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90_HB1572
225 ILCS 60/17 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-17
Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987 to authorize the
issuance of temporary licenses to persons holding or eligible
for the degree of Doctor of Chiropractic. Effective
immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Medical Practice Act of 1987 by
2 changing Section 17.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended
6 by changing Section 17 as follows:
7 (225 ILCS 60/17) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-17)
8 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-702)
9 Sec. 17. Persons holding the degree of Doctor of
10 Medicine, and persons holding the degree of Doctor of
11 Osteopathy, and persons holding the degree of Doctor of
12 Chiropractic or persons who have satisfied the requirements
13 therefor and are eligible to receive such degree from a
14 medical, or osteopathic, or chiropractic school, who wish to
15 pursue programs of graduate or specialty training in this
16 State, may receive without examination, in the discretion of
17 the Department, a 3-year temporary license. In order to
18 receive a 3-year temporary license hereunder, an applicant
19 shall furnish satisfactory proof to the Department that the
20 applicant:
21 (A) Is of good moral character. In determining moral
22 character under this Section, the Department may take into
23 consideration whether the applicant has engaged in conduct or
24 activities which would constitute grounds for discipline
25 under this Act. The Department may also request the
26 applicant to submit, and may consider as evidence of moral
27 character, endorsements from 2 or 3 individuals licensed
28 under this Act;
29 (B) Has been accepted or appointed for specialty or
30 residency training by a hospital situated in this State or a
31 training program in hospitals or facilities maintained by the
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1 State of Illinois or affiliated training facilities which is
2 approved by the Department for the purpose of such training
3 under this Act. The applicant shall indicate the beginning
4 and ending dates of the period for which the applicant has
5 been accepted or appointed;
6 (C) Has or will satisfy the professional education
7 requirements of Section 11 of this Act which are effective at
8 the date of application except for postgraduate clinical
9 training;
10 (D) Is physically, mentally, and professionally capable
11 of practicing medicine or treating human ailments without the
12 use of drugs or operative surgery with reasonable judgment,
13 skill, and safety. In determining physical, mental and
14 professional capacity under this Section, the Medical
15 Licensing Board may, upon a showing of a possible incapacity,
16 compel an applicant to submit to a mental or physical
17 examination, or both, and may condition or restrict any
18 temporary license, subject to the same terms and conditions
19 as are provided for the Medical Disciplinary Board under
20 Section 22 of this Act. Any such condition of restricted
21 temporary license shall provide that the Chief Medical
22 Coordinator or Deputy Medical Coordinator shall have the
23 authority to review the subject physician's compliance with
24 such conditions or restrictions, including, where
25 appropriate, the physician's record of treatment and
26 counseling regarding the impairment, to the extent permitted
27 by applicable federal statutes and regulations safeguarding
28 the confidentiality of medical records of patients.
29 Three-year temporary licenses issued pursuant to this
30 Section shall be valid only for the period of time designated
31 therein, and may be extended or renewed pursuant to the rules
32 of the Department, and if a temporary license is thereafter
33 extended, it shall not extend beyond completion of the
34 residency program. The holder of a valid 3-year temporary
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1 license shall be entitled thereby to perform only such acts
2 as may be prescribed by and incidental to their program of
3 residency training; they shall not be entitled to otherwise
4 engage in the practice of medicine in this State unless fully
5 licensed in this State.
6 A 3-year temporary license may be revoked by the
7 Department upon proof that the holder thereof has engaged in
8 the practice of medicine in this State outside of the program
9 of their residency or specialty training, or if the holder
10 shall fail to supply the Department, within 10 days of its
11 request, with information as to their current status and
12 activities in their specialty training program.
13 Any person holding a valid 2-year temporary certificate
14 of registration granted by the Department prior to the
15 effective date of this Act shall continue to hold such
16 license for one year beyond the date of the expiration
17 designated therein, and their certificate may be extended or
18 renewed pursuant to the rules of the Department and if a
19 temporary certificate of registration is thereafter extended,
20 it shall not extend beyond the completion of the residency
21 program.
22 (Source: P.A. 85-1209.)
23 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-702)
24 Sec. 17. Temporary license. Persons holding the degree
25 of Doctor of Medicine, and persons holding the degree of
26 Doctor of Osteopathy or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, and
27 persons holding the degree of Doctor of Chiropractic or
28 persons who have satisfied the requirements therefor and are
29 eligible to receive such degree from a medical, or
30 osteopathic, or chiropractic school, who wish to pursue
31 programs of graduate or specialty training in this State, may
32 receive without examination, in the discretion of the
33 Department, a 3-year temporary license. In order to receive
34 a 3-year temporary license hereunder, an applicant shall
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1 furnish satisfactory proof to the Department that the
2 applicant:
3 (A) Is of good moral character. In determining
4 moral character under this Section, the Department may
5 take into consideration whether the applicant has engaged
6 in conduct or activities which would constitute grounds
7 for discipline under this Act. The Department may also
8 request the applicant to submit, and may consider as
9 evidence of moral character, endorsements from 2 or 3
10 individuals licensed under this Act;
11 (B) Has been accepted or appointed for specialty or
12 residency training by a hospital situated in this State
13 or a training program in hospitals or facilities
14 maintained by the State of Illinois or affiliated
15 training facilities which is approved by the Department
16 for the purpose of such training under this Act. The
17 applicant shall indicate the beginning and ending dates
18 of the period for which the applicant has been accepted
19 or appointed;
20 (C) Has or will satisfy the professional education
21 requirements of Section 11 of this Act which are
22 effective at the date of application except for
23 postgraduate clinical training;
24 (D) Is physically, mentally, and professionally
25 capable of practicing medicine or treating human ailments
26 without the use of drugs or operative surgery with
27 reasonable judgment, skill, and safety. In determining
28 physical, mental and professional capacity under this
29 Section, the Medical Licensing Board may, upon a showing
30 of a possible incapacity, compel an applicant to submit
31 to a mental or physical examination, or both, and may
32 condition or restrict any temporary license, subject to
33 the same terms and conditions as are provided for the
34 Medical Disciplinary Board under Section 22 of this Act.
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1 Any such condition of restricted temporary license shall
2 provide that the Chief Medical Coordinator or Deputy
3 Medical Coordinator shall have the authority to review
4 the subject physician's compliance with such conditions
5 or restrictions, including, where appropriate, the
6 physician's record of treatment and counseling regarding
7 the impairment, to the extent permitted by applicable
8 federal statutes and regulations safeguarding the
9 confidentiality of medical records of patients.
10 Three-year temporary licenses issued pursuant to this
11 Section shall be valid only for the period of time designated
12 therein, and may be extended or renewed pursuant to the rules
13 of the Department, and if a temporary license is thereafter
14 extended, it shall not extend beyond completion of the
15 residency program. The holder of a valid 3-year temporary
16 license shall be entitled thereby to perform only such acts
17 as may be prescribed by and incidental to their program of
18 residency training; they shall not be entitled to otherwise
19 engage in the practice of medicine in this State unless fully
20 licensed in this State.
21 A 3-year temporary license may be revoked by the
22 Department upon proof that the holder thereof has engaged in
23 the practice of medicine in this State outside of the program
24 of their residency or specialty training, or if the holder
25 shall fail to supply the Department, within 10 days of its
26 request, with information as to their current status and
27 activities in their specialty training program.
28 (Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97.)
29 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
30 makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
31 text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
32 Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
33 text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
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1 the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
2 any other Public Act.
3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4 becoming law.