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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 Patients' Right to Know Act is amended by |
5 | | changing Section 10 as follows: |
6 | | (225 ILCS 61/10)
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7 | | Sec. 10. Physician profiles. The Department shall make |
8 | | available to the public a profile of each physician. The |
9 | | Department shall make this information available through an |
10 | | Internet web site and, if requested, in writing. The physician |
11 | | profile shall contain the following information: |
12 | | (1) the full name of the physician;
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13 | | (2) a description of any criminal convictions for |
14 | | felonies and Class A misdemeanors, as determined by the |
15 | | Department, within the most recent 10 5 years. For the |
16 | | purposes of this Section, a person shall be deemed to be |
17 | | convicted of a crime if he or she pleaded guilty or if he |
18 | | was found or adjudged guilty by a court of competent |
19 | | jurisdiction;
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20 | | (3) a description of any final Department disciplinary |
21 | | actions within the most recent 10 5 years;
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22 | | (4) a description of any final disciplinary actions by |
23 | | licensing boards in other states within the most recent 10 |
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1 | | 5 years;
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2 | | (5) a description of revocation or involuntary |
3 | | restriction of hospital privileges for reasons related to |
4 | | competence or character that have been taken by the |
5 | | hospital's governing body or any other official of the |
6 | | hospital after procedural due process has been afforded, or |
7 | | the resignation from or nonrenewal of medical staff |
8 | | membership or the restriction of privileges at a hospital |
9 | | taken in lieu of or in settlement of a pending disciplinary |
10 | | case related to competence or character in that hospital. |
11 | | Only cases which have occurred within the most recent 10 5 |
12 | | years shall be disclosed by the Department to the public;
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13 | | (6) all medical malpractice court judgments and all |
14 | | medical malpractice arbitration awards in which a payment |
15 | | was awarded to a complaining party during the most recent |
16 | | 10 5 years and all settlements of medical malpractice |
17 | | claims in which a payment was made to a complaining party |
18 | | within the most recent 10 5 years. A medical malpractice |
19 | | judgment or award that has been appealed shall be |
20 | | identified prominently as "Under Appeal" on the profile |
21 | | within 20 days of formal written notice to the Department. |
22 | | Information concerning all settlements shall be |
23 | | accompanied by the following statement: "Settlement of a |
24 | | claim may occur for a variety of reasons which do not |
25 | | necessarily reflect negatively on the professional |
26 | | competence or conduct of the physician. A payment in |
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1 | | settlement of a medical malpractice action or claim should |
2 | | not be construed as creating a presumption that medical |
3 | | malpractice has occurred." Nothing in this subdivision (6) |
4 | | shall be construed to limit or prevent the Disciplinary |
5 | | Board from providing further explanatory information |
6 | | regarding the significance of categories in which |
7 | | settlements are reported. Pending malpractice claims shall |
8 | | not be disclosed by the Department to the public. Nothing |
9 | | in this subdivision (6) shall be construed to prevent the |
10 | | Disciplinary Board from investigating and the Department |
11 | | from disciplining a physician on the basis of medical |
12 | | malpractice claims that are pending;
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13 | | (7) names of medical schools attended, dates of |
14 | | attendance, and date of graduation;
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15 | | (8) graduate medical education;
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16 | | (9) specialty board certification. The toll-free |
17 | | number of the American Board of Medical Specialties shall |
18 | | be included to verify current board certification status;
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19 | | (10) number of years in practice and locations;
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20 | | (11) names of the hospitals where the physician has |
21 | | privileges;
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22 | | (12) appointments to medical school faculties and |
23 | | indication as to whether a physician has a responsibility |
24 | | for graduate medical education within the most recent 10 5 |
25 | | years;
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26 | | (13) information regarding publications in |
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1 | | peer-reviewed medical literature within the most recent 10 |
2 | | 5 years;
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3 | | (14) information regarding professional or community |
4 | | service activities and awards;
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5 | | (15) the location of the physician's primary practice |
6 | | setting;
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7 | | (16) identification of any translating services that |
8 | | may be available at the physician's primary practice |
9 | | location;
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10 | | (17) an indication of whether the physician |
11 | | participates in the Medicaid program.
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12 | | (Source: P.A. 97-280, eff. 8-9-11.)
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