation.
| ||||||
22 | "Extracorporeal circulation" means the diversion of a | ||||||
23 | patient's blood through
a
heart-lung
machine or a similar | ||||||
24 | device that assumes the functions of the patient's heart,
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | lungs, kidney,
liver, or other organs.
| ||||||
2 | "New graduate perfusionist" means a perfusionist | ||||||
3 | practicing within a period
of one year since the date of | ||||||
4 | graduation from a Commission on Accreditation of
Allied Health | ||||||
5 | Education Programs accredited perfusion education program.
| ||||||
6 | "Perfusion" means the functions necessary for the support, | ||||||
7 | treatment,
measurement, or
supplementation of the | ||||||
8 | cardiovascular systems or
other organs, or a
combination of | ||||||
9 | those functions, and to ensure the safe management of
| ||||||
10 | physiologic functions by
monitoring and analyzing the | ||||||
11 | parameters of the systems under an order and under
the | ||||||
12 | supervision
of a physician licensed to practice medicine in all | ||||||
13 | its branches.
| ||||||
14 | "Perfusionist" means a person, qualified by academic and | ||||||
15 | clinical education,
to operate the
extracorporeal circulation | ||||||
16 | equipment during any medical situation where it is
necessary to
| ||||||
17 | support or replace a person's cardiopulmonary, circulatory, or | ||||||
18 | respiratory
function.
A perfusionist
is responsible for the | ||||||
19 | selection of appropriate equipment and techniques
necessary | ||||||
20 | for support,
treatment, measurement, or supplementation of the | ||||||
21 | cardiopulmonary and
circulatory system of a
patient, including | ||||||
22 | the safe monitoring, analysis, and treatment of physiologic
| ||||||
23 | conditions under
an order and under the supervision of a | ||||||
24 | physician licensed to practice medicine
in all its
branches and | ||||||
25 | in coordination with a registered professional nurse.
| ||||||
26 | "Perfusion protocols" means perfusion related policies and |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | protocols
developed
or approved by
a licensed health facility | ||||||
2 | or a physician through collaboration with
administrators, | ||||||
3 | licensed
perfusionists, and other health care professionals.
| ||||||
4 | "Physician" or "operating physician" means a person | ||||||
5 | licensed to practice
medicine in all of
its branches under the | ||||||
6 | Medical Practice Act of 1987.
| ||||||
7 | "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of | ||||||
8 | Financial and Professional Regulation. | ||||||
9 | (Source: P.A. 91-580, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
10 | (225 ILCS 125/15)
| ||||||
11 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
12 | Sec. 15. Powers and duties of the Department. Subject to | ||||||
13 | the provisions of this Act, the Department may:
| ||||||
14 | (a) Pass upon the qualifications of applicants for | ||||||
15 | licensure by endorsement. The Department shall exercise the | ||||||
16 | powers and duties prescribed by the
Civil
Administrative Code | ||||||
17 | of Illinois for the administration of licensing Acts
and shall | ||||||
18 | exercise any other powers and duties necessary for effectuating
| ||||||
19 | the purposes of this Act.
| ||||||
20 | (b) Conduct hearings on proceedings to refuse to issue or | ||||||
21 | renew a license, or to revoke or suspend a license, or to place | ||||||
22 | on probation, reprimand, or take any other disciplinary or | ||||||
23 | non-disciplinary action with regard to a person licensed under | ||||||
24 | this Act. The Department may adopt rules consistent with
the | ||||||
25 | provisions of
this Act for its administration and enforcement |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | and may prescribe
forms that shall be issued in connection with | ||||||
2 | this Act. The rules may
include but are not limited to | ||||||
3 | standards and criteria for licensure,
professional conduct, | ||||||
4 | and discipline.
| ||||||
5 | (c) Formulate rules required for the administration of this | ||||||
6 | Act. | ||||||
7 | (d) Obtain written recommendations from the Board | ||||||
8 | regarding (i) curriculum content, standards of professional | ||||||
9 | conduct, formal disciplinary actions, and the formulation of | ||||||
10 | rules, and (ii) when petitioned by the applicant, opinions | ||||||
11 | regarding the qualifications of applicants for licensing. | ||||||
12 | (e) Maintain rosters of the names and address of all | ||||||
13 | licensees, and all persons whose licenses have been suspended, | ||||||
14 | revoked, or denied renewal for cause or otherwise disciplined | ||||||
15 | within the previous calendar year. These rosters shall be | ||||||
16 | available upon written request and payment of the required fee | ||||||
17 | as established by rule. | ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 91-580, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
19 | (225 ILCS 125/25)
| ||||||
20 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
21 | Sec. 25. Board of Licensing for Perfusionists Perfusion . | ||||||
22 | (a) The Secretary Director shall appoint a Board of | ||||||
23 | Licensing for Perfusionists which
Perfusion to consist of 5 | ||||||
24 | persons who shall be appointed by and shall serve in
an | ||||||
25 | advisory capacity to the Secretary Director . The Board shall be |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | comprised of 5 persons appointed by the Secretary, who shall | ||||||
2 | give due consideration to recommendations by members of the | ||||||
3 | profession of
perfusion and perfusion organizations within the | ||||||
4 | State. | ||||||
5 | (b) Two members must hold an active license
to engage in | ||||||
6 | the practice of perfusion in this State, one member must be a
| ||||||
7 | physician licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 who | ||||||
8 | is board
certified in and actively engaged in the practice of | ||||||
9 | cardiothoracic surgery,
one member must be a licensed | ||||||
10 | registered professional nurse certified by the
Association of | ||||||
11 | Operating Room Nurses, and one member must be a member of the
| ||||||
12 | public who is not licensed under this Act or a similar Act of | ||||||
13 | another
jurisdiction and who has no connection with the | ||||||
14 | profession. The initial
appointees who would otherwise be | ||||||
15 | required to be licensed perfusionists shall
instead be | ||||||
16 | individuals who have been practicing perfusion for at least 5 | ||||||
17 | years
and who are eligible under this Act for licensure as | ||||||
18 | perfusionists.
| ||||||
19 | (c) Members shall serve 4-year terms and until their | ||||||
20 | successors are appointed and
qualified, except that, of the | ||||||
21 | initial appointments, 2 members shall be
appointed to serve for | ||||||
22 | 2 years, 2 members shall be appointed to serve for 3
years, and | ||||||
23 | 1
member shall be appointed to serve for 4 years, and until | ||||||
24 | their successors are
appointed and qualified. No member shall | ||||||
25 | be reappointed to the Board for a
term that would cause his or | ||||||
26 | her continuous service on the Board to be longer
than 8 |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | consecutive years. | ||||||
2 | (d) Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made in the
| ||||||
3 | same manner as original appointments for the unexpired portion | ||||||
4 | of the vacated
term. Initial terms shall begin upon the | ||||||
5 | effective date of this Act.
| ||||||
6 | (e) The Board shall annually elect a chairperson and a | ||||||
7 | vice-chairperson who shall
preside in the absence of the | ||||||
8 | chairperson. | ||||||
9 | (f) Insofar as possible, the licensed professionals | ||||||
10 | appointed to serve on the Board shall be generally | ||||||
11 | representative of the occupational and geographical | ||||||
12 | distribution of licensed professionals within The membership | ||||||
13 | of the Board should
reasonably reflect representation from the
| ||||||
14 | various
geographic areas in this State. | ||||||
15 | (g) The Secretary
Director may remove or suspend terminate | ||||||
16 | the appointment of any member for cause at any time before the | ||||||
17 | expiration of his or her term. The Secretary shall be the sole | ||||||
18 | arbiter of cause . | ||||||
19 | (h) The Secretary Director
may give due consideration to | ||||||
20 | all recommendations of the Board. | ||||||
21 | (i) Three A majority of
the Board members currently | ||||||
22 | appointed shall constitute a quorum. A quorum is required for | ||||||
23 | all Board decisions. A vacancy in
the membership of the Board | ||||||
24 | shall not impair the right of a quorum to exercise
the rights | ||||||
25 | and perform all the duties of the Board. | ||||||
26 | (j) Except for willful or want misconduct, members Members |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | of the Board shall be immune from liability
have no liability | ||||||
2 | in any action based upon any disciplinary proceeding or other
| ||||||
3 | activity performed in good faith as a member of the Board.
| ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 91-580, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
5 | (225 ILCS 125/45)
| ||||||
6 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
7 | Sec. 45. Application of Act. This Act shall not be | ||||||
8 | construed to
prohibit the following:
| ||||||
9 | (1) a person licensed in this State under any other Act | ||||||
10 | from engaging in
the
practice for which he or
she is licensed;
| ||||||
11 | (2) a student enrolled in an accredited perfusion education | ||||||
12 | program from
performing perfusion services if
perfusion | ||||||
13 | services performed by
the student:
| ||||||
14 | (A) are an integral part of the student's course of | ||||||
15 | study; and
| ||||||
16 | (B) are performed under the direct supervision of a | ||||||
17 | licensed
perfusionist who is assigned to
supervise the | ||||||
18 | student and who is on duty and immediately available in the
| ||||||
19 | assigned patient care
area;
| ||||||
20 | (3) a new graduate
from performing perfusion services for a | ||||||
21 | period of 14 months after the date of his or her graduation | ||||||
22 | from a perfusion education program that is accredited by the | ||||||
23 | Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education | ||||||
24 | Programs ,
if perfusion services performed by the new graduate
| ||||||
25 | perfusionist :
(A) are necessary to fulfill the eligibility |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | requirements for the ABCP
certification examination required | ||||||
2 | under subsection (3) of Section 30; and
(B) are performed under | ||||||
3 | the direct supervision and responsibility of a
licensed | ||||||
4 | perfusionist or a physician licensed to practice medicine in | ||||||
5 | all its branches who is assigned to supervise the graduate | ||||||
6 | perfusionist
and
who is on duty and immediately available in | ||||||
7 | the assigned patient care area;
| ||||||
8 | (4) any legally qualified perfusionist employed by the | ||||||
9 | United States
government from engaging in the practice of | ||||||
10 | perfusion while in the discharge of
his or her official duties; | ||||||
11 | or
| ||||||
12 | (5) one or more licensed perfusionists from forming a | ||||||
13 | professional service
corporation in accordance with the | ||||||
14 | Professional Service Corporation Act.
| ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 91-580, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
16 | (225 ILCS 125/60)
| ||||||
17 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
18 | Sec. 60. Display of license; change of address. (a) The | ||||||
19 | Department shall issue a perfusionist license to a person | ||||||
20 | meeting
the application and
qualification requirements of | ||||||
21 | Section 30 of this Act.
However, a
person is
eligible for one | ||||||
22 | year from the effective date of this Act to make
application to | ||||||
23 | the Board and receives a license notwithstanding the
| ||||||
24 | requirements
of Section 30 of this Act if
the person is | ||||||
25 | actively engaged in the practice of perfusion consistent with
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | applicable law and if the
person has at least 5 years | ||||||
2 | experience
operating
cardiopulmonary bypass systems during | ||||||
3 | cardiac surgical cases in a licensed
health care facility
as | ||||||
4 | the person's primary function between January 1, 1991 and the | ||||||
5 | effective date
of this Act.
| ||||||
6 | (b) A licensee shall maintain on file at all times during which | ||||||
7 | the licensee
provides services in a
health care facility a true | ||||||
8 | and correct copy of the license certificate in the
appropriate | ||||||
9 | records of the facility.
| ||||||
10 | (Source: P.A. 91-580, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
11 | (225 ILCS 125/70)
| ||||||
12 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
13 | Sec. 70.
Renewal, reinstatement or restoration of license; | ||||||
14 | continuing
education; military service. The expiration date | ||||||
15 | and
renewal period for each license issued under this Act shall | ||||||
16 | be set by the
Department by rule. A licensee may renew his or | ||||||
17 | her license during the month preceding the expiration date of | ||||||
18 | the license by paying the required fee. It is the | ||||||
19 | responsibility of the licensee to notify the Department in | ||||||
20 | writing of a change of address. Renewal shall be conditioned on | ||||||
21 | paying the required fee
and meeting other requirements as may | ||||||
22 | be established by rule.
| ||||||
23 | A licensee who has permitted his or her
license to expire | ||||||
24 | or
who has had his or her license on inactive status may have | ||||||
25 | the license
restored by making application to the Department, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | by filing proof
acceptable to
the Department of his or her | ||||||
2 | fitness to have the license restored, and
by
paying the | ||||||
3 | required fees. Proof of fitness may include sworn evidence
| ||||||
4 | certifying to active lawful practice in another jurisdiction.
| ||||||
5 | If the licensee has not maintained an active practice
in
| ||||||
6 | another jurisdiction satisfactory to the Department, the | ||||||
7 | Department shall
determine, by an evaluation program | ||||||
8 | established by rule, his or her
fitness
for restoration of the | ||||||
9 | license and shall establish procedures and requirements
for
| ||||||
10 | restoration.
However, a licensee whose license expired while he | ||||||
11 | or
she
was (1) in federal service on active duty with the Armed | ||||||
12 | Forces of the United
States or the State Militia called into | ||||||
13 | service or training or (2) in
training or
education under the | ||||||
14 | supervision of the United States before
induction
into the | ||||||
15 | military service, may have the license restored without paying | ||||||
16 | any
lapsed
renewal fees if within 2 years after honorable | ||||||
17 | termination of the
service,
training, or education he or she | ||||||
18 | furnishes the Department with
satisfactory
evidence to the | ||||||
19 | effect that he or she has been so engaged and that his
or
her | ||||||
20 | service, training, or education has been so terminated.
| ||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 91-580, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
22 | (225 ILCS 125/75 new) | ||||||
23 | Sec. 75. Continuing education. The Department may adopt | ||||||
24 | rules of continuing education for licensees that require 30 | ||||||
25 | hours of continuing education per 2 year license renewal cycle. |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | The rules shall address variances in part or in whole for good | ||||||
2 | cause, including without limitation temporary illness or | ||||||
3 | hardship. The Department may approve continuing education | ||||||
4 | programs offered, provided, and approved by the American Board | ||||||
5 | of Cardiovascular Perfusion, or its successor agency. The | ||||||
6 | Department may approve additional continuing education | ||||||
7 | sponsors. Each licensee is responsible for maintaining records | ||||||
8 | of his or her completion of the continuing education and shall | ||||||
9 | be prepared to produce the records when requested by the | ||||||
10 | Department.
| ||||||
11 | (225 ILCS 125/90)
| ||||||
12 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
13 | Sec. 90. Fees; deposit of fees and fines. returned checks .
| ||||||
14 | (a) The Department shall set by rule fees for the | ||||||
15 | administration of this
Act, including , but not limited to , fees | ||||||
16 | for initial and renewal licensure and
restoration of a license . | ||||||
17 | The fees shall be nonrefundable .
| ||||||
18 | (b) All of the fees and fines collected under this Act | ||||||
19 | shall be deposited into the
General Professions Dedicated Fund. | ||||||
20 | The monies deposited into the Fund shall
be appropriated to the | ||||||
21 | Department for expenses of the Department in the
administration | ||||||
22 | of this Act.
| ||||||
23 | (c) A person who delivers a check or other payment to the | ||||||
24 | Department
that is returned to the Department unpaid by the | ||||||
25 | financial
institution upon
which it is drawn shall pay to the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Department, in addition to the amount
already owed to the | ||||||
2 | Department, a fine of $50. The fines imposed by this Section | ||||||
3 | are in addition to any
other discipline provided under this Act | ||||||
4 | for unlicensed practice or practice
on a
nonrenewed license.
| ||||||
5 | The Department shall notify the person that fees and fines | ||||||
6 | shall be paid
to the Department by certified check or money | ||||||
7 | order within 30 calendar
days of the notification. If, after | ||||||
8 | the expiration of 30 days from the date
of the
notification, | ||||||
9 | the person has failed to submit the necessary remittance, the
| ||||||
10 | Department shall automatically terminate the license or deny | ||||||
11 | the
application
without a hearing. If the person seeks a | ||||||
12 | license after termination or denial,
he
or she shall apply to | ||||||
13 | the Department for restoration or issuance of the
license
and | ||||||
14 | pay all fees and fines due to the Department. The Department | ||||||
15 | may
establish a fee for the processing of an application for | ||||||
16 | restoration of a
license
to defray the expenses of processing | ||||||
17 | the application.
The Director may waive the fines due under | ||||||
18 | this Section in individual
cases if the Director finds that the | ||||||
19 | fines would be unreasonable or
unnecessarily
burdensome.
| ||||||
20 | (Source: P.A. 91-580, eff. 1-1-00; 92-146, eff. 1-1-02.)
| ||||||
21 | (225 ILCS 125/93 new)
| ||||||
22 | Sec. 93. Returned checks; penalty for insufficient funds. | ||||||
23 | Any person who delivers a check or other payment to the | ||||||
24 | Department that is returned to the Department unpaid by the | ||||||
25 | financial institution upon which it is drawn shall pay to the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Department, in addition to the amount already owed to the | ||||||
2 | Department, a fine of $50. The fines imposed by this Section | ||||||
3 | are in addition to any other discipline provided under this Act | ||||||
4 | prohibiting unlicensed practice or practice on a nonrenewed | ||||||
5 | license. The Department shall notify the person that payment of | ||||||
6 | the fees and fines shall be paid to the Department by certified | ||||||
7 | check or money order within 30 calendar days after | ||||||
8 | notification. If, after the expiration of 30 days from the date | ||||||
9 | of the notification, the person has failed to submit the | ||||||
10 | necessary remittance, the Department shall automatically | ||||||
11 | terminate the license or deny the application, without hearing. | ||||||
12 | After such termination of a license or denial of an | ||||||
13 | application, the same individual may only apply to the | ||||||
14 | Department for restoration or issuance of a license after he or | ||||||
15 | she has paid all fees and fines owed to the Department. The | ||||||
16 | Department may establish a fee for the processing of an | ||||||
17 | application for restoration of a license to pay all expenses of | ||||||
18 | processing this application. The Secretary may waive the fines | ||||||
19 | due under this Section in individual cases where the Secretary | ||||||
20 | finds that the fines would be unreasonable or unnecessarily | ||||||
21 | burdensome.
| ||||||
22 | (225 ILCS 125/95)
| ||||||
23 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
24 | Sec. 95. Roster. The Department shall maintain a roster
of | ||||||
25 | the names and addresses of all licensees and of all
persons |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | that whose
licenses have been disciplined under this Act . This | ||||||
2 | roster shall be
available upon written request and payment of | ||||||
3 | the required fee.
| ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 91-580, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
5 | (225 ILCS 125/100)
| ||||||
6 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
7 | Sec. 100. Unlicensed practice; civil penalty. A person who | ||||||
8 | practices,
offers to practice, attempts to practice, or holds | ||||||
9 | himself or herself out to
practice as
a
licensed perfusionist | ||||||
10 | without being licensed under this Act shall, in addition
to any | ||||||
11 | other penalty provided by law, pay a civil penalty to the | ||||||
12 | Department in
an amount not to exceed $10,000 $5,000 for each | ||||||
13 | offense as determined by the
Department. The civil penalty | ||||||
14 | shall be assessed by the Department after a
hearing is held in | ||||||
15 | accordance with the provisions set forth in this Act
regarding | ||||||
16 | the provision of a hearing for the discipline of a licensee.
| ||||||
17 | (Source: P.A. 91-580, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
18 | (225 ILCS 125/105)
| ||||||
19 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
20 | Sec. 105. Disciplinary actions. Grounds for disciplinary | ||||||
21 | action.
| ||||||
22 | (a) The Department may refuse to issue, renew, or restore a
| ||||||
23 | license, or may revoke or suspend a license, or may place on
| ||||||
24 | probation, censure, reprimand, or take other disciplinary or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | non-disciplinary
action with regard to a person licensed under | ||||||
2 | this Act,
including but not limited to the imposition of fines | ||||||
3 | not to
exceed $10,000 $5,000 for each violation, for any one or | ||||||
4 | any combination
of the following causes:
| ||||||
5 | (1) Making a material misstatement in furnishing
| ||||||
6 | information to the Department.
| ||||||
7 | (2) Violation Violating a provision of this Act or any | ||||||
8 | rule its rules promulgated under this Act .
| ||||||
9 | (3) Conviction of, or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo | ||||||
10 | contendere to, any crime that is a felony under the laws of | ||||||
11 | the a United States or any state or territory thereof, or | ||||||
12 | any crime
jurisdiction of a crime that is a felony or a
| ||||||
13 | misdemeanor of which , an essential element of which is | ||||||
14 | dishonesty,
or any of a crime that is directly related to | ||||||
15 | the practice as
a perfusionist.
| ||||||
16 | (4) Making a misrepresentation for the purpose of
| ||||||
17 | obtaining, renewing, or restoring a license.
| ||||||
18 | (5) Aiding Wilfully aiding or assisting another person | ||||||
19 | in
violating a provision of this Act or its rules.
| ||||||
20 | (6) Failing to provide information within 60 days
in | ||||||
21 | response to a written request made by the Department.
| ||||||
22 | (7) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or
| ||||||
23 | unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive,
| ||||||
24 | defraud, or harm the public, as defined by rule of the
| ||||||
25 | Department.
| ||||||
26 | (8) Discipline by another state, the District of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Columbia, or territory, United States
jurisdiction or a | ||||||
2 | foreign nation, if at least one of the
grounds for | ||||||
3 | discipline is the same or substantially
equivalent to those | ||||||
4 | set forth in this Section.
| ||||||
5 | (9) Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving
from | ||||||
6 | a person, firm, corporation, partnership, or
association a | ||||||
7 | fee, commission, rebate, or other form of
compensation for | ||||||
8 | professional services not actually or
personally rendered.
| ||||||
9 | (10) A finding by the Board that the licensee, after
| ||||||
10 | having his or her license placed on probationary status,
| ||||||
11 | has violated the terms of probation.
| ||||||
12 | (11) Wilfully making or filing false records or
reports | ||||||
13 | in his or her practice, including but not limited
to false | ||||||
14 | records or reports filed with State agencies or | ||||||
15 | departments .
| ||||||
16 | (12) Wilfully making or signing a false statement,
| ||||||
17 | certificate, or affidavit to induce payment.
| ||||||
18 | (13) Wilfully failing to report an instance of
| ||||||
19 | suspected child abuse or neglect as required under the
| ||||||
20 | Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
| ||||||
21 | (14) Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated
| ||||||
22 | report by the Department of Children and Family Services
| ||||||
23 | under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act and
upon | ||||||
24 | proof by clear and convincing evidence that the
licensee | ||||||
25 | has caused a child to be an abused child or
neglected child | ||||||
26 | as defined in the Abused and Neglected
Child Reporting Act.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (15) Employment of fraud, deception, or any
unlawful | ||||||
2 | means in applying for or securing a license as a
| ||||||
3 | perfusionist.
| ||||||
4 | (16) Allowing another person to use his or her
license | ||||||
5 | to practice.
| ||||||
6 | (17) Failure to report to the Department (A) any
| ||||||
7 | adverse final action taken against the licensee by
another | ||||||
8 | licensing jurisdiction,
government agency, law enforcement | ||||||
9 | agency, or
any court or (B) liability for conduct that | ||||||
10 | would
constitute grounds for action as set forth in this
| ||||||
11 | Section.
| ||||||
12 | (18) Inability to practice the profession with | ||||||
13 | reasonable judgment, skill or safety as a result of a | ||||||
14 | physical illness, including but not limited to | ||||||
15 | deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor | ||||||
16 | skill, or a mental illness or disability. Habitual | ||||||
17 | intoxication or addiction to the use
of drugs.
| ||||||
18 | (19) Inability Physical illness, including but not | ||||||
19 | limited to
deterioration through the aging process or loss | ||||||
20 | of motor
skills, which results in the inability to practice | ||||||
21 | the
profession for which he or she is licensed with
| ||||||
22 | reasonable judgment, skill, or safety as a result of | ||||||
23 | habitual or excessive use or addiction to alcohol, | ||||||
24 | narcotics, stimulants, or any other chemical agent or drug .
| ||||||
25 | (20) Gross malpractice resulting in permanent injury | ||||||
26 | or death of a
patient .
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (21) Immoral conduct in the commission of an act | ||||||
2 | related to the licensee's
practice, including but not | ||||||
3 | limited to sexual abuse, sexual misconduct,
or sexual | ||||||
4 | exploitation.
| ||||||
5 | (22) Violation of
the Health Care Worker Self-Referral | ||||||
6 | Act.
| ||||||
7 | (23) Solicitation of business or professional | ||||||
8 | services, other than permitted advertising. | ||||||
9 | (24) Conviction of or cash compromise of a charge or | ||||||
10 | violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. | ||||||
11 | (25) Gross, willful, or continued overcharging for | ||||||
12 | professional services, including filing false statements | ||||||
13 | for collection of fees for which services are not rendered. | ||||||
14 | (26) Practicing under a false name or, except as | ||||||
15 | allowed by law, an assumed name. | ||||||
16 | (27) Violating any provision of this Act or the rules | ||||||
17 | promulgated under this Act, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
18 | advertising. | ||||||
19 | (b) A licensee or applicant who, because of a physical or | ||||||
20 | mental illness or disability, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
21 | deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor skill, | ||||||
22 | is unable to practice the profession with reasonable judgment, | ||||||
23 | skill, or safety, may be required by the Department to submit | ||||||
24 | to care, counseling or treatment by physicians approved or | ||||||
25 | designated by the Department, as a condition, term, or | ||||||
26 | restriction for continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure to |
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1 | practice. Submission to care, counseling or treatment as | ||||||
2 | required by the Department shall not be considered discipline | ||||||
3 | of the licensee. If the licensee refuses to enter into a care, | ||||||
4 | counseling or treatment agreement or fails to abide by the | ||||||
5 | terms of the agreement the Department may file a complaint to | ||||||
6 | suspend or revoke the license or otherwise discipline the | ||||||
7 | licensee. The Secretary may order the license suspended | ||||||
8 | immediately, pending a hearing by the Department. Fines shall | ||||||
9 | not be assessed in the disciplinary actions involving physical | ||||||
10 | or mental illness or impairment. The Department may refuse to | ||||||
11 | issue or may suspend the
license of a person who fails to file | ||||||
12 | a return, to pay the
tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed | ||||||
13 | return, or to pay
a final assessment of the tax, penalty, or | ||||||
14 | interest as
required by a tax Act administered by the | ||||||
15 | Department of
Revenue, until the requirements of the tax Act | ||||||
16 | are satisfied.
| ||||||
17 | (b-5) The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend, | ||||||
18 | without a hearing as provided for in the Civil Administrative | ||||||
19 | Code of Illinois, the license of a person who fails to file a | ||||||
20 | return, to pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed | ||||||
21 | return, or to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or | ||||||
22 | interest as required by any tax Act administered by the | ||||||
23 | Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of | ||||||
24 | the tax Act are satisfied in accordance with subsection (g) of | ||||||
25 | Section 15 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of | ||||||
26 | the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois (20 ILCS |
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1 | 2105/2105-15). | ||||||
2 | (c) The determination by a circuit court that a licensee is | ||||||
3 | subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission as | ||||||
4 | provided in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities | ||||||
5 | Code, as amended, operates as an automatic suspension. The | ||||||
6 | suspension will end only upon a finding by a court that the | ||||||
7 | licensee is no longer subject to the involuntary admission or | ||||||
8 | judicial admission and issues an order so finding and | ||||||
9 | discharging the licensee; and upon the recommendation of the | ||||||
10 | Board to the Secretary that the licensee be allowed to resume | ||||||
11 | his or her practice. The determination by a circuit court that | ||||||
12 | a licensee
is subject to involuntary admission or judicial | ||||||
13 | admission as
provided in the Mental Health and Developmental | ||||||
14 | Disabilities
Code operates as an automatic suspension. The | ||||||
15 | suspension will
end only upon (1) a finding by a court that the | ||||||
16 | patient is no
longer subject to involuntary admission or | ||||||
17 | judicial
admission, (2) issuance of an order so finding and
| ||||||
18 | discharging the patient, and (3) the recommendation of the | ||||||
19 | Disciplinary
Board to the Director that the licensee be allowed
| ||||||
20 | to resume his or her practice. | ||||||
21 | (d) In enforcing this Section, the Department or Board, | ||||||
22 | upon a showing of a possible violation, may order a licensee or | ||||||
23 | applicant to submit to a mental or physical examination, or | ||||||
24 | both, at the expense of the Department. The Department or Board | ||||||
25 | may order the examining physician to present testimony | ||||||
26 | concerning his or her examination of the licensee or applicant. |
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1 | No information shall be excluded by reason of any common law or | ||||||
2 | statutory privilege relating to communications between the | ||||||
3 | licensee or applicant and the examining physician. The | ||||||
4 | examining physicians shall be specifically designated by the | ||||||
5 | Board or Department. The licensee or applicant may have, at his | ||||||
6 | or her own expense, another physician of his or her choice | ||||||
7 | present during all aspects of the examination. Failure of a | ||||||
8 | licensee or applicant to submit to any such examination when | ||||||
9 | directed, without reasonable cause as defined by rule, shall be | ||||||
10 | grounds for either the immediate suspension of his or her | ||||||
11 | license or immediate denial of his or her application. | ||||||
12 | If the Secretary immediately suspends the license of a | ||||||
13 | licensee for his or her failure to submit to a mental or | ||||||
14 | physical examination when directed, a hearing must be convened | ||||||
15 | by the Department within 15 days after the suspension and | ||||||
16 | completed without appreciable delay. | ||||||
17 | If the Secretary otherwise suspends a license pursuant to | ||||||
18 | the results of the licensee's mental or physical examination, a | ||||||
19 | hearing must be convened by the Department within 15 days after | ||||||
20 | the suspension and completed without appreciable delay. The | ||||||
21 | Department and Board shall have the authority to review the | ||||||
22 | licensee's record of treatment and counseling regarding the | ||||||
23 | relevant impairment or impairments to the extent permitted by | ||||||
24 | applicable federal statutes and regulations safeguarding the | ||||||
25 | confidentiality of medical records. | ||||||
26 | Any licensee suspended or otherwise affected under this |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | subsection (d) shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate | ||||||
2 | to the Department or Board that he or she can resume practice | ||||||
3 | in compliance with the acceptable and prevailing standards | ||||||
4 | under the provisions of his or her license.
| ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 91-580, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
6 | (225 ILCS 125/115)
| ||||||
7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
8 | Sec. 115. Injunctive action; cease Cease and desist order. | ||||||
9 | (a) If any person violates the provisions of this Act, the | ||||||
10 | Secretary, in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
11 | through the Attorney General or the State's Attorney of the | ||||||
12 | county in which the violation is alleged to have occurred, may | ||||||
13 | petition for an order enjoining the violation or for an order | ||||||
14 | enforcing compliance with this Act. Upon the filing of a | ||||||
15 | verified petition, the court with appropriate jurisdiction may | ||||||
16 | issue a temporary restraining order, without notice or bond, | ||||||
17 | and may preliminarily and permanently enjoin the violation. If | ||||||
18 | it is established that the person has violated or is violating | ||||||
19 | the injunction, the court may punish the offender for contempt | ||||||
20 | of court. Proceedings under this Section are in addition to, | ||||||
21 | and not in lieu of, all other remedies and penalties provided | ||||||
22 | by this Act. | ||||||
23 | (b) Whenever, in the opinion of the Department, a person | ||||||
24 | violates any provision of this Act, the Department may issue a | ||||||
25 | rule to show cause why an order to cease and desist should not |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | be entered against that person. The rule shall clearly set | ||||||
2 | forth the grounds relied upon the Department and shall allow at | ||||||
3 | least 7 days from the date of the rule to file an answer | ||||||
4 | satisfactory to the Department. Failure to answer to the | ||||||
5 | satisfaction of the Department shall cause an order to cease | ||||||
6 | and desist to be issued.
| ||||||
7 | (c) If a person practices as a perfusionist or holds | ||||||
8 | himself or herself out as a perfusionist without being licensed | ||||||
9 | under this Act, then any licensee under this Act, interested | ||||||
10 | party, or person injured thereby, in addition to the Secretary | ||||||
11 | or State's Attorney, may petition for relief as provided in | ||||||
12 | subsection (a) of this Section. | ||||||
13 | (a) If a person violates a provision of this Act, the
| ||||||
14 | Director, in the name of the People of the State of
Illinois | ||||||
15 | through the Attorney General of the State of
Illinois, or the | ||||||
16 | State's Attorney of a county in which the
violation occurs, may | ||||||
17 | petition for an order enjoining the
violation or for an order | ||||||
18 | enforcing compliance with this Act.
Upon the filing of a | ||||||
19 | verified petition in court, the court
may issue a temporary | ||||||
20 | restraining order without notice or
bond and may preliminarily | ||||||
21 | and permanently enjoin the
violation. If it is established that | ||||||
22 | the licensee has
violated or is violating the injunction, the | ||||||
23 | court may punish
the offender for contempt of court. | ||||||
24 | Proceedings under this
Section shall be in addition to, and not | ||||||
25 | in lieu of, all
other remedies and penalties provided by this | ||||||
26 | Act.
|
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| |||||||
1 | (b) If a person practices as a perfusionist
or
holds | ||||||
2 | himself or herself out as a perfusionist
without
being licensed | ||||||
3 | under this Act, then any licensee under this Act,
interested
| ||||||
4 | party, or person injured thereby, in
addition to the Director | ||||||
5 | or State's Attorney, may
petition for relief as provided in | ||||||
6 | subsection (a) of this
Section.
| ||||||
7 | (c) If the Department determines that a person violated a
| ||||||
8 | provision of this Act, the Department may issue a rule to show
| ||||||
9 | cause why an order to cease and desist should not be entered
| ||||||
10 | against him or her. The rule shall clearly set forth the
| ||||||
11 | grounds relied upon by the Department and shall provide a | ||||||
12 | period
of 7 days from the date of the rule to file an answer to | ||||||
13 | the
satisfaction of the Department. Failure to answer to the
| ||||||
14 | satisfaction of the Department shall cause an order to cease | ||||||
15 | and
desist to be issued immediately.
| ||||||
16 | (Source: P.A. 91-580, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
17 | (225 ILCS 125/120)
| ||||||
18 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
19 | Sec. 120. Investigation; notice; hearing. The Department | ||||||
20 | may Licenses may be refused,
revoked, suspended,
or otherwise | ||||||
21 | disciplined in the manner provided by this Act and not | ||||||
22 | otherwise.
The Department may upon its own motion and shall | ||||||
23 | upon the verified complaint
in
writing of any person setting | ||||||
24 | forth facts that if proven would constitute
grounds for refusal | ||||||
25 | to issue or for suspension or revocation under this Act,
|
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| |||||||
1 | investigate
the
actions of any applicant or any a person | ||||||
2 | applying for, holding , or claiming to hold a perfusionist | ||||||
3 | license. The
Department shall, before refusing to issue or | ||||||
4 | renew, suspending, or revoking a
license or taking other | ||||||
5 | discipline pursuant to Section 105 of
this Act, and at
least 30 | ||||||
6 | days prior to the date set for the hearing, (i) notify in | ||||||
7 | writing the
applicant or licensee of any charges made and the | ||||||
8 | time and the place for the hearing on the charges, (ii) direct | ||||||
9 | him or her to file a written answer to the charges with the | ||||||
10 | Board under oath within 20 days after the service on him or her | ||||||
11 | of the notice, and , shall direct afford
the applicant or | ||||||
12 | licensee an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel in
| ||||||
13 | reference to the charges, and direct the applicant or licensee | ||||||
14 | to file a
written
answer to the Department under oath within 20 | ||||||
15 | days after the service on him or her of the
notice and (iii) | ||||||
16 | inform the accused applicant or licensee that , if he or she | ||||||
17 | fails to failure to file an answer , will
result in default will | ||||||
18 | be being taken against him or her or the applicant or licensee | ||||||
19 | and that his or her the
license may be suspended, revoked, or | ||||||
20 | placed on probationary status, or other
disciplinary action may | ||||||
21 | be
taken with regard to the licensee , including limiting the | ||||||
22 | scope, nature, or extent of practice, as the Department
| ||||||
23 | Director may consider deem proper. At the time and place fixed | ||||||
24 | in the notice, the Board shall proceed to hear the charges, and | ||||||
25 | the parties or their counsel shall be accorded ample | ||||||
26 | opportunity to present any pertinent statements, testimony, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | evidence, and arguments. The Board may continue the hearing | ||||||
2 | from time to time. In case Written notice may be served by | ||||||
3 | personal delivery
to the applicant or licensee or by mailing | ||||||
4 | the notice by certified mail to
his or her last known place of | ||||||
5 | residence or to the place of business last
specified by the | ||||||
6 | applicant or licensee in his or her last notification
to
the | ||||||
7 | Department. If the person , after receiving the notice, fails to | ||||||
8 | file an answer after receiving
notice , his or her license may, | ||||||
9 | in the discretion of the Department, be
suspended, revoked, or | ||||||
10 | placed on probationary status or the Department may take
| ||||||
11 | whatever disciplinary action it considers deemed proper, | ||||||
12 | including limiting the scope,
nature, or extent of the person's | ||||||
13 | practice or the imposition of a fine, without
a hearing, if the | ||||||
14 | act or acts charged constitute sufficient grounds for such
| ||||||
15 | action under this Act. The written notice may be served by | ||||||
16 | personal delivery or by certified mail to the address of record | ||||||
17 | or the address specified by the accused in his or her last | ||||||
18 | communication with the Department. At the time and place fixed | ||||||
19 | in the notice, the
Department shall proceed to a hearing of the | ||||||
20 | charges and both the applicant or
licensee
and the complainant | ||||||
21 | shall be afforded ample opportunity to present, in person
or by | ||||||
22 | counsel, any statements, testimony, evidence, and arguments | ||||||
23 | that may be
pertinent to the charges or to their defense. The | ||||||
24 | Department may continue a
hearing from time to time.
If the | ||||||
25 | Board is not sitting at the time and place fixed in the notice | ||||||
26 | or
at the time and place to which the hearing shall have been |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | continued, the
Department may continue the hearing for a period | ||||||
2 | not to exceed 30 days.
| ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 91-580, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
4 | (225 ILCS 125/135 new) | ||||||
5 | Sec. 135. Certification of record; costs. The Department | ||||||
6 | shall not be required to certify any record to the court, to | ||||||
7 | file an answer in court, or to otherwise appear in any court in | ||||||
8 | a judicial review proceeding unless there is filed in the | ||||||
9 | court, with the complaint, a receipt from the Department | ||||||
10 | acknowledging payment of the costs of furnishing and certifying | ||||||
11 | the record, which costs shall be determined by the Department. | ||||||
12 | The court may dismiss the action if the plaintiff fails to file | ||||||
13 | such receipt.
| ||||||
14 | (225 ILCS 125/140)
| ||||||
15 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
16 | Sec. 140. Subpoena; oaths. The Department has the power
to | ||||||
17 | subpoena documents, books, records or other materials and to | ||||||
18 | bring before it any person in this State and
to take testimony | ||||||
19 | either orally or by deposition, with the same fees
and mileage | ||||||
20 | and in the same manner as is prescribed by law in
judicial | ||||||
21 | proceedings in civil cases in circuit courts of this
State.
The | ||||||
22 | Secretary, the designated hearing officer, and any Board member | ||||||
23 | has the power to administer oaths to witnesses at any hearing | ||||||
24 | that the Department is authorized to conduct, and any other |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | oaths authorized in any Act administered by the Department. The | ||||||
2 | Director and any Disciplinary Board member designated by
the | ||||||
3 | Director shall each have the authority to administer, at any | ||||||
4 | hearing that
the
Department is authorized to conduct under this | ||||||
5 | Act, oaths to witnesses and any
other oaths authorized to be | ||||||
6 | administered by the Department under this
Act.
| ||||||
7 | (Source: P.A. 91-580, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
8 | (225 ILCS 125/142 new) | ||||||
9 | Sec. 142. Compelling testimony. Any circuit court, upon | ||||||
10 | application of the Department or designated hearing officer may | ||||||
11 | enter an order requiring the attendance of witnesses and their | ||||||
12 | testimony, and the production of documents, papers, files, | ||||||
13 | books, and records in connection with any hearing or | ||||||
14 | investigation. The court may compel obedience to its order by | ||||||
15 | proceedings for contempt.
| ||||||
16 | (225 ILCS 125/145)
| ||||||
17 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
18 | Sec. 145. Findings of fact and recommendations . At the | ||||||
19 | conclusion of the
hearing, the Board shall present to the | ||||||
20 | Secretary Director a
written report of its findings of fact, | ||||||
21 | conclusions of law,
and recommendations. The In the report , the | ||||||
22 | Board shall contain make a
finding of whether or not the | ||||||
23 | accused person charged licensee or applicant violated a
| ||||||
24 | provision of this Act or its rules . The Board and shall specify |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the the
nature of any violations the violation or failure to | ||||||
2 | comply and shall make its recommendations to the Secretary . In | ||||||
3 | making its recommendations for disciplinary action
discipline , | ||||||
4 | the Board may take into consideration all facts
and | ||||||
5 | circumstances bearing upon the reasonableness of the
conduct of | ||||||
6 | the accused respondent and the potential for future harm
to the | ||||||
7 | public, including but not limited to previous
discipline of | ||||||
8 | that respondent by the Department, intent, degree
of harm to | ||||||
9 | the public and likelihood of harm in the future,
any | ||||||
10 | restitution made, and whether the incident or incidents
| ||||||
11 | complained of appear to be isolated or a pattern of conduct.
In | ||||||
12 | making its recommendations for discipline, the Board shall
seek | ||||||
13 | to ensure that the severity of the discipline
recommended bears | ||||||
14 | some reasonable relationship to the
severity of the violation.
| ||||||
15 | The report of findings of fact, conclusions of law, and | ||||||
16 | recommendation of the Board shall be the basis for the | ||||||
17 | Department's order refusing to issue, restore, or renew a | ||||||
18 | license, or otherwise disciplining a licensee. If the Secretary | ||||||
19 | disagrees with the recommendations of the Board, the Secretary | ||||||
20 | may issue an order in contravention of the Board | ||||||
21 | recommendations. The finding is not admissible in evidence | ||||||
22 | against the person in a criminal prosecution brought for a | ||||||
23 | violation of this Act, but the hearing and finding are not a | ||||||
24 | bar to a criminal prosecution brought for a violation of this | ||||||
25 | Act. | ||||||
26 | (Source: P.A. 91-580, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| |||||||
1 | (225 ILCS 125/150)
| ||||||
2 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
3 | Sec. 150. Board Service of report ; rehearing. At the | ||||||
4 | conclusion of the hearing, a copy of the Board's report shall | ||||||
5 | be served upon the applicant or licensee by the Department, | ||||||
6 | either personally or as provided in this act for the service of | ||||||
7 | a notice of hearing. In a case involving the refusal
to
issue
| ||||||
8 | or renew a license or the discipline of a licensee, a copy of | ||||||
9 | the
Board's report shall be served upon the respondent by the
| ||||||
10 | Department, either personally or as provided under Section 120 | ||||||
11 | of this Act
for
the service of the notice of hearing. Within 20 | ||||||
12 | days after
the service, the applicant or licensee respondent | ||||||
13 | may present to the Department a
motion in writing for a | ||||||
14 | rehearing, which shall specify
the particular grounds for a | ||||||
15 | rehearing. The Department may respond to the motion for | ||||||
16 | rehearing within 20 days after its service on the Department. | ||||||
17 | If no motion for rehearing
is filed, then upon the expiration | ||||||
18 | of the specified time time specified for
filing such a the | ||||||
19 | motion, or if a motion for rehearing is denied,
then upon the | ||||||
20 | denial the Secretary Director may enter an order in
accordance | ||||||
21 | with recommendations of the Board,
except as provided in | ||||||
22 | Section 160 or 165 of this Act. If
the applicant or licensee | ||||||
23 | respondent orders a transcript of the record from the reporting | ||||||
24 | service
and
pays for the transcript of the record within the | ||||||
25 | time for filing
a motion for rehearing, the 20-day period |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | within which such a
motion may be filed shall commence upon the | ||||||
2 | delivery of the
transcript to the applicant or licensee | ||||||
3 | respondent .
| ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 91-580, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
5 | (225 ILCS 125/155 new) | ||||||
6 | Sec. 155. Secretary; rehearing. Whenever the Secretary | ||||||
7 | believes that substantial justice has not been done in the | ||||||
8 | revocation or suspension of a license, or refusal to issue, | ||||||
9 | restore, or renew a license, or other discipline of an | ||||||
10 | applicant or licensee, the Secretary may order a rehearing by | ||||||
11 | the same or another examiner.
| ||||||
12 | (225 ILCS 125/170)
| ||||||
13 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
14 | Sec. 170. Hearing officer. The Secretary Notwithstanding | ||||||
15 | the
provisions of Section 120 of this Act, the Director shall | ||||||
16 | have the authority
to
appoint an attorney
licensed to practice | ||||||
17 | law in this State to serve as the
hearing officer in any action | ||||||
18 | for refusal to issue, restore, or renew a license or to | ||||||
19 | discipline a licensee a hearing authorized under Section 120 of | ||||||
20 | this Act .
The Director shall notify the Board of an
| ||||||
21 | appointment. The hearing officer shall have full authority
to | ||||||
22 | conduct the hearing. A Board member or members may attend the | ||||||
23 | hearing The Board has the right to have at
least one member | ||||||
24 | present at a hearing conducted by a hearing
officer appointed |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | under this Section . The hearing officer
shall report his or her | ||||||
2 | findings of fact, conclusions of law,
and recommendations to | ||||||
3 | the Board and the Director .
The Board shall have 60 days from | ||||||
4 | receipt of the report to
review the report of the hearing | ||||||
5 | officer and to present its
findings of fact, conclusions of | ||||||
6 | law, and recommendations to
the Secretary and to all parties to | ||||||
7 | the proceeding Director . If the Board fails to present its
| ||||||
8 | report within the 60-day period, the respondent may request in | ||||||
9 | writing a direct appeal to the Secretary, in which case the | ||||||
10 | Secretary shall, within 7 calendar days after such request, | ||||||
11 | issue an order directing the Board to issue its findings of | ||||||
12 | fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations to the Secretary | ||||||
13 | within 30 calendar days of such order. If the Board fails to | ||||||
14 | issue its findings of fact, conclusions of law, and | ||||||
15 | recommendations within that time frame to the Secretary after | ||||||
16 | the entry of such order, the Secretary shall, within 30 | ||||||
17 | calendar days thereafter, issue an order based upon the report | ||||||
18 | of the hearing officer and the record of the proceedings in | ||||||
19 | accordance with such order. If (i) a direct appeal is | ||||||
20 | requested, (ii) the Board fails to issue its findings of fact, | ||||||
21 | conclusions of law, and recommendations within its 30-day | ||||||
22 | mandate from the Secretary or the Secretary fails to order the | ||||||
23 | Board to do so, and (iii) the Secretary fails to issue an order | ||||||
24 | within 30 calendar days thereafter, then the hearing officer's | ||||||
25 | report is deemed accepted and a final decision of the | ||||||
26 | Secretary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, should the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Secretary, upon review, determine that substantial justice has | ||||||
2 | not been done in the revocation, suspension, or refusal to | ||||||
3 | issue or renew a license, or other disciplinary action taken | ||||||
4 | per the result of the entry of such hearing officer's report, | ||||||
5 | the Secretary may order a rehearing by the same or another | ||||||
6 | examiner. the Director shall
issue an order based on the report | ||||||
7 | of the hearing officer .
If the Secretary Director disagrees in | ||||||
8 | any regard with the recommendation
report of the Board or | ||||||
9 | hearing officer, he or she may issue
an order in contravention | ||||||
10 | of the recommendation report . The
Director shall provide a | ||||||
11 | written explanation to the Board on
a deviation from the | ||||||
12 | Board's report and shall specify with
particularity the reasons | ||||||
13 | for his or her deviation in the
final order.
| ||||||
14 | (Source: P.A. 91-580, eff. 1-1-00.)
| ||||||
15 | (225 ILCS 125/180)
| ||||||
16 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
| ||||||
17 | Sec. 180. Order or certified copy ; prima facie proof. An | ||||||
18 | order or a
certified copy of an order, over the seal of the | ||||||
19 | Department and
purporting to be signed by the Secretary | ||||||
20 | Director , shall be
prima facie proof that:
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21 | (1) the signature is the genuine signature of the
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22 | Secretary Director ;
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23 | (2) the Secretary Director is duly appointed and
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24 | qualified; and
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25 | (3) the Board and its members are qualified to act.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 91-580, eff. 1-1-00.)
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2 | (225 ILCS 125/185)
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3 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
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4 | Sec. 185. Restoration of a suspended or revoked license. At | ||||||
5 | any time after
the successful completion of a term of | ||||||
6 | suspension or revocation of a license, the Department may
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7 | restore it to the licensee upon written recommendation of the | ||||||
8 | Board unless, after an investigation and
a hearing, the Board | ||||||
9 | Department determines that restoration is not in
the public | ||||||
10 | interest. Where circumstances of suspension or
revocation so | ||||||
11 | indicate, or on the recommendation of the
Board, the Department | ||||||
12 | may require an examination of the licensee
before restoring his | ||||||
13 | or her license.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 91-580, eff. 1-1-00.)
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15 | (225 ILCS 125/200)
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16 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
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17 | Sec. 200. Summary Temporary suspension of a license . The | ||||||
18 | Secretary
Director may summarily temporarily suspend the | ||||||
19 | license of a perfusionist
without a
hearing, simultaneously | ||||||
20 | with the
institution of proceedings for a hearing provided for | ||||||
21 | in
Section 120 of this Act, if the Secretary Director finds
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22 | that evidence in the Secretary's his or her possession | ||||||
23 | indicates that
continuation in practice would constitute an | ||||||
24 | imminent danger
to the public. In the event If the Secretary |
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1 | Director temporarily suspends
a license of a licensed | ||||||
2 | perfusionist without a hearing, a hearing must be commenced by | ||||||
3 | the Department shall be
held within 30 days after the | ||||||
4 | suspension has occurred and
shall be concluded as expeditiously | ||||||
5 | as may be practical without appreciable delay .
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6 | (Source: P.A. 91-580, eff. 1-1-00.)
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7 | (225 ILCS 125/212 new) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 212. Violations. Any person who violates any provision | ||||||
9 | of this Act shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a | ||||||
10 | first offense and a Class 4 felony for each subsequent offense.
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11 | (225 ILCS 125/220)
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12 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
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13 | Sec. 220. Unlicensed practice; civil penalties.
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14 | (a) No person shall practice, offer to practice, attempt to | ||||||
15 | practice,
or hold
himself or herself out to practice as a
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16 | perfusionist without a
license
issued
by the Department to that | ||||||
17 | person under this Act.
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18 | (b) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a | ||||||
19 | person who
violates subsection (a) of this Section shall pay a | ||||||
20 | civil penalty to the
Department
in an amount not to exceed | ||||||
21 | $10,000 $5,000 for each offense as determined by the
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22 | Department. The civil penalty shall be assessed by the | ||||||
23 | Department after a
hearing is held in accordance with the | ||||||
24 | provisions of set forth in this Act
regarding a hearing for the |
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1 | discipline of a licensee .
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2 | (c) The Department has the authority and power to
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3 | investigate any and all unlicensed activity.
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4 | (d) The civil penalty assessed under this Act shall be paid | ||||||
5 | within 60 days
after the effective date
of
the order imposing | ||||||
6 | the civil penalty. The order shall constitute a judgment
and
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7 | may be filed and execution had thereon on the judgment in the | ||||||
8 | same manner as a
judgment from a court of record.
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9 | (e) All moneys collected under this Section shall be | ||||||
10 | deposited into the General Professions Dedicated Fund. | ||||||
11 | (Source: P.A. 91-580, eff. 1-1-00.)
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12 | (225 ILCS 125/227 new) | ||||||
13 | Sec. 227. Consent Order. At any point in the proceedings as | ||||||
14 | provided in Sections 85 through 130 and Section 150, both | ||||||
15 | parties may agree to a negotiated consent order. The consent | ||||||
16 | order shall be final upon signature of the Secretary.
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17 | (225 ILCS 125/230)
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18 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
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19 | Sec. 230. Home rule powers. The regulation and licensing of
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20 | perfusionists are exclusive powers and functions of the State.
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21 | A home rule unit
shall not regulate or license perfusionists.
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22 | This Section is a denial and
limitation under
subsection (h) of | ||||||
23 | Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
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24 | (Source: P.A. 91-580, eff. 1-1-00.)
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1 | (225 ILCS 84/56 rep.)
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2 | (225 ILCS 84/65 rep.)
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3 | Section 20. The Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics | ||||||
4 | Practice Act is amended by repealing Sections 56 and 65.
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5 | (225 ILCS 125/20 rep.)
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6 | (225 ILCS 125/42 rep.)
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7 | (225 ILCS 125/110 rep.)
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8 | (225 ILCS 125/130 rep.)
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9 | (225 ILCS 125/160 rep.)
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10 | (225 ILCS 125/175 rep.)
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11 | (225 ILCS 125/205 rep.) | ||||||
12 | Section 25. The Perfusionist Practice Act is amended by | ||||||
13 | repealing Sections 20, 42, 110, 130, 160, 175, and 205.
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14 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
15 | becoming law.".
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