Full Text of HB1269 101st General Assembly
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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 Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 21 as follows:
| 6 | | (225 ILCS 60/21) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-21)
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| 8 | | Sec. 21. License renewal; reinstatement; inactive status; | 9 | | disposition and
collection of fees. | 10 | | (A) Renewal. The expiration date and renewal period for | 11 | | each
license issued under this Act shall be set by rule. The | 12 | | holder of a
license may renew the license by paying the | 13 | | required fee. The
holder of a
license may also renew the | 14 | | license within 90 days after its expiration by
complying with | 15 | | the requirements for renewal and payment of an additional
fee. | 16 | | A license renewal within 90 days after expiration shall be | 17 | | effective
retroactively to the expiration date.
| 18 | | The Department shall attempt to provide through electronic | 19 | | means to each licensee under this Act, at least 60 days in | 20 | | advance of the expiration date of his or her license, a renewal | 21 | | notice. No such license shall be deemed to have lapsed until 90 | 22 | | days after the expiration date and after the Department has | 23 | | attempted to provide such notice as herein provided. |
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| 1 | | (B) Reinstatement. Any licensee who has permitted his or | 2 | | her
license to lapse or who has had his or her license on | 3 | | inactive
status may have his or her license reinstated by | 4 | | making application
to the Department and filing proof | 5 | | acceptable to the
Department of his or her fitness to have the
| 6 | | license reinstated,
including evidence certifying to active | 7 | | practice in another
jurisdiction satisfactory to the | 8 | | Department, proof of meeting the continuing
education | 9 | | requirements for one renewal period, and by paying
the required | 10 | | reinstatement fee.
| 11 | | If the licensee has not maintained an active practice
in | 12 | | another jurisdiction satisfactory to the Department, the
| 13 | | Licensing Board shall determine, by an evaluation program
| 14 | | established by rule, the applicant's fitness to resume active
| 15 | | status
and may require the licensee to complete a period of
| 16 | | evaluated clinical experience and may require successful
| 17 | | completion of a practical examination specified by the | 18 | | Licensing Board.
| 19 | | However, any registrant whose license has expired while
he | 20 | | or she has been engaged (a) in Federal Service on active
duty
| 21 | | with the Army of the United States, the United States Navy,
the | 22 | | Marine Corps, the Air Force, the Coast Guard, the Public
Health | 23 | | Service or the State Militia called into the service
or | 24 | | training of the United States of America, or (b) in
training or | 25 | | education under the supervision of the United
States | 26 | | preliminary to induction into the military service,
may have |
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| 1 | | his or her license reinstated without paying
any lapsed renewal | 2 | | fees, if within 2 years after honorable
termination of such | 3 | | service, training, or education, he or she
furnishes to the | 4 | | Department with satisfactory evidence to the
effect that he or | 5 | | she has been so engaged and that his or
her
service, training, | 6 | | or education has been so terminated.
| 7 | | (C) Inactive licenses. Any licensee who notifies the
| 8 | | Department, in writing on forms prescribed by the
Department, | 9 | | may elect to place his or her license on an inactive
status and | 10 | | shall, subject to rules of the Department, be
excused from | 11 | | payment of renewal fees until he or she notifies the
Department | 12 | | in writing of his or her desire to resume active
status.
| 13 | | Any licensee requesting reinstatement from inactive
status | 14 | | shall be required to pay the current renewal fee, provide proof | 15 | | of
meeting the continuing education requirements for the period | 16 | | of time the
license is inactive not to exceed one renewal | 17 | | period, and
shall be required to reinstate his or her license | 18 | | as provided
in
subsection (B).
| 19 | | Any licensee whose license is in an inactive status
shall | 20 | | not practice in the State of Illinois.
| 21 | | (D) Disposition of monies collected. All monies
collected | 22 | | under this Act by the Department shall be
deposited in the | 23 | | Illinois State Medical Disciplinary Fund in
the State Treasury, | 24 | | and used only for the following
purposes: (a) by the | 25 | | Disciplinary
Board and Licensing Board in the exercise of its | 26 | | powers and performance of its
duties, as such use is made by |
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| 1 | | the Department with full
consideration of all recommendations | 2 | | of the
Disciplinary Board and Licensing Board, (b) for costs | 3 | | directly related to
persons licensed under this Act, and (c) | 4 | | for direct and allocable indirect
costs related to the public | 5 | | purposes of the Department.
| 6 | | Moneys in the Fund may be transferred to the Professions | 7 | | Indirect Cost Fund
as authorized under Section 2105-300 of the | 8 | | Department of Professional
Regulation Law of the Civil | 9 | | Administrative Code of Illinois.
| 10 | | All earnings received from investment of monies in the
| 11 | | Illinois State Medical Disciplinary Fund shall be deposited
in | 12 | | the Illinois State Medical Disciplinary Fund and shall be
used | 13 | | for the same purposes as fees deposited in such Fund.
| 14 | | (E) Fees. The following fees are nonrefundable.
| 15 | | (1) Applicants for any examination shall be required
to | 16 | | pay, either to the Department or to the designated
testing | 17 | | service, a fee covering the cost of determining the
| 18 | | applicant's eligibility and providing the examination.
| 19 | | Failure to appear for the examination on the scheduled | 20 | | date,
at the time and place specified, after the | 21 | | applicant's
application for examination has been received | 22 | | and
acknowledged by the Department or the designated | 23 | | testing
service, shall result in the forfeiture of the | 24 | | examination
fee.
| 25 | | (2) Before July 1, 2018, the fee for a license under | 26 | | Section 9 of this Act
is $700. Beginning on July 1, 2018, |
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| 1 | | the fee for a license under Section 9 of this Act is $500.
| 2 | | (3) Before July 1, 2018, the fee for a license under | 3 | | Section 19 of this Act
is $700. Beginning on July 1, 2018, | 4 | | the fee for a license under Section 19 of this Act is $500.
| 5 | | (4) Before July 1, 2018, the fee for the renewal of a | 6 | | license for a resident of Illinois
shall be calculated at | 7 | | the rate of $230 per year, and beginning on July 1, 2018 | 8 | | and until January 1, 2020 , the fee for the renewal of a | 9 | | license shall be $167, except for licensees
who were issued | 10 | | a license within 12 months of the expiration date of the
| 11 | | license, before July 1, 2018, the fee for the renewal shall | 12 | | be $230, and beginning on July 1, 2018 and until January 1, | 13 | | 2020 that fee will be $167. Before July 1, 2018, the fee | 14 | | for the renewal
of a license for a nonresident shall be | 15 | | calculated at the rate of $460 per
year, and beginning on | 16 | | July 1, 2018 and until January 1, 2020 , the fee for the | 17 | | renewal of a license for a nonresident shall be $250, | 18 | | except for licensees
who were issued a license within 12 | 19 | | months of the expiration date of the
license, before July | 20 | | 1, 2018, the fee for the renewal shall be $460, and | 21 | | beginning on July 1, 2018 and until January 1, 2020 that | 22 | | fee will be $250. Beginning on January 1, 2020, the fee for | 23 | | renewal of a license for a resident or nonresident is $181 | 24 | | per year.
| 25 | | (5) The fee for the reinstatement of a license other
| 26 | | than from inactive status, is $230. In addition, payment of |
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| 1 | | all
lapsed renewal fees not to exceed $1,400 is required.
| 2 | | (6) The fee for a 3-year temporary license under
| 3 | | Section 17 is $230.
| 4 | | (7) The fee for the issuance of a duplicate license,
| 5 | | for the issuance of a replacement license for a license
| 6 | | which has been lost or destroyed, or for the issuance of a
| 7 | | license with a change of name or address other than during
| 8 | | the renewal period is $20. No fee is required for name and
| 9 | | address changes on Department records when no updated | 10 | | duplicate
license is issued.
| 11 | | (8) The fee to be paid for a license record for any
| 12 | | purpose is $20.
| 13 | | (9) The fee to be paid to have the scoring of an
| 14 | | examination, administered by the Department, reviewed and
| 15 | | verified, is $20 plus any fees charged by the applicable
| 16 | | testing service.
| 17 | | (F) Any person who delivers a check or other payment to the | 18 | | Department that
is returned to the Department unpaid by the | 19 | | financial institution upon
which it is drawn shall pay to the | 20 | | Department, in addition to the amount
already owed to the | 21 | | Department, a fine of $50. The fines imposed by this Section | 22 | | are in addition
to any other discipline provided under this Act | 23 | | for unlicensed
practice or practice on a nonrenewed license. | 24 | | The Department shall notify
the person that payment of fees and | 25 | | fines shall be paid to the Department
by certified check or | 26 | | money order within 30 calendar days of the
notification. If, |
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| 1 | | after the expiration of 30 days from the date of the
| 2 | | notification, the person has failed to submit the necessary | 3 | | remittance, the
Department shall automatically terminate the | 4 | | license or permit or deny
the application, without hearing. If, | 5 | | after termination or denial, the
person seeks a license or | 6 | | permit, he or she shall apply to the
Department for | 7 | | reinstatement or issuance of the license or permit and
pay all | 8 | | fees and fines due to the Department. The Department may | 9 | | establish
a fee for the processing of an application for | 10 | | reinstatement of a license or permit
to pay all expenses of | 11 | | processing this application. The Secretary
may waive the fines | 12 | | due under this Section in individual cases where the
Secretary | 13 | | finds that the fines would be unreasonable or unnecessarily
| 14 | | burdensome.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 101-316, eff. 8-9-19.)
| 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 17 | | 1, 2020.
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