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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 | changing Section 2105-400 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | (20 ILCS 2105/2105-400)
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| 8 | Sec. 2105-400. Emergency powers. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | (a) Upon proclamation of a disaster by the Governor, as | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | provided for in the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation shall | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | have the following powers, which shall be exercised only in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | coordination with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | the Department of Public Health:
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| 15 | (1) The power to suspend the requirements for | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | permanent or temporary licensure of persons who are | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | licensed in another state and are working under the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | direction of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | the Department of Public Health pursuant to a declared | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | disaster. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | (2) The power to modify the scope of practice | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | restrictions under any licensing act administered by the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Department for any person working under the direction of | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the Illinois | ||||||
| 2 | Department of Public Health pursuant to the declared | ||||||
| 3 | disaster. | ||||||
| 4 | (3) The power to expand the exemption in Section 4(a) | ||||||
| 5 | of the Pharmacy Practice Act to those licensed | ||||||
| 6 | professionals whose scope of practice has been modified, | ||||||
| 7 | under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of this Section, to | ||||||
| 8 | include any element of the practice of pharmacy as defined | ||||||
| 9 | in the Pharmacy Practice Act for any person working under | ||||||
| 10 | the direction of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency | ||||||
| 11 | and the Illinois Department of Public Health pursuant to | ||||||
| 12 | the declared disaster. | ||||||
| 13 | (4) The power to issue licenses, including temporary | ||||||
| 14 | licenses, to health care professionals on an expedited | ||||||
| 15 | basis in accordance with the rules adopted by the | ||||||
| 16 | Department for expedited licensure. | ||||||
| 17 | (b) Persons exempt from licensure under paragraph (1) of | ||||||
| 18 | subsection (a) of this Section and persons operating under | ||||||
| 19 | modified scope of practice provisions under paragraph (2) of | ||||||
| 20 | subsection (a) of this Section shall be exempt from licensure | ||||||
| 21 | or be subject to modified scope of practice only until the | ||||||
| 22 | declared disaster has ended as provided by law. For purposes | ||||||
| 23 | of this Section, persons working under the direction of an | ||||||
| 24 | emergency services and disaster agency accredited by the | ||||||
| 25 | Illinois Emergency Management Agency and a local public health | ||||||
| 26 | department, pursuant to a declared disaster, shall be deemed | ||||||
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| 1 | to be working under the direction of the Illinois Emergency | ||||||
| 2 | Management Agency and the Department of Public Health.
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| 3 | (c) The Secretary or the Director, as his or her designee, | ||||||
| 4 | shall exercise these powers by way of proclamation.
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| 5 | (Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15.)
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