Bill Amendment: IL SB2419 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly

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Bill Title: SURGICAL ASSISTS-CERTIFICATION

Status: 2018-11-29 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1123 [SB2419 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB2419-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Daniel J. Burke

Filed: 5/8/2018

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2419
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2419 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Registered Surgical Assistant and
Registered Surgical Technologist Title Protection Act is
amended by changing Sections 45 and 60 as follows:
(225 ILCS 130/45)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
Sec. 45. Registration requirements; surgical assistant. A
person shall qualify for registration as a surgical assistant
if he or she has applied in writing on the prescribed form, has
paid the required fees, and meets all of the following
requirements:
(1) Is at least 21 years of age.
(2) Has not violated a provision of Section 75 of this
Act. In addition the Department may take into consideration

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any felony conviction of the applicant, but a conviction
shall not operate as an absolute bar to registration unless
otherwise provided by law.
(3) Has completed a medical education program approved
by the Department or has graduated from a United States
Military Program that emphasizes surgical assisting.
(4) Has successfully completed a national certifying
examination approved by the Department.
(5) Is currently certified by the National Commission
for the Certification of Surgical Assistants National
Surgical Assistant Association as a Certified Surgical
Assistant, the National Board of Surgical Technology and
Surgical Assisting as a Certified Surgical First
Assistant, or the American Board of Surgical Assistants as
a Surgical Assistant-Certified.
The registration requirements required by paragraph (5)
shall only apply to applicants for registration or renewal as
registered surgical assistants after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly. This paragraph
shall not be interpreted to mean surgical assistants registered
on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th
General Assembly will not be subject to the requirements of
paragraph (5) upon their date of renewal for surgical assistant
registration as determined by the Department rule.
(Source: P.A. 98-364, eff. 12-31-13.)

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(225 ILCS 130/60)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
Sec. 60. Expiration; restoration; renewal. In order to
renew his or her surgical assistant registration, a registrant
must maintain current certification as required by paragraph
(5) of Section 45 of this Act. In order to renew his or her
surgical technologist registration, a registrant must maintain
current certification as required by paragraph (6) of Section
50 of this Act. The expiration date and renewal period for each
certificate of registration issued under this Act shall be set
by the Department by rule. Renewal shall be conditioned on
paying the required fee and meeting other requirements as may
be established by rule.
A registrant who has permitted his or her registration to
expire or who has had his or her registration on inactive
status may have the registration restored by making application
to the Department, by filing proof acceptable to the Department
of his or her fitness to have the registration restored, and by
paying the required fees. Proof of fitness may include sworn
evidence certifying to active lawful practice in another
jurisdiction.
If the registrant has not maintained an active practice in
another jurisdiction satisfactory to the Department, the
Department shall determine, by an evaluation program
established by rule, his or her fitness for restoration of the
registration and shall establish procedures and requirements

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for restoration. However, a registrant whose registration
expired while he or she was (1) in federal service on active
duty with the Armed Forces of the United States or the State
Militia called into service or training or (2) in training or
education under the supervision of the United States before
induction into the military service, may have the registration
restored without paying any lapsed renewal fees if within 2
years after honorable termination of the service, training, or
education he or she furnishes the Department with satisfactory
evidence to the effect that he or she has been so engaged and
that his or her service, training, or education has been so
terminated.
(Source: P.A. 93-280, eff. 7-1-04.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.".