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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2003
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 2003, AS AMENDED,
3 with reference to the page and line numbers of House
4 Amendment No. 1, on page 174, below line 15, by inserting the
5 following:
6 "Section 225-95. The Physician Assistant Practice Act
7 of 1987 is amended by changing Section 11 as follows:
8 (225 ILCS 95/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 4611)
9 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
10 Sec. 11. Committee. There is established a physician
11 assistant advisory committee to the Medical Licensing Board.
12 The physician assistant advisory committee shall review and
13 make recommendations to the Board regarding all matters
14 relating to physician assistants. The physician assistant
15 advisory committee shall be composed of 7 members. Three of
16 the 7 members shall be physicians, 2 of whom shall be members
17 of the Board and appointed to the advisory committee by the
18 chairman. One physician, not a member of the Board, shall be
19 a supervisor of a certified physician assistant and shall be
20 approved by the Governor from a list of Illinois physicians
21 supervising certified physician assistants. Three members
22 shall be physician assistants, certified under the law and
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1 appointed by the Governor from a list of 10 names recommended
2 by the Board of Directors of the Illinois Academy of
3 Physician Assistants. One member, not employed or having any
4 material interest in any health care field, shall be
5 appointed by the Governor and represent the public. The
6 chairman of the physician assistant advisory committee shall
7 be a member elected by a majority vote of the physician
8 assistant advisory committee unless already a member of the
9 Board. The physician assistant advisory committee is
10 required to meet and report to the Board as physician
11 assistant issues arise. The terms of office of each of the
12 original 7 members shall be at staggered intervals. One
13 physician and one physician assistant shall serve for a 2
14 year term. One physician and one physician assistant shall
15 serve a 3 year term. One physician, one physician assistant
16 and the public member shall serve a 4 year term. Upon the
17 expiration of the term of any member, his successor shall be
18 appointed for a term of 4 years in the same manner as the
19 initial appointment. No member shall serve more than 2
20 consecutive terms.
21 The members of the physician assistant advisory committee
22 shall not receive any compensation for their service on the
23 advisory committee but shall be reimbursed for all authorized
24 legitimate and necessary expenses incurred in attending the
25 meetings of the committee. A member of the advisory
26 committee who experiences a significant financial hardship
27 due to the loss of income on days of attendance at meetings
28 or while otherwise engaged in the business of the advisory
29 committee may be paid a hardship allowance, as determined by
30 and subject to the approval of the Governor's Travel Control
31 Board.
32 A majority of the physician assistant advisory committee
33 members currently appointed shall constitute a quorum. A
34 vacancy in the membership of the committee shall not impair
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1 the right of a quorum to perform all of the duties of the
2 committee.
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
6 faith as a member of the committee.
7 (Source: P.A. 90-61, eff. 12-30-97; 91-827, eff. 6-13-00.)";
8 and
9 on page 176, below line 9, by inserting the following:
10 "Section 225-105. The Professional Boxing Act is amended
11 by changing Section 2 as follows:
12 (225 ILCS 105/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 5002)
13 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)
14 Sec. 2. State Professional Boxing Board. There is
15 created the State Professional Boxing Board consisting of 6
16 persons who shall be appointed by and shall serve in an
17 advisory capacity to the Director. One shall be a physician
18 licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches. The
19 Director shall appoint each member to serve for a term of 3
20 years and until his or her successor is appointed and
21 qualified. One member of the Board shall be designated as
22 the Chairperson and one member shall be designated as the
23 Vice-chairperson. No member shall be appointed to the Board
24 for a term which would cause continuous service to be more
25 than 9 years. Service prior to January 1, 2000 shall not be
26 considered in calculating length of service on the Board.
27 No Each member of the Board shall receive compensation
28 for serving on each day he or she is engaged in transacting
29 the business of the Board, but each member and, in addition,
30 shall be reimbursed for his or her authorized and approved
31 expenses necessarily incurred in relation to such service in
32 accordance with the travel regulations applicable to the
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1 Department at the time the expenses are incurred. A member
2 of the Board who experiences a significant financial hardship
3 due to the loss of income on days of attendance at meetings
4 or while otherwise engaged in the business of the Board may
5 be paid a hardship allowance, as determined by and subject to
6 the approval of the Governor's Travel Control Board.
7 A majority of the current members appointed shall
8 constitute a quorum.
9 The members of the Board shall be immune from suit in any
10 action based upon any disciplinary proceedings or other acts
11 performed in good faith as members of the Board.
12 The Director may remove any member of the Board for
13 misconduct, incapacity, or neglect of duty. The Director
14 shall reduce to writing any causes for removal.
15 (Source: P.A. 91-408, eff. 1-1-00; 92-499, eff. 1-1-02.)".