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90_SB1033
225 ILCS 60/4 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-4
Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987 to exempt certain
corporations providing specified health services from the
licensure requirements of the Act if the physicians hired by
the corporations and performing the health services are
licensed under the Act and are members of the Illinois State
Medical Society.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Medical Practice Act of 1987 by
2 changing Section 4.
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 changing Section 4 as follows:
7 (225 ILCS 60/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-4)
8 Sec. 4. Exemptions.
9 (a) This Act does not apply to:
10 (1) persons lawfully carrying on their particular
11 profession or business under any valid existing
12 regulatory Act of this State;
13 (2) persons rendering gratuitous services in cases
14 of emergency;
15 (3) persons treating human ailments by prayer or
16 spiritual means as an exercise or enjoyment of religious
17 freedom.
18 (b) Section 22 of this Act does not apply to persons who
19 carry out or assist in the implementation of a court order
20 effecting the provisions of Section 119-5 of the Code of
21 Criminal Procedure of 1963.
22 (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent a
23 qualifying corporation from providing, without a license
24 issued in the name of the qualifying corporation, routine
25 occupational health examinations, alcohol and controlled
26 substances testing, immunizations and prophylactic
27 medications as a precursor to travel, and treatment of minor
28 and non-work related illnesses and injuries during business
29 hours, as further defined by rule of the Department, if the
30 physician employed by or on contract with the qualifying
31 corporation to perform the examinations, testing, or
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1 treatment is licensed under this Act and is a member of the
2 Illinois State Medical Society. For purposes of this
3 subsection, "qualifying corporation" means a corporation with
4 annual sales revenues of more than $1 billion, including its
5 affiliates, employees, and on-site contractors.
6 (Source: P.A. 89-8, eff. 3-21-95.)