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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, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987 is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 12 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 80/12) (from Ch. 111, par. 3912)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2017)
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8 | Sec. 12. Applications for licenses. Applications for
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9 | original licenses shall be
made to the Department in writing or | ||||||
10 | electronically on forms prescribed by the Department and
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11 | be accompanied by the required fee, which shall not be | ||||||
12 | refundable.
Any such application shall require such | ||||||
13 | information as in the judgment of
the Department will enable | ||||||
14 | the Department to pass on the qualifications of
the applicant | ||||||
15 | for a license.
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16 | Applicants have 3 years from the date of application to | ||||||
17 | complete the
application process. If the process has not been | ||||||
18 | completed within 3 years, the
application shall be denied, the | ||||||
19 | application fees shall be forfeited, and the
applicant must | ||||||
20 | reapply and meet the requirements in effect at the time of
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21 | reapplication.
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22 | Applicants who meet all other conditions for licensure and | ||||||
23 | who will be
practicing
optometry in a residency program |
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1 | approved by the Board may apply for and
receive a
limited one | ||||||
2 | year license to practice optometry as a resident in the | ||||||
3 | program. Full-time faculty members of an approved optometry | ||||||
4 | educational institution who hold a valid license to practice | ||||||
5 | optometry in the jurisdiction in which the institution is | ||||||
6 | located shall be considered to have met all of the conditions | ||||||
7 | for residency licensure except for the payment of fees. The | ||||||
8 | holder of a valid one-year residency license may perform those | ||||||
9 | acts prescribed by and incidental to the residency license | ||||||
10 | holder's program of residency training, with the same | ||||||
11 | privileges and responsibilities as a fully licensed | ||||||
12 | optometrist, but may not otherwise engage in the practice of | ||||||
13 | optometry in this State, unless fully licensed under this Act. | ||||||
14 | The Department may revoke a one-year residency license upon | ||||||
15 | proof that the residency license holder has engaged in the | ||||||
16 | practice of optometry in this State outside of his or her | ||||||
17 | residency program or if the residency license holder fails to | ||||||
18 | supply the Department, within 10 days after its request, with | ||||||
19 | information concerning his or her current status and activities | ||||||
20 | in the residency program.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 94-787, eff. 5-19-06.)
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22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
23 | becoming law.
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