Full Text of SB1843 97th 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 2 as follows:
| 6 | | (225 ILCS 60/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-2)
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on November 30, 2011)
| 8 | | Sec. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this Act, the
| 9 | | following definitions shall have the following meanings,
| 10 | | except where the context requires otherwise:
| 11 | | 1. "Act" means the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
| 12 | | 1.5. "Chiropractic physician" means a person licensed to | 13 | | treat human ailments without the use of drugs and without | 14 | | operative surgery. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to | 15 | | prohibit a chiropractic physician from providing advice | 16 | | regarding the use of non-prescription products or from | 17 | | administering atmospheric oxygen. Nothing in this Act shall be | 18 | | construed to authorize a chiropractic physician to prescribe | 19 | | drugs. | 20 | | 2. "Department" means the Department of Professional | 21 | | Regulation.
| 22 | | 3. "Director" means the Director of Professional | 23 | | Regulation.
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| 1 | | 4. "Disciplinary Action" means revocation,
suspension, | 2 | | probation, supervision, practice modification,
reprimand, | 3 | | required education, fines or any other action
taken by the | 4 | | Department against a person holding a license.
| 5 | | 5. "Disciplinary Board" means the Medical Disciplinary
| 6 | | Board.
| 7 | | 6. "Final Determination" means the governing body's
final | 8 | | action taken under the procedure followed by a health
care | 9 | | institution, or professional association or society,
against | 10 | | any person licensed under the Act in accordance with
the bylaws | 11 | | or rules and regulations of such health care
institution, or | 12 | | professional association or society.
| 13 | | 7. "Fund" means the Medical Disciplinary Fund.
| 14 | | 8. "Impaired" means the inability to practice
medicine with | 15 | | reasonable skill and safety due to physical or
mental | 16 | | disabilities as evidenced by a written determination
or written | 17 | | consent based on clinical evidence including
deterioration | 18 | | through the aging process or loss of motor
skill, or abuse of | 19 | | drugs or alcohol, of sufficient degree to
diminish a person's | 20 | | ability to deliver competent patient
care.
| 21 | | 9. "Licensing Board" means the Medical Licensing Board.
| 22 | | 10. "Physician" means a person licensed under the
Medical | 23 | | Practice Act to practice medicine in all of its
branches or a | 24 | | chiropractic physician licensed to treat human
ailments | 25 | | without the use of drugs and without
operative surgery .
| 26 | | 11. "Professional Association" means an association or
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| 1 | | society of persons licensed under this Act, and operating
| 2 | | within the State of Illinois, including but not limited to,
| 3 | | medical societies, osteopathic organizations, and
chiropractic | 4 | | organizations, but this term shall not be
deemed to include | 5 | | hospital medical staffs.
| 6 | | 12. "Program of Care, Counseling, or Treatment" means
a | 7 | | written schedule of organized treatment, care, counseling,
| 8 | | activities, or education, satisfactory to the Disciplinary
| 9 | | Board, designed for the purpose of restoring an impaired
person | 10 | | to a condition whereby the impaired person can
practice | 11 | | medicine with reasonable skill and safety of a
sufficient | 12 | | degree to deliver competent patient care.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 85-1209; 85-1245; 85-1440 .)
| 14 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 15 | | becoming law.
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