Bill Text: IL SB1486 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Provides that the physician assistant advisory committee shall review and make recommendations to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and the Medical Licensing Board regarding matters relating to physician assistants (now, only the Board). Provides that "matters relating to physician assistants" shall include, but not be limited to: (1) applications for licensure; (2) disciplinary proceedings; (3) renewal requirements; and (4) any other issues pertaining to the regulation and practice of physician assistants in the State. In the Section concerning the physician assistant advisory committee, replaces all references to the term "certified" with "licensed". Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-08-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0720 [SB1486 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB1486-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Provides that the physician assistant advisory committee shall review and make recommendations to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and the Medical Licensing Board regarding matters relating to physician assistants (now, only the Board). Provides that "matters relating to physician assistants" shall include, but not be limited to: (1) applications for licensure; (2) disciplinary proceedings; (3) renewal requirements; and (4) any other issues pertaining to the regulation and practice of physician assistants in the State. In the Section concerning the physician assistant advisory committee, replaces all references to the term "certified" with "licensed". Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-08-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0720 [SB1486 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB1486-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning professional 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 Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 11 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 95/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 4611)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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8 | Sec. 11. Committee. There is established a physician | ||||||
9 | assistant advisory
committee
to the Department and the Medical | ||||||
10 | Licensing Board. The physician assistant advisory
committee | ||||||
11 | may shall review and make recommendations to the
Department and | ||||||
12 | the Board regarding all matters relating to physician | ||||||
13 | assistants. Such matters may include, but not be limited to: | ||||||
14 | (1) applications for licensure; | ||||||
15 | (2) disciplinary proceedings; | ||||||
16 | (3) renewal requirements; and | ||||||
17 | (4) any other issues pertaining to the regulation and | ||||||
18 | practice of physician assistants in the State. | ||||||
19 | The
physician assistant advisory committee shall be | ||||||
20 | composed of 7 members.
Three of the 7 members shall be | ||||||
21 | physicians, 2 of whom shall be members of
the Board and | ||||||
22 | appointed to the advisory committee by
the chairman. One | ||||||
23 | physician, not a member of the Board,
shall be a supervisor of |
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1 | a licensed certified physician assistant and
shall be approved | ||||||
2 | by the Governor from a list of Illinois physicians
supervising | ||||||
3 | licensed certified physician assistants. Three members shall | ||||||
4 | be
physician assistants, licensed certified under the law and | ||||||
5 | appointed by the Governor
from a list of 10 names recommended | ||||||
6 | by the Board of Directors of the
Illinois Academy of Physician | ||||||
7 | Assistants. One member, not employed or
having any material | ||||||
8 | interest in any health care field, shall be appointed
by the | ||||||
9 | Governor and represent the public. The chairman of the | ||||||
10 | physician
assistant advisory committee shall be a member | ||||||
11 | elected by a majority vote
of the physician assistant advisory | ||||||
12 | committee unless already a member of
the Board. The physician | ||||||
13 | assistant advisory committee
is required to meet and report to | ||||||
14 | the Department and the Board as physician assistant issues | ||||||
15 | arise. The terms of office of each of the
original 7 members | ||||||
16 | shall be at staggered intervals. One physician and one
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17 | physician assistant shall serve for a 2 year term. One | ||||||
18 | physician and one
physician assistant shall serve a 3 year | ||||||
19 | term. One physician, one physician
assistant and the public | ||||||
20 | member shall serve a 4 year term. Upon the
expiration of the | ||||||
21 | term of any member, his successor shall be appointed for
a term | ||||||
22 | of 4 years in the same manner as the initial appointment. No | ||||||
23 | member
shall serve more than 2 consecutive terms.
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24 | A majority of the physician assistant advisory committee | ||||||
25 | members currently
appointed
shall constitute a quorum. A | ||||||
26 | vacancy in the membership of the committee shall
not impair the |
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1 | right of a quorum to perform all of the duties of the | ||||||
2 | committee.
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3 | Members of the physician assistant advisory committee | ||||||
4 | shall have no liability
for any
action based upon a | ||||||
5 | disciplinary proceeding or other activity performed in good
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6 | faith as a member of the committee.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 95-703, eff. 12-31-07.)
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8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
9 | becoming law.
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