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| 1 | AN ACT concerning 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 Department of Professional Regulation Law | ||||||
| 5 | of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by | ||||||
| 6 | adding Section 2105-365 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (20 ILCS 2105/2105-365 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 2105-365. Continuing education; Alzheimer's disease | ||||||
| 9 | and other dementias. | ||||||
| 10 | (a) As used in this Section, "health care professional" | ||||||
| 11 | means a person licensed or registered by the Department under | ||||||
| 12 | the following Acts: the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the | ||||||
| 13 | Nurse Practice Act, the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act, | ||||||
| 14 | the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987, the Illinois | ||||||
| 15 | Physical Therapy Act, the Physician Assistant Practice Act of | ||||||
| 16 | 1987, the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act, | ||||||
| 17 | the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary | ||||||
| 18 | Act, the Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act, the | ||||||
| 19 | Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Respiratory Care | ||||||
| 20 | Practice Act, the Professional Counselor and Clinical | ||||||
| 21 | Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act, and the | ||||||
| 22 | Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act. | ||||||
| 23 | (b) For license or registration renewals occurring on or | ||||||
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| 1 | after January 1, 2023, a health care professional who has | ||||||
| 2 | continuing education requirements must complete at least a | ||||||
| 3 | one-hour course in training on the diagnosis, treatment, and | ||||||
| 4 | care of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and other | ||||||
| 5 | dementias per renewal period. This training shall include, but | ||||||
| 6 | not be limited to, assessment and diagnosis, effective | ||||||
| 7 | communication strategies, and management and care planning. | ||||||
| 8 | This requirement shall only apply to health care professionals | ||||||
| 9 | who provide health care services to, and have direct patient | ||||||
| 10 | interactions with, adult populations age 26 or older in the | ||||||
| 11 | practice of their profession. A health care professional may | ||||||
| 12 | count this one hour for completion of this course toward | ||||||
| 13 | meeting the minimum credit hours required for continuing | ||||||
| 14 | education. Any training on Alzheimer's disease and other | ||||||
| 15 | dementias applied to meet any other State licensure | ||||||
| 16 | requirement, professional accreditation or certification | ||||||
| 17 | requirement, or health care institutional practice agreement | ||||||
| 18 | may count toward the continuing education requirement under | ||||||
| 19 | this Section. | ||||||
| 20 | (c) The Department may adopt rules for the implementation | ||||||
| 21 | of this Section.
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| 22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 23 | becoming law. | ||||||