Full Text of HB2548 096th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 18 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 60/18) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-18)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2010)
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| Sec. 18. Visiting professor, physician, or resident | 9 |
| permits.
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| (A) Visiting professor permit.
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| (1) A visiting professor permit shall
entitle a person | 12 |
| to practice medicine in all of its branches
or to practice | 13 |
| the treatment of human ailments without the
use of drugs | 14 |
| and without operative surgery provided:
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| (a) the person maintains an equivalent | 16 |
| authorization
to practice medicine in all of its | 17 |
| branches or to practice
the treatment of human ailments | 18 |
| without the use of drugs
and without operative surgery | 19 |
| in good standing in their
native licensing | 20 |
| jurisdiction during the period of the
visiting | 21 |
| professor permit;
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| (b) the person has received a faculty appointment | 23 |
| to
teach in a medical, osteopathic or chiropractic |
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| school in
Illinois; and
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| (c) the Department may prescribe the information | 3 |
| necessary to
establish
an applicant's eligibility for | 4 |
| a permit. This information shall include
without | 5 |
| limitation (i) a statement from the dean of the medical | 6 |
| school at which
the
applicant will be employed | 7 |
| describing the applicant's qualifications and (ii)
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| statement from the dean of the medical school listing | 9 |
| every affiliated
institution in which the applicant | 10 |
| will be providing instruction as part of the
medical | 11 |
| school's education program and justifying any clinical | 12 |
| activities at
each of the institutions listed by the | 13 |
| dean.
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| (2) Application for visiting professor permits shall
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| be made to the Department, in writing, on forms prescribed
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| by the Department and shall be accompanied by the required
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| fee established by rule, which shall not be refundable. Any | 18 |
| application
shall require the information as, in the | 19 |
| judgment of the Department, will
enable the Department to | 20 |
| pass on the qualifications of the applicant.
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| (3) A visiting professor permit shall be valid for no | 22 |
| longer than 2
years from the date of issuance or until the | 23 |
| time the
faculty appointment is terminated, whichever | 24 |
| occurs first,
and may be renewed only in accordance with | 25 |
| subdivision (A)(6) of this
Section.
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| (4) The applicant may be required to appear before the
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| Medical Licensing Board for an interview prior to, and as a
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| requirement for, the issuance of the original permit and | 3 |
| the
renewal.
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| (5) Persons holding a permit under this Section shall
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| only practice medicine in all of its branches or practice
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| the treatment of human ailments without the use of drugs
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| and without operative surgery in the State of Illinois in
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| their official capacity under their contract
within the | 9 |
| medical school itself and any affiliated institution in | 10 |
| which the
permit holder is providing instruction as part of | 11 |
| the medical school's
educational program and for which the | 12 |
| medical school has assumed direct
responsibility.
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| (6) A visiting professor permit shall be valid until | 14 |
| the last day of the
next physician license renewal period, | 15 |
| as set by rule, and may only be
renewed for applicants who | 16 |
| meet the following requirements:
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| (i) have obtained the required continuing | 18 |
| education hours as set by
rule; and
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| (ii) have paid the fee prescribed for a license | 20 |
| under Section 21 of this
Act.
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| For initial renewal, the visiting professor must | 22 |
| successfully pass a
general competency examination authorized | 23 |
| by the Department by rule, unless he or she was issued an | 24 |
| initial visiting professor permit on or after January 1, 2007, | 25 |
| but prior to July 1, 2007.
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| (B) Visiting physician permit.
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| (1) The Department may, in its discretion, issue a | 3 |
| temporary visiting
physician permit, without examination, | 4 |
| provided:
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| (a) (blank);
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| (b) that the person maintains an equivalent | 7 |
| authorization to practice
medicine in all of its | 8 |
| branches or to practice the treatment of human
ailments | 9 |
| without the use of drugs and without operative surgery | 10 |
| in good
standing in his or her native licensing | 11 |
| jurisdiction during the period of the
temporary | 12 |
| visiting physician permit;
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| (c) that the person has received an invitation or | 14 |
| appointment to study,
demonstrate, or perform a
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| specific medical, osteopathic, chiropractic or | 16 |
| clinical subject or
technique in a medical, | 17 |
| osteopathic, or chiropractic school, a state or | 18 |
| national medical, osteopathic, or chiropractic | 19 |
| professional association or society conference or | 20 |
| meeting, a hospital
licensed under the Hospital | 21 |
| Licensing Act, a hospital organized
under the | 22 |
| University of Illinois Hospital Act, or a facility | 23 |
| operated
pursuant to the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment | 24 |
| Center Act; and
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| (d) that the temporary visiting physician permit | 26 |
| shall only permit the
holder to practice medicine in |
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| all of its branches or practice the
treatment of human | 2 |
| ailments without the use of drugs and without operative
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| surgery within the scope of the medical, osteopathic, | 4 |
| chiropractic, or
clinical studies , or in conjunction | 5 |
| with the state or national medical, osteopathic, or | 6 |
| chiropractic professional association or society | 7 |
| conference or meeting, for which the holder was invited | 8 |
| or appointed.
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| (2) The application for the temporary visiting | 10 |
| physician permit shall be
made to the Department, in | 11 |
| writing, on forms prescribed by the
Department, and shall | 12 |
| be accompanied by the required fee established by
rule, | 13 |
| which shall not be refundable. The application shall | 14 |
| require
information that, in the judgment of the | 15 |
| Department, will enable the
Department to pass on the | 16 |
| qualification of the applicant, and the necessity
for the | 17 |
| granting of a temporary visiting physician permit.
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| (3) A temporary visiting physician permit shall be | 19 |
| valid for no longer than (i) 180
days
from the date of | 20 |
| issuance or (ii) until the time the medical, osteopathic,
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| chiropractic, or clinical studies are completed, or the | 22 |
| state or national medical, osteopathic, or chiropractic | 23 |
| professional association or society conference or meeting | 24 |
| has concluded, whichever occurs first.
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| (4) The applicant for a temporary visiting physician | 26 |
| permit may be
required to appear before the Medical |
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| Licensing Board for an interview
prior to, and as a | 2 |
| requirement for, the issuance of a temporary visiting
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| physician permit.
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| (5) A limited temporary visiting physician permit | 5 |
| shall be issued to a
physician licensed in another state | 6 |
| who has been requested to perform emergency
procedures in | 7 |
| Illinois if he or she meets the requirements as established | 8 |
| by
rule.
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| (C) Visiting resident permit.
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| (1) The Department may, in its discretion, issue a | 11 |
| temporary visiting
resident permit, without examination, | 12 |
| provided:
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| (a) (blank);
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| (b) that the person maintains an equivalent | 15 |
| authorization to practice
medicine in all of its | 16 |
| branches or to practice the treatment of human
ailments | 17 |
| without the use of drugs and without operative surgery | 18 |
| in good
standing in his or her native licensing | 19 |
| jurisdiction during the period of
the temporary | 20 |
| visiting resident permit;
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| (c) that the applicant is enrolled in a | 22 |
| postgraduate clinical training
program outside the | 23 |
| State of Illinois that is approved by the Department;
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| (d) that the individual has been invited or | 25 |
| appointed for a specific
period of time to perform a |
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| portion of that post graduate clinical training
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| program under the supervision of an Illinois licensed | 3 |
| physician in an
Illinois patient care clinic or | 4 |
| facility that is affiliated with the
out-of-State post | 5 |
| graduate training program; and
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| (e) that the temporary visiting resident permit | 7 |
| shall only permit the
holder to practice medicine in | 8 |
| all of its branches or practice the
treatment of human | 9 |
| ailments without the use of drugs and without operative
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| surgery within the scope of the medical, osteopathic, | 11 |
| chiropractic or
clinical studies for which the holder | 12 |
| was invited or appointed.
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| (2) The application for the temporary visiting | 14 |
| resident permit shall be
made to the Department, in | 15 |
| writing, on forms prescribed by the Department,
and shall | 16 |
| be accompanied by the required fee established by rule. The
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| application shall require information that, in the | 18 |
| judgment of the
Department, will enable the Department to | 19 |
| pass on the qualifications of
the applicant.
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| (3) A temporary visiting resident permit shall be valid | 21 |
| for 180 days from
the date of issuance or until the time | 22 |
| the medical, osteopathic,
chiropractic, or clinical | 23 |
| studies are completed, whichever occurs first.
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| (4) The applicant for a temporary visiting resident | 25 |
| permit may be
required to appear before the Medical | 26 |
| Licensing Board for an interview
prior to, and as a |
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| requirement for, the issuance of a temporary visiting
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| resident permit.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-915, eff. 8-26-08 .)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 5 |
| becoming law.
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