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 1        AN ACT concerning physician assistants.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 2.  The Physician Assistant Practice Act of  1987
 5    is amended by changing Section 7 as follows:

 6        (225 ILCS 95/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 4607)
 7        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
 8        Sec.   7.   Supervision  requirements.  No  more  than  2
 9    physician assistants shall be supervised by  the  supervising
10    physician,  although  a  physician assistant shall be able to
11    hold more than one professional position.   Each  supervising
12    physician   shall  file  a  notice  of  supervision  of  such
13    physician assistant according to the rules of the Department.
14    However, the alternate supervising  physician  may  supervise
15    more   than  2  physician  assistants  when  the  supervising
16    physician is unable to provide  such  supervision  consistent
17    with the definition of alternate physician in Section 4.
18        Physician   assistants   shall   be  supervised  only  by
19    physicians as defined in this Act who are engaged in clinical
20    practice, or in clinical practice in public health  or  other
21    community health facilities.
22        Nothing  in  this  Act  shall  be  construed to limit the
23    delegation of tasks or duties by a physician to  a  nurse  or
24    other appropriately trained personnel.
25        Nothing  in  this  Act shall be construed to prohibit the
26    employment of physician assistants  by  a  hospital,  nursing
27    home  or  other  health  care  facility  where such physician
28    assistants function under the supervision  of  a  supervising
29    physician.
30        Physician assistants may be employed by the Department of
31    Corrections or the Department of Human Services (as successor
 
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 1    to   the   Department  of  Mental  Health  and  Developmental
 2    Disabilities) for service in facilities  maintained  by  such
 3    Departments  and  affiliated  training facilities in programs
 4    conducted under the authority of the Director of  Corrections
 5    or the Secretary of Human Services.  Each physician assistant
 6    employed  by  the Department of Corrections or the Department
 7    of Human Services (as successor to the Department  of  Mental
 8    Health  and  Developmental  Disabilities)  shall be under the
 9    supervision of a physician engaged in clinical  practice  and
10    direct  patient  care.   Duties  of  each physician assistant
11    employed by such Departments are limited to those within  the
12    scope  of  practice of the supervising physician who is fully
13    responsible for all physician assistant activities.
14        A physician assistant may be employed by a practice group
15    or  other  entity  employing  multiple  physicians   at   one
16    location.  In that case, (i) one of the physicians practicing
17    at  that location shall be designated the primary supervising
18    physician and (ii) each physician practicing at that location
19    may supervise the physician assistant  with  respect  to  the
20    patients  of  that  physician,  and  shall  not  be deemed an
21    alternate supervising physician for the purpose of this Act.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-116, eff. 7-14-97.)

23        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
24    becoming law.