Public Act 102-0735
 
SB0145 EnrolledLRB102 04072 SPS 14088 b


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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)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