Full Text of SB0884 95th General Assembly
SB0884sam001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Mattie Hunter
Filed: 3/21/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 884
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 884 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Medical School Curriculum Act is amended by | 5 |
| adding Section 3 as follows: | 6 |
| (110 ILCS 55/3 new)
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| Sec. 3. Cultural competency training. | 8 |
| (a) The curriculum in each medical school operated in this | 9 |
| State must include instruction in cultural competency designed | 10 |
| to address the problem of race-based and gender-based | 11 |
| disparities in medical treatment decisions and developed in | 12 |
| consultation with the Association of American Medical Colleges | 13 |
| or another nationally recognized organization that reviews | 14 |
| medical school curricula. | 15 |
| (b) Completion of cultural competency instruction as | 16 |
| provided in subsection (a) of this Section must be required as |
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| a condition of receiving a diploma from a medical school | 2 |
| operated in this State. | 3 |
| (c) A medical school that includes instruction in cultural | 4 |
| competency as provided in subsection (a) of this Section in its | 5 |
| curricula must offer, for continuing education credit, | 6 |
| cultural competency training, consistent with the instruction | 7 |
| developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section, that is | 8 |
| provided through classroom instruction, workshops, or other | 9 |
| educational programs sponsored by the school and that meets | 10 |
| continuing education criteria established by the Department of | 11 |
| Financial and Professional Regulation under the Medical | 12 |
| Practice Act of 1987.
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| Section 10. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended by | 14 |
| changing Sections 19 and 20 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 60/19) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-19)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2008)
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| Sec. 19. Licensure without examination. The Department | 18 |
| may, in its
discretion,
issue a license without examination to | 19 |
| any person who is currently licensed
to practice medicine in | 20 |
| all of its branches,
or to practice the treatment of human | 21 |
| ailments without the
use of drugs or operative surgery, in any | 22 |
| other state,
territory, country or province, upon the following
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| conditions:
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| (A) (Blank);
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| (B) That the applicant is of good moral character. In
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| determining moral character under this Section, the
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| Department may take into consideration whether the | 4 |
| applicant
has engaged in conduct or activities which would | 5 |
| constitute
grounds for discipline under this Act. The | 6 |
| Department may
also request the applicant to submit, and | 7 |
| may consider as
evidence of moral character, endorsements | 8 |
| from 2 or 3
individuals licensed under this Act;
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| (C) That the applicant is physically, mentally and
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| professionally capable of practicing medicine with
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| reasonable judgment, skill and safety. In determining
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| physical, mental and professional capacity under this
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| Section the Medical Licensing Board may, upon a showing of
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| a possible incapacity, compel an applicant to submit to a
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| mental or physical examination, or both, and may condition
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| or restrict any license, subject to the same terms and
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| conditions as are provided for the Medical Disciplinary
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| Board under Section 22 of this Act.
The Medical Licensing | 19 |
| Board or the Department may order the examining
physician
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| to present testimony concerning this mental or physical | 21 |
| examination of the
applicant. No information shall be | 22 |
| excluded by reason of any common law or
statutory privilege | 23 |
| relating to communications between the applicant and the
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| examining physician.
Any condition of
restricted license | 25 |
| shall provide that the Chief Medical
Coordinator or Deputy | 26 |
| Medical Coordinator shall have the
authority to review the |
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| subject physician's compliance with
such conditions or | 2 |
| restrictions, including, where
appropriate, the | 3 |
| physician's record of treatment and
counseling regarding | 4 |
| the impairment, to the extent permitted
by applicable | 5 |
| federal statutes and regulations safeguarding
the | 6 |
| confidentiality of medical records of patients.
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| (D) That if the applicant seeks to practice medicine
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| all of its branches:
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| (1) if the applicant was licensed in another | 10 |
| jurisdiction prior to
January
1,
1988, that the | 11 |
| applicant has satisfied the educational
requirements | 12 |
| of paragraph (1) of subsection (A) or paragraph (2) of
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| subsection (A) of Section 11 of
this Act; or
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| (2) if the applicant was licensed in another | 15 |
| jurisdiction after December
31,
1987, that the | 16 |
| applicant has
satisfied the educational requirements | 17 |
| of paragraph (A)(2)
of Section 11 of this Act; and
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| (3) the requirements for a license to practice
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| medicine in all of its branches in the particular | 20 |
| state,
territory, country or province in which the | 21 |
| applicant is
licensed are deemed by the Department to | 22 |
| have been
substantially equivalent to the requirements | 23 |
| for a license
to practice medicine in all of its | 24 |
| branches in force in this
State at the date of the | 25 |
| applicant's license;
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| (E) That if the applicant seeks to treat human
ailments |
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| without the use of drugs and without operative
surgery:
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| (1) the applicant is a graduate of a chiropractic
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| school or college approved by the Department at the | 4 |
| time of
their graduation;
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| (2) the requirements for the applicant's license | 6 |
| to
practice the treatment of human ailments without the | 7 |
| use of
drugs are deemed by the Department to have been
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| substantially equivalent to the requirements for a | 9 |
| license
to practice in this State at the date of the | 10 |
| applicant's
license;
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| (F) That the Department may, in its discretion, issue a
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| license, without examination, to any graduate of a
medical | 13 |
| or osteopathic college, reputable and
in good standing in | 14 |
| the
judgment of the Department, who has passed an | 15 |
| examination
for admission to the United States Public | 16 |
| Health Service, or
who has passed any other examination | 17 |
| deemed by the
Department to have been at least equal in all | 18 |
| substantial
respects to the examination required for | 19 |
| admission to any
such medical corps;
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| (G) That applications for licenses without examination
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| shall be filed with the Department, under oath, on forms
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| prepared and furnished by the Department, and shall set
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| forth, and applicants therefor shall supply such | 24 |
| information
respecting the life, education, professional | 25 |
| practice, and
moral character of applicants as the | 26 |
| Department may require
to be filed for its use;
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| (H) That the applicant undergo
the criminal background | 2 |
| check established under Section 9.7 of this Act ; and .
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| (I) That the applicant has completed cultural | 4 |
| competency training consistent with that required under | 5 |
| the Medical School Curriculum Act to the satisfaction of | 6 |
| the Department.
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| In the exercise of its discretion under this Section,
the | 8 |
| Department is empowered to consider and evaluate each
applicant | 9 |
| on an individual basis. It may take into account,
among other | 10 |
| things, the extent to which there is or is not
available to the | 11 |
| Department, authentic and definitive
information concerning | 12 |
| the quality of medical education and
clinical training which | 13 |
| the applicant has had. Under no
circumstances shall a license | 14 |
| be issued under the provisions
of this Section to any person | 15 |
| who has previously taken and
failed the written examination | 16 |
| conducted by the Department
for such license. In determining | 17 |
| moral character, the
Department may take into consideration | 18 |
| whether the applicant
has engaged in conduct or activities | 19 |
| which would constitute
grounds for discipline under this Act. | 20 |
| The Department may
also request the applicant to submit, and | 21 |
| may consider as
evidence of moral character, evidence from 2 or | 22 |
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individuals licensed under this Act.
Applicants have 3 years | 23 |
| from the date of application to complete the
application | 24 |
| process. If the process has not been completed within 3 years, | 25 |
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application shall be denied, the fees shall be forfeited, | 26 |
| and the applicant
must reapply and meet the requirements in |
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| effect at the time of
reapplication.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97; 90-722, eff. 1-1-99 .)
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| (225 ILCS 60/20) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-20)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2008)
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| Sec. 20. Continuing education. The Department shall | 6 |
| promulgate
rules of continuing education for persons licensed | 7 |
| under
this Act that require 150 hours of
continuing education | 8 |
| per license renewal cycle. These rules
shall be consistent with
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| requirements of relevant professional associations, speciality
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| societies, or boards. The rules shall also address variances in | 11 |
| part or in
whole for good cause, including but not limited to | 12 |
| illness
or
hardship. In establishing these rules, the
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| Department shall consider educational requirements for
medical | 14 |
| staffs, requirements for specialty society board
certification | 15 |
| or for continuing education requirements as a
condition of | 16 |
| membership in societies representing the 2
categories of | 17 |
| licensee under this Act. These rules shall
assure that | 18 |
| licensees are given the opportunity to
participate in those | 19 |
| programs sponsored by or through their
professional | 20 |
| associations or hospitals which are relevant to
their practice. | 21 |
| Each licensee is responsible for maintaining records of
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| completion of continuing education and shall be prepared to | 23 |
| produce the
records when requested by the Department.
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| Continuing education requirements for persons licensed | 25 |
| under this Act who did not receive instruction in cultural |
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| competency consistent with that required under the Medical | 2 |
| School Curriculum Act as part of the medical school curriculum, | 3 |
| including persons licensed in this State who did not attend | 4 |
| medical school in this State, must include the completion of | 5 |
| cultural competency training that is offered pursuant to | 6 |
| subsection (c) of Section 3 of the Medical School Curriculum | 7 |
| Act during the first renewal cycle immediately following the | 8 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General | 9 |
| Assembly. The Department may waive the cultural competency | 10 |
| continuing education requirement for any licensee who | 11 |
| demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Department that he or | 12 |
| she has attained the substantial equivalent of this requirement | 13 |
| through completion of a similar course in his or her | 14 |
| post-secondary education.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-750, eff. 1-1-03 .)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 17 |
| becoming law.".
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