Full Text of HB4580 99th General Assembly
HB4580 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB4580 Introduced , by Rep. Robert F. Martwick SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 225 ILCS 15/2 | from Ch. 111, par. 5352 |
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Amends the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act. Adds diagnosis of mental, emotional, behavioral or nervous disorders or conditions, developmental disabilities, alcoholism and substance abuse, disorders of habit or conduct, and the psychological aspects of physical illness to the definition of "clinical psychology". Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
| 6 | | (225 ILCS 15/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 5352)
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2017)
| 8 | | Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| 9 | | (1) "Department" means the Department of Financial and
| 10 | | Professional Regulation.
| 11 | | (2) "Secretary" means the Secretary
of Financial and | 12 | | Professional Regulation.
| 13 | | (3) "Board" means the Clinical Psychologists Licensing
| 14 | | and
Disciplinary
Board appointed by the Secretary.
| 15 | | (4) "Person" means an individual, association, | 16 | | partnership or corporation.
| 17 | | (5) "Clinical psychology" means the independent
| 18 | | evaluation, classification , diagnosis, and treatment of | 19 | | mental, emotional, behavioral
or nervous disorders or | 20 | | conditions, developmental disabilities, alcoholism
and | 21 | | substance abuse, disorders of habit or conduct, the | 22 | | psychological
aspects of physical illness. The practice of | 23 | | clinical psychology includes
psychoeducational evaluation, |
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| 1 | | therapy, remediation and consultation, the
use of | 2 | | psychological and neuropsychological testing, assessment,
| 3 | | psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, hypnosis, biofeedback, and | 4 | | behavioral
modification when any of these are used for the | 5 | | purpose of preventing or
eliminating psychopathology, or | 6 | | for the amelioration of psychological
disorders of | 7 | | individuals or groups. "Clinical psychology" does not | 8 | | include
the use of hypnosis by unlicensed persons
pursuant | 9 | | to Section 3.
| 10 | | (6) A person represents himself to be a "clinical | 11 | | psychologist" or "psychologist" within
the meaning of this | 12 | | Act when he or she holds himself out to the public by
any | 13 | | title or description of services incorporating the words | 14 | | "psychological",
"psychologic", "psychologist", | 15 | | "psychology", or "clinical psychologist" or
under such | 16 | | title or description offers to render or renders clinical
| 17 | | psychological services as defined in paragraph (7) of this | 18 | | Section to
individuals, corporations, or the public for | 19 | | remuneration.
| 20 | | (7) "Clinical psychological services" refers to any | 21 | | services under
paragraph (5) of this Section if the words | 22 | | "psychological", "psychologic",
"psychologist", | 23 | | "psychology" or "clinical psychologist" are used to
| 24 | | describe such services by the person or
organization | 25 | | offering to render or rendering them.
| 26 | | (8) "Collaborating physician" means a physician |
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| 1 | | licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches in | 2 | | Illinois who generally prescribes medications for the | 3 | | treatment of mental health disease or illness to his or her | 4 | | patients in the normal course of his or her clinical | 5 | | medical practice. | 6 | | (9) "Prescribing psychologist" means a licensed, | 7 | | doctoral level psychologist who has undergone specialized | 8 | | training, has passed an examination as determined by rule, | 9 | | and has received a current license granting prescriptive | 10 | | authority under Section 4.2 of this Act that has not been | 11 | | revoked or suspended from the Department. | 12 | | (10) "Prescriptive authority" means the authority to | 13 | | prescribe, administer, discontinue, or distribute drugs or | 14 | | medicines. | 15 | | (11) "Prescription" means an order for a drug, | 16 | | laboratory test, or any medicines, including controlled | 17 | | substances as defined in the Illinois Controlled | 18 | | Substances Act. | 19 | | (12) "Drugs" has the meaning given to that term in the | 20 | | Pharmacy Practice Act. | 21 | | (13) "Medicines" has the meaning given to that term in | 22 | | the Pharmacy Practice Act. | 23 | | This Act shall not apply to persons lawfully carrying on | 24 | | their particular
profession or business under any valid | 25 | | existing regulatory Act of the State.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 98-668, eff. 6-25-14.)
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 | | becoming law.
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