Public Act 095-0915
 
SB1869 Enrolled LRB095 13988 RAS 39812 b

    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended by
changing Section 18 as follows:
 
    (225 ILCS 60/18)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-18)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2008)
    Sec. 18. Visiting professor, physician, or resident
permits.
    (A) Visiting professor permit.
        (1) A visiting professor permit shall entitle a person
    to practice medicine in all of its branches or to practice
    the treatment of human ailments without the use of drugs
    and without operative surgery provided:
            (a) the person maintains an equivalent
        authorization to practice medicine in all of its
        branches or to practice the treatment of human ailments
        without the use of drugs and without operative surgery
        in good standing in their native licensing
        jurisdiction during the period of the visiting
        professor permit;
            (b) the person has received a faculty appointment
        to teach in a medical, osteopathic or chiropractic
        school in Illinois; and
            (c) the Department may prescribe the information
        necessary to establish an applicant's eligibility for
        a permit. This information shall include without
        limitation (i) a statement from the dean of the medical
        school at which the applicant will be employed
        describing the applicant's qualifications and (ii) a
        statement from the dean of the medical school listing
        every affiliated institution in which the applicant
        will be providing instruction as part of the medical
        school's education program and justifying any clinical
        activities at each of the institutions listed by the
        dean.
        (2) Application for visiting professor permits shall
    be made to the Department, in writing, on forms prescribed
    by the Department and shall be accompanied by the required
    fee established by rule, which shall not be refundable. Any
    application shall require the information as, in the
    judgment of the Department, will enable the Department to
    pass on the qualifications of the applicant.
        (3) A visiting professor permit shall be valid for no
    longer than 2 years from the date of issuance or until the
    time the faculty appointment is terminated, whichever
    occurs first, and may be renewed only in accordance with
    subdivision (A)(6) of this Section.
        (4) The applicant may be required to appear before the
    Medical Licensing Board for an interview prior to, and as a
    requirement for, the issuance of the original permit and
    the renewal.
        (5) Persons holding a permit under this Section shall
    only practice medicine in all of its branches or practice
    the treatment of human ailments without the use of drugs
    and without operative surgery in the State of Illinois in
    their official capacity under their contract within the
    medical school itself and any affiliated institution in
    which the permit holder is providing instruction as part of
    the medical school's educational program and for which the
    medical school has assumed direct responsibility.
        (6) A visiting professor permit shall be valid until
    the last day of the next physician license renewal period,
    as set by rule, and may only be renewed for applicants who
    meet the following requirements:
            (i) have obtained the required continuing
        education hours as set by rule; and
            (ii) have paid the fee prescribed for a license
        under Section 21 of this Act.
    For initial renewal, the visiting professor must
successfully pass a general competency examination authorized
by the Department by rule, unless he or she was issued an
initial visiting professor permit on or after January 1, 2007,
but prior to July 1, 2007.
 
    (B) Visiting physician permit.
        (1) The Department may, in its discretion, issue a
    temporary visiting physician permit, without examination,
    provided:
            (a) (blank);
            (b) that the person maintains an equivalent
        authorization to practice medicine in all of its
        branches or to practice the treatment of human ailments
        without the use of drugs and without operative surgery
        in good standing in his or her native licensing
        jurisdiction during the period of the temporary
        visiting physician permit;
            (c) that the person has received an invitation or
        appointment to study, demonstrate, or perform a
        specific medical, osteopathic, chiropractic or
        clinical subject or technique in a medical,
        osteopathic, or chiropractic school, a hospital
        licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act, a hospital
        organized under the University of Illinois Hospital
        Act, or a facility operated pursuant to the Ambulatory
        Surgical Treatment Center Act; and
            (d) that the temporary visiting physician permit
        shall only permit the holder to practice medicine in
        all of its branches or practice the treatment of human
        ailments without the use of drugs and without operative
        surgery within the scope of the medical, osteopathic,
        chiropractic, or clinical studies for which the holder
        was invited or appointed.
        (2) The application for the temporary visiting
    physician permit shall be made to the Department, in
    writing, on forms prescribed by the Department, and shall
    be accompanied by the required fee established by rule,
    which shall not be refundable. The application shall
    require information that, in the judgment of the
    Department, will enable the Department to pass on the
    qualification of the applicant, and the necessity for the
    granting of a temporary visiting physician permit.
        (3) A temporary visiting physician permit shall be
    valid for 180 days from the date of issuance or until the
    time the medical, osteopathic, chiropractic, or clinical
    studies are completed, whichever occurs first.
        (4) The applicant for a temporary visiting physician
    permit may be required to appear before the Medical
    Licensing Board for an interview prior to, and as a
    requirement for, the issuance of a temporary visiting
    physician permit.
        (5) A limited temporary visiting physician permit
    shall be issued to a physician licensed in another state
    who has been requested to perform emergency procedures in
    Illinois if he or she meets the requirements as established
    by rule.
 
    (C) Visiting resident permit.
        (1) The Department may, in its discretion, issue a
    temporary visiting resident permit, without examination,
    provided:
            (a) (blank);
            (b) that the person maintains an equivalent
        authorization to practice medicine in all of its
        branches or to practice the treatment of human ailments
        without the use of drugs and without operative surgery
        in good standing in his or her native licensing
        jurisdiction during the period of the temporary
        visiting resident permit;
            (c) that the applicant is enrolled in a
        postgraduate clinical training program outside the
        State of Illinois that is approved by the Department;
            (d) that the individual has been invited or
        appointed for a specific period of time to perform a
        portion of that post graduate clinical training
        program under the supervision of an Illinois licensed
        physician in an Illinois patient care clinic or
        facility that is affiliated with the out-of-State post
        graduate training program; and
            (e) that the temporary visiting resident permit
        shall only permit the holder to practice medicine in
        all of its branches or practice the treatment of human
        ailments without the use of drugs and without operative
        surgery within the scope of the medical, osteopathic,
        chiropractic or clinical studies for which the holder
        was invited or appointed.
        (2) The application for the temporary visiting
    resident permit shall be made to the Department, in
    writing, on forms prescribed by the Department, and shall
    be accompanied by the required fee established by rule. The
    application shall require information that, in the
    judgment of the Department, will enable the Department to
    pass on the qualifications of the applicant.
        (3) A temporary visiting resident permit shall be valid
    for 180 days from the date of issuance or until the time
    the medical, osteopathic, chiropractic, or clinical
    studies are completed, whichever occurs first.
        (4) The applicant for a temporary visiting resident
    permit may be required to appear before the Medical
    Licensing Board for an interview prior to, and as a
    requirement for, the issuance of a temporary visiting
    resident permit.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-100, eff. 7-20-01.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.