Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Deletes the proposed amendments to the Illinois Physical Therapy Act. Provides, in the remaining Acts, that the provisions added by the introduced bill are not to be construed to require or permit licensees or applicants under those Acts to practice medicine or otherwise practice outside of their specific scope of practice. Provides that a person licensed under the affected Acts may refer an individual to seek care from a medical professional regarding an abnormal skin growth. Specifies that neither a person licensed under the affected Acts who completes abnormal skin growth education as a part of the person's continuing education, nor the person's employer, shall be civilly or criminally liable for acting in good faith or failing to act on information obtained during the course of practicing in the person's profession or employment concerning potential abnormal skin growths.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0851 [HB5135 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Chaptered	2024-08-14	HTML/Text	Link	View
Enrolled	2024-05-25	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2024-04-11	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2024-02-08	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
House Amendment 001	2024-03-07	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

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