Full Text of SB3175 98th General Assembly
SB3175 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB3175 Introduced 2/11/2014, by Sen. Donne E. Trotter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 225 ILCS 95/4 | from Ch. 111, par. 4604 |
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Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Changes the definition of "physician" to include a person licensed under the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987.
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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 Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
| 6 | | (225 ILCS 95/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 4604)
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
| 8 | | Sec. 4. 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. "Physician assistant" means any person who has been
| 14 | | certified as a physician assistant by the National Commission | 15 | | on the
Certification of Physician Assistants or equivalent | 16 | | successor agency and
performs procedures under the supervision | 17 | | of a physician as defined in this
Act. A physician assistant | 18 | | may perform such procedures within the
specialty of the | 19 | | supervising physician, except that such physician shall
| 20 | | exercise such direction, supervision and control over such | 21 | | physician
assistants as will assure that patients shall receive | 22 | | quality medical
care. Physician assistants shall be capable of | 23 | | performing a variety of tasks
within the specialty of medical |
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| 1 | | care under the supervision of a physician.
Supervision of the | 2 | | physician assistant shall not be construed to
necessarily | 3 | | require the personal presence of the supervising physician at
| 4 | | all times at the place where services are rendered, as long as | 5 | | there is
communication available for consultation by radio, | 6 | | telephone or
telecommunications within established guidelines | 7 | | as determined by the
physician/physician assistant team. The | 8 | | supervising physician may delegate
tasks and duties to the | 9 | | physician assistant. Delegated tasks or duties
shall be | 10 | | consistent with physician assistant education, training, and
| 11 | | experience. The delegated tasks or duties shall be specific to | 12 | | the
practice setting and shall be implemented and reviewed | 13 | | under a written supervision agreement
established by the | 14 | | physician or physician/physician assistant team. A
physician | 15 | | assistant, acting as an agent of the physician, shall be
| 16 | | permitted to transmit the supervising physician's orders as | 17 | | determined by
the institution's by-laws, policies, procedures, | 18 | | or job description within
which the physician/physician | 19 | | assistant team practices. Physician
assistants shall practice | 20 | | only in accordance with a written supervision agreement.
| 21 | | 4. "Board" means the Medical Licensing Board
constituted | 22 | | under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
| 23 | | 5. "Disciplinary Board" means the Medical Disciplinary | 24 | | Board constituted
under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
| 25 | | 6. "Physician" means, for purposes of this Act, a person | 26 | | licensed to
practice medicine in all its branches under the |
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| 1 | | Medical Practice Act of 1987 or a person licensed under the | 2 | | Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987 .
| 3 | | 7. "Supervising Physician" means, for the purposes of this | 4 | | Act, the
primary supervising physician of a physician | 5 | | assistant, who, within his
specialty and expertise may delegate | 6 | | a variety of tasks and procedures to
the physician assistant. | 7 | | Such tasks and procedures shall be delegated
in accordance with | 8 | | a written supervision agreement. The supervising physician | 9 | | maintains the
final responsibility for the care of the patient | 10 | | and the performance of the
physician assistant.
| 11 | | 8. "Alternate supervising physician" means, for the | 12 | | purpose of this Act,
any physician designated by the | 13 | | supervising physician to provide
supervision in the event that | 14 | | he or she is unable to provide that supervision. The Department | 15 | | may further define "alternate supervising physician" by rule.
| 16 | | The alternate supervising physicians shall maintain all | 17 | | the same
responsibilities as the supervising physician. | 18 | | Nothing in this Act shall
be construed as relieving any | 19 | | physician of the professional or legal
responsibility for the | 20 | | care and treatment of persons attended by him or by
physician | 21 | | assistants under his supervision. Nothing in this Act shall be
| 22 | | construed as to limit the reasonable number of alternate | 23 | | supervising
physicians, provided they are designated by the | 24 | | supervising physician. | 25 | | 9. "Address of record" means the designated address | 26 | | recorded by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's |
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| 1 | | application file or license file maintained by the Department's | 2 | | licensure maintenance unit. It is the duty of the applicant or | 3 | | licensee to inform the Department of any change of address, and | 4 | | such changes must be made either through the Department's | 5 | | website or by contacting the Department's licensure | 6 | | maintenance unit.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 96-268, eff. 8-11-09; 97-1071, eff. 8-24-12.)
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