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| Public Act 103-0074 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987 is | ||||
amended by changing Section 5 and by adding Section 20.6 as | ||||
follows:
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(225 ILCS 100/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 4805)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
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Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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(A) "Department" means the Department of Financial and
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Professional Regulation.
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(B) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and | ||||
Professional Regulation.
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(C) "Board" means the Podiatric Medical Licensing Board | ||||
appointed
by
the Secretary.
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(D) "Podiatric medicine" or "podiatry" means: | ||||
(1) the
diagnosis, medical,
physical, or surgical | ||||
treatment of the ailments of the human foot, including | ||||
amputations as defined in this Section; . | ||||
(2) "Podiatric medicine" or "podiatry" includes the | ||||
provision of topical and local anesthesia and moderate and | ||||
deep sedation, as defined by Department rule adopted under | ||||
the Medical Practice Act of 1987; and | ||||
(3) vaccination of patients 18 years of age and older | ||
in accordance with Section 20.6 upon completion of | ||
appropriate training. | ||
For the purposes of this Act, the terms podiatric | ||
medicine,
podiatry and chiropody have the same definition.
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(E) "Human foot" means the ankle and soft tissue which | ||
insert
into the
foot as well as the foot.
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(F) "Podiatric physician" means a physician licensed to | ||
practice
podiatric medicine.
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(G) "Postgraduate training" means a minimum one-year | ||
postdoctoral
structured and supervised educational experience | ||
approved by the Council on
Podiatric Medical Education of the | ||
American Podiatric Medical Association
which includes | ||
residencies and preceptorships.
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(H) "Amputations" means amputations of the human foot, in | ||
whole or in part, that are limited to 10 centimeters proximal | ||
to the tibial talar articulation. | ||
(I) "Email address of record" means the designated email | ||
address recorded by the Department in the applicant's | ||
application file or the licensee's license file, as maintained | ||
by the Department's licensure maintenance unit. | ||
(J) "Address of record" means the designated address | ||
recorded by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's | ||
application file or license file as maintained by the | ||
Department's licensure maintenance unit. | ||
(Source: P.A. 99-635, eff. 1-1-17; 100-525, eff. 9-22-17.)
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(225 ILCS 100/20.6 new) | ||
Sec. 20.6. Vaccinations. A podiatric physician may provide | ||
vaccinations to patients 18 years of age and older upon | ||
completion of appropriate training. The training shall include | ||
how to address contraindications and adverse reactions as | ||
established by rule. Vaccinations administered by a podiatric | ||
physician shall be limited to influenza (inactivated influenza | ||
vaccine and live attenuated influenza intranasal vaccine), | ||
tetanus, and SARS-CoV-2. Vaccination of a patient by a | ||
podiatric physician shall be documented in the patient's | ||
record and the record shall be retained in accordance with | ||
current recordkeeping standards. The podiatric physician shall | ||
notify the patient's primary care physician of each dose of | ||
vaccine administered to the patient and shall enter all | ||
patient level data or update the patient's current record. The | ||
podiatric physician may provide this notice to the patient's | ||
physician electronically.
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