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90_SB0901
210 ILCS 25/2-127.5 new
210 ILCS 25/7-101 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 627-101
210 ILCS 25/7-102 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 627-102
Amends the Illinois Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank
Act to provide that clinical laboratories may examine
specimens at the request of a therapeutic optometrist.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Clinical Laboratory and
2 Blood Bank Act by changing Sections 7-101 and 7-102 and
3 adding Section 2-127.5.
4 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5 represented in the General Assembly:
6 Section 5. The Illinois Clinical Laboratory and Blood
7 Bank Act is amended by changing Sections 7-101 and 7-102 and
8 adding Section 2-127.5 as follows:
9 (210 ILCS 25/2-127.5 new)
10 Sec. 2-127.5. Therapeutic optometrist. "Therapeutic
11 optometrist" means a person who is licensed in Illinois to
12 practice optometry and who is therapeutically certified.
13 (210 ILCS 25/7-101) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 627-101)
14 Sec. 7-101. Examination of specimens. A clinical
15 laboratory shall examine specimens only at the request of a
16 licensed physician, licensed dentist, licensed podiatrist,
17 therapeutic optometrist, authorized law enforcement agency,
18 or in the case of blood alcohol, at the request of the
19 individual for whom the test is to be performed in compliance
20 with Sections 11-501 and 11-501.1 of the Illinois Vehicle
21 Code. If the request to a laboratory is oral, the physician
22 or other authorized person shall submit a written request to
23 the laboratory within 48 hours. If the laboratory does not
24 receive the written request within that period, it shall note
25 that fact in its records.
26 (Source: P.A. 87-1269.)
27 (210 ILCS 25/7-102) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 627-102)
28 Sec. 7-102. Reports of test results. The result of a
29 test shall be reported directly to the licensed physician or
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1 other authorized person who requested it. No interpretation,
2 diagnosis or prognosis or suggested treatment shall appear on
3 the laboratory report form except that a report made by a
4 physician licensed to practice medicine in Illinois, or a
5 dentist licensed in Illinois, or a therapeutic optometrist
6 may include such information.
7 (Source: P.A. 87-1269.)