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1 | AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 18 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 60/18) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-18)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2010)
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8 | Sec. 18. Visiting professor, physician, or resident | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | permits.
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10 | (A) Visiting professor permit.
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11 | (1) A visiting professor permit shall
entitle a person | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | to practice medicine in all of its branches
or to practice | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | the treatment of human ailments without the
use of drugs | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | and without operative surgery provided:
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15 | (a) the person maintains an equivalent | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | authorization
to practice medicine in all of its | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | branches or to practice
the treatment of human ailments | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | without the use of drugs
and without operative surgery | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | in good standing in their
native licensing | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | jurisdiction during the period of the
visiting | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | professor permit;
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22 | (b) the person has received a faculty appointment | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | to
teach in a medical, osteopathic or chiropractic |
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1 | school in
Illinois; and
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2 | (c) the Department may prescribe the information | ||||||
3 | necessary to
establish
an applicant's eligibility for | ||||||
4 | a permit. This information shall include
without | ||||||
5 | limitation (i) a statement from the dean of the medical | ||||||
6 | school at which
the
applicant will be employed | ||||||
7 | describing the applicant's qualifications and (ii)
a | ||||||
8 | statement from the dean of the medical school listing | ||||||
9 | every affiliated
institution in which the applicant | ||||||
10 | will be providing instruction as part of the
medical | ||||||
11 | school's education program and justifying any clinical | ||||||
12 | activities at
each of the institutions listed by the | ||||||
13 | dean.
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14 | (2) Application for visiting professor permits shall
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15 | be made to the Department, in writing, on forms prescribed
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16 | by the Department and shall be accompanied by the required
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17 | fee established by rule, which shall not be refundable. Any | ||||||
18 | application
shall require the information as, in the | ||||||
19 | judgment of the Department, will
enable the Department to | ||||||
20 | pass on the qualifications of the applicant.
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21 | (3) A visiting professor permit shall be valid for no | ||||||
22 | longer than 2
years from the date of issuance or until the | ||||||
23 | time the
faculty appointment is terminated, whichever | ||||||
24 | occurs first,
and may be renewed only in accordance with | ||||||
25 | subdivision (A)(6) of this
Section.
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26 | (4) The applicant may be required to appear before the
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1 | Medical Licensing Board for an interview prior to, and as a
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2 | requirement for, the issuance of the original permit and | ||||||
3 | the
renewal.
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4 | (5) Persons holding a permit under this Section shall
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5 | only practice medicine in all of its branches or practice
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6 | the treatment of human ailments without the use of drugs
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7 | and without operative surgery in the State of Illinois in
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8 | their official capacity under their contract
within the | ||||||
9 | medical school itself and any affiliated institution in | ||||||
10 | which the
permit holder is providing instruction as part of | ||||||
11 | the medical school's
educational program and for which the | ||||||
12 | medical school has assumed direct
responsibility.
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13 | (6) A visiting professor permit shall be valid until | ||||||
14 | the last day of the
next physician license renewal period, | ||||||
15 | as set by rule, and may only be
renewed for applicants who | ||||||
16 | meet the following requirements:
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17 | (i) have obtained the required continuing | ||||||
18 | education hours as set by
rule; and
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19 | (ii) have paid the fee prescribed for a license | ||||||
20 | under Section 21 of this
Act.
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21 | For initial renewal, the visiting professor must | ||||||
22 | successfully pass a
general competency examination authorized | ||||||
23 | by the Department by rule, unless he or she was issued an | ||||||
24 | initial visiting professor permit on or after January 1, 2007, | ||||||
25 | but prior to July 1, 2007.
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1 | (B) Visiting physician permit.
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2 | (1) The Department may, in its discretion, issue a | ||||||
3 | temporary visiting
physician permit, without examination, | ||||||
4 | provided:
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5 | (a) (blank);
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6 | (b) that the person maintains an equivalent | ||||||
7 | authorization to practice
medicine in all of its | ||||||
8 | branches or to practice the treatment of human
ailments | ||||||
9 | without the use of drugs and without operative surgery | ||||||
10 | in good
standing in his or her native licensing | ||||||
11 | jurisdiction during the period of the
temporary | ||||||
12 | visiting physician permit;
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13 | (c) that the person has received an invitation or | ||||||
14 | appointment to study,
demonstrate, or perform a
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15 | specific medical, osteopathic, chiropractic or | ||||||
16 | clinical subject or
technique in a medical, | ||||||
17 | osteopathic, or chiropractic school, a state or | ||||||
18 | national medical, osteopathic, or chiropractic | ||||||
19 | professional association or society conference or | ||||||
20 | meeting, a hospital
licensed under the Hospital | ||||||
21 | Licensing Act, a hospital organized
under the | ||||||
22 | University of Illinois Hospital Act, or a facility | ||||||
23 | operated
pursuant to the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment | ||||||
24 | Center Act; and
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25 | (d) that the temporary visiting physician permit | ||||||
26 | shall only permit the
holder to practice medicine in |
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1 | all of its branches or practice the
treatment of human | ||||||
2 | ailments without the use of drugs and without operative
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3 | surgery within the scope of the medical, osteopathic, | ||||||
4 | chiropractic, or
clinical studies , or in conjunction | ||||||
5 | with the state or national medical, osteopathic, or | ||||||
6 | chiropractic professional association or society | ||||||
7 | conference or meeting, for which the holder was invited | ||||||
8 | or appointed.
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9 | (2) The application for the temporary visiting | ||||||
10 | physician permit shall be
made to the Department, in | ||||||
11 | writing, on forms prescribed by the
Department, and shall | ||||||
12 | be accompanied by the required fee established by
rule, | ||||||
13 | which shall not be refundable. The application shall | ||||||
14 | require
information that, in the judgment of the | ||||||
15 | Department, will enable the
Department to pass on the | ||||||
16 | qualification of the applicant, and the necessity
for the | ||||||
17 | granting of a temporary visiting physician permit.
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18 | (3) A temporary visiting physician permit shall be | ||||||
19 | valid for no longer than (i) 180
days
from the date of | ||||||
20 | issuance or (ii) until the time the medical, osteopathic,
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21 | chiropractic, or clinical studies are completed, or the | ||||||
22 | state or national medical, osteopathic, or chiropractic | ||||||
23 | professional association or society conference or meeting | ||||||
24 | has concluded, whichever occurs first.
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25 | (4) The applicant for a temporary visiting physician | ||||||
26 | permit may be
required to appear before the Medical |
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1 | Licensing Board for an interview
prior to, and as a | ||||||
2 | requirement for, the issuance of a temporary visiting
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3 | physician permit.
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4 | (5) A limited temporary visiting physician permit | ||||||
5 | shall be issued to a
physician licensed in another state | ||||||
6 | who has been requested to perform emergency
procedures in | ||||||
7 | Illinois if he or she meets the requirements as established | ||||||
8 | by
rule.
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9 | (C) Visiting resident permit.
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10 | (1) The Department may, in its discretion, issue a | ||||||
11 | temporary visiting
resident permit, without examination, | ||||||
12 | provided:
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13 | (a) (blank);
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14 | (b) that the person maintains an equivalent | ||||||
15 | authorization to practice
medicine in all of its | ||||||
16 | branches or to practice the treatment of human
ailments | ||||||
17 | without the use of drugs and without operative surgery | ||||||
18 | in good
standing in his or her native licensing | ||||||
19 | jurisdiction during the period of
the temporary | ||||||
20 | visiting resident permit;
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21 | (c) that the applicant is enrolled in a | ||||||
22 | postgraduate clinical training
program outside the | ||||||
23 | State of Illinois that is approved by the Department;
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24 | (d) that the individual has been invited or | ||||||
25 | appointed for a specific
period of time to perform a |
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1 | portion of that post graduate clinical training
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2 | program under the supervision of an Illinois licensed | ||||||
3 | physician in an
Illinois patient care clinic or | ||||||
4 | facility that is affiliated with the
out-of-State post | ||||||
5 | graduate training program; and
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6 | (e) that the temporary visiting resident permit | ||||||
7 | shall only permit the
holder to practice medicine in | ||||||
8 | all of its branches or practice the
treatment of human | ||||||
9 | ailments without the use of drugs and without operative
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10 | surgery within the scope of the medical, osteopathic, | ||||||
11 | chiropractic or
clinical studies for which the holder | ||||||
12 | was invited or appointed.
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13 | (2) The application for the temporary visiting | ||||||
14 | resident permit shall be
made to the Department, in | ||||||
15 | writing, on forms prescribed by the Department,
and shall | ||||||
16 | be accompanied by the required fee established by rule. The
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17 | application shall require information that, in the | ||||||
18 | judgment of the
Department, will enable the Department to | ||||||
19 | pass on the qualifications of
the applicant.
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20 | (3) A temporary visiting resident permit shall be valid | ||||||
21 | for 180 days from
the date of issuance or until the time | ||||||
22 | the medical, osteopathic,
chiropractic, or clinical | ||||||
23 | studies are completed, whichever occurs first.
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24 | (4) The applicant for a temporary visiting resident | ||||||
25 | permit may be
required to appear before the Medical | ||||||
26 | Licensing Board for an interview
prior to, and as a |
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1 | requirement for, the issuance of a temporary visiting
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2 | resident permit.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 95-915, eff. 8-26-08 .)
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4 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
5 | becoming law.
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