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Public Act 098-0659
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| HB4593 Enrolled | LRB098 15183 ZMM 50164 b |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law of |
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Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding |
Section 2105-17 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 2105/2105-17 new) |
Sec. 2105-17. Volunteer licenses. |
(a) For the purposes of this Section: |
"Health care professional" means a physician licensed |
under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, a dentist licensed |
under the Illinois Dental Practice Act, an optometrist licensed |
under the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987, a physician |
assistant licensed under the Physician Assistant Practice Act |
of 1987, and a nurse or advanced practice nurse licensed under |
the Nurse Practice Act. The Department may expand this |
definition by rule. |
"Volunteer practice" means the practice of a licensed |
health care professional for the benefit of an individual or |
the public and without compensation for the health care |
services provided. |
(b) The Department may grant a volunteer license to a |
health care professional who: |
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(1) meets all requirements of the State licensing Act |
that applies to his or her health care profession and the |
rules adopted under the Act; and |
(2) agrees to engage in the volunteer practice of his |
or her health care profession in a free medical clinic, as |
defined in the Good Samaritan Act, or in a public health |
clinic, as defined in Section 6-101 of the Local |
Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunities |
Act, and to not practice for compensation. |
(c) A volunteer license shall be granted in accordance with |
the licensing Act that applies to the health care |
professional's given health care profession, and the licensure |
fee shall be set by rule in accordance with subsection (f). |
(d) No health care professional shall hold a non-volunteer |
license in a health care profession and a volunteer license in |
that profession at the same time. In the event that the health |
care professional obtains a volunteer license in the profession |
for which he or she holds a non-volunteer license, that |
non-volunteer license shall automatically be placed in |
inactive status. In the event that a health care professional |
obtains a non-volunteer license in the profession for which he |
or she holds a volunteer license, the volunteer license shall |
be placed in inactive status. Practicing on an expired |
volunteer license constitutes the unlicensed practice of the |
health care professional's profession. |
(e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to waive or |
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modify any statute, rule, or regulation concerning the |
licensure or practice of any health care profession. A health |
care professional who holds a volunteer license shall be |
subject to all statutes, rules, and regulations governing his |
or her profession. The Department shall waive the licensure fee |
for the first 500 volunteer licenses issued and may by rule |
provide for a fee waiver or fee reduction that shall apply to |
all licenses issued after the initial 500. |
(f) The Department shall determine by rule the total number |
of volunteer licenses to be issued. The Department shall file |
proposed rules implementing this Section within 6 months after |
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General |
Assembly.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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