Bill Text: IL SB1444 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Amends the Acupuncture Practice Act. Allows an invited guest acupuncturist from another state or country to engage in professional education if he or she is currently licensed in another state or country and has an active, undisciplined license, or he or she is currently certified in good standing as an acupuncturist by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (instead of requiring both components). Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-08-14 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0483 [SB1444 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB1444-Enrolled.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Acupuncture Practice Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 20.1 as follows:
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| 6 | (225 ILCS 2/20.1)
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| 7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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| 8 | Sec. 20.1. Guest instructors of acupuncture; professional | ||||||
| 9 | education. The provisions of this Act
do not prohibit an | ||||||
| 10 | acupuncturist from another state or country, who is not
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| 11 | licensed under this Act and who is an invited guest of a | ||||||
| 12 | professional
acupuncture association or scientific acupuncture | ||||||
| 13 | foundation or an acupuncture
training program or continuing | ||||||
| 14 | education provider approved by the Department under this
Act, | ||||||
| 15 | from engaging in professional education through lectures, | ||||||
| 16 | clinics, or
demonstrations, provided that the acupuncturist is | ||||||
| 17 | currently licensed in another state or country and , his or her | ||||||
| 18 | license is active and has not been disciplined, or and he or | ||||||
| 19 | she is currently certified in good standing as an acupuncturist | ||||||
| 20 | by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and | ||||||
| 21 | Oriental Medicine. | ||||||
| 22 | Licensees under this Act may engage in professional | ||||||
| 23 | education through lectures, clinics, or demonstrations as an | ||||||
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| 1 | invited guest of a professional acupuncture association or | ||||||
| 2 | scientific acupuncture foundation or an acupuncture training | ||||||
| 3 | program or continuing education provider approved by the | ||||||
| 4 | Department under this Act. The Department may, but is not | ||||||
| 5 | required to, establish rules concerning this Section.
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| 6 | (Source: P.A. 95-450, eff. 8-27-07.)
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| 7 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 8 | becoming law.
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