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SB2271 Engrossed |
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LRB093 16071 AMC 41697 b |
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| AN ACT concerning public access to physical therapists.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Physical Therapy Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 31 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 90/31) (from Ch. 111, par. 4281)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2006)
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| Sec. 31. Violations; use of words, abbreviations, figures, |
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| or letters indicating licensure.
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| (a) Any person who is found to have violated any
provision |
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| of this Act is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the first
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| offense and a Class 4 felony for the second and any subsequent |
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| offense.
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| (b) Any person representing himself
as a physical therapist |
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| or that the services he renders are physical therapy
services, |
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| or uses any words, such as physical therapy, physical |
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| therapist,
physiotherapy or physiotherapist, abbreviations, |
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| figures or letters with
the intention of indicating practice as |
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| a licensed physical therapist, when
he does not possess a |
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| currently valid license as defined herein, commits
a Class A |
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| misdemeanor, for a first offense, and a Class 4 felony for a |
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| second
or subsequent offense.
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| (c) Any person representing himself as a physical therapist |
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| assistant
or that the services he renders are physical therapy |
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| services, or uses any
words such as physical therapy or |
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| physical therapist assistant, or uses
abbreviations, figures |
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| or letters with the intention of indicating practice
as a |
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| physical therapist assistant, when he does not possess a |
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| currently
valid license as defined herein, commits a Class A |
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| misdemeanor for a first
offense, and a Class 4 felony for a |
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| second or subsequent offense.
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| (Source: P.A. 85-342; 86-1396.)
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