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[ Introduced ][ Enrolled ][ Senate Amendment 001 ]

90_SB0314eng

      New Act
      5 ILCS 80/4.17 new
          Creates the Telemedicine Licensure  Act  to  require  the
      licensure  of  non-resident  physicians  who  seek to provide
      certain medical services to in-state physicians  or  patients
      through electronic means.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Medical  Practice Act of 1987 by
 2    adding Section 49.5.
 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 by
 6    adding Section 49.5 as follows:
 7        (225 ILCS 60/49.5 new)
 8        Sec. 49.5. Telemedicine.
 9        (a)  The General Assembly finds and declares that because
10    of  technological advances and changing practice patterns the
11    practice of medicine is occurring with  increasing  frequency
12    across state lines and that certain technological advances in
13    the  practice  of  medicine  are  in the public interest. The
14    General Assembly further finds and declares that the practice
15    of medicine is a privilege and that  the  licensure  by  this
16    State of practitioners outside this State engaging in medical
17    practice  within  this  State  and  the ability to discipline
18    those practitioners is necessary for the  protection  of  the
19    public health, welfare, and safety.
20        (b)  A person who engages in the practice of telemedicine
21    without  a  license issued under this Act shall be subject to
22    penalties provided in Section 59.
23        (c)  For purposes of this Act, "telemedicine"  means  the
24    performance  of  any  of the activities listed in Section 49,
25    including but  not  limited  to  rendering  written  or  oral
26    opinions  concerning  diagnosis  or treatment of a patient in
27    Illinois by a person located outside the State of Illinois as
28    a result  of  transmission  of  individual  patient  data  by
29    telephonic,  electronic, or other means of communication from
30    within  this  State.  "Telemedicine"  does  not  include  the
31    following:
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 1             (1)  periodic   consultations   between   a   person
 2        licensed under this Act and a person outside the State of
 3        Illinois;
 4             (2)  a second opinion provided to a person  licensed
 5        under this Act; and
 6             (3)  diagnosis  or  treatment services provided to a
 7        patient  in  Illinois   following   care   or   treatment
 8        originally  provided to the patient in the state in which
 9        the provider is licensed to practice medicine.
10        (d)  Whenever the Department has reason to believe that a
11    person has violated this Section, the Department may issue  a
12    rule  to  show  cause why an order to cease and desist should
13    not be entered against that person.  The rule  shall  clearly
14    set forth the grounds relied upon by the Department and shall
15    provide  a period of 7 days from the date of the rule to file
16    an answer to the satisfaction of the Department.  Failure  to
17    answer  to  the satisfaction of the Department shall cause an
18    order to cease and desist to be issued immediately.
19        (e)  An out-of-state person providing a service listed in
20    Section 49 to a patient  residing  in  Illinois  through  the
21    practice  of  telemedicine  submits himself or herself to the
22    jurisdiction of the courts of this State.

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