Full Text of SB3491 102nd General Assembly
SB3491 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB3491 Introduced 1/19/2022, by Sen. Rachelle Crowe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 225 ILCS 60/49 | from Ch. 111, par. 4400-49 |
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Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that a person who does not possess a valid license and uses the title Anesthesiologist or Dermatologist violates the Act.
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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 49 as follows:
| 6 | | (225 ILCS 60/49) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-49)
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
| 8 | | Sec. 49.
If any person does any of the following and does | 9 | | not possess
a valid license issued under this Act, that person | 10 | | shall be sentenced as
provided in Section 59: (i) holds | 11 | | himself or herself out to the
public as being engaged in the | 12 | | diagnosis or treatment of physical or
mental ailments or | 13 | | conditions including, but not limited to,
deformities, | 14 | | diseases, disorders, or injuries of human beings; (ii)
| 15 | | suggests, recommends or prescribes any form of treatment for | 16 | | the
palliation, relief or cure of any physical or mental | 17 | | ailment or condition
of any person with the intention of | 18 | | receiving, either directly or
indirectly, any fee, gift, or | 19 | | compensation whatever;
(iii) diagnoses or attempts to | 20 | | diagnose, operates upon,
professes to heal, prescribes for, or | 21 | | otherwise treats any ailment or
condition, or supposed ailment | 22 | | or condition, of another; (iv) maintains an
office for | 23 | | examination or treatment of persons afflicted, or alleged or
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| 1 | | supposed to be afflicted, by any ailment or condition; (v) | 2 | | manipulates or
adjusts osseous or articular structures; or | 3 | | (vi) attaches the
title Doctor, Physician, Surgeon, M.D., D.O. | 4 | | or D.C. , Anesthesiologist, or Dermatologist or any other word | 5 | | or
abbreviation to his or her name indicating that he or she is | 6 | | engaged in
the treatment of human ailments or conditions as a | 7 | | business.
| 8 | | Whenever the Department has reason to believe that any | 9 | | person has violated
this Section the Department may issue a | 10 | | rule to show cause why an order to
cease and desist should not | 11 | | be entered against that person. The rule shall
clearly set | 12 | | forth the grounds relied upon by the Department and shall
| 13 | | provide a period of 7 days from the date of the rule to file an | 14 | | answer to the
satisfaction of the Department. Failure to | 15 | | answer to the satisfaction of the
Department shall cause an | 16 | | order to cease and desist to be
issued immediately.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97 .)
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