Public Act 099-0330
 
SB1205 EnrolledLRB099 03632 HAF 23640 b


  
    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
    Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law of 
the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended  by 
changing Section 2105-15 as follows:
 

    (20 ILCS 2105/2105-15)

 
  
    Sec. 2105-15. General powers and duties. 

    (a) The Department has, subject to the provisions of the 
Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois, the following powers and 
duties:

        (1) To authorize examinations in English to ascertain 
    the qualifications
and fitness of applicants to exercise 
    the profession, trade, or occupation for
which the 
    examination is held.

        (2) To prescribe rules and regulations for a fair and 
    wholly
impartial method of examination of candidates to 
    exercise the respective
professions, trades, or 
    occupations.

        (3) To pass upon the qualifications of applicants for 
    licenses,
certificates, and authorities, whether by 
    examination, by reciprocity, or by
endorsement.

        (4) To prescribe rules and regulations defining, for 
    the
respective
professions, trades, and occupations, what 
    shall constitute a school,
college, or university, or 
    department of a university, or other
institution, 
    reputable and in good standing, and to determine the

    reputability and good standing of a school, college, or 
    university, or
department of a university, or other 
    institution, reputable and in good
standing, by reference 
    to a compliance with those rules and regulations;
provided, 
    that no school, college, or university, or department of a

    university, or other institution that refuses admittance 
    to applicants
solely on account of race, color, creed, sex, 
    or national origin shall be
considered reputable and in 
    good standing.

        (5) To conduct hearings on proceedings to revoke, 
    suspend, refuse to
renew, place on probationary status, or 
    take other disciplinary action
as authorized in any 
    licensing Act administered by the Department
with regard to 
    licenses, certificates, or authorities of persons

    exercising the respective professions, trades, or 
    occupations and to
revoke, suspend, refuse to renew, place 
    on probationary status, or take
other disciplinary action 
    as authorized in any licensing Act
administered by the 
    Department with regard to those licenses,
certificates, or 
    authorities.  The Department shall issue a monthly

    disciplinary report.  The Department shall deny any license 
    or
renewal authorized by the Civil Administrative Code of 
    Illinois to any person
who has defaulted on an
educational 
    loan or scholarship provided by or guaranteed by the 
    Illinois
Student Assistance Commission or any governmental 
    agency of this State;
however, the Department may issue a 
    license or renewal if the
aforementioned persons have 
    established a satisfactory repayment record as
determined 
    by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission or other 
    appropriate
governmental agency of this State.  
    Additionally, beginning June 1, 1996,
any license issued by 
    the Department may be suspended or revoked if the

    Department, after the opportunity for a hearing under the 
    appropriate licensing
Act, finds that the licensee has 
    failed to make satisfactory repayment to the
Illinois 
    Student Assistance Commission for a delinquent or 
    defaulted loan.
For the purposes of this Section, 
    "satisfactory repayment record" shall be
defined by rule.  
    The Department shall refuse to issue or renew a license to,

    or shall suspend or revoke a license of, any person who, 
    after receiving
notice, fails to comply with a subpoena or 
    warrant relating to a paternity or
child support 
    proceeding.  However, the Department may issue a license or

    renewal upon compliance with the subpoena or warrant.

        The Department, without further process or hearings, 
    shall revoke, suspend,
or deny any license or renewal 
    authorized by the Civil Administrative Code of
Illinois to 
    a person who is certified by the Department of Healthcare 
    and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department of 
    Public Aid)
as being more than 30 days delinquent in 
    complying with a child support order
or who is certified by 
    a court as being in violation of the Non-Support
Punishment 
    Act for more than 60 days.  The Department may, however, 
    issue a
license or renewal if the person has established a 
    satisfactory repayment
record as determined by the 
    Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly

    Illinois Department of Public Aid) or if the person
is 
    determined by the court to be in compliance with the 
    Non-Support Punishment
Act.  The Department may implement 
    this paragraph as added by Public Act 89-6
through the use 
    of emergency rules in accordance with Section 5-45 of the

    Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.  For purposes of the 
    Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act, the adoption of 
    rules to implement this
paragraph shall be considered an 
    emergency and necessary for the public
interest, safety, 
    and welfare.

        (6) To transfer jurisdiction of any realty under the 
    control of the
Department to any other department of the 
    State Government or to acquire
or accept federal lands when 
    the transfer, acquisition, or acceptance is
advantageous 
    to the State and is approved in writing by the Governor.

        (7) To formulate rules and regulations necessary for 
    the enforcement of
any Act administered by the Department.

        (8) To exchange with the Department of Healthcare and 
    Family Services information
that may be necessary for the 
    enforcement of child support orders entered
pursuant to the 
    Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Marriage and 
    Dissolution
of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of Spouse and 
    Children Act, the Non-Support
Punishment Act, the Revised 
    Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, the
Uniform 
    Interstate Family Support Act, or the Illinois Parentage 
    Act of 1984.
Notwithstanding any provisions in this Code to 
    the contrary, the Department of
Professional Regulation 
    shall not be liable under any federal or State law to
any 
    person for any disclosure of information to the Department 
    of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Illinois 
    Department of
Public Aid)
under this paragraph (8) or for 
    any other action taken in good faith
to comply with the 
    requirements of this paragraph (8).

        (8.5) To accept continuing education credit for 
    mandated reporter training on how to recognize and report 
    child abuse offered by the Department of Children and 
    Family Services and completed by any person who holds a 
    professional license issued by the Department and who is a  
    mandated reporter under the Abused and Neglected Child 
    Reporting Act.   The Department shall adopt any rules 
    necessary to implement this paragraph. 
        (9) To perform other duties prescribed
by law.

    (a-5) Except in cases involving default on an educational 
loan or scholarship provided by or guaranteed by the Illinois 
Student Assistance Commission or any governmental agency of 
this State or in cases involving delinquency in complying with 
a child support order or violation of the Non-Support 
Punishment Act, no person or entity whose license, certificate, 
or authority has been revoked as authorized in any licensing 
Act administered by the Department may apply for restoration of 
that license, certification, or authority until 3 years after 
the effective date of the revocation. 
    (b) The Department may, when a fee is payable to the 
Department for a wall
certificate of registration provided by 
the Department of Central Management
Services, require that 
portion of the payment for printing and distribution
costs be 
made directly or through the Department to the Department of 
Central
Management Services for deposit into the Paper and 
Printing Revolving Fund.
The remainder shall be deposited into 
the General Revenue Fund.

    (c) For the purpose of securing and preparing evidence, and 
for the purchase
of controlled substances, professional 
services, and equipment necessary for
enforcement activities, 
recoupment of investigative costs, and other activities

directed at suppressing the misuse and abuse of controlled 
substances,
including those activities set forth in Sections 
504 and 508 of the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act, the 
Director and agents appointed and authorized by
the Director 
may expend sums from the Professional Regulation Evidence Fund

that the Director deems necessary from the amounts appropriated 
for that
purpose.  Those sums may be advanced to the agent when 
the Director deems that
procedure to be in the public interest.  
Sums for the purchase of controlled
substances, professional 
services, and equipment necessary for enforcement
activities 
and other activities as set forth in this Section shall be 
advanced
to the agent who is to make the purchase from the 
Professional Regulation
Evidence Fund on vouchers signed by the 
Director.  The Director and those
agents are authorized to 
maintain one or more commercial checking accounts with
any 
State banking corporation or corporations organized under or 
subject to the
Illinois Banking Act for the deposit and 
withdrawal of moneys to be used for
the purposes set forth in 
this Section; provided, that no check may be written
nor any 
withdrawal made from any such account except upon the written

signatures of 2 persons designated by the Director to write 
those checks and
make those withdrawals.  Vouchers for those 
expenditures must be signed by the
Director.  All such 
expenditures shall be audited by the Director, and the
audit 
shall be submitted to the Department of Central Management 
Services for
approval.

    (d) Whenever the Department is authorized or required by 
law to consider
some aspect of criminal history record 
information for the purpose of carrying
out its statutory 
powers and responsibilities, then, upon request and payment
of 
fees in conformance with the requirements of Section 2605-400 
of the
Department of State Police Law (20 ILCS 2605/2605-400), 
the Department of State
Police is authorized to furnish, 
pursuant to positive identification, the
information contained 
in State files that is necessary to fulfill the request.

    (e) The provisions of this Section do not apply to private 
business and
vocational schools as defined by Section 15 of the 
Private Business and
Vocational Schools Act of 2012.

    (f) Beginning July 1, 1995, this Section does not apply to 
those
professions, trades, and occupations licensed under the 
Real Estate License
Act of 2000, nor does it apply to any 
permits, certificates, or other
authorizations to do business 
provided for in the Land Sales Registration Act
of 1989 or the 
Illinois Real Estate Time-Share Act.

    (g) Notwithstanding anything that may appear in any 
individual licensing statute or administrative rule, the 
Department shall deny any license application or renewal 
authorized under any licensing Act administered by the 
Department to any person who has failed to file a return, or to 
pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed return, or 
to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or interest, as 
required by any tax Act administered by the Illinois Department 
of Revenue, until such time as the requirement of any such tax 
Act are satisfied; however, the Department may issue a license 
or renewal if the person has established a satisfactory 
repayment record as determined by the Illinois Department of 
Revenue. For the purpose of this Section, "satisfactory 
repayment record" shall be defined by rule.

    In addition, a complaint filed with the Department by the 
Illinois Department of Revenue that includes a certification, 
signed by its Director or designee, attesting to the amount of 
the unpaid tax liability or the years for which a return was 
not filed, or both, is prima facie evidence of the licensee's 
failure to comply with the tax laws administered by the 
Illinois Department of Revenue. Upon receipt of that 
certification, the Department shall, without a hearing, 
immediately suspend all licenses held by the licensee.  
Enforcement of the Department's order shall be stayed for 60 
days. The Department shall provide notice of the suspension  to 
the licensee by mailing a copy of the Department's order by 
certified and regular mail to the licensee's last known address 
as registered with the Department. The notice shall advise the 
licensee that the suspension shall be effective 60 days after 
the issuance of the Department's order unless the Department 
receives, from the licensee, a request for a hearing before the 
Department to dispute the matters contained in the order.

    Any suspension imposed under this subsection (g) shall be 
terminated by the Department upon notification from the 
Illinois Department of Revenue that the licensee is in 
compliance with all tax laws administered by the Illinois 
Department of Revenue.

    The Department shall promulgate rules for the 
administration of this subsection (g).

    (h) The Department may grant the title "Retired", to be 
used immediately adjacent to the title of a profession 
regulated by the Department, to eligible retirees. For 
individuals licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, 
the title "Retired" may be used in the profile required by the 
Patients' Right to Know Act. The use of the title "Retired" 
shall not constitute representation of current licensure, 
registration, or certification. Any person without an active 
license, registration, or certificate in a profession that 
requires licensure, registration, or certification shall not 
be permitted to practice that profession.
    (i) Within 180 days after December 23, 2009 (the effective 
date of Public Act 96-852), the Department shall promulgate 
rules which permit a person with a criminal record, who seeks a 
license or certificate in an occupation for which a criminal 
record is not expressly a per se bar, to apply to the 
Department for a non-binding, advisory opinion to be provided 
by the Board or body with the authority to issue the license or 
certificate as to whether his or her criminal record would bar 
the individual from the licensure or certification sought, 
should the individual meet all other licensure requirements 
including, but not limited to, the successful completion of the 
relevant examinations. 
(Source: P.A. 97-650, eff. 2-1-12; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 
98-850, eff. 1-1-15.)

  
 
    Section 10. The Patients' Right to Know Act is amended  by 
changing Section 10 as follows:
 
    (225 ILCS 61/10)

    Sec. 10. Physician profiles. The Department shall make 
available to the public a profile of each physician.  The 
Department shall make this information available through an 
Internet web site and, if requested, in writing. Except as 
otherwise provided in this Section, the  The physician profile 
shall contain the following information:
        (1) the full name of the physician;

        (2) a description of any criminal convictions for 
    felonies and Class A misdemeanors, as determined by the 
    Department, within the most recent 10 years. For the 
    purposes of this Section, a person shall be deemed to be 
    convicted of a crime if he or she pleaded guilty or if he 
    was found or adjudged guilty by a court of competent 
    jurisdiction;

        (3) a description of any final Department disciplinary 
    actions within the most recent 10 years;

        (4) a description of any final disciplinary actions by 
    licensing boards in other states within the most recent 10 
    years;

        (5) a description of revocation or involuntary 
    restriction of hospital privileges for reasons related to 
    competence or character that have been taken by the 
    hospital's governing body or any other official of the 
    hospital after procedural due process has been afforded, or 
    the resignation from or nonrenewal of medical staff 
    membership or the restriction of privileges at a hospital 
    taken in lieu of or in settlement of a pending disciplinary 
    case related to competence or character in that hospital. 
    Only cases which have occurred within the most recent 10 
    years shall be disclosed by the Department to the public;

        (6) all medical malpractice court judgments and all 
    medical malpractice arbitration awards in which a payment 
    was awarded to a complaining party during the most recent 
    10 years and all settlements of medical malpractice claims 
    in which a payment was made to a complaining party within 
    the most recent 10 years. A medical malpractice judgment or 
    award that has been appealed shall be identified 
    prominently as "Under Appeal" on the profile within 20 days 
    of formal written notice to the Department. Information 
    concerning all settlements shall be accompanied by the 
    following statement: "Settlement of a claim may occur for a 
    variety of reasons which do not necessarily reflect 
    negatively on the professional competence or conduct of the 
    physician. A payment in settlement of a medical malpractice 
    action or claim should not be construed as creating a 
    presumption that medical malpractice has occurred." 
    Nothing in this subdivision (6) shall be construed to limit 
    or prevent the Disciplinary Board from providing further 
    explanatory information regarding the significance of 
    categories in which settlements are reported.  Pending 
    malpractice claims shall not be disclosed by the Department 
    to the public. Nothing in this subdivision (6) shall be 
    construed to prevent the Disciplinary Board from 
    investigating and the Department from disciplining a 
    physician on the basis of medical malpractice claims that 
    are pending;

        (7) names of medical schools attended, dates of 
    attendance, and date of graduation;

        (8) graduate medical education;

        (9) specialty board certification.  The toll-free 
    number of the American Board of Medical Specialties shall 
    be included to verify current board certification status;

        (10) number of years in practice and locations;

        (11) names of the hospitals where the physician has 
    privileges;

        (12) appointments to medical school faculties and 
    indication as to whether a physician has a responsibility 
    for graduate medical education within the most recent 10 
    years;

        (13) information regarding publications in 
    peer-reviewed medical literature within the most recent 10 
    years;

        (14) information regarding professional or community 
    service activities and awards;

        (15) the location of the physician's primary practice 
    setting;

        (16) identification of any translating services that 
    may be available at the physician's primary practice 
    location;
and
        (17) an indication of whether the physician 
    participates in the Medicaid program.


    A physician who has retired from active practice may use 
the title "Retired" in his or her physician profile. If the 
physician uses that title in his or her profile, he or she is 
not required to provide office addresses and other practice 
specific information. 
(Source: P.A. 97-280, eff. 8-9-11; 98-210, eff. 1-1-14.)
 
    Section 15. The Nurse Practice Act is amended  by changing 
Section 50-10 as follows:
 



    (225 ILCS 65/50-10)
  (was 225 ILCS 65/5-10)


    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)

    Sec. 50-10. Definitions. Each of the following terms, when 
used
in this Act, shall have the meaning ascribed to it in this 
Section, except
where the context clearly indicates otherwise:




    "Academic year" means the customary annual schedule of 
courses at a
college, university, or approved school, 
customarily regarded as the school
year as distinguished from 
the calendar year.

    "Advanced practice nurse" or "APN" means a person who has 
met the qualifications for a (i) certified nurse midwife (CNM); 
(ii) certified nurse practitioner (CNP); (iii) certified 
registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA); or (iv) clinical nurse 
specialist (CNS) and has been licensed by the Department.  All 
advanced practice nurses licensed and practicing in the State 
of Illinois shall use the title APN and may use specialty 
credentials after their name.

    "Approved program of professional nursing education" and 
"approved
program of practical nursing education" are programs 
of professional or
practical nursing, respectively, approved 
by the Department under the
provisions of this Act.

    "Board" means the Board of Nursing appointed by the 
Secretary.
    "Collaboration" means a process involving 2 or more health 
care professionals working together, each contributing one's 
respective area of expertise to provide more comprehensive 
patient care.
    "Consultation" means the process whereby an advanced 
practice nurse seeks the advice or opinion of another health 
care professional.
    "Credentialed" means the process of assessing and 
validating the qualifications of a health care professional.
    "Current nursing practice update course" means a planned 
nursing education curriculum approved by the Department 
consisting of activities that have educational objectives, 
instructional methods, content or subject matter, clinical 
practice, and evaluation methods, related to basic review and 
updating content and specifically planned for those nurses 
previously licensed in the United States or its territories and 
preparing for reentry into nursing practice.
    "Dentist" means a person licensed to practice dentistry 
under the Illinois Dental Practice Act.
    "Department" means the Department of Financial and 
Professional Regulation.
    "Hospital affiliate" means a corporation, partnership, 
joint venture, limited liability company, or similar 
organization, other than a hospital, that is devoted primarily 
to the provision, management, or support of health care 
services and that directly or indirectly controls, is 
controlled by, or is under common control of the hospital. For 
the purposes of this definition, "control" means having at 
least an equal or a majority ownership or membership interest. 
A hospital affiliate shall be 100% owned or controlled by any 
combination of hospitals, their parent corporations, or 
physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in 
Illinois. "Hospital affiliate" does not include a health 
maintenance organization regulated under the Health 
Maintenance Organization Act. 
    "Impaired nurse" means a nurse licensed under this Act who 
is unable to practice with reasonable skill and safety because 
of a physical or mental disability as evidenced by a written 
determination or written consent based on clinical evidence, 
including loss of motor skills, abuse of drugs or alcohol, or a 
psychiatric disorder, of sufficient degree to diminish his or 
her ability to deliver competent patient care.
    "License-pending advanced practice nurse" means a 
registered professional nurse who has completed all 
requirements for licensure as an advanced practice nurse except 
the certification examination and has applied to take the next 
available certification exam and received a temporary license 
from the Department.
    "License-pending registered nurse" means a person who has 
passed the Department-approved registered nurse licensure exam 
and has applied for a license from the Department.  A 
license-pending registered nurse shall use the title "RN lic 
pend" on all documentation related to nursing practice.
    "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in 
all its branches under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
    "Podiatric physician" means a person licensed to practice 
podiatry under the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987.




    "Practical nurse" or "licensed practical nurse" means a 
person who is
licensed as a practical nurse under this Act and 
practices practical
nursing as defined in this Act.  Only a 
practical nurse
licensed under this Act is entitled to use the 
title "licensed practical
nurse" and the abbreviation 
"L.P.N.".

    "Practical nursing" means the performance of
nursing acts 
requiring the basic nursing knowledge, judgement, and skill

acquired by means of completion of an approved practical 
nursing education
program.  Practical nursing includes 
assisting in the nursing process as
delegated by a registered 
professional nurse or an advanced practice nurse.  The
practical 
nurse may work under the direction of a licensed physician, 
dentist, podiatric physician, or other health care 
professional determined by the Department.

    "Privileged" means the authorization granted by the 
governing body of a healthcare facility, agency, or 
organization to provide specific patient care services within 
well-defined limits, based on qualifications reviewed in the 
credentialing process.

    "Registered Nurse" or "Registered Professional Nurse" 
means a person
who is licensed as a professional nurse under 
this Act and practices
nursing as defined in
this Act.  Only a 
registered
nurse licensed under this Act is entitled to use the

titles "registered nurse" and "registered professional nurse" 
and the
abbreviation, "R.N.".

    "Registered professional nursing practice" is a scientific 
process founded on a professional body of knowledge;  it is a 
learned profession based on the understanding of the human 
condition across the life span and environment and
includes all

nursing
specialties and means the performance of any nursing 
act based upon
professional knowledge, judgment, and skills 
acquired by means of completion
of an approved professional 
nursing education program.  A registered
professional nurse 
provides holistic nursing care through the nursing process
to 
individuals, groups, families, or communities, that includes 
but is not
limited to: (1) the assessment of healthcare needs, 
nursing diagnosis,
planning, implementation, and nursing 
evaluation; (2) the promotion,
maintenance, and restoration of 
health; (3) counseling, patient education,
health education, 
and patient advocacy; (4) the administration of medications
and 
treatments as prescribed by a physician licensed to practice 
medicine in
all of its branches, a licensed dentist, a licensed 
podiatric physician, or a licensed
optometrist or as prescribed 
by a physician assistant in accordance with
written guidelines 
required under the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987
or 
by an advanced practice nurse in accordance with Article 65 of 
this Act; (5) the
coordination and management of the nursing 
plan of care; (6) the delegation to
and supervision of 
individuals who assist the registered professional nurse

implementing the plan of care; and (7) teaching nursing

students.  The foregoing shall not be deemed to include
those 
acts of medical diagnosis or prescription of therapeutic or

corrective measures.


    "Professional assistance program for nurses" means a 
professional
assistance program that meets criteria 
established by the Board of Nursing
and approved by the 
Secretary, which provides a non-disciplinary treatment

approach for nurses licensed under this Act whose ability to 
practice is
compromised by alcohol or chemical substance 
addiction.

    "Secretary" means the Secretary of  Financial and 
Professional Regulation.
    "Unencumbered license" means a license issued in good 
standing.
    "Written collaborative agreement" means a written 
agreement between an advanced practice nurse and a 
collaborating physician, dentist, or podiatric physician 
pursuant to Section 65-35.

(Source: P.A. 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 98-214, eff. 8-9-13.)

  
 
    Section 20. The Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 is 
amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
 



    (225 ILCS 95/4)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4604)


    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)

    Sec. 4. In this Act: 

    1. "Department" means the Department of Financial and

Professional Regulation.

    2. "Secretary" means the Secretary
 of Financial and 
Professional Regulation.

    3. "Physician assistant" means any person who has been

certified as a physician assistant by the National Commission 
on the
Certification of Physician Assistants or equivalent 
successor agency and
performs procedures under the supervision 
of a physician as defined in this
Act.  A physician assistant 
may perform such procedures within the
specialty of the 
supervising physician, except that such physician shall

exercise such direction, supervision and control over such 
physician
assistants as will assure that patients shall receive 
quality medical
care.  Physician assistants shall be capable of 
performing a variety of tasks
within the specialty of medical 
care under the supervision of a physician.
Supervision of the 
physician assistant shall not be construed to
necessarily 
require the personal presence of the supervising physician at

all times at the place where services are rendered, as long as 
there is
communication available for consultation by radio, 
telephone or
telecommunications within established guidelines 
as determined by the
physician/physician assistant team.  The 
supervising physician may delegate
tasks and duties to the 
physician assistant.  Delegated tasks or duties
shall be 
consistent with physician assistant education, training, and

experience.  The delegated tasks or duties shall be specific to 
the
practice setting and shall be implemented and reviewed 
under a written supervision agreement
established by the 
physician or physician/physician assistant team.  A
physician 
assistant, acting as an agent of the physician, shall be

permitted to transmit the supervising physician's orders as 
determined by
the institution's by-laws, policies, procedures, 
or job description within
which the physician/physician 
assistant team practices.  Physician
assistants shall practice 
only in accordance with a written supervision agreement.

    4. "Board" means the Medical Licensing Board
constituted 
under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.

    5. "Disciplinary Board" means the Medical Disciplinary 
Board constituted
under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.

    6. "Physician" means, for purposes of this Act, a person 
licensed to
practice medicine in all its branches under the 
Medical Practice Act of 1987.

    7. "Supervising Physician" means, for the purposes of this 
Act, the
primary supervising physician of a physician 
assistant, who, within his
specialty and expertise may delegate 
a variety of tasks and procedures to
the physician assistant.  
Such tasks and procedures shall be delegated
in accordance with 
a written supervision agreement.  The supervising physician 
maintains the
final responsibility for the care of the patient 
and the performance of the
physician assistant.

    8. "Alternate supervising physician" means, for the 
purpose of this Act,
any physician designated by the 
supervising physician to provide
supervision in the event that 
he or she is unable to provide that supervision.  The Department 
may further define "alternate supervising physician" by rule.

    The alternate supervising physicians shall maintain all 
the same
responsibilities as the supervising physician.  
Nothing in this Act shall
be construed as relieving any 
physician of the professional or legal
responsibility for the 
care and treatment of persons attended by him or by
physician 
assistants under his supervision. Nothing in this Act shall be

construed as to limit the reasonable number of alternate 
supervising
physicians, provided they are designated by the 
supervising physician.
    9. "Address of record" means the designated address 
recorded by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's 
application file or license file maintained by the Department's 
licensure maintenance unit.  It is the duty of the applicant or 
licensee to inform the Department of any change of address, and 
such changes must be made either through the Department's 
website or by contacting the Department's licensure 
maintenance unit.


    10. "Hospital affiliate" means a corporation, partnership, 
joint venture, limited liability company, or similar 
organization, other than a hospital, that is devoted primarily 
to the provision, management, or support of health care 
services and that directly or indirectly controls, is 
controlled by, or is under common control of the hospital. For 
the purposes of this definition, "control" means having at 
least an equal or a majority ownership or membership interest. 
A hospital affiliate shall be 100% owned or controlled by any 
combination of hospitals, their parent corporations, or 
physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in 
Illinois. "Hospital affiliate" does not include a health 
maintenance organization regulated under the Health 
Maintenance Organization Act. 
(Source: P.A. 96-268, eff. 8-11-09; 97-1071, eff. 8-24-12.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law, except that Sections 15 and 20 take effect on 
January 1, 2016. 
  

Effective Date:  8/10/2015