HB2467eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB2467 Engrossed LRB095 01234 RAS 21236 b

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987 is amended by changing Section 12 as follows:

(225 ILCS 80/12) (from Ch. 111, par. 3912)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2017)

Sec. 12. Applications for licenses. Applications for original licenses shall be made to the Department in writing or electronically on forms prescribed by the Department and shall be accompanied by the required fee, which shall not be refundable. Any such application shall require such information as in the judgment of the Department will enable the Department to pass on the qualifications of the applicant for a license.

Applicants have 3 years from the date of application to complete the application process. If the process has not been completed within 3 years, the application shall be denied, the application fees shall be forfeited, and the applicant must reapply and meet the requirements in effect at the time of reapplication.

Applicants who meet all other conditions for licensure and who will be practicing optometry in a residency program approved by the Board may apply for and receive a limited one year license to practice optometry as a resident in the program. Full-time faculty members of an approved optometry educational institution who hold a valid license to practice optometry in the jurisdiction in which the institution is located shall be considered to have met all of the conditions for residency licensure except for the payment of fees. The holder of a valid one-year residency license may perform those acts prescribed by and incidental to the residency license holder's program of residency training, with the same privileges and responsibilities as a fully licensed optometrist, but may not otherwise engage in the practice of optometry in this State, unless fully licensed under this Act.

The Department may revoke a one-year residency license upon proof that the residency license holder has engaged in the practice of optometry in this State outside of his or her residency program or if the residency license holder fails to supply the Department, within 10 days after its request, with information concerning his or her current status and activities in the residency program.

(Source: P.A. 94-787, eff. 5-19-06.)

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