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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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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 School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
| 5 | 24-5 as follows:
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| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/24-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-5)
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| 7 | Sec. 24-5. Physical fitness and professional growth. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) In this Section, "employee" means any employee of a | ||||||
| 9 | school district, a student teacher, an employee of a contractor | ||||||
| 10 | that provides services to students or in schools, or any other | ||||||
| 11 | individual subject to the requirements of Section 10-21.9 or | ||||||
| 12 | 34-18.5 of this Code. | ||||||
| 13 | (b) School boards shall require of new employees evidence | ||||||
| 14 | of physical
fitness to perform duties assigned and freedom from | ||||||
| 15 | communicable disease,
including tuberculosis. Such evidence | ||||||
| 16 | shall consist of a physical
examination and a tuberculin skin | ||||||
| 17 | test and, if appropriate, an x-ray, made
by a physician | ||||||
| 18 | licensed in Illinois or any other state to practice medicine
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| 19 | and surgery in all its branches, an advanced practice nurse who | ||||||
| 20 | has a written collaborative agreement with a collaborating | ||||||
| 21 | physician that authorizes the advanced practice nurse to | ||||||
| 22 | perform health examinations, or a physician assistant who has | ||||||
| 23 | been delegated the authority to perform health examinations by | ||||||
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| 1 | his or her supervising physician not more than 90 days | ||||||
| 2 | preceding time of
presentation to the board, and the cost of | ||||||
| 3 | such examination shall rest with the
employee. A new or | ||||||
| 4 | existing employee may be subject to additional health | ||||||
| 5 | examinations, including screening for tuberculosis, as | ||||||
| 6 | required by rules adopted by the Department of Public Health or | ||||||
| 7 | by order of a local public health official. The board may from | ||||||
| 8 | time to time require an examination of any
employee by a | ||||||
| 9 | physician licensed in Illinois to practice medicine and
surgery | ||||||
| 10 | in all its branches, an advanced practice nurse who has a | ||||||
| 11 | written collaborative agreement with a collaborating physician | ||||||
| 12 | that authorizes the advanced practice nurse to perform health | ||||||
| 13 | examinations, or a physician assistant who has been delegated | ||||||
| 14 | the authority to perform health examinations by his or her | ||||||
| 15 | supervising physician and shall pay the expenses thereof from | ||||||
| 16 | school
funds. | ||||||
| 17 | (c) School boards may require teachers in their employ to | ||||||
| 18 | furnish from
time to time evidence of continued professional | ||||||
| 19 | growth.
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| 20 | (Source: P.A. 94-350, eff. 7-28-05.)
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| 21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 22 | becoming law.
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