Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
Filed: 5/23/2012
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2578 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2578 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:





 
4    "Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
5amended  by changing Section 5-235 as follows:
 



6    (20 ILCS 5/5-235)  (was 20 ILCS 5/7.03)



7    Sec. 5-235. In the Department of Public Health.  
8    (a) The Director
of Public Health shall be either a 
9physician licensed
to practice medicine in all of its branches 
10in Illinois or a person who has administrative experience in 
11public health work at the local, state, or national level in 
12accordance with subsection (b).

13    If the Director is not a physician licensed to practice 
14medicine in all its branches, then a Medical Director The 
15Assistant Director of Public Health shall be appointed who 
16shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its 
 
 
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1branches a person
who has administrative experience in public 
2health work. The Medical Director shall report directly to the 
3Director. If the Director is not a physician, the Medical 
4Director  shall have primary responsibility for overseeing the 
5following regulatory and policy areas:
6        (1) Department responsibilities concerning hospital 
7    and health care facility regulation, emergency services, 
8    ambulatory surgical treatment centers, health care 
9    professional regulation and credentialing, advising the 
10    Board of Health, patient safety initiatives, and the 
11    State's response to disease prevention and outbreak 
12    management and control.
13        (2) Any other duties assigned by the Director or 
14    required by law. 

15    (b) A Director of Public Health who is not a physician 
16licensed to practice medicine in all its branches shall at a 
17minimum have the following education and experience:
18        (1)   5 years of full-time administrative experience in  
19    public health and a master's degree in public health from 
20    (i) a college or university accredited by the North Central 
21    Association or (ii) any other nationally recognized 
22    regional accrediting agency; or
23        (2)   5 years of full-time administrative experience in 
24    public health and a graduate degree in a related field from 
25    (i) a college or university accredited by the North Central 
26    Association or (ii) any other nationally recognized 
 
 
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1    regional accrediting agency.  For the purposes of this item 
2    (2), "a graduate degree in a related field" includes, but 
3    is not limited to, a master's degree in public 
4    administration, nursing, environmental health, community 
5    health, or health education.
6    (c) The Assistant Director of Public Health shall be a 
7person who has administrative experience in public health work. 
8(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

 

9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
10becoming law.".