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| Public Act 100-0855
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| HB4706 Enrolled | LRB100 16467 NHT 31596 b |
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
24-5 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/24-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-5)
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Sec. 24-5. Physical fitness and professional growth. |
(a) In this Section, "employee" means any employee of a |
school district, a student teacher, an employee of a contractor |
that provides services to students or in schools, or any other |
individual subject to the requirements of Section 10-21.9 or |
34-18.5 of this Code. |
(b) This subsection (b) does not apply to substitute |
teacher employees. School boards shall require of new employees |
evidence of physical
fitness to perform duties assigned and |
freedom from communicable disease. Such evidence shall consist |
of a physical
examination
by a physician licensed in Illinois |
or any other state to practice medicine
and surgery in all its |
branches, a licensed advanced practice registered nurse, or a |
licensed physician assistant not more than 90 days preceding |
time of
presentation to the board, and the cost of such |
examination shall rest with the
employee. A new or existing |
employee may be subject to additional health examinations, |
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including screening for tuberculosis, as required by rules |
adopted by the Department of Public Health or by order of a |
local public health official. The board may from time to time |
require an examination of any
employee by a physician licensed |
in Illinois to practice medicine and
surgery in all its |
branches, a licensed advanced practice registered nurse, or a |
licensed physician assistant and shall pay the expenses thereof |
from school
funds. |
(b-5) School boards may require of new substitute teacher |
employees evidence of physical fitness to perform duties |
assigned and shall require of new substitute teacher employees |
evidence of freedom from communicable disease. Evidence may |
consist of a physical examination by a physician licensed in |
Illinois or any other state to practice medicine and surgery in |
all its branches, a licensed advanced practice nurse, or a |
licensed physician assistant not more than 90 days preceding |
time of
presentation to the board, and the cost of such |
examination shall rest with the substitute teacher employee. A |
new or existing substitute teacher employee may be subject to |
additional health examinations, including screening for |
tuberculosis, as required by rules adopted by the Department of |
Public Health or by order of a local public health official. |
The board may from time to time require an examination of any |
substitute teacher employee by a physician licensed in Illinois |
to practice medicine and surgery in all its branches, a |
licensed advanced practice nurse, or a licensed physician |