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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,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
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| 6 | (225 ILCS 15/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 5352)
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| 7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2017)
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| 8 | Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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| 9 | (1) "Department" means the Department of Financial and
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| 10 | Professional Regulation.
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| 11 | (2) "Secretary" means the Secretary
of Financial and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Professional Regulation.
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| 13 | (3) "Board" means the Clinical Psychologists Licensing
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| 14 | and
Disciplinary
Board appointed by the Secretary.
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| 15 | (4) "Person" means an individual, association, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | partnership or corporation.
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| 17 | (5) "Clinical psychology" means the independent
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| 18 | evaluation, classification, diagnosis, and treatment of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | mental, emotional, behavioral
or nervous disorders or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | conditions, developmental disabilities, alcoholism
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| 21 | substance abuse, disorders of habit or conduct, the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | psychological
aspects of physical illness. The practice of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | clinical psychology includes
psychoeducational evaluation, | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | therapy, remediation and consultation, the
use of | ||||||
| 2 | psychological and neuropsychological testing, assessment,
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| 3 | psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, hypnosis, biofeedback, and | ||||||
| 4 | behavioral
modification when any of these are used for the | ||||||
| 5 | purpose of preventing or
eliminating psychopathology, or | ||||||
| 6 | for the amelioration of psychological
disorders of | ||||||
| 7 | individuals or groups. "Clinical psychology" does not | ||||||
| 8 | include
the use of hypnosis by unlicensed persons
pursuant | ||||||
| 9 | to Section 3.
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| 10 | (6) A person represents himself to be a "clinical | ||||||
| 11 | psychologist" or "psychologist" within
the meaning of this | ||||||
| 12 | Act when he or she holds himself out to the public by
any | ||||||
| 13 | title or description of services incorporating the words | ||||||
| 14 | "psychological",
"psychologic", "psychologist", | ||||||
| 15 | "psychology", or "clinical psychologist" or
under such | ||||||
| 16 | title or description offers to render or renders clinical
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| 17 | psychological services as defined in paragraph (7) of this | ||||||
| 18 | Section to
individuals, corporations, or the public for | ||||||
| 19 | remuneration.
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| 20 | (7) "Clinical psychological services" refers to any | ||||||
| 21 | services under
paragraph (5) of this Section if the words | ||||||
| 22 | "psychological", "psychologic",
"psychologist", | ||||||
| 23 | "psychology" or "clinical psychologist" are used to
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| 24 | describe such services by the person or
organization | ||||||
| 25 | offering to render or rendering them.
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| 26 | (8) "Collaborating physician" means a physician | ||||||
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| 1 | licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches in | ||||||
| 2 | Illinois who generally prescribes medications for the | ||||||
| 3 | treatment of mental health disease or illness to his or her | ||||||
| 4 | patients in the normal course of his or her clinical | ||||||
| 5 | medical practice. | ||||||
| 6 | (9) "Prescribing psychologist" means a licensed, | ||||||
| 7 | doctoral level psychologist who has undergone specialized | ||||||
| 8 | training, has passed an examination as determined by rule, | ||||||
| 9 | and has received a current license granting prescriptive | ||||||
| 10 | authority under Section 4.2 of this Act that has not been | ||||||
| 11 | revoked or suspended from the Department. | ||||||
| 12 | (10) "Prescriptive authority" means the authority to | ||||||
| 13 | prescribe, administer, discontinue, or distribute drugs or | ||||||
| 14 | medicines. | ||||||
| 15 | (11) "Prescription" means an order for a drug, | ||||||
| 16 | laboratory test, or any medicines, including controlled | ||||||
| 17 | substances as defined in the Illinois Controlled | ||||||
| 18 | Substances Act. | ||||||
| 19 | (12) "Drugs" has the meaning given to that term in the | ||||||
| 20 | Pharmacy Practice Act. | ||||||
| 21 | (13) "Medicines" has the meaning given to that term in | ||||||
| 22 | the Pharmacy Practice Act. | ||||||
| 23 | This Act shall not apply to persons lawfully carrying on | ||||||
| 24 | their particular
profession or business under any valid | ||||||
| 25 | existing regulatory Act of the State.
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| 26 | (Source: P.A. 98-668, eff. 6-25-14.)
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| 1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 2 | becoming law.
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