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| AN ACT concerning professional 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 Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 is |
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| amended by changing Section 11 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 95/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 4611)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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| Sec. 11. Committee. There is established a physician |
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| assistant advisory
committee
to the Department and the Medical |
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| Licensing Board. The physician assistant advisory
committee |
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| may shall review and make recommendations to the
Department and |
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| the Board regarding all matters relating to physician |
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| assistants. Such matters may include, but not be limited to: |
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| (1) applications for licensure; |
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| (2) disciplinary proceedings; |
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| (3) renewal requirements; and |
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| (4) any other issues pertaining to the regulation and |
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| practice of physician assistants in the State. |
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| The
physician assistant advisory committee shall be |
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| composed of 7 members.
Three of the 7 members shall be |
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| physicians, 2 of whom shall be members of
the Board and |
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| appointed to the advisory committee by
the chairman. One |
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| physician, not a member of the Board,
shall be a supervisor of |
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| a licensed certified physician assistant and
shall be approved |
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| by the Governor from a list of Illinois physicians
supervising |
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| licensed certified physician assistants. Three members shall |
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| be
physician assistants, licensed certified under the law and |
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| appointed by the Governor
from a list of 10 names recommended |
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| by the Board of Directors of the
Illinois Academy of Physician |
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| Assistants. One member, not employed or
having any material |
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| interest in any health care field, shall be appointed
by the |
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| Governor and represent the public. The chairman of the |
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| physician
assistant advisory committee shall be a member |
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| elected by a majority vote
of the physician assistant advisory |
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| committee unless already a member of
the Board. The physician |
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| assistant advisory committee
is required to meet and report to |
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| the Department and the Board as physician assistant issues |
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| arise. The terms of office of each of the
original 7 members |
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| shall be at staggered intervals. One physician and one
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| physician assistant shall serve for a 2 year term. One |
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| physician and one
physician assistant shall serve a 3 year |
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| term. One physician, one physician
assistant and the public |
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| member shall serve a 4 year term. Upon the
expiration of the |
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| term of any member, his successor shall be appointed for
a term |
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| of 4 years in the same manner as the initial appointment. No |
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| member
shall serve more than 2 consecutive terms.
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| A majority of the physician assistant advisory committee |
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| members currently
appointed
shall constitute a quorum. A |
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| vacancy in the membership of the committee shall
not impair the |
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| right of a quorum to perform all of the duties of the |
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| committee.
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| Members of the physician assistant advisory committee |
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| shall have no liability
for any
action based upon a |
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| disciplinary proceeding or other activity performed in good
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| faith as a member of the committee.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-703, eff. 12-31-07.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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