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Sen. John J. Cullerton
Filed: 3/1/2012
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3146
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3146, AS AMENDED, |
| 3 | | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the |
| 4 | | following:
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| 5 | | "Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
| 6 | | amended by changing Section 5-235 as follows:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 5/5-235) (was 20 ILCS 5/7.03)
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| 8 | | Sec. 5-235. In the Department of Public Health. |
| 9 | | (a) The Director
of Public Health shall be either a |
| 10 | | physician licensed
to practice medicine in all of its branches |
| 11 | | in Illinois or a person who has administrative experience in |
| 12 | | public health work at the local, state, or national level in |
| 13 | | accordance with subsection (b).
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| 14 | | If the Director is not a physician licensed to practice |
| 15 | | medicine in all its branches, then a Medical Director The |
| 16 | | Assistant Director of Public Health shall be appointed who |
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| 1 | | shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its |
| 2 | | branches a person
who has administrative experience in public |
| 3 | | health work. The Medical Director shall report directly to the |
| 4 | | Director. If the Director is not a physician, the Medical |
| 5 | | Director shall have primary responsibility for overseeing the |
| 6 | | following regulatory and policy areas: |
| 7 | | (1) Department responsibilities concerning hospital |
| 8 | | and health care facility regulation, emergency services, |
| 9 | | ambulatory surgical treatment centers, health care |
| 10 | | professional regulation and credentialing, advising the |
| 11 | | Board of Health, patient safety initiatives, and the |
| 12 | | State's response to disease prevention and outbreak |
| 13 | | management and control. |
| 14 | | (2) Any other duties assigned by the Director or |
| 15 | | required by law.
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| 16 | | (b) A Director of Public Health who is not a physician |
| 17 | | licensed to practice medicine in all its branches shall at a |
| 18 | | minimum have the following education and experience: |
| 19 | | (1) 5 years of full-time administrative experience in a |
| 20 | | public health and a master's degree in public health from |
| 21 | | (i) a college or university accredited by the North Central |
| 22 | | Association or (ii) any other nationally-recognized |
| 23 | | regional accrediting agency; or |
| 24 | | (2) 5 years of full-time administrative experience in |
| 25 | | public health and a graduate degree in a related field from |
| 26 | | (i) a college or university accredited by the North Central |
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| 1 | | Association or (ii) any other nationally-recognized |
| 2 | | regional accrediting agency. (For the purposes of this item |
| 3 | | (2), "a graduate degree in a related field" includes, but |
| 4 | | is not limited to, a master's degree in public |
| 5 | | administration, nursing, environmental health, community |
| 6 | | health, or health education. |
| 7 | | (c) The Assistant Director of Public Health shall be a |
| 8 | | person who has administrative experience in public health work. |
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| 10 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 11 | | becoming law.".
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