Bill Text: IL HB0931 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning exemptions from the Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-24 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0931 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB0931-Introduced.html
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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 Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Act is amended by changing Section 16 as follows:
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| 6 | (225 ILCS 37/16)
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| 7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2019)
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| 8 | Sec. 16. Exemptions. This Act does not prohibit or restrict | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | any of the
the
following: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | (1) A person performing the functions and duties of an
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| 11 | environmental health practitioner under the general | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | supervision
of a licensed
environmental health practitioner or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | licensed professional engineer if that
person (i) is not | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | responsible for the administration or supervision of one
or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | more employees engaged in an environmental health program, (ii)
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| 16 | establishes a method of verbal communication with the licensed | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | environmental
health practitioner or licensed professional | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | engineer to whom they can refer
and report questions, problems, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | and emergency situations encountered in
environmental health | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | practice, and (iii) has his or her written reports
reviewed | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | monthly by a licensed environmental health practitioner or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | licensed
professional engineer.
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| 23 | (2) A person licensed in this State under any other Act | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | from engaging in
the practice for which he or she is licensed.
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| 2 | (3) A person working in laboratories licensed by, | ||||||
| 3 | registered with, or
operated by the State of Illinois.
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| 4 | (4) A person employed by a State-licensed health care | ||||||
| 5 | facility who engages
in the practice of environmental health or | ||||||
| 6 | whose job responsibilities include
ensuring that the | ||||||
| 7 | environment in the health care facility is healthy and safe
for | ||||||
| 8 | employees, patients, and visitors.
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| 9 | (5) A person employed with the Illinois Department of | ||||||
| 10 | Agriculture
who engages in meat and poultry inspections or | ||||||
| 11 | environmental inspections under
the authority of the | ||||||
| 12 | Department of Agriculture.
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| 13 | (6) A person holding a degree of Doctor of Veterinary | ||||||
| 14 | Medicine and
Surgery and licensed under the Veterinary Medicine | ||||||
| 15 | and Surgery Practice Act
of 2004.
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| 16 | (Source: P.A. 92-837, eff. 8-22-02; 93-281, eff. 12-31-03.)
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