Rep. Arthur L. Turner

Filed: 4/8/2008

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2467

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2467 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987 is
5 amended by changing Section 12 as follows:
 
6     (225 ILCS 80/12)  (from Ch. 111, par. 3912)
7     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2017)
8     Sec. 12. Applications for licenses. Applications for
9 original licenses shall be made to the Department in writing or
10 electronically on forms prescribed by the Department and shall
11 be accompanied by the required fee, which shall not be
12 refundable. Any such application shall require such
13 information as in the judgment of the Department will enable
14 the Department to pass on the qualifications of the applicant
15 for a license.
16     Applicants have 3 years from the date of application to

 

 

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1 complete the application process. If the process has not been
2 completed within 3 years, the application shall be denied, the
3 application fees shall be forfeited, and the applicant must
4 reapply and meet the requirements in effect at the time of
5 reapplication.
6     Applicants who meet all other conditions for licensure and
7 who will be practicing optometry in a residency program
8 approved by the Board may apply for and receive a limited one
9 year license to practice optometry as a resident in the
10 program. Full-time faculty members of an approved optometry
11 educational institution who hold a valid license to practice
12 optometry in the jurisdiction in which the institution is
13 located shall be considered to have met all of the conditions
14 for residency licensure except for the payment of fees. The
15 holder of a valid one-year residency license may perform those
16 acts prescribed by and incidental to the residency license
17 holder's program of residency training, with the same
18 privileges and responsibilities as a fully licensed
19 optometrist, but may not otherwise engage in the practice of
20 optometry in this State, unless fully licensed under this Act.
21     The Department may revoke a one-year residency license upon
22 proof that the residency license holder has engaged in the
23 practice of optometry in this State outside of his or her
24 residency program or if the residency license holder fails to
25 supply the Department, within 10 days after its request, with
26 information concerning his or her current status and activities

 

 

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1 in the residency program.
2 (Source: P.A. 94-787, eff. 5-19-06.)
 
3     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4 becoming law.".