Public Act 095-0915
 		





SB1869 Enrolled
LRB095 13988 RAS 39812 b






    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended  by 
changing Section 18 as follows:
 



    (225 ILCS 60/18)  (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-18)



    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2008)

    Sec. 18. Visiting professor, physician, or resident 
permits. 

    (A) Visiting professor permit.


        (1) A visiting professor permit shall
entitle a person 
    to practice medicine in all of its branches
or to practice 
    the treatment of human ailments without the
use of drugs 
    and without operative surgery provided:


            (a) the person maintains an equivalent 
        authorization
to practice medicine in all of its 
        branches or to practice
the treatment of human ailments 
        without the use of drugs
and without operative surgery 
        in good standing in their
native licensing 
        jurisdiction during the period of the
visiting 
        professor permit;


            (b) the person has received a faculty appointment 
        to
teach in a medical, osteopathic or chiropractic 
        school in
Illinois; and


            (c) the Department may prescribe the information 
        necessary to
establish
an applicant's eligibility for 
        a permit.  This information shall include
without 
        limitation (i) a statement from the dean of the medical 
        school at which
the
applicant will be employed 
        describing the applicant's qualifications and (ii)
a 
        statement from the dean of the medical school listing 
        every affiliated
institution in which the applicant 
        will be providing instruction as part of the
medical 
        school's education program and justifying any clinical 
        activities at
each of the institutions listed by the 
        dean.


        (2) Application for visiting professor permits shall

    be made to the Department, in writing, on forms prescribed

    by the Department and shall be accompanied by the required

    fee established by rule, which shall not be refundable.  Any 
    application
shall require the information as, in the 
    judgment of the Department, will
enable the Department to 
    pass on the qualifications of the applicant.


        (3) A visiting professor permit shall be valid for no 
    longer than 2
years from the date of issuance or until the 
    time the
faculty appointment is terminated, whichever 
    occurs first,
and may be renewed only in accordance with 
    subdivision (A)(6) of this
Section.


        (4) The applicant may be required to appear before the

    Medical Licensing Board for an interview prior to, and as a

    requirement for, the issuance of the original permit and 
    the
renewal.


        (5) Persons holding a permit under this Section shall

    only practice medicine in all of its branches or practice

    the treatment of human ailments without the use of drugs

    and without operative surgery in the State of Illinois in

    their official capacity under their contract
within the 
    medical school itself and any affiliated institution in 
    which the
permit holder is providing instruction as part of 
    the medical school's
educational program and for which the 
    medical school has assumed direct
responsibility.


        (6) A visiting professor permit shall be valid until 
    the last day of the
next physician license renewal period, 
    as set by rule, and may only be
renewed for applicants who 
    meet the following requirements:


            (i) have obtained the required continuing 
        education hours as set by
rule; and


            (ii) have paid the fee prescribed for a license 
        under Section 21 of this
Act.

    For initial renewal, the visiting professor must 
successfully pass a
general competency examination authorized 
by the Department by rule, unless he or she was issued an 
initial visiting professor permit on or after January 1, 2007, 
but prior to July 1, 2007.

 

    (B) Visiting physician permit.


        (1) The Department may, in its discretion, issue a 
    temporary visiting
physician permit, without examination, 
    provided:


            (a) (blank);


            (b) that the person maintains an equivalent 
        authorization to practice
medicine in all of its 
        branches or to practice the treatment of human
ailments 
        without the use of drugs and without operative surgery 
        in good
standing in his or her native licensing 
        jurisdiction during the period of the
temporary 
        visiting physician permit;


            (c) that the person has received an invitation or 
        appointment to study,
demonstrate, or perform a

        specific medical, osteopathic, chiropractic or 
        clinical subject or
technique in a medical, 
        osteopathic, or chiropractic school, a hospital

        licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act, a hospital 
        organized
under the University of Illinois Hospital 
        Act, or a facility operated
pursuant to the Ambulatory 
        Surgical Treatment Center Act; and


            (d) that the temporary visiting physician permit 
        shall only permit the
holder to practice medicine in 
        all of its branches or practice the
treatment of human 
        ailments without the use of drugs and without operative

        surgery within the scope of the medical, osteopathic, 
        chiropractic, or
clinical studies for which the holder 
        was invited or appointed.


        (2) The application for the temporary visiting 
    physician permit shall be
made to the Department, in 
    writing, on forms prescribed by the
Department, and shall 
    be accompanied by the required fee established by
rule, 
    which shall not be refundable.  The application shall 
    require
information that, in the judgment of the 
    Department, will enable the
Department to pass on the 
    qualification of the applicant, and the necessity
for the 
    granting of a temporary visiting physician permit.


        (3) A temporary visiting physician permit shall be 
    valid for 180
days
from the date of issuance or until the 
    time the medical, osteopathic,
chiropractic, or clinical 
    studies are completed, whichever occurs first.


        (4) The applicant for a temporary visiting physician 
    permit may be
required to appear before the Medical 
    Licensing Board for an interview
prior to, and as a 
    requirement for, the issuance of a temporary visiting

    physician permit.


        (5) A limited temporary visiting physician permit 
    shall be issued to a
physician licensed in another state 
    who has been requested to perform emergency
procedures in 
    Illinois if he or she meets the requirements as established 
    by
rule.

 

    (C) Visiting resident permit.


        (1) The Department may, in its discretion, issue a 
    temporary visiting
resident permit, without examination, 
    provided:


            (a) (blank);


            (b) that the person maintains an equivalent 
        authorization to practice
medicine in all of its 
        branches or to practice the treatment of human
ailments 
        without the use of drugs and without operative surgery 
        in good
standing in his or her native licensing 
        jurisdiction during the period of
the temporary 
        visiting resident permit;


            (c) that the applicant is enrolled in a 
        postgraduate clinical training
program outside the 
        State of Illinois that is approved by the Department;


            (d) that the individual has been invited or 
        appointed for a specific
period of time to perform a 
        portion of that post graduate clinical training

        program under the supervision of an Illinois licensed 
        physician in an
Illinois patient care clinic or 
        facility that is affiliated with the
out-of-State post 
        graduate training program; and


            (e) that the temporary visiting resident permit 
        shall only permit the
holder to practice medicine in 
        all of its branches or practice the
treatment of human 
        ailments without the use of drugs and without operative

        surgery within the scope of the medical, osteopathic, 
        chiropractic or
clinical studies for which the holder 
        was invited or appointed.


        (2) The application for the temporary visiting 
    resident permit shall be
made to the Department, in 
    writing, on forms prescribed by the Department,
and shall 
    be accompanied by the required fee established by rule. The

    application shall require information that, in the 
    judgment of the
Department, will enable the Department to 
    pass on the qualifications of
the applicant.


        (3) A temporary visiting resident permit shall be valid 
    for 180 days from
the date of issuance or until the time 
    the medical, osteopathic,
chiropractic, or clinical 
    studies are completed, whichever occurs first.


        (4) The applicant for a temporary visiting resident 
    permit may be
required to appear before the Medical 
    Licensing Board for an interview
prior to, and as a 
    requirement for, the issuance of a temporary visiting

    resident permit.

(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-100, eff. 7-20-01.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.