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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3455
2 AMENDMENT NO. ____. Amend House Bill 3455, on page 1,
3 line 6, by replacing "Section 17" with "Sections 17, 18, and
4 27"; and
5 on page 1, immediately below line 22, by inserting the
6 following:
7 "(225 ILCS 37/18)
8 Sec. 18. Board of Environmental Health Practitioners.
9 The Board of Environmental Health Practitioners is created
10 and shall exercise its duties as provided in this Act. The
11 Board shall consist of 7 members appointed by the Director.
12 Of the 7 members, 4 shall be environmental health
13 practitioners, one a Public Health Administrator who meets
14 the minimum qualifications for public health personnel
15 employed by full time local health departments as prescribed
16 by the Illinois Department of Public Health and is actively
17 engaged in the administration of a local health department
18 within this State, one full time professor teaching in the
19 field of environmental health practice, and one member of the
20 general public. In making the appointments to the Board, the
21 Director shall consider the recommendations of related
22 professional and trade associations including the Illinois
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1 Environmental Health Association and the Illinois Public
2 Health Association and of the Director of Public Health.
3 Each of the environmental health practitioners shall have at
4 least 5 years of full time employment in the field of
5 environmental health practice before the date of appointment.
6 Each appointee filling the seat of an environmental health
7 practitioner appointed to the Board must be licensed under
8 this Act, however, in appointing the environmental health
9 practitioner members of the first Board, the Director may
10 appoint any environmental health practitioner who possesses
11 the qualifications set forth in Section 20 of this Act. Of
12 the initial appointments, 3 members shall be appointed for
13 3-year terms, 2 members for 2-year terms, and 2 members for
14 one-year terms. Each succeeding member shall serve for a
15 3-year term. No member shall be reappointed for may serve
16 more than 2 consecutive terms. Service prior to the effective
17 date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly
18 shall not be considered in calculating length of service.
19 The membership of the Board shall reasonably reflect
20 representation from the various geographic areas of the
21 State.
22 A vacancy in the membership of the Board shall not impair
23 the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform
24 all the duties of the Board.
25 The members of the Board are entitled to receive as
26 compensation a reasonable sum as determined by the Director
27 for each day actually engaged in the duties of the office and
28 all legitimate and necessary expenses incurred in attending
29 the meetings of the Board.
30 Members of the Board shall be immune from suit in any
31 action based upon any disciplinary proceedings or other
32 activities performed in good faith as members of the Board.
33 The Director may remove any member of the Board for any
34 cause that, in the opinion of the Director, reasonably
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1 justifies termination.
2 (Source: P.A. 89-61, eff. 6-30-95.)
3 (225 ILCS 37/27)
4 Sec. 27. Renewals; restoration.
5 (a) The expiration date and renewal period for each
6 license issued under this Act shall be set by rule. As a
7 condition for renewal of a license, the licensee shall be
8 required to complete continuing education requirements as set
9 forth in rules by the Department. Licensees who are 70 years
10 of age or older and have been licensed under this Act for at
11 least 4 years shall be exempt from the continuing education
12 requirements.
13 (b) A person who has permitted a license to expire may
14 have the license restored by making application to the
15 Department and filing proof, acceptable to the Department, of
16 fitness to have the license restored. Proof may include (i)
17 sworn evidence certifying to active practice in another
18 jurisdiction that is satisfactory to the Department, (ii)
19 complying with any continuing education requirements, and
20 (iii) paying the required restoration fee.
21 (c) If the person has not maintained an active practice
22 in another jurisdiction satisfactory to the Department, the
23 Board shall determine, by an evaluation program, established
24 by rule, the person's fitness to resume active status. The
25 Board may require the person to complete a period of
26 evaluated clinical experience and successful completion of a
27 practical examination.
28 However, a person whose license expired while (i) in
29 federal service on active duty with the Armed Forces of the
30 United States or called into service or training with the
31 State Militia or (ii) in training or education under the
32 supervision of the United States, preliminary to induction
33 into the military service may have his or her license renewed
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1 or restored without paying any lapsed renewal fees if, within
2 2 years after honorable termination of the service, training,
3 or education, except under conditions other than honorable,
4 he or she furnishes the Department with satisfactory evidence
5 to the effect that he or she has been so engaged and that the
6 service, training, or education has been terminated.
7 (d) A person who notifies the Department, in writing on
8 forms prescribed by the Department, may place his or her
9 license on inactive status and shall be excused from the
10 payment of renewal fees until the person notifies the
11 Department, in writing, of the intention to resume active
12 practice.
13 (e) A person requesting his or her license be changed
14 from inactive to active status shall be required to pay the
15 current renewal fee and shall also demonstrate compliance
16 with the continuing education requirements.
17 (f) An environmental health practitioner whose license
18 is not renewed or whose license is on inactive status shall
19 not engage in the practice of environmental health in the
20 State of Illinois or use the title or advertise that he or
21 she performs the services of a "licensed environmental health
22 practitioner".
23 (g) A person violating subsection (f) of this Section
24 shall be considered to be practicing without a license and
25 shall be subject to the disciplinary provisions of this Act.
26 (h) A license to practice shall not be denied any
27 applicant because of the applicant's race, religion, creed,
28 national origin, political beliefs or activities, age, sex,
29 sexual orientation, or physical impairment.
30 (Source: P.A. 89-61, eff. 6-30-95.)
31 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
32 becoming law.".