Bill Text: IL SB1843 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Medical Practice Act. Provides that any person holding a valid license under the Act, including persons licensed as a chiropractic physician, may prescribe, dispense, or administer oxygen. Makes changes in provisions concerning licenses for general practice. Makes corresponding changes.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-3)
Status: (Passed) 2011-08-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0462 [SB1843 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB1843-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Medical Practice Act. Provides that any person holding a valid license under the Act, including persons licensed as a chiropractic physician, may prescribe, dispense, or administer oxygen. Makes changes in provisions concerning licenses for general practice. Makes corresponding changes.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-3)
Status: (Passed) 2011-08-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0462 [SB1843 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB1843-Engrossed.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 Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 2 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 60/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-2)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on November 30, 2011)
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8 | Sec. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this Act, the
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9 | following definitions shall have the following meanings,
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10 | except where the context requires otherwise:
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11 | 1. "Act" means the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
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12 | 1.5. "Chiropractic physician" means a person licensed to | ||||||
13 | treat human ailments without the use of drugs and without | ||||||
14 | operative surgery. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to | ||||||
15 | prohibit a chiropractic physician from providing advice | ||||||
16 | regarding the use of non-prescription products or from | ||||||
17 | administering atmospheric oxygen. Nothing in this Act shall be | ||||||
18 | construed to authorize a chiropractic physician to prescribe | ||||||
19 | drugs. | ||||||
20 | 2. "Department" means the Department of Professional | ||||||
21 | Regulation.
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22 | 3. "Director" means the Director of Professional | ||||||
23 | Regulation.
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1 | 4. "Disciplinary Action" means revocation,
suspension, | ||||||
2 | probation, supervision, practice modification,
reprimand, | ||||||
3 | required education, fines or any other action
taken by the | ||||||
4 | Department against a person holding a license.
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5 | 5. "Disciplinary Board" means the Medical Disciplinary
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6 | Board.
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7 | 6. "Final Determination" means the governing body's
final | ||||||
8 | action taken under the procedure followed by a health
care | ||||||
9 | institution, or professional association or society,
against | ||||||
10 | any person licensed under the Act in accordance with
the bylaws | ||||||
11 | or rules and regulations of such health care
institution, or | ||||||
12 | professional association or society.
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13 | 7. "Fund" means the Medical Disciplinary Fund.
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14 | 8. "Impaired" means the inability to practice
medicine with | ||||||
15 | reasonable skill and safety due to physical or
mental | ||||||
16 | disabilities as evidenced by a written determination
or written | ||||||
17 | consent based on clinical evidence including
deterioration | ||||||
18 | through the aging process or loss of motor
skill, or abuse of | ||||||
19 | drugs or alcohol, of sufficient degree to
diminish a person's | ||||||
20 | ability to deliver competent patient
care.
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21 | 9. "Licensing Board" means the Medical Licensing Board.
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22 | 10. "Physician" means a person licensed under the
Medical | ||||||
23 | Practice Act to practice medicine in all of its
branches or a | ||||||
24 | chiropractic physician licensed to treat human
ailments | ||||||
25 | without the use of drugs and without
operative surgery .
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26 | 11. "Professional Association" means an association or
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1 | society of persons licensed under this Act, and operating
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2 | within the State of Illinois, including but not limited to,
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3 | medical societies, osteopathic organizations, and
chiropractic | ||||||
4 | organizations, but this term shall not be
deemed to include | ||||||
5 | hospital medical staffs.
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6 | 12. "Program of Care, Counseling, or Treatment" means
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7 | written schedule of organized treatment, care, counseling,
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8 | activities, or education, satisfactory to the Disciplinary
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9 | Board, designed for the purpose of restoring an impaired
person | ||||||
10 | to a condition whereby the impaired person can
practice | ||||||
11 | medicine with reasonable skill and safety of a
sufficient | ||||||
12 | degree to deliver competent patient care.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 85-1209; 85-1245; 85-1440 .)
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14 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
15 | becoming law.
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