Bill Text: IL HB3661 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Requires that physicians submit documents from the Federation Credentials Verification Service while applying for licensure or renewal of licenses under the Act. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-26 - Tabled Pursuant to Rule 22(g) [HB3661 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB3661-Amended.html

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Rep. Mary E. Flowers

Filed: 3/25/2014

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3661
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3661 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended by
changing Section 9 as follows:
(225 ILCS 60/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-9)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2014)
Sec. 9. Application for license. Each applicant for a
license shall:
(A) Make application on blank forms prepared and
furnished by the Department.
(B) Submit evidence satisfactory to the Department
that the applicant:
(1) is of good moral character. In determining
moral character under this Section, the Department may
take into consideration whether the applicant has

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engaged in conduct or activities which would
constitute grounds for discipline under this Act. The
Department may also request the applicant to submit,
and may consider as evidence of moral character,
endorsements from 2 or 3 individuals licensed under
this Act;
(2) has the preliminary and professional education
required by this Act;
(3) (blank); and
(4) is physically, mentally, and professionally
capable of practicing medicine with reasonable
judgment, skill, and safety. In determining physical,
mental and professional capacity under this Section,
the Licensing Board may, upon a showing of a possible
incapacity or conduct or activities that would
constitute grounds for discipline under this Act,
compel any applicant to submit to a mental or physical
examination and evaluation, or both, as provided for in
Section 22 of this Act. The Licensing Board may
condition or restrict any license, subject to the same
terms and conditions as are provided for the
Disciplinary Board under Section 22 of this Act. Any
such condition of a restricted license shall provide
that the Chief Medical Coordinator or Deputy Medical
Coordinator shall have the authority to review the
subject physician's compliance with such conditions or

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restrictions, including, where appropriate, the
physician's record of treatment and counseling
regarding the impairment, to the extent permitted by
applicable federal statutes and regulations
safeguarding the confidentiality of medical records of
patients.
In determining professional capacity under this
Section, an individual may be required to complete such
additional testing, training, or remedial education as the
Licensing Board may deem necessary in order to establish
the applicant's present capacity to practice medicine with
reasonable judgment, skill, and safety. The Licensing
Board may consider the following criteria, as they relate
to an applicant, as part of its determination of
professional capacity:
(1) Medical research in an established research
facility, hospital, college or university, or private
corporation.
(2) Specialized training or education.
(3) Publication of original work in learned,
medical, or scientific journals.
(4) Participation in federal, State, local, or
international public health programs or organizations.
(5) Professional service in a federal veterans or
military institution.
(6) Any other professional activities deemed to

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maintain and enhance the clinical capabilities of the
applicant.
Any applicant applying for a license to practice
medicine in all of its branches or for a license as a
chiropractic physician who has not been engaged in the
active practice of medicine or has not been enrolled in a
medical program for 2 years prior to application must
submit proof of professional capacity to the Licensing
Board.
Any applicant applying for a temporary license that has
not been engaged in the active practice of medicine or has
not been enrolled in a medical program for longer than 5
years prior to application must submit proof of
professional capacity to the Licensing Board.
(C) Designate specifically the name, location, and
kind of professional school, college, or institution of
which the applicant is a graduate and the category under
which the applicant seeks, and will undertake, to practice.
(D) Pay to the Department at the time of application
the required fees.
(E) Pursuant to Department rules, as required, pass an
examination authorized by the Department to determine the
applicant's fitness to receive a license.
(E-5) Pursuant to Department rules, complete
credential verification through the Federation Credentials
Verification Service and submit the verification to the

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Department.
(F) Complete the application process within 3 years
from the date of application. If the process has not been
completed within 3 years, the application shall expire,
application fees shall be forfeited, and the applicant must
reapply and meet the requirements in effect at the time of
reapplication.
(Source: P.A. 97-622, eff. 11-23-11.)".