Public Act 0735 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB0145 Enrolled LRB102 04072 SPS 14088 b

Public Act 102-0735

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 is amended by changing Section 6 as follows:

(225 ILCS 95/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 4606)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)

Sec. 6. Physician assistant title.

(a) No physician assistant shall use the title of doctor, physician, or associate with his or her name or any other term that would indicate to other persons that he or she is qualified to engage in the general practice of medicine.

(b) A physician assistant shall verbally identify himself or herself as a physician assistant, including specialty certification, to each patient.

(c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to relieve a physician assistant of the professional or legal responsibility for the care and treatment of persons attended by him or her.

(d) The collaborating physician shall file with the Department notice of employment, discharge, or collaboration with a physician assistant within 60 days at the time of employment, discharge, or assumption of collaboration with a physician assistant. Nothing in this Section shall prevent a physician assistant from beginning his or her employment before the notice of employment or collaboration has been filed.

(Source: P.A. 100-453, eff. 8-25-17.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2023