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 1        AN ACT to amend the Medical Practice Act of 1987.

 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
 5    by changing Section 18 as follows:

 6        (225 ILCS 60/18) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-18)
 7        Sec.  18.   Visiting  professor,  physician,  or resident
 8    permits.
 9        (A)  Visiting professor permit.
10             (1)  A visiting professor  permit  shall  entitle  a
11        person  to practice medicine in all of its branches or to
12        practice the treatment of human ailments without the  use
13        of drugs and without operative surgery provided:
14                  (a)  the   person   maintains   an   equivalent
15             authorization  to  practice  medicine  in all of its
16             branches or  to  practice  the  treatment  of  human
17             ailments  without  the  use  of  drugs  and  without
18             operative  surgery  in good standing in their native
19             licensing jurisdiction  during  the  period  of  the
20             visiting professor permit; and
21                  (b)  the   person   has   received   a  faculty
22             appointment to teach in a  medical,  osteopathic  or
23             chiropractic school in Illinois; and.
24                  (c)  the    Department    may   prescribe   the
25             information necessary to  establish  an  applicant's
26             eligibility  for  a  permit.  This information shall
27             include without limitation (i) a statement from  the
28             dean  of  the  medical school at which the applicant
29             will  be   employed   describing   the   applicant's
30             qualifications and (ii) a statement from the dean of
31             the   medical   school   listing   every  affiliated
 
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 1             institution in which the applicant will be providing
 2             instruction  as  part  of   the   medical   school's
 3             education   program   and  justifying  any  clinical
 4             activities at each of the institutions listed by the
 5             dean.
 6             (2)  Application  for  visiting  professor   permits
 7        shall  be  made  to  the Department, in writing, on forms
 8        prescribed by the Department and shall be accompanied  by
 9        the  required fee established by rule, which shall not be
10        refundable.    Any   application   shall   require    the
11        information  as,  in the judgment of the Department, will
12        enable the Department to pass on  the  qualifications  of
13        the applicant.
14             (3)  A  visiting professor permit shall be valid for
15        no longer than 2 years one year from the date of issuance
16        or until the time the faculty appointment is  terminated,
17        whichever  occurs  first,  and  may  be  renewed  only in
18        accordance with subdivision (A)(6) of this Section once.
19             (4)  The applicant may be required to appear  before
20        the  Medical  Licensing  Board for an interview prior to,
21        and as a requirement for, the issuance  of  the  original
22        permit and the renewal.
23             (5)  Persons  holding  a  permit  under this Section
24        shall only practice medicine in all of  its  branches  or
25        practice  the treatment of human ailments without the use
26        of drugs and without operative surgery in  the  State  of
27        Illinois  in their official capacity under their contract
28        within the  medical  school  itself  and  any  affiliated
29        institution  in  which  the  permit  holder  is providing
30        instruction as part of the medical  school's  educational
31        program  and  for  which  the  medical school has assumed
32        direct responsibility.
33             (6)  A visiting  professor  permit  shall  be  valid
34        until  the last day of the next physician license renewal
 
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 1        period, as set by rule, and may  only  be    renewed  for
 2        applicants who meet the following requirements:
 3                  (i)  have   obtained  the  required  continuing
 4             education hours as set by rule; and
 5                  (ii)  have  paid  the  fee  prescribed  for   a
 6             license under Section 21 of this Act.
 7        For   initial   renewal,   the  visiting  professor  must
 8    successfully pass a general competency examination authorized
 9    by the Department by rule.

10        (B)  Visiting physician permit.
11             (1)  The Department may, in its discretion, issue  a
12        temporary visiting physician permit, without examination,
13        provided:
14                  (a)  (blank);
15                  (b)  that  the  person  maintains an equivalent
16             authorization to practice medicine  in  all  of  its
17             branches  or  to  practice  the  treatment  of human
18             ailments  without  the  use  of  drugs  and  without
19             operative surgery in good standing  in  his  or  her
20             native  licensing  jurisdiction during the period of
21             the temporary visiting physician permit;
22                  (c)  that the person has received an invitation
23             or appointment to study, demonstrate, or  perform  a
24             specific   medical,   osteopathic,  chiropractic  or
25             clinical  subject  or  technique   in   a   medical,
26             osteopathic,  or  chiropractic  school,  a  hospital
27             licensed   under   the  Hospital  Licensing  Act,  a
28             hospital organized under the University of  Illinois
29             Hospital Act, or a facility operated pursuant to the
30             Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act; and
31                  (d)  that   the  temporary  visiting  physician
32             permit shall only  permit  the  holder  to  practice
33             medicine  in  all  of  its  branches or practice the
34             treatment of human ailments without the use of drugs
 
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 1             and without operative surgery within  the  scope  of
 2             the  medical, osteopathic, chiropractic, or clinical
 3             studies  for  which  the  holder  was   invited   or
 4             appointed.
 5             (2)  The  application  for  the  temporary  visiting
 6        physician  permit  shall  be  made  to the Department, in
 7        writing, on forms prescribed by the Department, and shall
 8        be accompanied by the required fee established  by  rule,
 9        which  shall  not  be  refundable.  The application shall
10        require  information  that,  in  the  judgment   of   the
11        Department,  will  enable  the  Department to pass on the
12        qualification of the applicant, and the necessity for the
13        granting of a temporary visiting physician permit.
14             (3)  A temporary visiting physician permit shall  be
15        valid for 180 days from the date of issuance or until the
16        time  the medical, osteopathic, chiropractic, or clinical
17        studies are completed, whichever occurs first.
18             (4)  The  applicant   for   a   temporary   visiting
19        physician  permit  may  be  required to appear before the
20        Medical Licensing Board for an interview prior to, and as
21        a requirement for, the issuance of a  temporary  visiting
22        physician permit.
23             (5)  A  limited  temporary visiting physician permit
24        shall be issued to a physician licensed in another  state
25        who has been requested to perform emergency procedures in
26        Illinois   if   he  or  she  meets  the  requirements  as
27        established by rule.

28        (C)  Visiting resident permit.
29             (1)  The Department may, in its discretion, issue  a
30        temporary  visiting resident permit, without examination,
31        provided:
32                  (a)  (blank);
33                  (b)  that the person  maintains  an  equivalent
34             authorization  to  practice  medicine  in all of its
 
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 1             branches or  to  practice  the  treatment  of  human
 2             ailments  without  the  use  of  drugs  and  without
 3             operative  surgery  in  good  standing in his or her
 4             native licensing jurisdiction during the  period  of
 5             the temporary visiting resident permit;
 6                  (c)  that   the  applicant  is  enrolled  in  a
 7             postgraduate clinical training program  outside  the
 8             State   of   Illinois   that   is  approved  by  the
 9             Department;
10                  (d)  that the individual has  been  invited  or
11             appointed for a specific period of time to perform a
12             portion  of  that  post  graduate  clinical training
13             program  under  the  supervision  of   an   Illinois
14             licensed  physician  in  an  Illinois  patient  care
15             clinic  or  facility  that  is  affiliated  with the
16             out-of-State post graduate training program; and
17                  (e)  that  the  temporary   visiting   resident
18             permit  shall  only  permit  the  holder to practice
19             medicine in all of  its  branches  or  practice  the
20             treatment of human ailments without the use of drugs
21             and  without  operative  surgery within the scope of
22             the medical, osteopathic, chiropractic  or  clinical
23             studies   for   which  the  holder  was  invited  or
24             appointed.
25             (2)  The  application  for  the  temporary  visiting
26        resident permit shall  be  made  to  the  Department,  in
27        writing, on forms prescribed by the Department, and shall
28        be  accompanied  by the required fee established by rule.
29        The application shall require information  that,  in  the
30        judgment of the Department, will enable the Department to
31        pass on the qualifications of the applicant.
32             (3)  A  temporary  visiting resident permit shall be
33        valid for 180 days from the date of issuance or until the
34        time the medical, osteopathic, chiropractic, or  clinical
 
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 1        studies are completed, whichever occurs first.
 2             (4)  The applicant for a temporary visiting resident
 3        permit  may  be  required  to  appear  before the Medical
 4        Licensing Board for an  interview  prior  to,  and  as  a
 5        requirement  for,  the  issuance  of a temporary visiting
 6        resident permit.
 7    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

 8        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 9    becoming law.

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