|
|
|||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
| ||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
| ||||||
| 4 | Section 5. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 17 as follows:
| ||||||
| 6 | (225 ILCS 60/17) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-17)
| ||||||
| 7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2010)
| ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 17. Temporary license. Persons holding the degree of | ||||||
| 9 | Doctor of
Medicine, persons
holding the degree of Doctor of
| ||||||
| 10 | Osteopathy or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, and persons | ||||||
| 11 | holding the degree
of Doctor of Chiropractic or persons who | ||||||
| 12 | have satisfied
the requirements
therefor and are eligible to | ||||||
| 13 | receive such degree from
a medical, osteopathic, or | ||||||
| 14 | chiropractic school, who wish to
pursue programs
of graduate or | ||||||
| 15 | specialty training in this State, may receive
without | ||||||
| 16 | examination, in the discretion of the Department, a
3-year | ||||||
| 17 | temporary license. In order to receive a 3-year
temporary | ||||||
| 18 | license hereunder, an applicant shall furnish
satisfactory | ||||||
| 19 | proof to the Department that the applicant:
| ||||||
| 20 | (A) Is of good moral character. In determining moral
| ||||||
| 21 | character under this Section, the Department may take into
| ||||||
| 22 | consideration whether the applicant has engaged in conduct
| ||||||
| 23 | or activities which would constitute grounds for | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | discipline
under this Act. The Department may also request | ||||||
| 2 | the
applicant to submit, and may consider as evidence of | ||||||
| 3 | moral
character, endorsements from 2 or 3 individuals | ||||||
| 4 | licensed
under this Act;
| ||||||
| 5 | (B) Has been accepted or appointed for specialty or
| ||||||
| 6 | residency training by a hospital situated in this State or | ||||||
| 7 | a
training program in a hospital or facility hospitals or | ||||||
| 8 | facilities maintained by
the State of Illinois or | ||||||
| 9 | affiliated training facility facilities
which is approved | ||||||
| 10 | by the Department for the purpose of such
training under | ||||||
| 11 | this Act. For the purposes of this Section, a pre-residency | ||||||
| 12 | or post-residency fellowship may qualify as specialty | ||||||
| 13 | training or a training program. The applicant shall | ||||||
| 14 | indicate the
beginning and ending dates of the period for | ||||||
| 15 | which the
applicant has been accepted or appointed;
| ||||||
| 16 | (C) Has or will satisfy the professional education
| ||||||
| 17 | requirements of Section 11 of this Act which are effective
| ||||||
| 18 | at the date of application except for postgraduate clinical
| ||||||
| 19 | training;
| ||||||
| 20 | (D) Is physically, mentally, and professionally | ||||||
| 21 | capable
of practicing medicine or treating human ailments | ||||||
| 22 | without the use of drugs or
operative surgery with | ||||||
| 23 | reasonable judgment, skill, and
safety. In determining | ||||||
| 24 | physical, mental and professional
capacity under this | ||||||
| 25 | Section, the Medical Licensing Board
may, upon a showing of | ||||||
| 26 | a possible incapacity, compel an
applicant to submit to a | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | mental or physical examination, or
both, and may condition | ||||||
| 2 | or restrict any temporary license,
subject to the same | ||||||
| 3 | terms and conditions as are provided for
the Medical | ||||||
| 4 | Disciplinary Board under Section 22 of this Act.
Any such | ||||||
| 5 | condition of restricted temporary license shall
provide | ||||||
| 6 | that the Chief Medical Coordinator or Deputy Medical
| ||||||
| 7 | Coordinator shall have the authority to review the subject
| ||||||
| 8 | physician's compliance with such conditions or | ||||||
| 9 | restrictions,
including, where appropriate, the | ||||||
| 10 | physician's record of
treatment and counseling regarding | ||||||
| 11 | the impairment, to the
extent permitted by applicable | ||||||
| 12 | federal statutes and
regulations safeguarding the | ||||||
| 13 | confidentiality of medical
records of patients.
| ||||||
| 14 | Three-year temporary licenses issued pursuant to this
| ||||||
| 15 | Section shall be valid only for the period of time
designated | ||||||
| 16 | therein, and may be extended or renewed pursuant
to the rules | ||||||
| 17 | of the Department, and if a temporary license
is thereafter | ||||||
| 18 | extended, it shall not extend beyond
completion of the | ||||||
| 19 | residency program. The holder of a valid
3-year temporary | ||||||
| 20 | license shall be entitled thereby to
perform only such acts as | ||||||
| 21 | may be prescribed by and
incidental to their program of | ||||||
| 22 | residency training; they
shall not be entitled to otherwise | ||||||
| 23 | engage in the practice of
medicine in this State unless fully | ||||||
| 24 | licensed in this State.
| ||||||
| 25 | A 3-year temporary license may be revoked by the
Department | ||||||
| 26 | upon proof that the holder thereof has engaged in
the practice | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | of medicine in this State outside of the
program of their | ||||||
| 2 | residency or specialty training, or if the
holder shall fail to | ||||||
| 3 | supply the Department, within 10 days
of its request, with | ||||||
| 4 | information as to their current status
and activities in their | ||||||
| 5 | specialty training program.
| ||||||
| 6 | (Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97; 90-54, eff. 7-3-97.)
| ||||||